?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Hospital+Related+Stress+Among+Patients+Admitted+to+a+Psychiatric+In-patient+Unit+in+India&rft.creator=Latha%2C+KS&rft.creator=Ravi+Shankar+%2C+BG&rft.subject=Online+Journal+of+Health+and+Allied+Sciences&rft.description=The+psychiatric+patient%E2%80%99s+attitudes+towards+hospitalization+have+found+an+association+between+patient+perceptions+of+the+ward+atmosphere+and+dissatisfaction.+The+aim+of+the+study+was+to+determine+the+aspects+of+stress+related+to+hospitalization+in+inpatients+admitted+to+a+psychiatric+facility.+Fifty+in-patients+of+both+sexes+admitted+consecutively+to+a+psychiatric+unit+in+a+General+Hospital+were+asked+to+rate+the+importance+of%2C+and+their+satisfaction+with%2C+38+different+aspects+of+in-patient+care+and+treatment.+Results+showed+that+the+major+sources+of+stress+were+related+to+having+a+violent+patient+near+to+his%2Fher+bed%3B+being+away+from+family%3B+having+to+stay+in+closed+wards%3B+having+to+eat+cold+and+tasteless+food%3B+losing+income+or+job+due+to+illness%2C+being+hospitalized+away+from+home%3B+not+able+to+understand+the+jargons+used+by+the+clinical+staff+and+not+getting+medication+for+sleep.+A+well-differentiated+assessment+of+stress+and+satisfaction+has+implications+for+the+evaluation+of+the+quality+of+psychiatric+care+and+for+the+improvement+of+in-patient+psychiatric+care.&rft.publisher=BS+Kakkilaya&rft.contributor=Kakkilaya%2C+Dr+Srinivas&rft.date=2011-04-15&rft.type=Journal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F7790%2F1%2F2011-1-5.pdf&rft.identifier=++Latha%2C+KS+and+Ravi+Shankar+%2C+BG++(2011)+Hospital+Related+Stress+Among+Patients+Admitted+to+a+Psychiatric+In-patient+Unit+in+India.++%5BJournal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F7790%2F