Socio-Psychological and Economic Problems Faced by Hospitalized Patients and their Effects on their Quality of Life

Authors

  • Gulshan Ajmal M.Phil. Scholar, Department of Sociology, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Punjab, Pakistan.
  • Muhammad Ajmal Lecturer, Department of Sociology, Multan post-graduate College, Multan, Punjab, Pakistan.
  • Abdul Latif M.Phil. Scholar, Department of Sociology, International Islamic University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
  • Javed Mengal M.Phil. Scholar, Department of Sociology, International Islamic University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
  • Abid Hussain M.Phil. Scholar, Department of Sociology, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Punjab, Pakistan.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.55737/qjss.878668211

Keywords:

Health Inequality, Reduced Productivity, Economic Burden, Anxiety, Family Dynamics, Social Isolation

Abstract

Patients face many Social, economic and Psychological problems faced in hospitals. The primary caregivers of people with various mental illnesses, such as early psychosis, chronic schizophrenia, depressive disorders, anxiety disorders, and others, were the focus of this study, which sought to examine their psychological, economic, social and quality of life. Patients face social problems in hospitals. They face many difficulties while living in the hospital. The present study is designed to examine hospitalized patients' social, psychological and economic issues and their effects on their quality of life in the Muzaffargarh District. Government hospital patients are participating in the study as respondents. Data collection made use of the multistage sampling technique. First, the Hospital Muzaffargarh is deliberately chosen. The sampling data was collected from 375 respondents. The second stage used the hospital record to create a list of attendants. In the third stage, three hundred seventy-five data are randomly selected from the list. In light of the research objectives, an interviewing schedule was created for the data collection. The ten respondents as a pretest population evaluated the questionnaire's acceptability. Using Social science statistical software, data was examined using descriptive regression methods (SPSS).

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  • Gulshan Ajmal, M.Phil. Scholar, Department of Sociology, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Punjab, Pakistan.

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2024-03-30

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Ajmal, G., Ajmal, M., Latif, A., Mengal, J., & Hussain, A. (2024). Socio-Psychological and Economic Problems Faced by Hospitalized Patients and their Effects on their Quality of Life. Qlantic Journal of Social Sciences, 5(1), 1-9. https://doi.org/10.55737/qjss.878668211

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