Red Flower's Journal of Psychiatric Nursing

This study, titled “A Study to assess the Effectiveness of isometric exercises on  cervical spondylitis patients in selected hospital at Kanpur, UP” aimed to determine  the impact of isometric exercises on patients. A pre-experimental, one-group pretestpost-test design was employed, involving 60 cervical spondylitis patients meeting  inclusion criteria, selected through purposive sampling. The study utilized structured  socio-demographic variables and a numeric pain assessment scale. The results showed
a significant reduction in pain levels after isometric exercises, with an overall mean  difference of 15.8. Initially, 41 patients (68.3%) reported moderate pain, 12 (20%) severe  and 7 (11.7%) mild pain. Post-intervention, 51 patients (85%) reported mild pain,
and 9 (15%) moderate pain, with no cases of severe pain. The ‘t’ test value exceeded  the tabulated value at a 0.05 significance level, leading to the acceptance of the H1   hypothesis. The study concluded that isometric exercises were effective in reducing
pain levels among cervical spondylitis patients.  

Introduction: Child abuse and neglect is the extent to which society is not well known,   most of that are hidden, many more victims do not mention in a public health problem.  Abused and neglected child reaches very few repute institutions. Generally, the cases remain  hidden in the family.  Result: The descriptive and inferential statistics were used to compute the data. The   pre-test showed that 42(84%) mothers had inadequate awareness and 6(12%) mothers had   moderately adequate awareness and 3(6%) mothers had adequate awareness on child abuse.  The post-test revealed that 16(32%) mothers had gained moderately adequate awareness,  44(88%) mothers had gained adequate awareness and none had inadequate awareness on  child abuse. There was an improvement in the mean awareness score regarding child abuse  which was significant (p0.000). The post-test revealed that 50(100%) mothers had gained  adequate awareness on child abuse and none had inadequate practice. The structured
teaching programme significantly increased the awareness among the mothers regarding  child abuse. This shows the effectiveness of structured teaching programme. Hence the   hypothesis was supported.  Conclusion: The study suggests a need for a more extensive and comprehensive approach  to child abuse education and especially awareness. However health workers are the sole
supporters of the community in this issue.
 

Nutrition is vital for health and development, influencing bodily needs and reducing noncommunicable diseases risk. This study examined the impact of peer-prepared video clips on   young adults' knowledge and practice of healthy food choices. Objectives included assessing   the knowledge and practice levels pre and post-test and evaluating the effectiveness of the
video. Additionally, it aimed to correlate post-test results with demographic variables. A preexperimental quantitative approach and one-group pretest-posttest design were utilized.  Purposive sampling selected 31 young adults. A structured pretest questionnaire was   administered via Google Forms, followed by a peer-prepared video on healthy food choices.  The post-test was conducted five days later. Results showed that, in the pretest, 4 participants  (12.91%) had inadequate knowledge and 27 (87.09%) had moderately adequate knowledge. Posttest, 22 participants (70.96%) had moderately adequate knowledge, while 9 (29.03%) achieved
adequate knowledge. Regarding practice, 4 participants (12.91%) had inadequate practice levels   pretest, and 26 (83.87%) had moderately adequate practice. The study demonstrated the peerprepared video's effectiveness in improving knowledge and practice regarding healthy food  choices among young adults. This highlights the potential of peer-created educational content in
promoting better nutritional habits.
 

Urinary tract infection (UTI) is a common disease mainly affecting adolescents because    of poor hygiene, dysfunctional voiding patterns, use of synthetic underwear and panties,   tight jeans, wet bathing suits, allergens/irritants, hygiene sprays for women, bubble baths,  perfumed toilet paper, sanitary napkins and soaps. Lack of adequate knowledge and practices   related to maintenances of health leads to infections. A study to evaluate the effectiveness   of Information Education Communication (IEC) on Knowledge Regarding Prevention of   Urinary Tract Infection among Adolescents in a Selected School. The objectives of the study
was to assess the pre-test and post-test level of knowledge regarding prevention of UTI among   adolescents in a selected school, to evaluate the effectiveness of Information Education and   Communication on prevention of urinary tract infection among adolescents in a selected  school and to determine the association between the post-test level of knowledge regarding
prevention of urinary tract infection among adolescents with their selected demographic  variable. A quantitative approach was adopted with pre experimental one group pre-test   post-test design was used in this study. The study was conducted in St. Xavier’s School  Gonda. 50 adolescents were selected through purposive sampling technique. Data was  collected by structured self-administered questionnaire. The pre-test was conducted among  adolescents on 1st day. Information education and communication (IEC) was given through    power point presentation for 30 minutes on the same day. Posttest was conducted on 6th day.
Results revealed that pre-test knowledge mean score was 11.2, with the SD 2.44 and post-test   mean score was 17.5. with the SD 3.44, Mean difference was 2.94. The obtained t-value was   48.64, which was statistically significant at p<0.05 level