Knowledge and Awareness of Reproductive Rights Among Women With Schizophrenia and Bipolar Affective Disorder.
Female psychiatric patients face challenges in reproductive health due to a lack of knowledge and awareness about reproductive rights and limited access to healthcare facilities. Our primary objectives were to explore the level of knowledge and awareness, independence, autonomy, and decision-making power concerning reproductive rights among women with schizophrenia and bipolar affective disorder (BPAD).
The study employed a cross-sectional descriptive design and included 150 women with schizophrenia and BPAD using a purposive sampling technique in a tertiary care mental health setting in India and diagnosed according to ICD-10. The Clinical Global Impression (CGI, Improvement) and a predesigned questionnaire about fundamental rights, knowledge and awareness, liberty and freedom, and autonomy and decision-making of women with mental illness were used for data collection.
The majority of 120 (80.0%) of the respondents, irrespective of schizophrenia and BPAD, opined that females should be provided with proper education and awareness to help them become emotionally and physical easy. A total of 120 (80%) feel that girls should be educated in maintaining the highest level of hygiene during periods.
Women with schizophrenia and BPAD should be offered comprehensive counseling and awareness related to reproductive health, including accessing reproductive health services.
The study employed a cross-sectional descriptive design and included 150 women with schizophrenia and BPAD using a purposive sampling technique in a tertiary care mental health setting in India and diagnosed according to ICD-10. The Clinical Global Impression (CGI, Improvement) and a predesigned questionnaire about fundamental rights, knowledge and awareness, liberty and freedom, and autonomy and decision-making of women with mental illness were used for data collection.
The majority of 120 (80.0%) of the respondents, irrespective of schizophrenia and BPAD, opined that females should be provided with proper education and awareness to help them become emotionally and physical easy. A total of 120 (80%) feel that girls should be educated in maintaining the highest level of hygiene during periods.
Women with schizophrenia and BPAD should be offered comprehensive counseling and awareness related to reproductive health, including accessing reproductive health services.