An Overview over the Rate of Satisfaction of Mental Patients and their Families from the Mental Health Programs in Rural Areas

This study was aimed to evaluate satisfaction of psychiatric patients and their families from mental health programs in rural centers in Sanandaj city. The study sample included 51 psychiatric patients and families who are under coverage of rurar health center. Data was collected through an administration of questionnaires. The collected data was analysed using the descriptive and nonparametric statistic. 47.6% psychiatric patients and their families reported satisfachion from mental health services delivery system. Also, 57.8% of them were satified from rural health centers personals and 57.1% of them were satisfied from the service delivery system in rural health center, 86.2% and 84.3% psychiatric patient were satisfied from receving mental health services financially and interms of spending time respectively. Finally, 64.8% psychiatric patients were not satisfied from therapeutic outcomes. The promotion of the quality of services delivery system, particulary psychiatric medications, refering and following up in rural health centers would increase the satisfaction of psychiatric patients and hence, this program should be more successful in respect of its purposes.