The Effect of Health Education on Family Knowledge about the Care of Hallucinatory Patients at the Ponre Health Center

Number of cases schizophrenia in the work area of the Ponre Health Center there were 95 cases. There were 30 people who experienced hallucinations. The most common hallucinations were hearing, 22 people and the remaining 8 people experienced visual hallucinations. Families who have family members who experience hallucinations often don’t receive adequate attention and care due to the lack of family knowledge in caring for family members who experience hallucinations and the impacts that arise if hallucinations aren’t handled properly. This research is research pre-experimental quantitative with approach one-group pretest-posttest design. The sample in this study was 30 family members using total sampling. Be found the influence of health education and the media booklet on family knowledge about treating patients with auditory and visual hallucinations at the Ponre Community Health Center with a P value <α (0.000 <0.05), tested by test marginal homogeneity wilcoxon. There is an influence of providing health education interventions the media booklet in increasing family knowledge about treating patients with auditory and visual hallucinations at the Ponre Community Health Center. Research suggestions can be a valuable guide in encouraging the use of health education to increase family understanding regarding caring for patients with auditory and visual hallucinations.