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September 10, 2025Rwanda medical journalOpen Access

Assessing Nurses’ Knowledge on Psychiatric Patients’ Rights: A Crosssectional Study at Ndera Neuropsychiatric Teaching Hospital

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PSP. C. SindambiweJTJean Damascene TwagirumukizaMGM C Gasanganwa

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Overview

Cross-sectional study evaluates nurses' awareness of psychiatric patients' rights, highlighting knowledge gaps in treatment refusal.

Key Points

  • Nurses demonstrated high knowledge of psychiatric patients' rights, particularly dignity and informed consent.
  • About 67.9% of nurses reported formal training on patients' rights, with most considering their knowledge excellent.
  • A cross-sectional study was conducted with 140 nurses, analyzing responses via the Chi-square test to evaluate knowledge.
  • Gaps remain in understanding treatment refusal rights; demographic factors did not significantly influence knowledge levels.

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Sindambiwe et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68c1a5eb54b1d3bfb60df49ehttps://doi.org/10.4314/rmj.v82i2.1
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