17.Self-Esteem Levels among Patients in a Surgical Ward in Public Sector Tertiary Care Hospitals in Karachi, Pakistan
Atif Mahmood1 , Atif Jawad2 , Ali Maqbool3 , Safdar Ali4 , Hamza Akhtar4 and Faria Khan1
ABSTRACT
Objective: To find out the self-esteem levels of the patients admitted in surgical wards of government sector tertiary care hospitals in Karachi.
Study Design: Cross sectional study.
Place and Duration of Study: This study was conducted at the Department of Surgery at Civil Hospital Karachi, Lyari General Hospital, Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Center, Karachi from May 2018 to October 2018. Materials and Methods: A written informed consent was obtained from each and every patient. A total of 198 subjects were enrolled by non probability convenient sampling majority of which were postoperative. The patients of both sexes of the age ranging from >15 years were included in the study. The State Self-Esteem scale was used for evaluation of self-esteem. The 20 item scale has an acceptable internal consistency (alpha = .92). Self-esteem evaluated can be subdivided into performance self-esteem, social self-esteem, and appearance self-esteem. All items are answered using a 5-point scale (1= not at all, 2= a little bit, 3= somewhat, 4= very much, 5= extremely). All the data was analyzed using SPSS version 17.0.
Results: The studied patients comprised of 144 males and 54 females. The mean age of the patients was 31.36 ±12.31. The mean score of SSE was found to be 45.62 (7.08) showing an overall low self-esteem of the subjects. The mean scores for performance SSE was 17.02 (3.21), Social SSE was 17.12 (3.5) and appearance SSE was 14.5 (3.49). The duration of the disease was found to be significantly associated with the Appearance SSE (p value= 0.000).
Conclusion: Those who have high self-esteem are presumed to be psychologically happy and healthy whereas those with low self-esteem are believed to be psychologically distressed and perhaps even depressed. It was found that duration of disease had a significant impact on the psychological state of the patient which lowered their overall self-esteem.
Key Words: State self-esteem scale, surgical patients
Citation of articles: Mahmood A, Jawad A, Maqbool A, Ali S, Akhtar H, Khan F. Self-Esteem Levels among Patients in a Surgical Ward in Public Sector Tertiary Care Hospitals in Karachi, Pakistan. Med Forum 2019;30(4):74-78.