An exploration of time use of patient with schizophrenia in the National Institute of Mental Health in Bangladesh

Abstract

To explore how patients with schizophrenia use their time on a psychiatric ward at NIMH in Bangladesh. The studies investigate the Occupational experience of people with schizophrenia in NIMH. Researcher will conducted Qualitative research and quantitative design to collect more structural and in depth information about patient with schizophrenia use their time in the occupational performance at the psychiatric ward. Quantitative (occupational questionnaire), qualitative (semi-structured interview) and field test were collected over two weeks. Six participants are recruited from the study settings (NIMH). In this study time use data characterized predominantly by engagement in leisure (38%) and rest (37%) occupation and little more dominant in self care activity (17%) and vary few proportion of time that they performed in productivity (8%). In the quantitative results suggest that the participant doing their activity as they felt good, very good, poorly, very poorly and they gave importance as they felt very important, important, take it or leave it, rather not do it and someone feel it total waste of time and about interest as they felt like it, very much like it, like it or dislike it, dislike it, very much like it. In the qualitative results shows that the environmental influence, lack of basic needs, immediate life needs a wish for satisfaction or wanting to escape the reality is the common influence of time use which facilitated the participant to spent time passively and rest occupation. This studies explored that how patient with schizophrenia use their time at NIMH. In conclusion the participant spent most of the activities in sitting, lying down and rest occupation. Few occupational situations, facilate the participant to do more passive occupation .This situation may results in boredom, powerlessness and frustration. The structure occupational situation and maintained it in a regulatory manner as a structure daily, this will may effect on a time use pattern. In the Occupational Therapy point of view it would be probably be important to help reshape the environment and help regain roles that involves interacting with the outside world.