iosr-JNHS   Volume-4 ~ Issue-2 ~ March-April 2015

Abstract: The objective of the study was to assess the mental To assess and compare the level anxiety of unsuccessful B.Sc (N) students in university examination before and after the administration of motivational intervention and to determine the association of level of anxiety with the selected personal variables.31 unsuccessful B.Sc(N)student were selected through purposive sampling technique. In view of the nature of the problem and to accomplish the objectives of the study, structured Beck Anxiety Inventory was used to assess the Anxiety level of the students. Validity was ensured in the field of Nursing and medical departments. Reliability of the tools was tested by Cranach's alpha, which was 0.92 Both descriptive and inferential statistics were used. The findings of this study indicated that Motivational Intervention is effective in reducing Anxiety (t value=3.027, p value = <0.05) among unsuccessful B.Sc (N) students. There was no significant association of Anxiety with the selected sample characteristics after motivational intervention but before motivational intervention it was significantly associated with age in year, passed higher secondary in how many attempts and hobbies. The finding suggests that motivational intervention was effective in reducing level of Anxiety of unsuccessful B.Sc (N) students.

Keywords: Anxiety, Motivational intervention, Unsuccessful B.Sc Nursing students.

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Abstract: Study objective: To define the best splinting wear times, night or day, in pain relief for female patients with idiopathic chronic CTS in exacerbation phase. Design: Quasi experimental comparative design. Method and measurements: 24 female patients (42 wrists) from military hospital in Riyadh participated in this study. Their CTS was diagnosed by the nerve conduction velocity (NCV). On basis of splint wear time patients were divided into two groups; day time and night time. Thermoplastic, custom-made,neutral wristsplints were given to both groups (21 wrists each). Patients completed 3 consecutive weeks of follow-up. Pain (pressure) threshold through, algometer, was used to measure the pain in both groups. Four measurements were applied; one at the initial assessment and 3 during follow-up weeks.

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Abstract: Assessment of postnatal depression is needed to provide comprehensive care to the mother having postpartum mood disturbances. Aims: 1. To develop a Bengali version of the EPDS. 2. To establish the reliability and validity of the Bengali version of the EPDS. Design: English version of 10 items Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) was translated into Bengali by a translation Committee using translation-re-translation technique. High Inter-rater reliability (kappa = 0.754) was observed between the English and Bengali version during initial practice session held amongst 20 bilingual patients. Again 105 postpartum mothers was administered EPDS-B, out of them 32 were cases as per diagnostic scale. For each patient, demographic and clinical data was collected. Results: The Cronbach's Alpha was 0.711, which did not improve if any item was dropped. All items showed strong correlation with the total score. Area of ROC curve was 0.956, P <0.001, area of the curve is very close that indicates strong validity of using EPDS-B as a screener since cut-off point 13. The instrument showed stable four factor structure- Suicide, Depression, Anxiety and difficulty in sleep. Conclusion: Bengali version of EPDS (EPDS-B) is a valid and reliable instrument to assess the postnatal depression.

Keywords: EPDS, EPDS-B, Postpartum Depression

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Abstract: Background And Objectives: Foreign Body (FB) aspiration is a world wide health problem which can result in life threatening complications. It most commonly occurs among children younger than 5 years of age, yet aspiration of sharp foreign bodies are seen more commonly in growing up children and in adults. The aim of this work is to remove foreign body without any complications. Material and Methods : This is a retrospective study of sharp metal foreign body which is head pin aspirated accidentally in a child aged 5 years who presented to the Department of ENT, Government General Hospital Guntur. Results : The type of foreign body is a head pin which is sharp and we tried to remove by rigid bronchoscopy under jet ventilation but could`t identify the foreign body , hence we removed successfully under general anaesthesia by open method i.e, posterobasal segmentectomy of right lower lobe through thoracotomy .

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