International Journal of Practical Nursing

Abstract: Dysmenorrhoea is one of the most frequently encountered gynaecologic problem, refers to
painful menstruation. It is a condition affects almost all women in their life time. A pre-experimental study
was undertaken with the implementation of pranayama sessions to reduce the pain during menstruation.
A total of 30 adolescent girls were selected using purposive using. The outcome of the study showed the
effectiveness of the pranayama in terms of reducing the pain during menstruation
 

A study was carried out to know effect of health care professional’s COVID duties on mental health
of their under five children,120 Selected Under five children of Health care workers who are working
in COVID wards in selected hospitals have participated in the study. The non-probability convenient
sampling technique was used. Data was collected by means of Google form. The tool contain two sections
demographic data and Mental Health Assessment Rating Scale format to assess effect of health care
professional’s COVID duties on mental health of their under five children. Objectives of study were to
assess the effect of health care professional’s COVID duties on mental health of their under five children
and to find association between selected demographic variables and mental health of under five children.
The study reveals that 40% of the parents of under five children had no effect of mental health score,
57.5% had mild effect and 2.5% of parents had severe effect of mental health score. The study reveles
that The tabulated ‘F’ values was 2.68(df=3,116) which is less than the calculated ‘F’ i.e. 7.91 at 5% level
of significance. There are significant relations between duration of parents of under five children is
statistically associated with their mental health score. The tabulated ‘t’ values was 1.98(df=118) which
is less than the calculated ‘t’ i.e. 2.25 at 5% level of significance meeting with child daily among parents
of under five children is statistically associated with their mental health score. The tabulated ‘t’ values
was 1.98(df=118) which is less than the calculated ‘t’ i.e. 3.14 at 5% level of significance. type of family
of parents of under five children is statistically associated with their mental health. The tabulated ‘F’
values was 2.68(df=3,116) which is less than the calculated ‘F’ i.e. 7.09 at 5% level of significance taking
care of child of parents of under five children is statistically associated with their mental health score
and the tabulated ‘t’ values was 1.98(df=118) which is less than the calculated ‘t’ i.e. 3.05 at 5% level of
significancegender of under five children of parents of under five children is statistically associated with
their mental health score. Hence the Study concluded that there is Effect of health care professional’s
COVID duties on mental health of their under five children.
 

Alcohol is a psychoactive substance with dependence-producing properties that has been widely used
in many cultures for centuries. The harmful use of alcohol causes a large disease, social and economic
burden in societies. The harmful use of alcohol can also result in harm to other people, such as family
members, friends, co-workers and strangers. Moreover, the harmful use of alcohol results in a significant
health, social and economic burden on society at large.