“A Study to Assess Knowledge Regarding ECT Among People in Selected Areas of Pune City.”

Abstract

Introduction: Electroconvulsive therapy ECT refers to the induction of seizures via the passage of electric current for therapeutic purpose. It is a well-established treatment modality for treating acute episodes of psychoses or affective disorders. It has demonstrated benefits in various other psychiatric as somatic therapies are treatment approaches that use physiological or physical interventions to effect behavior change. The most common form of somatic therapy is ECT. It was first used as a treatment modality in 1934 to cure psychotic disorders by inducing convulsions. Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), the oldest somatic therapy still in use in psychiatry today, remains one of the most effective therapeutic interventions for a wide variety of psychiatric disorders. ECT and ketamine, which has shown promise for treatment-resistant depression and acute suicidality. Researchers continue to explore different ways of using ECT by modifying the treatment parameters to maintain efficacy and decrease side effects. Neurocognitive side effects remain one of the major drawbacks to its use and contribute to the negative stigma of this highly effective treatment. 
Material and Methods: In present study Researcher adapted Non Experimental descriptive research design it was carried out on 300 Samples Non-probability purposive sampling  techniques was used to data was collected after collecting the through structured questionnaire for assessing the level of knowledge among people regarding ECT Ethical clearance was taken from the institutional ethics committee data analysis word done using descriptive statistics using demographic profile and self-structured questionnaire on knowledge regarding ECT among people data analysis was done using descriptive statistics.
Result: Revealed that knowledge releted to Electroconvulsive Therapy majority of people having an average knowledge, 66.33% while 30.66% had an poor knowledge and only 3%have an good knowledge. The overall mean is 8.8withSD+-2.25