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Prakash Naregal , Vaishali R. Mohite , Prabhuswami Hiremath , Mahesh Chendake , Rajashri B. Karale , Shivaji Pawar , Ujwala R. More

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Fever is a commonest medical problem in children for which mothers to seek immediate medical care and the parents experience "fever phobia". The study was aimed to assess the mothers' knowledge and effectiveness of health education on mother's knowledge on the management of children suffering from pyrexia. Data was collected from the mothers at pediatric ward, Krishna Hospital and Medical Research Center, Karad, Maharashtra, India. The study design was one group pre-test, post-test design. Forty mothers of children suffering from pyrexia were the samples selected by non-probability purposive sampling technique. The pre-test was conducted on the 1^st day by administering structured knowledge questionnaire and health education was delivered on management of children suffering from pyrexia. Post-test was conducted on the 7^th day. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used for analysis. Results show that 11.2 was the mean pre-test value and 20.8 was the mean post-test value. The paired t-test value was 11.097, (p<0.0001) showing a significant gain in the mothers knowledge on management of children suffering from pyrexia. Chi-square test result shows that there was a significant association of knowledge scores of mothers with monthly family income ( χ² = 11.039, p<0.05), source of health information ( χ² = 17.861, p<0.05). The study concludes that the health education regarding management of children suffering from pyrexia was effective in improving the knowledge of mothers and thus health education interventions should be targeted to mothers to manage children suffering from pyrexia effectively.

Keywords

Effectiveness, Health Education, Knowledge, Management, Mothers, Pyrexia, Under Five Children

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Prabhuswami Hiremath ¹, Vaishali R. Mohite ², Prakash Naregal ³, Shivaji Pawar ⁴, Anagha Katti ⁵

Affiliations
1 Department of Psychiatric Nursing, Krishna Institute of Nursing Sciences, Karad, Maharashtra, IN
2 Krishna Institute of Nursing Sciences, Karad, Maharashtra, IN
3 Department of Child Health Nursing, Krishna Institute of Nursing Sciences, Karad, Maharashtra, IN
4 Department of Psychiatric Nursing, Krishna Institute of Nursing Sciences, Karad, IN
5 Department of Community Health Nursing, Krishna Institute of Nursing Sciences, Karad, IN

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Introduction: Alcohol is one of the most widely used drug substances in the world. Alcohol use and binge drinking among our nation’s youth is a major public health problem. The substance abuse is one of the rapidly growing problems among adolescents due to lack of knowledge regarding its ill effects. Methodology: The descriptive design research design was used in this study. 100 adolescent boys and girls, in the age group of 19-22 years, who are studying in selected nursing college at Karad, were selected by simple random sampling technique. Adolescents available at the time of the data collection and those willing to participate in the study were included. The researcher obtained prior permission from the concerned authority. Results: Maximum students are at the age of 18 (63%), staying with parents (53%), completed 12^th standard study (97%) and belongs to average socio economic groups (86%). Mean knowledge score was 25 and standard deviation (2.645) among the respondents.  63% of students are having adequate knowledge, 92 % of student’s shows unfavorable attitude towards alcohol use. Conclusion: Students are aware about the ill effect of alcohol and having negative attitude towards alcohol.

Keywords

Knowledge, Attitude, Alcohol, Students.

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Prabhuswami Hiremath ¹, Vaishali R. Mohite ¹, Prakash Naregal ¹, Shivaji Pawar ¹, Tejas Bhosale ¹

Affiliations
1 Krishna Institute of Nursing Sciences, Karad, Maharashtra, IN

Abstract

Background: Endoscopy is the visualization of internal organs for medical reason by the use of a lighted sterile endoscope. Endoscopy plays a major role in diagnosis and management of gastro intestinal disorders and in clinical research. The National Endoscopic Database reported that total number of endoscopic procedures increased by 34.1% from 2001-2005, but trends differed by procedure. Most of all procedures induce anxiety in patient. Lack of knowledge is the main reason for the increase in anxiety. If the person is having much knowledge regarding endoscopy procedure may produce decrease anxiety level.

Objectives

1) To assess the knowledge regarding upper GI endoscopy among patients.

2) To assess the level of anxiety in patients undergoing upper GI endoscopy.

3) To assess the attitude of patient undergoing upper GI endoscopy.

4) To find an association between demographic data and results.

Methods: Descriptive approach was used to assess the level of knowledge, attitude and anxiety of patient undergoing upper GI endoscopy in K.H Karad. Total sample 60 was taken and convenient sampling technique was used. Data were collected by using a self structured questionnaire for assessing knowledge, Hamilton anxiety scale for assessing the anxiety and non standardized attitude scale for assessing the attitude. The data were tabulated and analyzed in terms of objectives of the study, using descriptive and inferential statistics.

Results: In the present study it was found that out of 60 patients those who are undergoing endoscopy procedure majority belonged to age group of 46 (31.66%), male patients were 51.66%, 86.66% were Hindu by religion, 71.66% married, 80% belongs to joints family. 60 (11.66%) having poor knowledge, 52(86.66%) having good and 1(1.66%) having excellent knowledge on the endoscopy procedure. Out of 60 patients no one having mild anxiety, 31(51.66%) having moderate level of anxiety and 29(48.33%) having severe level of anxiety. Assessing the attitude of patient out of 60 patients 10 (16.66%) having negative attitude, 37(61.66%) having most favorable attitude and 13(21%) having favorable attitude. It was also evident that there is no association between demographic variables with the level of knowledge and level of attitude.

Conclusion :The main outcome of the study that the patient undergoing endoscopy procedure may have anxiety because of the lack of knowledge. Majority of patient having moderate level of anxiety. Their attitude towards the endoscopy procedure is most favorable. Proper education may decrease the level of anxiety in patient.

Keywords

Anxiety, Attitude, Knowledge, Endoscopy.

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