Indian Journal of Health and Wellbeing

Naveen Ganer ¹, Jaspreet Kaur ¹, Gayatri Kankerwal ¹, Manoj Malik ¹, Varun Singh ¹, Sujata Sharma ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Physiotherapy, Guru Jambheshwar University of Science & Technology, Hisar, Haryana, IN

Abstract

Randomized control trial with experimental design. To find out the effect of static stretching on hamstring flexibility, to find out the prevalence of limited hamstring flexibility. 140 (70 males and 70 females) school going children were selected from government school who met the selection criteria were equally divided into control and experimental groups. The control group received no intervention while the experimental group received static stretching session for hamstrings. Hamstrings flexibility was measured using Sit and Reach Test (SRT) and Inclinometer measuring Hip Joint Angle (HJA). Significance of difference between control group and experimental group were measured using t-test using SPSS (21st version). Significance level was set at p ≤ 0.01. Experimental group showed significant improvements in term of SRT (t = 25.219, p ≤ 0.0001) and HJA for both right leg (t = 13.405, p ≤ 0.0001)&left leg (t = 10.070, p ≤ 0.0001). Results of present study indicate that static stretching is effective in improving hamstring flexibility in school children.

Keywords

Hamstring, Static Stretching, Sit And Reach Test, Hip Joint Angle, School Children

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Suchandra Chakraborty ¹, Asmita Karmakar ², Aparajita Chakraborty ³, Anindita Mukherjee ⁴, Tapolagna Das ⁵, Manisha Bhattacharya ⁶, Atri Sanyal ⁷, Saranya Banerjee ², Anwista Ganguly ⁷, Urmimala Ghosh ⁸, Arumina Mitra ⁹, Jaspreet Kaur ¹⁰, Atanu Kumar Dogra ¹¹, Jishnu Bhattacharya ¹², Sanjukta Das ¹¹

Affiliations
1 MPhil Trainee Clinical Psychology, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, West Bengal, IN
2 UGC Senior research fellow, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, West Bengal, IN
3 Department of Psychology, Amity University, Kolkata, West Bengal, IN
4 Clinical Psychologist, Department of Health and family welfare, Govt of West Bengal, IN
5 Department of Psychology, Sidho Kanho Birsha University, Lagda, West Bengal, IN
6 Clinical Psychologist, Autism Society, West Bengal, IN
7 State aided college teacher, Department of Psychology, Maharani Kasiswari College, Kolkata, West Bengal, IN
8 State Aided College Teacher, Department of Psychology, Maharani Kasiswari College, Kolkata, West Bengal, IN
9 MPhil Trainee in Clinical Psychology, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, West Bengal, IN
10 DPS, Joka, Kolkata, West Bengal, IN
11 University of Calcutta, Kolkata, West Bengal, IN
12 Department of Psychology, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, West Bengal, IN
13 Neuropsychiatrist, Suri Sadar Hospital, West Bengal Health Service, Suri, Birbhum, West Bengal, IN

Abstract

Identification and community based interventions of stigma are essential aspects of mental health. Considering this context, on the basis of theoretical conceptualization of stigma related to mental illness and current socio-cultural scenario, we attempted to construct a Bengali standardized scale to measure 'mental illness stigma in general population'. Initially, content of the fifty seven items were generated from experts' opinions under the domains of three components of stigma- 'stereotypes (cognitive knowledge structures), evoked emotions and attitudinal/behavioural consequences' with three point rating response category using vignettes(depicting any psychiatric disorder, here schizophrenia was considered). Then the scale was administered on 522 Bengali speaking, graduate participates (age range 25-40 years)for item analysis processes. Finally, 54 items were retained considering significant item total correlation and explored under components using exploratory factor analysis. Satisfactory test retest and internal consistency reliability were found for all domains of newly developed stigma scale.

Keywords

Stigma, Mental Illness, Scale, Mental Health.

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