scholarly journals Effect of Foetal Movement Counting on Prenatal Attachment and Maternal Worries among Primigravidas- A Longitudinal Study

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jignya Vinodbhai Asari ◽  
Anjali Pushkar Tiwari
Keyword(s):  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
Control Group ◽  
P Value ◽  
Study Group ◽  
Prenatal Attachment ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Foetal Movement ◽  
And Control

Introduction: Pregnant woman experience various physical, emotional, and hormonal changes that may cause anxiety. The anxiety and worries can be decreased by sharing information about the developing child, like foetal body movement. Aim: To assess effect of Foetal Movement Counting (FMC) on prenatal attachment and maternal worries among primigravida mothers. Materials and Methods: A longitudinal study was carried out among primigravida mothers of selected Hospitals of Central Gujarat using proforma of Cranley’s maternal foetal attachment scale and Cambridge worry scale. The study was conducted from March 2019 to July 2020. Eighty participants were recruited by convenient sampling 40 in each study group and control group. The study group were provided with foetal movement chart and the participants were asked to record foetal movements for seven consecutive days, twice a day for 20 minutes. Post assessment of prenatal attachment and maternal worries was done using tools of data collection for both study and control group. Chi- square test was used to test the significance (p-value <0.05). Results: The study results revealed that in study group mean score for prenatal attachment was 79.43 at the start and improved to 101.25 (p-value <0.001) after seven days of FMC. In control group, the mean score for prenatal attachment did not show significant difference pre-test and post-test (74.20 vs 74.85, p-value=0.077). In study group, the mean Cambridge worry scale score was 36.55 which came down to 20.28 (p-value <0.001) after seven days, while in control group it was 41.38 at the beginning and 41.30 after seven days (p-value=0.998). Conclusion: Foetal Movement Counting was found to improve maternal foetal attachment and reduce maternal worries. FMC can be routinely and effectively promoted among the pregnant population to help them achieve a positive pregnancy experience and outcome.

scholarly journals EFFECT OF AUDIO THERAPY USING AL-QUR'AN MURROTAL ON BEHAVIOR DEVELOPMENT IN CHILDREN WITH AUTISM

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (5) ◽  
pp. 470-477
Author(s):  
Anjar Astuti ◽  
Suryono Suryono ◽  
Melyana Nurul Widyawati ◽  
Ari Suwondo ◽  
Mardiyono Mardiyono
Keyword(s):  
Neurodevelopmental Disorder ◽  
Alternative Therapy ◽  
Children With Autism ◽  
Simple Random Sampling ◽  
Behavioral Development ◽  
Control Group ◽  
P Value ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
The Mean ◽  
And Control

Background: Autism is a neurodevelopmental disorder. Audio therapy is considered as one of the complementary therapies to improve the behavior of children with autism.Objective: This study was to analysis the effectiveness of the Al-Qur'an murrotal audio therapy on behavioral development in children with autism.Methods: This study was a true-experimental research using pretest and posttest approach with control group. This research was conducted on November 2016 in the Autism Foundation of Semarang City. There were 30 samples were selected using simple random sampling, with 15 samples assigned in the experiment and control group. Mann Whitney and Wilcoxon tests were used for data analysis in this study.Results: Results showed that there was a significant difference in the mean of behavioral development after given intervention between the experiment group and control group with p-value 0.034 (<0.05). The mean of behavioral development in the experiment group (4.53) was higher than the mean in the control group (3.47).Conclusion: The Al-Qur'an murrotal audio therapy is effective to develop behavior of children with autism. Therefore, it is expected that this audio therapy can be applied an alternative therapy for children with autism.

Impact of Whatsapp in improving learning among 9th semester MBBS students

2021 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-30
Author(s):  
Y Satish Reddy ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Control Group ◽  
P Value ◽  
Study Group ◽  
Opinion Poll ◽  
Didactic Teaching ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Group A ◽  
The Mean ◽  
The Impact

Background: Interactive Teaching learning can be used in clinical subjects like surgery for better participation of students as one-way didactic lectures do not involve active participation of students. WhatsApp is one of the most famous messaging services which everyone use and it is easy, cheaper, and faster. Objective: the purpose of the study was to study the impact of whatsapp in improving learning in general surgery among 9th semester medical students. Methods: This study was conducted among 9th semester MBBS students in Surgery department. Students were divided into group a (study group) and group b(control group) by a simple random sampling. Gastric cancer was discussed among students of both Groups through didactic teaching. after didactic teaching, only Group A students were exposed to social media type of learning, i.e., using WhatsApp, after the session a multiple-choice questionnaire having 10 MCQs was given to both groups and an additional poll was conducted among the Study-group students to assess their perception towards Whatsapp intervention. the mean score obtained by both the groups were compared with unpaired t test. P-value <0.05 is taken as statistically significant. Results: The mean (SD) score of the Study-group was 8.58(1.18) and the mean (SD) score of the Control-group was 5.41(1.32) and statistically significant difference was found between the two groups scores with a p-value less than 0.05 opinion poll found that the intervention of whatsapp among study group was effective. Conclusion: we observed that the usage of WhatsApp in addition to the didactic teaching was found advantageous and enhanced learning in undergraduate students

scholarly journals EFEKTIVITAS INTERVENSI PSIKOEDUKASI TERHADAP KEPATUHAN BEROBAT PASIEN SKIZOFRENIA

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Neila Sulung ◽  
Nice Foresa
Keyword(s):  
Health Education ◽  
Treatment Compliance ◽  
Control Group ◽  
P Value ◽  
Control Group Design ◽  
Psychosocial Therapy ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
The Mean ◽  
And Control ◽  
Experimental Group

<p><em>Psychoeducation is one form of intervention, both for families and clients who are part of the psychosocial therapy. Psychoeducation aims to increase knowledge about schizophrenia patients and families and to improve treatment compliance</em><em>. </em><em>This study aims to determine the effectiveness of psychoeducation intervention </em><em>for </em><em>treatment compliance</em><em> of </em><em>schizophrenia patient. </em><em>The kind of this research is q</em><em>uasiexperimen</em><em>tal</em><em>with control group design with </em><em>16 samples that was</em><em> selected by pusposive sampling</em><em>,</em><em> consist of </em><em>8</em><em> people</em><em> was the </em><em>experimental group </em><em>that was given </em><em>psychoeducation intervention and </em><em>8 people was the </em><em>control group </em><em>that was </em><em>given health education. </em><em>The d</em><em>ata</em><em>was </em><em>collected by </em><em>filled the </em><em>observation sheet as much as 12 statement</em><em>s</em><em>. </em><em> The </em><em>Test </em><em>that </em><em>used was T-Test Independent with p </em><em>value </em><em><span style="text-decoration: underline;">&lt;</span></em><em>0.05. </em><em>The result of this research is the mean of treatment compliance on experimental group is 11,00 and control group 6,88. In statistic test showed that there is the significant difference between treatment compliance of schizopheria patient on experimental group and control group with p value 0,0005 (p &lt; 0,05).Based of the result above can be concluded than psychoeducation intervention more effective to increase the treatment compliance of schizophrenia patients than health education. It is recomended to the nurse in health center to implements this psychoeducation regularly in gives nursing care to schizophrenia patients.</em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><em>Keyword</em><em>s         : </em><em>psychoeducation, treatment compliance, schizophrenia</em><em></em></p>

scholarly journals Investigating the effect of Sesame Ointment on Wound healing of Episiotomy

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 182-184
Author(s):  
Najmeh Amani Babadi ◽  
Masoomeh Kheirkhah ◽  
Faraz Mojab ◽  
Hamid Haghani
Keyword(s):  
Wound Healing ◽  
Intervention Group ◽  
Control Group ◽  
P Value ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Randomized Control ◽  
Spss Software ◽  
And Control

Episiotomy is one of the most common midwifery interventions method for preventing injuries to the pelvic floor during the delivery process. Traditional medicine has a special place in improving the quality of postpartum care. Sesame is one of the herbs with anti-inflammatory, anti-bacterial and antioxidant activity.  This study was evaluate the effect of sesame ointment on episiotomy healing. Methods: This randomized control clinical trial was performed on 104 eligible women. The samples were block randomly assigned to one of the groups Intervention and control. Samples were used sesame and placebo ointment for epizootics from 4 hours after delivery for ten days every 8 hours. Clinical evaluation of episiotomy ulcer was performed 4 hours, 7 and 10 days after delivery with using REEDA tool. SPSS software version 16 was used for data analysis. P value less than 0.05 was considered significant. Results: The average of wound healing rate was 7 days after episiotomy in the intervention group 0.09 ± 0.29 and in the control group was 0.73 ± 0.44. Independent t-test showed that the two groups had a significant difference (p <0.001).Healing of the wound 10 days after episiotomy showed that the mean scores in the control group (0.4 ± 0.49) and in the intervention group (0.02 ± 0.13), healing in the intervention group significantly decreased from the control group (p <0.001). Conclusion: Sesame ointment can be used as a pain relief and accelerator for episiotomy healing.  

scholarly journals COMBINATION OF HYPNOSIS THERAPY AND RANGE OF MOTION EXERCISE ON UPPER-EXTREMITY MUSCLE STRENGTH IN PATIENTS WITH NON-HEMORRAGHIC STROKE

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 104-111
Author(s):  
Chandra Irawan ◽  
Mardiyono Mardiyono ◽  
Suharto Suharto ◽  
Aris Santjaka
Keyword(s):  
Muscle Strength ◽  
Upper Extremity ◽  
Mean Value ◽  
T Test ◽  
Control Group ◽  
P Value ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
The Mean ◽  
And Control ◽  
Paired T Test

Background: Range of Motion (ROM) exercise has been identified in the literature that it has an effect in improving muscle strength, especially in patients with stroke. However, little is known about the effect of ROM exercise combined with hypnosis therapy.Objective: To determine the effect of combination of hypnosis therapy and ROM exercise on upper extremity muscle strength in patients with non-hemorrhagic.Methods: This study employed a quasy experiment with pretest-posttest control group design. Thirty-two samples were selected using simple random sampling, which 16 randomly assigned in the experiment and control group. Muscle strength was measured using Muscle Strength Scale. Hypnosis Deepening test was used to measure the level of hypnosis depth. Paired t-test and Independent t-test were used for data analysis.Results: The mean value of muscle strength in the experiment group was 3.50 and  the mean value in the control group  was 2.62. Independent sample t-test obtained p-value = 0.012, indicated that there was a statistically significant difference in the mean of muscle strength of upper extremity in the experiment and control group. Paired t-test obtained p-value = 0.000, which indicated that there was significant difference between the average of muscle strength value before and after treatmentConclusion: The combination of hypnosis therapy and ROM exercise has a significant effect in increasing muscle strength of upper extremity in patients with stroke non-haemorrhagic.

scholarly journals Influence of FG Vega Technique on students’ academic performance in science 8

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 55-62
Author(s):  
Franco Gil A. Vega ◽  
Merlyn M. Lasaca
Keyword(s):  
Academic Performance ◽  
Experimental Method ◽  
Control Group ◽  
P Value ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
The Mean ◽  
And Control ◽  
Experimental Group

This study was conducted to determine the influence of the FG Vega technique on students' academic performance to address the least learned competency in Science 8. Seventy students from Grade 8 classes served as respondents of the study. The study employed a quasi-experimental method. The mean score of students who took the post-test is 32.03 and 27.57 respectively for the experimental and control group. The results can be gleaned that the score of each student in the experimental group has a little variation of mean with 6.71 as compared to the control group with a variation of 7.52. The results can be observed that the mean score of students in the pre-test under the control group is 8.80 and 11.34 under the experimental group. Thus, the results of the study can be further concluded that the students under the experimental group outperformed the students in the control group. Since the significant level is lesser than the p-value of 0.05, indicates that there is a significant difference between the pre-test and post-test under the experimental group. Hence, there is a significant difference between the post-test of the experimental and control group.

scholarly journals Study of serum angiotensin converting enzyme levels in pemphigus vulgaris

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 328
Author(s):  
V. Anand Kumar ◽  
J. Vijaya Shree
Keyword(s):  
Angiotensin Converting Enzyme ◽  
Pemphigus Vulgaris ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Study Group ◽  
Converting Enzyme ◽  
Serum Angiotensin Converting Enzyme ◽  
Healthy Group ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
The Mean ◽  
And Control

<p class="abstract"><strong>Background:</strong> This study aimed to evaluate the serum angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) levels in patients with pemphigus vulgaris compared with healthy volunteers.</p><p class="abstract"><strong>Methods:</strong> In this study, 40 patients were selected in the study group with pemphigus vulgaris and 40 patients were selected in the control group i.e. healthy group. Serum ACE levels were determined by spectrophotometric method.<strong></strong></p><p class="abstract"><strong>Results:</strong> The mean ACE levels in study group and control group were 26.98±15.87 and 32.57±20.98 respectively. There was no statistically significant difference between both the groups (p=0.11). The mean ACE levels were 26.25±12.36 and 26.14±13.89 in females and males respectively in the study group which showed no significant difference (p=0.95). In the control group, the mean ACE levels were 26.22±19.77 and 38.54±11.11 in females and males respectively which showed a statistically significant difference (p=0.04). The mean ACE levels were higher in healthy males when compared to the males in the study group. The mean serum levels in females of both the groups were almost same.</p><p class="abstract"><strong>Conclusions:</strong> The serum ACE level was considerably lower in male study group i.e. pemphigus vulgaris patients compared with male control group i.e. healthy group, despite lack of any significant difference of serum ACE level between pemphigus and control group. Hence, ACE might have some relation with pemphigus vulgaris especially in male patients.</p>

scholarly journals Evaluating QT dispersion in children with syncope attacks

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 15-20
Author(s):  
Amir Hossein Movahedian ◽  
Ali Mohammad Shakiba ◽  
Mojtaba Sehat ◽  
Maryam Sadat Razavi ◽  
Marzieh Heydarzadeh Arani
Keyword(s):  
Qt Dispersion ◽  
Brain Dysfunction ◽  
Control Group ◽  
P Value ◽  
Case Group ◽  
Healthy Children ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
The Mean ◽  
And Control

Background and Aims: Syncope is due to brain dysfunction and is a common compliant among children. It accounts for almost 3% of all emergency departments (ED) visits. The aim of this study was to evaluate the QT dispersion in children with syncope in Shahid Beheshti Hospital of Kashan in 2014.Methods: This was a descriptive cross-sectional study performed among 50 children with syncope attacks (case group) referred to the Clinic of Shahid Beheshti Hospital in Kashan during 2014 and 50 healthy children (control group) referred to the center for causes such as a cold or developmental examination. ECG was taken and QT, QTd (QT dispersion), QTc (Corrected QT interval) and QTcd (QTmin-QTmax =QT dispersion) intervals were studied. After proper explanation to the parents, data was obtained from the case and control group and was analyzed using Chisquare, Mann-Whitney, Kolmogorov–Smirnov, Levene›s, Kruskal-Wallis statistical tests.Results: Total, there were 100 children in the study, the participants were divided into two groups of case (n=50) and control (n=50). Among the studied children, a total of 46 of them (46%) were boys. The mean age range of children in the case and control groups were 7.73± 2.33 and 8.09± 2.31 years, respectively (P-value 0.440). The mean QTmax, QTcmax, QTd and QTcd in the case group were 348.80 ± 46.93, 464.94±48.71, 47.80±19.72, 68.36±24.59 ms (millisecond) respectively and 305.28 ±35.52, 395.70 ±50.05, 29.68±13.45, and 45.16±24.46 ms respectively in the control group. There was a significant difference in terms of each of the 4 parameters (P <0.001), and the value of indices in the control group was significantly less than that of the patient group.Conclusion: According to the results of the study, the QTd and QTcd values in the children with syncope attacks were higher than those in the control group. Therefore, precise ECG examination in children suspected of syncope attacks can be helpful in confirming the incidence of syncope. Additionally, the recurrence of attacks can also be predicted in children with higher QTd and QTcd values.

scholarly journals Evaluation of Saliva for Monitoring Renal Function in Haemodialysis Patients at University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital

2018 ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
C. Amadi, Fyneface ◽  
Ibama Onengiyeofori ◽  
Davies Tamuno-Emine
Keyword(s):  
Kidney Disease ◽  
Control Group ◽  
P Value ◽  
Diagnostic Potential ◽  
Port Harcourt ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Renal Biomarker ◽  
Therapeutic Consideration ◽  
The Mean ◽  
And Control

In this study, the concentrations of urea were assayed in both blood and saliva of 130 haemodialysis patients; before haemodialyis(pre-haemodialysis) and after haemodialysis (post haemodialysis); and 60 healthy individuals who made up the control group. The method used for urea assay was urease method. The mean±SD concentrations of salivary urea in pre and post haemodialysis patients, as well as control group, were 17±0.6 mmol/l, 9.1±0.5 mmol/l and 4.0±0.3 mmol/l respectively. The mean±SD concentrations of blood urea in pre and post haemodialysis patients, as well as control group, were 21.6±0.5 mmol/l, 9.1±0.4 mmol/l and 4.2±0.2 mmol/l respectively. The correlation coefficient between blood and salivary urea in pre-haemodialysis patients is 78.8% while that for post haemodialysis patients is 60.6% and for the control group is 90%. The ANOVA results of salivary urea in the three groups (pre, post and control) showed a significant difference with P-value ˂0.05. The ANOVA results of blood urea in the three groups (pre, post and control) showed a significant difference with P-value ˂0.05. From the various results obtained, saliva can serve as a diagnostic biofluid for renal disease especially with the salivary urea as the biomarker. Also, the salivary renal biomarker (urea) responds to changes in concentrations after therapeutic consideration. This study is in consonance with other literature that saliva is a diagnostic fluid for kidney disease; however, there is a need to carry out more research works to continually unveil the diagnostic potential of saliva in kidney disease.

scholarly journals A comparative study of impact of breastfeeding practices on the nutritional status of the infants among the working and non-working women

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (5) ◽  
pp. 1759
Author(s):  
Ashok A. ◽  
Shwetha J. H. ◽  
Mahesh T. K.
Keyword(s):  
Working Mothers ◽  
Maternity Leave ◽  
Working Women ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Study Group ◽  
Breastfeeding Practices ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
The Mean ◽  
The Many ◽  
And Control

Background: Amongst the many determinants that influence the exclusivity of breastfeeding, the working status of the mother is the probably the most important.Methods: A comparative analysis was done regarding the feeding pattern in early infancy between working and non-working mothers. The anthropometric indices of the groups were studied and compared. 50 working mothers and non-working mothers were taken up for the study and they were followed on regular intervals i.e., 6, 10, 14, 18 and 24 weeks.Results: Age of working mothers was more than non-working mothers. 51.06% mothers in study group and 85.41% mothers in control group had exclusively breastfed their infants’ upto 18 weeks. The mean weight was 7.77 (0.52) and 7.35 (0.59) among female study and control group, 8.19 (0.50) and 7.84 (0.50) among male study and control group.Conclusions: Breastfeeding practices were comparable among the study and control group till the study group availed their maternity leave. Anthropometry is comparable among the study and control group for female babies, but there is a significant difference in anthropometry measures among male babies.

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