Satisfaction and knowledge of the relatives of patients in Andalusia about mental serious disorder
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It is undeniable the role that families for providing support for the persons with mental illness. Through this study, we aim to collect the opinions of the relatives, as spokespersons of the needs and worries concerns of this disorder, for thus, to know the general status of the problem, the degree of satisfaction with the system and the resources that it provides and the panorama for which they cross these families. The sample consisted of 102 relatives of the different associations of FEAFES-Andalusia of five provinces of Andalusia. A questionnaire was created for the present study, which alternates items type Likert with items of response to developing, including different topics relating to resources, attention, needs and protection, principally to sanitary level and of infrastructures. The results are discussed, and remark the need to continue working in this respect, with the end not only to assess the limitations, but also of intervening in order to achieve better conditions.
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