International Journal of Nursing & Midwifery Research (E-ISSN: 2455-9318)

A Quasi-Experimental Study to Assess the Effect of Benson’s Relaxation on Pre-Operative Anxiety among Primigravida Women Undergoing Caesarean Section in a Selected Hospital of Amritsar, Punjab

Milanpreet Kaur — 2024-03-30

Background: Preoperative anxiety is a challenge in most surgical interventions that needs to be taken into consideration. Benson’s Relaxation is highly effective and beneficial for pre-operative anxiety among primigravida women undergoing caesarean section as it helps to reduce anxiety.
Aim: The aim of the present study was to assess the effect of Benson’s Relaxation on pre-operative anxiety among primigravida women undergoing caesarean section in order to alleviate pre-operative anxiety.
Methodology: A quasi-experimental research design was selected for the study. A total of 60 participants were selected using purposive sampling technique. The tool used in this study was a socio-demographic profile to assess the personal information of the study subjects and the Modified State-Trait Anxiety Inventory was used to assess the level of pre-operative anxiety.
Results: The mean difference between pre-test and post-test levels of anxiety was found to be statistically significant in the experimental group at p < 0.05 with t (11.28) and inversely significant in the control
group with t (4.49) at p < 0.05. However, no significant association with the selected socio-demographic variables was found at p < 0.05 level of significance.
Conclusion: Benson’s Relaxation has proved to be useful in reducing pre-operative anxiety among primigravida women undergoing caesarean section.

How to cite this article:
Kaur M, Sharma M. A Quasi-Experimental Study to Assess the Effect of Benson’s Relaxation on
Pre-Operative Anxiety among Primigravida Women Undergoing Caesarean Section in a Selected Hospital of Amritsar, Punjab. Int J Nurs Midwif Res. 2024;11(2):5-11.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.24321/2455.9318.202402

A Comparative Study to Assess the Psychosocial Health of the Blind and General Students in the Selected Blind and General Schools, Kolkata

Indrani Mandal — 2024-03-30

Introduction: Blindness is an impairment of a vital sense organ of the body that causes difficulties in the daily living activities of a person. In the majority, it may affect the mental, emotional, social and spiritual health of the people suffering from blindness.
Methodology: A descriptive survey approach with a comparative research design was selected to carry out this study. Total enumeration and random sampling technique were used for 51 blind and 51 general students, respectively. Data were collected using a self-structured proforma along with the sociodemographic profile and psychosocial health scale with 10 and 34 items, respectively, through an interview schedule.
Result: The study revealed that no general students were more than 17 years of age, as against 31% of blind students. 90% of blind participants had blindness since birth, and 10% since childhood. 37% and 2% of blind, whereas, none and 69% of general students showed below and above-average levels of psychosocial health respectively. Domain-wise correlation (mental, emotional, social, spiritual health) of blind and general students were 0.82/0.39; 0.6/0.45; 0.59/0.47; 0.57/0.53; 0.57/0.55; 0.49/0.57, respectively with evidence of t values: 10.05/2.98; 5.26/3.53; 5.16/3.71; 4.85/4.41; 4.83/4.62; 3.92/4.91, respectively, i.e. positively correlated homogenous groups. Domain-wise mean (16.39, 14.18, 16.31, 7.09) of general were higher than blind i.e. 7.84, 7.31, 12.33, 3.71; which indicated significant differences as evidenced by t values - 13.19, 11.54, 6.17, 7.88. Psychosocial health had no association with sociodemographic variables.
Conclusion: The study concluded that most of the blind students experience lower levels of psychosocial health than the general students. It is recommended that special care needs to be taken of every aspect of health for this group of people from their childhood or the starting period of blindness by family, and institutional and societal caregivers to maintain the best level of psychosocial health.

How to cite this article:
Mandal I, Purkait G. A Comparative Study to Assess the Psychosocial Health of the Blind and General Students in the Selected Blind and General Schools, Kolkata. Int J Nurs Midwif Res. 2024;11(1):12-20.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.24321/2455.9318.202403

Rare Primary and Combined Immunodeficiency Disease: A Case Report from Paediatric Emergency Reception of Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Soura, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India

Noorul Amin — 2024-03-30

Combined immunodeficiency disease is a hereditary disease that evolves from the time of birth till the appearance of signs and symptoms at the age of six months specifically due to a weakened immune system and attack of infectious agents like bacteria, fungi, viruses, protozoans etc. An eight-year-old male child was admitted to the Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Soura, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir repeatedly for intravenous administration of immunoglobulin. He was suffering from primary and combined immunodeficiency disease which is a rare condition that affects lymphocytes and leads to the weakening
of the immune system. The patient was unable to defend his body from opportunistic infections. He was a child born to a consanguineous couple having birth order three. The impact of this disease was not only on the patient but on the family as well. The family was drained economically and mentally. This disease is not curable and can be managed only with palliative/ supportive care and with each passing day, the disability of the patient was increasing.

How to cite this article:
Jogi S M, Amin N. Rare Primary and Combined
Immunodeficiency Disease: A Case Report

from Paediatric Emergency Reception of Sher-
i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Soura,

Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India. Int J Nurs
Midwif Res. 2024;11(1):1-4.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.24321/24559318.202401