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| Year : 2017 | Volume
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The resilience and quality of life people with mental illness attending psychiatric rehabilitation centre
Asha vijayan1, Harshitha1, Nihizh Savio1, G Radhakrishnan2
1 Staff Nurse, Department of Nursing, NIMHANS National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
2 Assistant professor Department of Nursing, NIMHANS National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Correspondence Address:
Asha vijayan
Staff Nurse, Department of Nursing, NIMHANS National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, Karnataka
India
 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None  | 1 |
DOI: 10.4103/2231-1505.262416
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Psychiatric disorders are the most common cause of disability. People with disability/disorders are often denied their rightful opportunities in work, relationships, housing, health care and other areas in which a full life is achieved. This adversely affects their quality of life. The rehabilitation of people with mental illness impacts their ability to lead independent lives outside the hospital. Studying the relationship between quality of life and resilience is needed for improving therapy and services. This study aimed to assess the relationship between the resilience and quality of life of people with mental illness attending psychiatric rehabilitation centre. A descriptive and correlation study carried out on day boarder’s patients attending psychiatric Rehabilitation Service unit, NIMHANS, India. Thirty patients with mental illness attending as day boarder in PRS unit for rehabilitation services were enrolled. They were evaluated using modified dispositional resilience scale and Quality of Life Instrument-BREF. The study result showed that patients had highest QOL scores in environment domain and overall mean QOL score was 64.25 ± 14.25 and the mean resilience score (54.8 ± 8.79) showed high resilience. There was a statistical significant positive correlation between all domain of QOL and level of resilience. There was improvement in psychological health as well as a positive correlation between the QOL and resilience in mentally ill.
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