Introduction: Shackling still poses a significant obstacle to rehabilitate patient with mental disorder and often resorted by family or community. Shackling could have a negative impact toward patient’s mental health and often resorted due to lack of information. Therefore, this study aimed to evaluate the effect of multilevel health promotion to shackling prevention (MHPSP) toward the behavioral component of family/caregivers, neighbors, cadres, and health workers (stakeholders) and also evaluating its effect toward patient’s quality of life. Method: This study uses a quasi exeperimental method with pre-test and post-test model with repetead measures design. The research subjects were 32 post-shackling patients lived in Sukoharjo Regency and 31 from Klaten Regency as well as. MHPSP was given to 32 caregivers and stakeholders who come from Sukoharjo Regency as a treatment group and psychoeducation only to 31 caregivers of control group from Klaten Regency. Quality of life measurments were carried out before treatment and four months after giving MHPSP.Result : The result showed that MHPSP significantly enhance the behavioral component of the family/caregivers as well as neighbors, cadres and health workers (p<0.05). Furthermore, patient quality of life was significantly improved in the treatment group (MHPSP) compared to the control. Conclusion: It can be concluded that MHPSP could significantly enhance the behavioral aspects of the families, neighbors, and health workers toward post-shackled PMD patients and significantly improved their quality of life. Therefore, MHPSP is needed to be implemented not only to the patient but also to the people that directly interact with them.
Background: Mental health is a well-being mental state associated with happiness, joy, satisfaction, achievement, optimism, and hope. Good mental health allows a harmonious and productive life as an integral part of one's quality of life by taking into account all aspects of human life. This study aims to assess the different quality of life among mental health disorder patients during shackling, treatment, and post-treatment in Sukoharjo Regency.Methods: Quantitative descriptive was used in this study. Our population was all mental disorder patient in Sukoharjo District who has experienced with shackling and finished the treatment in the RSJD “dr Arif Zainudin," Surakarta during 2011-2015. We took total sampling and excluded patients who died, move to another place, and recover. Thirty out of thirty-four post-shackling patients in the Sukoharjo Regency participated in this study. A tested questionnaire was used to collect the data from the patient. The analysis was performed using univariate analysis – central tendency value analysis. Results: We found differences in patients' quality of life during shackling, treatment, and post-treatment. The survivor had the highest quality of life in the post-treatment phase compared to the shackled and treatment period.Conclusions: The quality of life of post-treatment patients is better compared during shackled and treatment.
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