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Nayak, Baby S.
- A study to evaluate the effectiveness of multicomponent intervention on lifestyle practices, body fat and self esteem of obese/overweight school children in selected English medium schools of Udupi district, Karnataka
Authors
1 Manipal College of Nursing, Manipal University, IN
2 Department of Community Medicine, KMC, Manipal University, IN
Source
International Journal of Nursing Education, Vol 2, No 2 (2010), Pagination: 9-12Abstract
Background
Childhood obesity has emerged as a global epidemic in children. Effective interventions need to be developed to control the epidemic at its beginning.
Objective
To evaluate the effectiveness of a school based multicomponent intervention on body fat, lifestyle practices and self esteem of obese/ overweight children.
Method
A case control study followed by randomized control trial was carried out. A survey of two English medium schools of Udupi district was conducted. A total of 269 children studying in 8th, 9th &10th standard aged between 10 &16 were enrolled. Demographic data and anthropometric assessment was carried. A structured, pretested questionnaire on risk factors was administered to obese/ overweight children and normal children and their mothers. Multicomponent intervention was administered for one month for the children enrolled for experimental group.
Result
Out of 269, 13(4.8%) were overweight, 7 (2.6%) were obese. Sedentary activity after school hours, television viewing for longer duration during week days and weekend days, reduced physical activity, skipping meals, influence of media in selecting food items, parents offering food as reward, frequent consumption of fried food and junk food, and drinking carbonated drinks frequently were the important influencing factors. There was a significant reduction in the BMI of intervention group at the end of 4th week which was statistically significant (P<0.05)
Conclusion
Identifying the sedentary activity and unhealthy dietary habits among children should be done at the earliest. School based health promotion activities involving parents reduces the prevalence of obesity among children.
Keywords
Childhood Obesity, Body Mass Index, Multicomponent Intervention, Skin Fold Thickness, Lifestyle Practices, Self Esteem.
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- Effectiveness of Acupressure on Achievement Stress among High School Students
Authors
1 Manipal College of Nursing, Manipal, Karnataka, IN
2 Department of Child Health Nursing, Manipal College of Nursing, Manipal, Karnataka, IN
3 Department of Child Health Nursing Manipal College of Nursing, Manipal Karnataka, IN
Source
International Journal of Nursing Education, Vol 3, No 1 (2011), Pagination: 78-81Abstract
Acupressure has been found to be effective in a number of conditions. This study aims at determining the effectiveness of acupressure on achievement stress among high school students. A quasi experimental pretest posttest control group design was used. Statistical analysis of data revealed that acupressure was effective in reducing achievement stress among students within the study group (t= 13.498, p<0.001) and among students between the two study groups (F=74.836, p<.001). KEY WORDS: Acupressure, Achievement Stress, Effectiveness.References
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- Dwan T. Psychological stress and anxiety in middle to late childhood and early adolescence-manifestations and management. J ped. Nsg. 2009 Aug.; 24(4):302-313.
- Wang SM, Escalera S, Lin EC, Maranets I, Kain ZN. Extra-1 acupressure for children undergoing anaesthesia. Anaesthesia and Analgesia. September 2008; 107(3): 811-816.
- Gala D. Be your own Doctor with acupressure. Mumbai: Navneet Publications; 2007.