Indian Journal of Surgical Nursing

Background: There is limited data on the quality of life in the early post-stroke phase and the changes in it over time. Social support and stroke-related depression significantly adversely affect the quality of life after stroke. Stroke-associated disability has been found to affect the health status of the individual with stroke over a period of time. The relationship between health status and other socio-demographic and clinical factors has been less well studied. In this study, the global and domain-specific quality of life was studied in patients with first ever episode of stroke, both ischemic and hemorrhagic, of 3 or more months’ duration. Objectives: To study overall and domain specific quality of life in stroke survivors within one year after stroke and to test the reliability and validity of the Modified stroke specific quality of life scale (SS – QOL) Design: An observational and cross-sectional pilot study was used. For the study. setting: Selected Multispecialty hospital at thanjavur district. Participants: 500 patients who suffered stroke up to 1 year prior to the present study were included. Methods: Patients were interviewed with use of Modified stroke specific quality of life scale (SS – QOL) and other indexes and scales were applied. The reliability was assessed by using Cronbach’s alpha (internal consistency) and test-retest by using Spearman’s rho scores; the acceptability was evaluated by the floor and ceiling effects. Results: Results show that psychosocial aspect of health is affected equally with that of physical health so researcher concluded that psychosocial aspect of health which directly influences the physical function of stroke survivors. so coping abilities to be improve for better adherence to the physical therapy. As coping strategies and mirror therapy can be offered as a useful adjunct in stroke rehabilitation, it would be beneficial if coping ability increase adherence to the physical therapy will also increase ultimately quality of life also good.

Keywords: Ischemic Stroke; Quality of Life; Psychosocial Health; Physical Health. 

A study was conducted to assess the prevalence of obesity among rural and urban Children of selected schools. The sample of this study comprise of 50 Children from rural and 50 Children from urban . Collected data was analyzed by using Descriptive and inferential statistics. The findings revealed that, in rural mean & SD value for Height, Weight & BMI was 142.28 & 7.21, 36.82 & 7.98, 18.35 & 3.18 respectively. In Urban mean & SD value for Height, Weight & BMI was 128.68 & 9.52, 44.08 & 6.50, 25.80 & 3.82 respectively. The result revealed that, the prevalence of obesity is higher in urban school children than the rural school children. The study also shows that there is association with selected variables. So it shows that hypothesis H2 was accepted.

Keywords: Obesity; Prevalence; Rural; Urban & B.M.I. 

“A quasi experimental study to assess the effectiveness of structured teaching program on pediatric critical care nursing among the GNM students in Naincy college of Nursing, Jeolikote, Nainital, Uttrakhand.” The finding of the study revealed that the overall knowledge mean was 0.34, mean percentage was 34% and SD was 10.62 respectively. The findings revealed that the knowledge level after giving STP was improved and the mean value was 0.70, mean percentage was 70% & SD was 20.84.The findings of study revealed that the association of knowledge score with age, education, medium of education, with source of information, occupation and with previous knowledge were significant. Chi square was used to find out associations between the selected demographic variables and knowledge score.

Keywords: Critical Care; Structured Teaching Program.

Cardiac monitoring generally refers to continuous monitoring of heart activity, generally by electrocardiography with assessment of the patient’s condition relative to their cardiac rhythm. An electrocardiogram (also called ECG) is a test that records the electrical activity of your heart through small electrode patches attached to the skin of your chest, arms, and legs. An ECG may be part of a routine physical exam or it may be used as a test for heart disease. There is a lack of reliable and valid performance of ICU nurses in interpreting the ECG of patients. Purpose: This study develops a video on ECG and checks the effectiveness of the video among the staff nurses of ICU with respect to their level of knowledge in interpreting an ECG. Method: A Pre –Experimental study with one group pre- test post- test design was adopted. The reliability of the tool was done using Cronbach’s alpha and the validity of the tool was evaluated by 15 experts from the field after which the pilot study was carried out on 5 staff nurses. Purposive sampling technique was used to collect the data from 50 ICU staff nurses. The 32 item semi structured questionnaire was given to 50 ICU staff nurses who enrolled for the research. Results: A pre -test was conducted (n=50) and the result’s showed that the mean score for knowledge on selected aspects of cardiac monitoring was 13.1000 with a standard deviation of 3.41216. However, after the VAT there was a significant increase in the post test mean score for knowledge on selected aspects of cardiac monitoring and standard deviation scores with 24.0400 and 4.47195 respectively. In the pretest it was seen that 38 staff nurses had inadequate knowledge and 12 staff nurses had moderately adequate knowledge however in the post test it is seen that only 7 staff nurses had inadequate knowledge, 23 staff nurses had moderately adequate knowledge and 20 staff nurses had adequate knowledge. Conclusion: The video assisted tool created on selected aspect of cardiac monitoring (ECG) was a sound tool and it helped the nurses to gain knowledge and put that into practice. It is also recommended that more broader aspect of ECG can be taught to the staff-nurses.

Keywords: Effect; VAT; Knowledge; ICU; Cardiac Monitoring; ECG. 

Background of the Study: In the current scenario people suffer from diseases resulting from unhealthy lifestyle practices, environment and unhealthy food habits. Many Intestinal and urinary condition need surgical intervention called as diversion technique. Intestinal diversion technique use to reroute the intestinal content, urinary diversion is to reroute the urine output through an artificial stoma. According to research study it’s estimated that around 6,400 permanent colostomies are carried out each year in UK. Objectives: 1. to assess the pretest and posttest level of knowledge regarding diversion procedure and stoma care among B.Sc. nursing student. 2. To evaluate the effectiveness of workshop based teaching on level of knowledge regarding diversion procedure and stoma care among B.Sc. nursing student. Methodology: An experimental quantitative approach was used to achieve the objectives of the study. The study was conducted in Padmashree institute of nursing, Bengaluru, The sample size was 29. Result: Findings shows the outcome of paired t test on knowledge scores and statistical significance. Out of maximum score 24, mean was 10.06, SD was 3.34, Mean % was 41.91, and paired t test value found as 16.20, which was found to be significant at 0.05 level. Conclusion: The study concludes that majority of the student gained adequate knowledge regarding diversion procedure and stoma care after the workshop based teaching. It proves that the workshop based teaching was effective in improving the knowledge among the B.Sc. nursing students.

Keywords: Knowledge; Diversion Procedure; Stoma Care; Workshop Based Teaching. 

 Pain is a complex, multifaceted phenomenon. It is an individual, unique experience that may be difficult for client to describe or explain, procedural pain is an important source of discomfort for client in nursing care settings. Intramuscular injection is common procedure that nurses frequently carry out which cause pain and distress. Keeping this in view a study was conducted to assess the effectiveness of cold application prior to intramuscular injection on the intensity of pain among adults admitted in selected hospitals of the city. True experimental post test only control design was used for the study. 60 adults (30 experimental group and 30 control group) who were selected by using probability simple random sampling technique. Lottery method was used for the selection of sample. The data was collected by using interview scheduled & modified numerical pain intensity scale. The comparison of intensity of pain in the experimental group & control group reveal that the mean difference score of the experimental group was 3.93 & the control group was 6.40. The calculated‘t’ value at 2.048 at 5% level of significance. Hence the research hypothesis H1 is accepted, thus mean that pain was less in experimental group as compared to control group, means cold application was very effective.

Keywords: Effectiveness; Cold Application; Intramuscular Injection; Intensity; Pain; Adults.