Assessment of the attitude of healthcare providers towards mentally ill patients of university of Ilorin teaching hospital Kwara state Department: Health Information Management By: iamjahmeyou Project ID: 6549 Rating: (5.0) votes: 1Rate this project12345 Price:₦3000 Get the Complete MaterialAbstractThis project work assesses the attitude of healthcare providers toward mentally-ill patients of University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital. It informed the health officers on the understanding of healthcare professionals regarding the rights of mentally-ill patients in the hospital. Among the objectives was to assess To assess the perception of healthcare providers towards mental illness and to investigate the level of communication between healthcare providers and mentally- ill patients. Furthermore, to find out the level of care from healthcare providers to mentally ill patients. Many medical and allied literatures were reviewed to develop more facts for the project work. This research uses descriptive survey to sample staff of the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital. Questionnaire is the instrument used to gather and analyze the data, 184 questionnaires were distributed out of which 86 were retrieved. In conclusion, recommendations were made that healthcare providers have a positive attitude toward mental illness. However, the positive attitude by the providers should be sustained. The findings revealed that the level of communication between healthcare providers and patients is high. Hence, effective communication between the care providers and patients should be sustained. And lastly, the study also revealed that the level of care from the healthcare providers to the patients is moderate. However, the quality of service delivery should be improved to increase patients' level of satisfaction. Keywords information, mental illness, attitude, and healthcare providers ...Preview Download Preview +Other Health Information Management project topics and materials you might be interested in»Analysis of filing system and consequences of misfiling»Evaluation of the problems and constraints facing health record keeping and professionals»Impact of health information management in healthcare delivery»Assessment of challenges of health information management practice in General Hospital Ilorin, Kwara State»Analysis of filing system and consequences of misfiling patients health records in University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, Kwara state»A study into causes of misfiling among health information management professionals in health records department - case study of University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, Kwara state»Evaluation of confidentiality of patient health records among hospital staff»Factors militating against effective documentation in health care delivery system in University of Benin Teaching Hospital Benin City, Edo state»Effect of lack of health information computerization in the primary health care system»Evaluation of patient appointment system - a case study of university of Ilorin teaching hospital»Causes and consequences of breach of confidentiality of patient health information in Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Lagos state»Impact of health statistics in the health care delivery system at University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, Ilorin, Kwara State»Impact of electronic medical records on patients waiting time in health care delivery system in Federal Medical Center, Asaba, Delta state»Evaluation of the importance of health information management in primary health care»Knowledge and perception of health information management professionals on electronic coding for quality clinical data in University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, Ilorin, Kwara state