1Asst Professor, Ved Nursing College, NH – 1: Delhi – Karnal Highway, Panipat
2Professor, Sacred Heart Nursing College, Madurai
*Corresponding author - Mr Sathish Rajamani, Assistant Professor, Prem Institute of Medical Sciences, Badauli, Panipat, Haryana - 132103, Email: sat2careu@gmail.com
Online published on 29 August, 2017.
Physical and Mental health are two sides of a coin and both are interdependent. A nurse who is responsible for total health care of a person must take care of the emotional aspect also.
to determine the prevalence of psychological morbidities (Distress, Depression, Anxiety and Somatization) among medically ill patients.
A descriptive correlational survey research design was used. Samples were 210 medically ill patients admitted in Rajaji Govt Hospital, Madurai. Sampling technique used was stratified random sampling technique. Data collection procedure was self-structured interview method and tool used for data collection was 4DSQ (4 Dimensional Symptom Questionnaire, Terulin et al, 2008) descriptive and inferential statistics were used for analysing data.
73% of the samples had low distress. Around 75% of the samples had low depression; an overwhelming majority of samples 97% had low anxiety and samples who had low level somatization were 93%. There was a significant positive correlation between distress & depression (r=0.8) distress & anxiety (r = 0.30) distress & somatization (r=0.54) depression & anxiety (r=0.42) depression & somatization (r=0.57) and anxiety & somatization (r=0.39).
Nurses who works in general health settings must consider the psychological care of medically ill patients also.
Psychological morbidity, Prevalence, Medically ill patients, Distress, Depression, Somatization, Anxiety
