Indian Journal of Health and Wellbeing

Awasthi Ankit ¹, G. D. Koolwal ², Sanjay Gehlot ¹, Surender Kumar ¹, Ravi Gunthey ³

Affiliations
1 Department of Psychiatry, Dr. S.N.Medical College, Jodhpur, IN
2 Department of Psychiatry, Dr. S.N.Medical College, Jodhpur
3 Department of Psychology, J.N.V.U., Jodhpur, IN

Abstract

Research into stress among health care professionals has tended to neglect staff employed in psychiatric settings. This study compares nurses working in psychiatry department with nurses working in other departments on variables, namely, perceived stress and subjective quality of life. To compare the socio-demographic variables, level of perceived stress and subjective quality of life among nurses working at psychiatry department and those working at other departments of the hospital. This was a cross-sectional comparative study carried out on a sample of 60 nurses; 30 of whom working at Psychiatric centres of Jodhpur and Jaipur and rest 30 nurses working at other departments of M.D.M. Hospital, Jodhpur. Three questionnaires were applied: a semi-structured socio-demographic proforma, perceived stress scale and subjective well being inventory. In our study, no significant difference was found between the two groups of nurses for perceived stress and well being. Pearson's correlational analysis suggested strong negative correlation between perceived stress scale scores and subjective well being scores. The study found that there was no significant difference between nurses from psychiatry ward and those from other departmental wards of the hospital for the variables perceived stress and subjective well being. Multiple intervening variables may be responsible for above finding. However, it is concluded that higher levels of stress may adversely affect nurses' subjective well being.

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Surender Kumar ¹, G. D. and Koolwal ¹, Sanjay Gehlot ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Psychiatry, Dr. S.N.Medical College, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, IN

Abstract

This study aimed to anlayse the personality characteristics and quality of life in psoriasis patients. Sample consisted of 50 psoriasis patients who had attended OPD of skin and VD department in M.D.M.hospital, attached to Dr S.N. Medical College, Jodhpur and compared with 50 matched normal healthy controls. Results showed 64 % of psoriasis patients scored high on neuroticism and 30% scored high on extroversion and 16% scored high on psychoticism as compared to 44 %, 52% and 4% of controls respectively. Score of subjective well being inventory suggest that 52% of psoriasis patients had poor quality of life i.e. negative sense of well being as compare to 18 % of control group. Thus we may conclude that significant psoriasis patients belong to neuroticism, type of personality traits along which negative sense of well being which leads to disturbed mental health equilibrium.

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Surender Kumar ¹

Affiliations
1 School of Studies in Library and Information Science, Vikram University, Ujjain, Madhya, IN

Abstract

This paper presents the results of a study conducted on the use of internet services of Nehru Library, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar Survey method was used to collect the data from the users with the help of structured questionnaires. The present study examined the different aspects of internet searching behavior of the students. The study shows that 35.52% of the users having more than 4 year experience with internet. The majority of the users i.e. 28.94% access the internet at daily basis. The most preferred place of using internet was 67.76% at Nehru Library. Most of the users were using internet for the web based library resources like CeRA, Indiastat, Krishi Prabha (e-theses), e-learning portal and Britannica online etc. Google was the most favorite search engine among the users. The majority of the users were frilly satisfied with the present internet services offered by the Nehru Library, CCS HAU, Hisar.

Keywords

Internet, Social Network, CeRA, Google, Yahoo, India Stat.

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Surender Kumar ¹

Affiliations
1 School of Studies in Library & Information Science, Vikram University, Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh, IN

Abstract

This paper presents the results of a study conducted on the use of internet services of Nehru Library, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar. Survey method was used to collect the data from the users with the help of structured questionnaires. The present study examined the different aspects of internet searching behavior of the students. The study shows that 35.52% of the users having more than 4 year experience with internet. The majority of the users i. e. 28.94% access the internet at daily basis. The most preferred place of using internet was 67.76% at Nehru Library. Most of the users were using internet for the web based library resources like CeRA, Indiastat, Krishi Prabha (etheses), e-learning portal and Britannica online etc. Google was the most favorite search engine among the users. The majority of the users were fully satisfied with the present internet services offered by the Nehru Library, CCS HAU, Hisar.

Keywords

Internet, Social Network, CeRA, Google, Yahoo, India Stat etc.

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