CONTRIBUTIONS OF HOME HEALTHCARE PROGRAMS IN IMPROVING PATIENTS' QUALITY OF LIFE (A FIELD STUDY OF PATIENTS BENEFICIARIES OF THE HOME HEALTHCARE PROGRAM AT THE ERADA AND MENTAL HEALTH COMPLEX IN JEDDAH)

Abstract

The study aimed to identify the contributions of home healthcare programs to improving patients' quality of life. This goal is achieved by identifying the contributions of social care services, mental health care services, and telemedicine services to improving patients' quality of life. It also identifies the obstacles facing home healthcare services at the Erada and Mental Health Complex, and develops a proposed vision for activating home healthcare services at the Erada and Mental Health Complex.

The current study is a descriptive study aimed at identifying home healthcare programs at the Erada and Mental Health Complex. In this study, the researchers used a social survey method using a sample method for patients benefiting from home healthcare programs at the Erada and Mental Health Complex in Jeddah. The study population consists of (630) beneficiaries of the home healthcare programs at the Erada and Mental Health Complex. The sample size, based on the law, reached (239) beneficiaries, at a significance level of 0.05, i.e., a confidence level of 95%. The sample type was determined by a simple random sample. The results of the study confirmed that the social care services in improving the quality of life of patients, as defined by patients, had an arithmetic mean of (2.49) and a standard deviation of (0.60), which is a high level. The psychological medical care services in improving the quality of life of patients, as defined by patients, had an arithmetic mean of (2.64) and a standard deviation of (0.50), which is a high level. The therapeutic health services (remotely) in improving the quality of life of patients, as defined by patients, had an arithmetic mean of (2.57) and a standard deviation of (0.57), which is a high level. The obstacles facing home health care services at the Erada and Mental Health Complex, as defined by patients, had an arithmetic mean of (2.13) and a standard deviation of (0.67), which is an average level. The proposals to activate health care services at the Erada and Mental Health Complex, as defined by patients, had an arithmetic mean of (2.70) and a standard deviation of (0.46), which is an average level.