{"title":"Doomscrolling – threat to Mental Health and Well-being: A Review","authors":"Elizabeth Victor Rodrigues","doi":"10.31690/ijnr.2022.v08i04.002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31690/ijnr.2022.v08i04.002","url":null,"abstract":"In the early 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic emerged as a global threat to health and social stability were in the headlines of the news agenda. 24/7 news coverage was dominated by reports from collapsing hospitals and closed down cities, grave government officials announcing drastic counter-pandemic measures, shifting predictions for a vaccination timeline, and statistics of infected, hospitalized, and deceased in various countries around the globe. COVID-19 pandemic has impacted all aspects of our lives. One such effect is doom scrolling/doom surfing which is the tendency to continue to surf or scroll through bad news, even though that news is saddening, disheartening or depressing, practice researchers found has boomed since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. There is a myriad of reasons as to why endlessly looking for bad news feels so strangely fulfilling-a way of feeling in control in a world that feels so out of control all the time, the sense of safety in knowledge or curiosity of the human mind. Studies have shown that doom scrolling has negative impact on mental health, triggering, and worsening one’s mental and neurological health. . It also has impact on physical health, and increase in cases of cervical spondylosis, and posture related issues and joint arthritis. The habit also is not an easy one to break, but thankfully human brain quickly can divert their minds. Generation of awareness and adoption of digital hygiene strategies will contribute toward better affective regulation, mental well-being, healthy use of technology minimizes the experience of anxiety, fear apprehension hopelessness, and intolerance of uncertainty.","PeriodicalId":92656,"journal":{"name":"International journal of nursing research","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69653501","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Clinical Learning Environment: Experience of Nursing Students","authors":"Neelam Thapa, Rajesh Sharma, R. Sharma","doi":"10.31690/ijnr.2022.v08i02.006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31690/ijnr.2022.v08i02.006","url":null,"abstract":"Aim: This study is conducted to assess factors interfering with good and poor glycemic control. Introduction: There is a rising trend in the prevalence of diabetes in India over recent years, poor and inadequate glycemic control affected by many factors such as socio-demographic, clinical and behavior factors constitutes a major risk factor for the development of diabetes complications. Materials and Methods: A descriptive study was conducted using purposive sampling technique by enrolling 100 subjects with type 2 Diabetes Mellitus having 30 and above 30 years of age, attending OPD or admitted in SGRD hospital. Data collected by observation and interviewing the subjects using self-structured questionnaire. Analysis and interpretation were done by descriptive and inferential statistics. Results: It shows that total of 100 subjects 61% had poor and 39% had good glycemic control. Factors such as age 50–59 years 18 (29.5%), male 36 (59%), informal education 30 (49.1%), BMI overweight 27 (44.3%), duration of diabetes 4–6 years, 30 (49.2%), and co-morbidities such as hypertension 38 (62.3%) and renal diseases 20 (32.8%), inappropriate diabetic diet 37 (60.7%), and 35 (57.4%) inadequate exercise alcohol consumption 26 (42.6%) were factors interfering glycemic control. Complications related to diabetes were 10 (16.4%) retinopathy and nephropathy, 23 (37.7%) neuropathy, 4 (6.6%) coronary artery disease, 8 (13.1%) foot ulcer, 15 (24.6%) stroke, 5 (8.2%) cataract and their odd ratios (OR-3.627, 7.45, 48.22, 6.18, 12.55, 18.09, 3.913, and 1.07, respectively). Conclusion: There is need to achieve an understanding of the extent of glycemic control in patients with type 2 DM and to see the factors interfering with good and poor glycemic control groups, and as a result, to spot the factors affecting glycemic control","PeriodicalId":92656,"journal":{"name":"International journal of nursing research","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69653527","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Bird Eye View on Recent Developments of Community Health Providers in India","authors":"Jyoti M. Nirapure","doi":"10.31690/ijnr.2022.v08i03.002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31690/ijnr.2022.v08i03.002","url":null,"abstract":"In this research work discuss a recent development in the area of community health providers (CHP). In the last few years, India face many challenges in community health services sector. Recent India move on giant development in the area of CHPs. For any development and changes required a legal amendment, for development of community health national medical commission bill presented the midlevel medical practitioner under chapter V (autonomous board), clause no-32. In the research work also discuss the previous work presented in area of CHPs in India. In short discuss the role of community health officers in India for the improvement of health services. Although being the backbone of the COVID-19 campaign in India, community health workers’ welfare but also employment conditions have not received enough attention. The nationwide lockdown, which was announced in March 2020, caused a migration of migratory workers from cities to home villages and towns, placing a heavy burden on public services and public health professionals. Regular immunizations, childcare services, and education suffered as a result of staff in these fields being redirected to cope with the containment of COVID-19 and especially those working in rural India. Field Epidemiology Training Program, strengthens the capacity of the public health workforce to detect, respond, and control disease outbreaks at the source. CDC India continues to support advanced, intermediate and frontline FETP programs, provide mentorship for outbreak investigations, surveillance evaluations, COVID-19 activities, and regular remote training. This research work also focuses on other major issues and problem of CHPs. Not only in COVID time duration but also after pandemics.","PeriodicalId":92656,"journal":{"name":"International journal of nursing research","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69653593","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
J. Saini, Hansaram Suthar, Sarita Shokandha, M. Dey
{"title":"Effectiveness of Structured Teaching Programme on Knowledge and Attitude Regarding Prevention and Control of Alcohol Use among Undergraduate College Students","authors":"J. Saini, Hansaram Suthar, Sarita Shokandha, M. Dey","doi":"10.31690/ijnr.2022.v08i01.005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31690/ijnr.2022.v08i01.005","url":null,"abstract":"Introduction: Use of alcohol among college students is a worldwide problem. Alcoholism is gradually tearing down the college students irrespective of gender. Incidents of many diseases are preventable through changes in health behavior by adopting health education strategies for educating the students. Objectives: The objectives of the study were to evaluate the effectiveness of the structured teaching program (STP) on knowledge and attitude regarding prevention and control of alcohol use among undergraduate college students. Materials and Methods: One group pre-test and post-test design was used on 163 undergraduate college students at Shekhawati P.G. College Kanwat, Sikar (Rajasthan), using Stratified random sampling. STP, structured knowledge questionnaire and attitude scale were used to collect the data. Results: Study found a statistically significant (t = 41.60, df = 162, P = 0.0153) increase in mean knowledge score (mean difference of 9.57) from mean pre-test knowledge score of 10.14, SD ± 2.09 to post-test knowledge score of 19.71, SD ± 2.18 after administration of the STP. Similarly, post-exposure to the STP a statistically significant (t = 19.47, df = 162, P = 0.0326) improvement in attitude score, from pre-test attitude scores of 68, SD ± 8, to mean post-test attitude score 77.97, SD ± 5.78, was found with mean difference of 9.97. It shows that STP was effective in enhancement of knowledge and attitude of undergraduate college students. The post-test knowledge and attitude score showed statistically significant correlation (r = 0.73, df = 161, P = 0.00001). Conclusion: Systematically prepared STP on prevention and control of alcohol use was effective in improving the knowledge and attitude of undergraduate college students.","PeriodicalId":92656,"journal":{"name":"International journal of nursing research","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69653680","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
C. Kannammal, Bhoopendra Singh Yadav, M. Pal, Rajni Mishra, Mohd Danish Rijvi
{"title":"A Pre-Experimental Study to Assess the Effectiveness of the Structured Teaching Program on Knowledge Regarding Swine Flu Among Adolescents in Selected Government Higher Secondary School at Lucknow","authors":"C. Kannammal, Bhoopendra Singh Yadav, M. Pal, Rajni Mishra, Mohd Danish Rijvi","doi":"10.31690/ijnr.2022.v08i03.004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31690/ijnr.2022.v08i03.004","url":null,"abstract":"Background: The aim has identified that the new influenza A (H1N1) influenza (swine influenza or swine flu) is a respiratory disease of pigs caused by type a influenza virus that regularly causes outbreaks of influenza in pigs. H1N1 virus causes high levels of illness and low death rates in pigs (centers for disease control and prevention. The centers of disease control has identified that influenza viruses from different species infect pigs. The World Health Oranization H1N1 appears to be as contagious as seasonal influenza. India is ranked 3rd among the most affected countries for cases and deaths of swine flu globally. Methods: In this study, the research approach was quantitative research approach quasi-experimental one group pre-test post-test design which was applied. Total 30 samples selected by convenient sampling techniques. The intervention Structured Teaching Program was introduced to the group after the pre-test. Knowledge was assessed by self-structured questionnaire tool before and after the intervention. This study was conducted in selected Government Higher Secondary School At Lucknow. Results: The result revealed that reveals that the pre-test knowledge mean was 7.3 ± 2.07 (SD) which is 36.5% of the total score, whereas in post-test, the mean score (16.1 ± 1.64 [SD]) which is 80.5% of the total score which means that this score reveals that the adolescents under the study had gained knowledge regarding swine flu among adolescents in selected government higher secondary school. Conclusion: The study concluded that the structured teaching program regarding knowledge on swine flu among government higher secondary school students was effective to improve the knowledge among adolescents in selected government higher secondary school.","PeriodicalId":92656,"journal":{"name":"International journal of nursing research","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69653698","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
S. Yogalakshmi, D. Sasikala, S. Varughese, K. Vijayalakshmi
{"title":"An Experimental Study to Assess the Effectiveness of Aerobic Exercise on Blood Urea in Hemodialysis Patients in Selected Hospitals, Chennai","authors":"S. Yogalakshmi, D. Sasikala, S. Varughese, K. Vijayalakshmi","doi":"10.31690/ijnr.2022.v08i03.001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31690/ijnr.2022.v08i03.001","url":null,"abstract":"Aim: This study was aimed to determine the effect of intradialytic aerobic exercise on blood urea in hemodialysis (HD) patients. Introduction: HD is one way to treat advanced kidney failure and can help to carry on an active life despite failing kidneys. Intradialytic exercise (IDE) is the exercise training performed during the HD session to increase the patient’s strength and endurance. Materials and Methods: A quasi-experimental study was carried out among 60 adult patients on HD (30 each in control and experimental groups), selected by consecutive sampling technique, at selected tertiary care centers in Chennai. The baseline characteristics and pretest blood urea were collected from both the groups and the intradialytic aerobic exercise was administered for 8 weeks (3 times/week) among the experimental group of patients. Then Post-test I and II blood urea were assessed in both the groups at end of 4th and 8th week. The data were analyzed in SPSS 22. Results: IDE showed a significant effect in reducing blood urea (mg/dl) among experimental group of participants than control group in post-test I (76.73 ± 17.58, 93.20 ±19.24) and in post-test II (62.23 ± 13.28, 90.20 ±19.60) at P = 0.001. There was no significance difference in baseline data/pre-test between experimental and control group pre-test (103.53 ± 30.03, 103.70 ± 30.46). Conclusion: This study reveals that intra dialytic aerobic exercises is beneficial in terms of reducing blood urea, as a supplementary therapy for HD patients.","PeriodicalId":92656,"journal":{"name":"International journal of nursing research","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69653580","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Descriptive Study to Assess the Quality of Sleep among Adolescents in Selected Schools of the City in View to Prepare Information Booklet","authors":"Amruta Ajit Lokhande, Prabhadevi Narayan, Pratik Premanand Patole, Sakshi Ajit Lokhande","doi":"10.31690/ijnr.2022.v08i03.005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31690/ijnr.2022.v08i03.005","url":null,"abstract":"Background: It is of utmost importance to understand the repercussions of unhealthy sleep pattern and the environmental factors which affect the sleep quality among adolescents so that urgent actions could be taken to mitigate the effect. A community based cross-sectional study was conducted to determine the prevalence of poor sleep quality among adolescents of an urban resettlement colony and to evaluate the association of poor sleep quality with the correlates. About 257 adolescents aged 15–18 years were involved in the study. Materials and Methods: The research design is a descriptive research design use to assess the quality of sleep among adolescents in selected schools of the city. The investigator conducted the study in selected schools of the city. The targeted population of the study will be adolescent of 10th std students. The adolescents studying at selected schools of the city. The sampling technique use in this study is non-probability purposive sampling for sample and simple random sampling technique for selecting the schools. Result: A 136 (52.91%) have moderate sleep trouble, 83 (32.29%) have light, and 38 (14.78%) have severe. There was a strong relationship between family type, number of siblings, studying in bed, school distance, and mobile phone ownership. Age, gender, religion, monthly family income, place of residence, duration of sleep time, duration of screen addiction social media, mode of travel to school, and physical difficulties were not associated with adjustment problems.","PeriodicalId":92656,"journal":{"name":"International journal of nursing research","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69653709","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
E. S. Prasanth, Ancy Vargheese, K. H. Athulya, Babitha Babu, Chanjal Sebastian, N. Jiya, M. G. Karthika, Neema Nazar
{"title":"A Study to Assess the Knowledge and Practice of Anger Management among Adolescents Students in a Selected School, Thrissur with a View to Prepare a Pamphlet","authors":"E. S. Prasanth, Ancy Vargheese, K. H. Athulya, Babitha Babu, Chanjal Sebastian, N. Jiya, M. G. Karthika, Neema Nazar","doi":"10.31690/ijnr.2022.v08i02.002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31690/ijnr.2022.v08i02.002","url":null,"abstract":"Background: Anger is an emotional state that varies in intensity from mild irritation to intense fury and range. Anger can be caused by both external and internal events. The anger management is helps to reduce both emotional feeling and the physiological arousal that anger causes. Hence, the study was undertaken to assess the knowledge and practice of anger management among adolescent students in a selected School, Thrissur with a view to prepare a pamphlet. The objectives of the study were to assess the knowledge and practice regarding anger management among adolescents and find out the association between knowledge and practice on anger management among adolescents with their selected demographic variables. Methods: Data were collected using a structured questionnaire. The design of study was descriptive survey and was conducted over 212 students from St. Joseph Model Higher Secondary School, Kuriachira, Thrissur. The samples were selected by purposive sampling. Results: According to this study, state that the knowledge regarding anger management among adolescents is inadequate (58.49%) as well as practice regarding anger management among adolescents is also moderate (39.25%). Conclusion: The study concluded with that each school gives some attention to the knowledge of practice regarding anger management among adolescents.","PeriodicalId":92656,"journal":{"name":"International journal of nursing research","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69653822","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Study to Evaluate the Effectiveness of Health-Care Package on Self-care Management and Prevention of Complications in Patients with Type-2 Diabetes Mellitus in Terms of the Knowledge and Practices in Diabetic Clinic of Selected Hospitals in Delhi","authors":"Dharm Veer Kharol, Mahendra Kharol","doi":"10.31690/ijnr.2022.v08i03.008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31690/ijnr.2022.v08i03.008","url":null,"abstract":"Introduction: The aim of this study were to prevent, control, and manage diabetes mellitus (DM) and its further consequences, it is essentially required that the diabetic patients should have adequate knowledge and adopt healthy lifestyle practices. Objectives: The objectives of this study were to evaluate the effectiveness of the health-care package on self-care management and prevention of complications in type 2 DM patients in terms of the knowledge and practices. Materials and Methods: The present study was conducted with evaluative research approach and non-randomized control group design at Safadarjung Hospital, Delhi. Sample was selected through non-probability purposive sampling technique and sample size consisted of 60. The tools for data collection included structured interview schedule and expressed practice questionnaire. The health-care package included – planned teaching program, self-care diary cum information booklet, diabetic identification card, diet chart, and pictorial/flash cards. Results: There was a significant “t” value of 15.882, df (29), P < 0.05 and “t” value of 9.86, df (29), P < 0.05 for mean pre- and post-test, knowledge and practice scores of experimental group and, significant “t” value of 9.1, df (58), P < 0.05 and “t” value of 11.45, df (58), P < 0.05 for mean post-test, and knowledge and practice scores of experimental and control group. There was also found a positive correlation r = 0.948, P < 0.05 between post-test knowledge and practice scores of experimental group. Study findings also conclude significant association of post-test, knowledge scores with educational level (χ² = 16.533*, df=6, P < 0.05), per capita income (χ² = 10.093*, df=3, P < 0.05), practice scores with educational level (χ² = 17.2*, df=6, P < 0.05), and per capita income (χ² = 8.422*, df=3, P < 0.05) of type 2 diabetic patients. Conclusion: The study findings revealed that health-care package was found to be effective in enhancing the knowledge and improving the practices of the type 2 diabetic patients.","PeriodicalId":92656,"journal":{"name":"International journal of nursing research","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69653919","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}