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The international Nursing Symposium and Workshop 2007 in Indonesia

The one topic in the International Nursing Symposium and Workshop  in Indonesia on July 4th -5th, 2007 by The AINEC (Association of Indonesian Nurse Education Center)

 The Effectiveness of the Mental Health Restoration for Flood Victims
                         in a Metropolitan Community                           

                                                                                  Kwanta  Boonvas  , Ed.D, RN *    

 Abstract

   The purposes of this quasi experimental research were to study
the mental health problems of the flood victims and to investigate          
the Effectiveness of the Mental Health Restoration for Flood Victims     
in a Metropolitan Community, Darulnasee-ah, Nhongjoak, Bangkok.    
The total population of 46 people were selected by a cluster sampling    
technique and assigned into the experimental group, one-group pretest-  posttest design.                                                                                                        

          The research instruments were two questionnaires and a Guideline for Flood Victims. The Mental Health Problems Assessment                 Qestionnaire; insomnia, excitement, irritability, nightmare, physical           reaction, impaired  work performance, emotional numbing, and the         Satisfaction in the Mental Health Restoration for Flood Victims               Assessment Questionnaire were reliable 0.92 and 0.96 with Cronbach' s Alpha Coefficient method. A Guideline for Flood Victims was                

reliable  0.67-1 with index of congruence. The data were analyzed with  

descriptive statistics and  t-test  for dependent samples.                           

The results revealed that:                                                                         
 1.  The mental health problems of the flood victims were at  a low level   (  x = 1.80, SD = 0.22). This theme can be ordered                       from the highest to the lowest as follows: insomnia, excitement,                 irritability, nightmare,  physical reaction, impaired work performance, and emotional    numbing. (  x = 1.54-2.11)                                                   

    2.  The Effectiveness of the Mental Health Restoration for Flood Victims was investigated.                                                                        

2.1 The comparisons of the mental health problems, after
the Mental Health Restoration: it was found that the mental health              problems of the flood victims were lower with a significant difference       

at .01 level.                                                                                                      
  2.2  The flood victims were highly satisfied with the Mental
Health Restoration  (  x = 3.92, SD = 0.18) Conclusion: Although            many of the victims seemed to have scored low on mental health              problems, it must  be emphasized that someone who shows severe          responses to flood can be helped through the Mental Health Restoration, which helps them to relieve the problems by changing in the way               they view the future and learn from their experience.