PSYCHOSOCIAL REHABILITATION OF SCHIZOPHRENIC PATIENT IN A HOMELESS PROTECTION CENTER, SOUTHERN
Keywords:
psychosocial rehabilitation, schizophrenic patientAbstract
Objective: To study psychosocial rehabilitation of schizophrenic patient in a homeless protection center,
Southern.
Material and Methods: The quasi-experiment, pre-post one group design was carried out in a homeless
protection center, Sichon, Nakhon Si Thammarat. All 47 patients with schizophrenia were recruited to
the study. The research instruments were psychosocial rehabilitation program, assessing overall ability,
rehabilitation program for psychiatric patients in the community evaluation form, and International
Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health assessment (ICF). Using techniques of descriptive
statistics, the researcher analyzed the data collected in terms of frequency distribution, percentage, and
mean.
Results: After psychosocial rehabilitation program, 8 from 47 patients passed the assessment and
attended the level 3 and it was found that after the program , 8 patients had higher average scores on
assessing overall ability, rehabilitation for psychiatric patie nts and International Classification of
Functioning, Disability and Health assessment (ICF) than before receiving the program.
Conclusion: The psychosocial rehabilitation program could improve in schizophrenic cases however
consistency of practice is essential in order to pass higher levels and to see more patients attending. In
addition to developing diversity model, psychosocial rehabilitation program of homeless schizophrenia
patients should also be created.
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