Mental health and psychiatric practice of health personnel in sub-district health promoting hospitals, Khon Kaen province

Abstract

This descriptive cross-sectional research aimed to explore the factors affecting mental health and
psychiatric practice personnel who working in sub-district health promoting hospitals, Khon Kaen Province. 115 subjects were selected using multistage random sampling. The research instruments were an in-depth interview guideline and a structural questionnaire, which were approved for content validity by three experts. The Cronbach’s alpha coefficient of the questionnaire was 0.92 which suggests an acceptable level of reliability level. Data collection
was carried out from 14 to 28 February, 2012. SPSS data analysis software was used to perform descriptive
statistics, Pearson Product-Moment Correlation and Multiple Linear Regression. The results showed that the level of mental health and psychiatric practice is high (3.55±0.48). Regression analysis identified four factors, namely, working itself, working conditions, responsibility, and achievement. These four factors together were able to predict 59.9 percent of mental health and psychiatric practice at a statistically significant level (p-value < 0.05).