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Nalini, M.
- Effectiveness of Occupational Therapy on Symptoms of Schizophrenia
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Authors
Prasad Minnu
1,
M. Nalini
1
Affiliations
1 HOD of Psychiatric Nursing, Nitte Usha Institute of Nursing Sciences, Nitte University, Mangalore, IN
1 HOD of Psychiatric Nursing, Nitte Usha Institute of Nursing Sciences, Nitte University, Mangalore, IN
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International Journal of Nursing Education, Vol 6, No 1 (2014), Pagination: 189-194Abstract
Schizophrenia is a group of psychotic disorders that interfere with thinking and mental or emotional responsiveness that last longer than 6months. It affects about 24 million persons worldwide. Due to this, a study was undertaken in selected hospitals of Mangalore with an objective to assess the effectiveness of occupational therapy on symptoms of schizophrenia. Using purposive sampling technique 30 subjects were undertaken for the study. Scale for assessment of negative symptoms (SANS) was used to assess the symptoms of schizophrenia in schizophrenic clients. Statistical analysis revealed that more than half of subjects (53.4%) were within the age group of 21-40years.Both males and females constitute 5o%. About 46.6% of the subjects were married and with lower socio economic status.43.4% were Hindus.36,8% of the subjects completed primary school education. About 40% of the subjects resides in urban area. Majority of the subjects 60% were diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia. Nearly half of the subjects 63.3% were not on regular medication. Highest percentage of subjects 70%were hospitalized before. Finding reveals that occupational therapy was not effective for negative symptoms of schizophrenia. The calculated t valve (0.942) was lower than the table value (2.05) at 0.05 level of significanceKeywords
Occupational Therapy, Symptoms of Schizophrenia, Schizophrenic Clients, Effectiveness- Awareness about Child Abuse among Care Givers and Teachers in Selected Rural Schools at Mangalore
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1 Department of Mental Health Nursing, NUINS, Nitte University, Mangaluru, Karnataka, IN
1 Department of Mental Health Nursing, NUINS, Nitte University, Mangaluru, Karnataka, IN
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Asian Journal of Nursing Education and Research, Vol 6, No 4 (2016), Pagination: 476-480Abstract
Abstract: children's are the gift of god; as indian society concerned that children depict the innocence of god. Around 27 million children are born in a year. Out of which two million of them do not live up to the age of five in india1. Child abuse is a terrible thing and most people are not aware about the child abuse. According to the world health organization (who), one in every four girls and one in every seven boys in the world are sexually abused. Objectives of the study : to assess the level of awareness about child abuse among care givers and teachers in selected rural schools at Mangalore. To find the association between awareness about child abuse with selected demographic variables. Methods : a descriptive survey design was adapted for this study. Forty four teachers and forty four caregivers were selected by means of purposive sampling method. Demographic Performa and awareness questionnaire were used to collect the data from the subjects. The participants were asked to fill the demographic Performa and then proceed to awareness questionnaire. Results : data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. The study findings revealed that the out of forty four caregivers 2.3% (n=1) had poor awareness, 61.4% (n=27) had average awareness and 36.4% (n=16) had good awareness about child abuse. Out of forty four teachers 59% (n=26) had average awareness and 41% (n= 18) had good awareness and none of them had poor awareness about child abuse. Conclusion : forty four teachers and forty four caregivers had been assessed for their level of awareness about child abuse of these most of them had average [teachers = 26 (59.1%), caregivers = 27 (61.4%)] and good awareness [teachers = 18 (40.9%), caregivers = 16(36.4%)]. There was an association between awareness (caregivers) and education status at 5% level of significanceKeywords
Child Abuse, Awareness, Caregivers, Teachers, Information Booklet.- A Study on Occurrence of Body Dysmorphic Disorder among Nursing Students from Selected Nursing College in Mangalore
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Authors
Melbin K. Joy
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M. Nalini
2
Affiliations
1 K.S. Hegde Charitable Hospital, Mangalore, IN
2 Department of Mental Health Nursing, Nitte Usha Institute of Nursing Sciences, Nitte University, Mangalore, Karnataka, IN
1 K.S. Hegde Charitable Hospital, Mangalore, IN
2 Department of Mental Health Nursing, Nitte Usha Institute of Nursing Sciences, Nitte University, Mangalore, Karnataka, IN