Developing a network system to care of psychiatric patients by District Health Board participation at Ta Ud Subdistrict ,Khukhan District, Sisaket Province.

Abstract

          This action research was aimed to study the effect of developing a network system to care for psychiatric patients using the participation of the Community Health Volunteers, Ta Uat Subdistrict, Khukhan District, Sisaket Province and promote care for mentally patients with health problems in the community provide care from health officers, village health volunteers, rescue workers and community leaders by quickly and continuously. The sample group consisted of 110 village health volunteers, rescue workers, and community leaders. The study was conducted between April 1, 2024 and September 30, 2024. Data were collected using a self-developed questionnaire. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and Pair t- test.

          These results found that the sample group was mostly female, 56.40%, with an average age of 55.07 years, the youngest at 28 years, the oldest at 74 years, 79.10% were marital, 69.2% had a lower secondary education level, 82.70% were village health volunteers, 9.10% were lifeguards, and 8.20% were community leaders. Knowledge about psychiatric diseases before and after training of the sample group found that after the training, the sample group had more knowledge about psychiatric diseases before the training (P-value<0.001). After the training (P-value<0.001), it was found that knowledge increased to a high level (S.D.=0.99.) with statistical significance at the 0.5 level. Satisfaction with the development of a network system for caring for psychiatric patients using community participation found that after the training, there was satisfaction with the development of the network system in terms of relationships with personnel in the agency/receiving acceptance from colleagues (X ̅ 2.96, S.D. 0.188). In terms of stakeholders, they had the opportunity to provide suggestions and opinions for policy determination and operational planning (X ̅ 2.96, S.D. 0.188) and had a high level of overall satisfaction  (X ̅ 29.57, S.D. 0.656).