scholarly journals To Assess the Level of Anxiety of Parents Regarding Invasive Procedures among Hospitalized Children

2021 ◽  
pp. 494-501
Author(s):  
Ashwini Thawkar ◽  
Archana Maurya
Keyword(s):  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Anxiety Level ◽  
Anxiety Score ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Hospitalized Children ◽  
Invasive Procedures ◽  
Descriptive Survey ◽  
Severe Anxiety ◽  
Score Range

Background: Hospitalization is a completely new experience to infants and young children. Some parents know the illness about their child but some have not but most of them don’t know the treatment regimen on illness of child through which he/ she is going through. When the child is admitted in patient department he or she has go through. As they don’t know about the procedures through which their child undergone; that responsible for the increase in anxiety level of father and mother both. Various questions are there in their mind; about which kind of procedure is this, my child is bearing or not? How painful it is? Is my child crying? All these questions are arises. As they don’t know about the procedures so these questions are increasing the stress level and anxiety level of parents. Objective: To assess the level of anxiety of parents regarding invasive procedures among hospitalized children 2. To compare the level of anxiety of mother and father regarding invasive procedures among hospitalized children 3. To associate the level of anxiety of parents regarding invasive procedures with selected demographic variables. Methods and Materials: Descriptive survey method. Tool: Standardized and validated STAI anxiety tool.  Research Approach: Descriptive approach. Sample Size: 100. Sampling technique: Non convenient sampling technique Sample: Parents of hospitalized child. Setting: Selected hospital. Results: In these study the level of anxiety were seen into 4 categories; no anxiety, mild, moderate and severe anxiety. No anxiety had been seen in parents having score range (0  - 25%), mild anxiety is assessed in 15 parents having anxiety score (26 – 50%) while in 80 parents an moderate anxiety is assessed having score range in between (51 – 75%)  and  severe anxiety  was assessed in 5 parents of an hospitalized child who were undergoing selected invasive procedures and having anxiety score in between (76 – 100%) on Comparison of level of anxiety of mother and father regarding invasive procedures in hospitalized children shows that mother had more anxiety level than father. Conclusion: In the study, moderate anxiety is assessed in 80% of parents while shown an association in between anxiety level and knowledge of a parents as well as the age of hospitalized child.

The Impact of corporate social responsibility (CSR) and relationship marketing on relationship maintainer and customer loyalty by mediating role of customer satisfaction

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 19-24
Author(s):  
Anam Bhatti ◽  
Sumbal Arif ◽  
Marium Marium ◽  
Sohail Younas
Keyword(s):  
Customer Satisfaction ◽  
Relationship Marketing ◽  
Customer Loyalty ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Research Strategy ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Questionnaire Method ◽  
The Impact

CSR has become one of the imperative implements in satisfying customers. The impartial of this research is to calculate CSR, relationship marketing, and customer satisfaction. There is no more study accompanied in Pakistan to quantify the effect of CSR and relationship marketing on the relationship maintainer and customer loyalty. To find out deductive approach and survey method is used as research approach and research strategy respectively. This research design is descriptive and quantitative study. For data, collection questionnaire method with semantic differential scale and seven point scales are adopted. Data has been collected by adopting the non-probability convenience technique as sampling technique and the sample size is 400. For factor confirmatory factor analysis, structure equation modeling and medication analysis, regression analysis Amos software were used. Strong empirical evidence supports that the customer’s perception of CSR performance is highly influenced by the values

scholarly journals STRUCTURAL SOCIAL CAPITAL OF PARENTS HAVING PERSONS WITH DISABILITY IN CHANDIGARH

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (11) ◽  
pp. 754-761
Author(s):  
Parineeta Jindal ◽  
◽  
Anuradha Sharma ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Network Ties ◽  
Persons With Disabilities ◽  
Healthy Development ◽  
Community Function ◽  
Descriptive Survey ◽  
Structural Social Capital

Structural social capital is understood as maintenance of connections, immense trust, following of certain rules and fulfilling certain commitments. It is pertinent to improve quality of life. The present research aimed to study the structural social capital of parents having persons with disability living in Chandigarh. The descriptive survey method with convenient sampling technique was employed. Twenty-five parents of persons with disability (N=25) having age group 20 to 55 years were in the sample. The questionnaire comprised of six statements and each statement had sub-items with the options of yes and no. Results showed that parents having persons with disabilities hadgood network ties with relatives, neighbours and friends but a few parents having persons with disabilities did not have good bondings. Besides, majority did not participate in the activities such as social and cultural clubs, religious organisation, government schemes, local community function and political organisation.The authors recommend that support from government, non-government organisation and community to provide financial, moral and psychologicalhelp to families of PWD is important for healthy development of all individuals of society.

scholarly journals Assess the Effectiveness of Video-assisted Teaching on Knowledge Regarding Non-scalpel Vasectomy among Married Men in Selected Area in Rural Community

2021 ◽  
pp. 57-63
Author(s):  
Pratibha Wankhede ◽  
Shrutika Gode ◽  
Achal Gulghane ◽  
Vaibhav Hatwar ◽  
Subodh Itkalwar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Training Programme ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Descriptive Research ◽  
Video Assisted ◽  
Married Men ◽  
Level Of Knowledge ◽  
Descriptive Survey ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

Introduction: Vasectomy is a surgical procedure in which the two tubes that carry sperm from the two testicles to the urinary tract are surgically altered, preventing sperm from passing through and fertilizing a woman's egg during sexual intercourse. Objective: To determine the level of awareness of non-scalpel vasectomy and the impact of a video-assisted training programme among married males in a rural region. Community. To determine the relationship between the effectiveness of a video-assisted training programme on non-scalpel vasectomy knowledge and a set of demographic variables. Methods: A descriptive survey method design. We conducted the descriptive research design study in the Wardha district of Maharashtra. We search for the rural area in Wardha district and men in the area. A total number of 100 men were taken inside this study. The study uses a non-probability convenient sampling technique. Results: Findings from the study reveal that assess the effectiveness of video-assisted teaching on knowledge regarding non-scalpel among married men in selected area of Wardha district. There was an increase in the knowledge about non-scalpel vasectomy. The educational program is most important for enhancing the knowledge of the community men regarding non-scalpel vasectomy. Conclusion: Our study draws the following conclusions to assess the effectiveness of video-assisted teaching on knowledge regarding non-scalpel vasectomy among married men are the very poor level of knowledge and accompanied by a lot of misconceptions.

scholarly journals ANALISIS WILLINGNESS TO PAY PELANGGAN AIR BERSIH PDAM DI KOTA KUPANG (Analysis of Willingness to Pay Clean Water Customers of PDAM in Kupang City)

2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 18
Author(s):  
Tris Mesano Talahatu ◽  
Marthen Robinson Pellokila ◽  
Johanis N. Kallau
Keyword(s):  
Drinking Water ◽  
Willingness To Pay ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Clean Water ◽  
Class A ◽  
Valuation Method ◽  
Water Rates ◽  
Area Sampling ◽  
Descriptive Survey

AbstrakPDAM Kabupaten Kupang dalam mengelola pelayanan air bersih kepada masyarakat Kota Kupang menghadapi tantangan dalam pelayanannya. Salah satu permasalahan yang dihadapi PDAM adalah menyangkut tarif air minum. PDAM dalam menetapkan tarif selalu mengacu pada peraturan perundangan yang berlaku dengan pertimbangan tarif yang ada dapat memberikan keuntungan setelah biaya operasional dan pengembalian investasi. PDAM tidak pernah melakukan survey untuk mengetahui tingkat kesediaan konsumen dalam membayar tarif air minum. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengestimasi nilai Willingness To Pay (WTP) pelanggan air bersih golongan rumah tangga di Kota Kupang dan menganalisis faktor-faktor yang secara signifikan mempengaruhi WTP pelanggan air bersih golongan rumah tangga di Kota Kupang. Metode penelitian yang digunakan adalah metode survey deskriptif dan teknik pengambilan sampel menggunakan kombinasi antara Area Sampling dan Proportionate Random Samplingdengan 250 responden. Metode valuasi kontingensi digunakan untuk mengetahui nilai WTP pelanggan air bersih. Nilai WTP pelanggan (individu) per bulan dalam membayar air bersih sebesar Rp. 145.489,46 sedangkan nilai total WTP untuk seluruh pelanggan PDAM Kabupaten Kupang golongan rumah tangga A (Rp 20.846 konsumen) per tahun sebesar Rp 36.394.479.684,00. Faktor-faktor yang berpengaruh signifikan terhadap WTP adalah tingkat pendapatan dan jumlah pemakaian air.AbstractPDAM Kabupaten Kupang to manage clean water service always face challenges in its service. One of the problems that PDAM often faces is the tariff of drinking water. The PDAM in determining the tariff always refers to the prevailing law and regulation with the consideration of the existing tariff can give profit after the operational cost and the return of investment. PDAM has never conducted a survey to find out how much the willingness of consumers in paying drinking water rates. This study aims to estimate the value of Willingness To Pay (WTP) of household clean water subscribers in Kupang City and to analyze the factors that significantly affect the WTP of household clean water subscribers in Kupang City. The research method used is descriptive survey method and sampling technique using a combination of sampling area and proportionate random sampling with 250 respondents. Contingency valuation method is used to know the value of PAP of clean water customer. WTP value of customer (individual) per month in paying clean water Rp. 145,489.46 while the total value of WTP for all customers of PDAM Kabupaten Kupang household class A (20,846 consumers) per year amounted to 36.394.479.684,00. Factors that have significant effect on the PAP are the level of income and the amount of water consumption.

scholarly journals LIBRARY RESOURCES AND FUNCTIONAL EFFECTIVENESS OF AN ACADEMIC LIBRARY: MEETING THE CHALLENGES OF THE DIGITAL AGE

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 238-245
Author(s):  
Demetria A. Corpuz
Keyword(s):  
Information Needs ◽  
Academic Library ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Digital Age ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Library Services ◽  
State University ◽  
Library Resources ◽  
Minimum Requirements ◽  
Descriptive Survey

Purpose of the study: The study evaluated the strengths and weaknesses of a library system in a state-owned university to ensure that the information needs and services of clients are adequate. It looked into the available resources and required facilities to assess changes and improvement. Likewise, the functional effectiveness of the academic library was also determined. Methodology: The study used a descriptive survey method to describe available library resources and the extent of the functional effectiveness of academic library services of the Nueva Vizcaya State University (NVSU) Philippines. The 175 respondents came from the most frequent library users. This study utilized the purposive sampling technique. Descriptive statistics were used to determine the adequacy and functional effectiveness of the library. Result: The result revealed that the library services surpassed the minimum requirements on holdings and Filipiniana collection, but did not meet the required library collection published within the last five years. Periodicals needed to increase subscriptions and ICT required improvement. Librarians are qualified to manage the library. The respondents perceived the functional effectiveness of library services to be useful and very effective. Novelty/Originality of this study: This research study gives an empirical data as bases on the provision of Sustainable Development Plan to cater to the nature of users in the digital age with the consideration to balance the physical and virtual resources. Practical implications: This paper will be most helpful to academic libraries to continually revisit the resources and services to be responsive to the vision and vision of the university, demand for curriculum change, and research endeavour.

scholarly journals PERCEPTION AND ATTITUDE OF HEALTH-CARE PERSONNEL REGARDING THE CONCEPT OF INTEGRATION IN NURSING

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (9) ◽  
pp. 250 ◽  
Author(s):  
Neelam Dinkar Patil ◽  
Vaishali Rajsingh Mohite ◽  
Manisha Christanand Gholap ◽  
Mahesh Bhupal Chendake
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Rating Scale ◽  
Demographic Data ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Health Care Personnel ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Unfavorable Attitude ◽  
Descriptive Survey ◽  
Perception Of Health

ABSTRACTObjectives: To assess the perception of health-care personnel regarding the concept of integration in nursing, to assess the attitude of health-carepersonnel toward the concept of integration in nursing, and to determine the association of perception and attitude toward the concept of integrationin nursing with selected socio-demographic variables.Methods: Research approach adopted was descriptive survey approach. Population were 159 health-care personnel’s working at various hospitalsand institutions in Maharashtra. Purposive sampling technique was used. Data were collected using structured rating scale, which consisted of3 sections. Section 1 comprising demographic data, Sections 2 and 3 consisted 10 questions to assess the perception and attitude of health-carepersonnel. Tool was developed pretesting and reliability of the rating scale was done.Results: Findings of the study showed that majority 118 (74.21%) of respondents had low perception, 41 (25.78%) had medium perception, andnone of respondents had high perception regarding the concept of integration. Classification of respondents based on the levels of attitude, the79 (49.68%) had unfavorable attitude, 75 (47.16%) had moderately favorable attitude, and 5 (3.14%) had favorable attitude.Conclusions: As the result shows that there is medium to low level of perception between the health-care personnel regarding the concept ofintegration and the attitude is also unfavorable, there is need to find out the barriers of integration in nursing profession.Keywords: Perception, Attitude, Integration, Health-care personnel.

scholarly journals Education Quality Challenges in Ethiopian Secondary Schools

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Belay Sitotaw Goshu ◽  
Melaku Masresha Woldeamanuel
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Schools ◽  
Cognitive Skills ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Quality Of Education ◽  
Local Conditions ◽  
Education Administrators ◽  
Descriptive Survey

This article empirically assesses perceptions of Ethiopian secondary school teachers and education administrators on the challenge of quality of education, opportunities and explores viable options to improve the quality. To this effect, the descriptive survey method was employed. The information used in this study was obtained through questionnaires random sampling technique which was employed to select 72 Directors, 50 vice directors, 71 Supervisor 52 unit leader and 638 teachers targeted respondents respectively into two secondary schools. The data were analyzed by descriptive analysis. The result shows that in contrast to remarkable achievements in access, progress to date in raising the quality of education in Ethiopia has been limited. Most of the respondents agree that the achievement in gross enrolments is good but in quality, at a low rate and has learning achievement in education system remains unacceptably low. This has become a source of concern for government officials, educators, parents, teachers, students, and other stakeholders. In addition, the results confirm that curriculum content needs to be relevant to a labour market where meta-cognitive skills are at a premium while providing schools with the flexibility to create an instructional environment suited to local conditions and revising teacher training method in university or colleges.

scholarly journals Job Satisfaction and Teaching Effectiveness of BTC and Special BTC Teachers in Uttar Pradesh

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dr. Nimisha Beri
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Teaching Effectiveness ◽  
Uttar Pradesh ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Satisfaction Scale ◽  
Important Place ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
Descriptive Survey

Job satisfaction acts as a powerful force that gives happiness and increase ones efficiency to work effectively. Job satisfaction of the teachers, who have an important place in the information society, will affect the quality of the service they render. Job satisfaction and the teaching effectiveness of teachers are directly related. The more the teacher is effective in his teaching the more he/she is satisfied in his/her job. Teachers are said to be the builders of nation. If the teachers are satisfied in their jobs and have effective teaching, than it directly leads to the beneficiary for the students, which help in their teaching learning process. Descriptive survey method was used by the investigator on a sample of 150 teachers, 100 BTC Teachers and 50 Special BTC Teachers selected by Purposive Sampling technique in Bareilly district of Uttar Pradesh. Standardized Job Satisfaction Scale by Dr. Meera and Teaching Effectiveness Scale by Dr. Umme Kulsum were used by the investigator. The findings revealed that the job satisfaction and Teaching Effectiveness of teachers was high .They are satisfied with their jobs. There occur no significant difference in job satisfaction and Teaching Effectiveness among the said teachers on the basis of their gender and qualification.

scholarly journals Analisis Intensitas Kebisingan Terhadap Pendengaran Pekerja Pabrik Kelapa Sawit PT. Ganda Buanindo Kabupaten Kampar

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 48
Author(s):  
Irwan Herli ◽  
Tengku Nurhidayah ◽  
Yusni Ikhwan Siregar
Keyword(s):  
Noise Intensity ◽  
Service Use ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Psychological Disorders ◽  
Threshold Value ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Risk Levels ◽  
Spearman Test

Work as a palm oil mill worker is a job at risk of exposure to noise that exceeds the threshold value. The purpose of this study was to measure the intensity of noise on the occurrence of hearing complaints, psychological disturbances and Noise Induced Hearing Loss (NIHL) on workers and analyze the relationship of worker characteristics; age, length of service, use of Ear Protective Equipment (EPE) and knowledge of hearing complaints, psychological disorders and NIHL disorders. The research approach used in this research is survey method using cross sectional analytic research design with sampling using purposive sampling technique as many as 40 workers. Data were collected by measuring noise intensity, questionnaires and audiometry inspection. Data analysis using univariate and bivariate analyzes were processed using Spearman test. The result of the research shows that there is a considerable noise hazard in the work environment of PT. GBI, while the potential impact experienced by workers due to noise in low risk levels. The relation between factory noise intensity and worker characteristic; age, working period, knowledge and compliance of EPE usage in general have no significant relation to the incidence of hearing complaints, psychological disorders and NIHL disorders in workers, except in the variable level of knowledge with psychological disorders have a significant relationship.

scholarly journals A study on burnout syndrome among school teachers in Tamil Nadu

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (10) ◽  
pp. 4575
Author(s):  
S. Yoganand ◽  
I. K. Annie ◽  
John William Felix
Keyword(s):  
Tamil Nadu ◽  
High Stress ◽  
Direct Interaction ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Shared Responsibility ◽  
Burnout Syndrome ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Government School ◽  
Descriptive Survey

Background: Burnout syndrome is an emerging occupational phenomenon which makes employees to feel exhausted or less interested on their job with a diminished outcome. Teaching is considered one such stressful occupation. So, this study was conducted to assess the magnitude of burnout among school teachers of Tamil Nadu and to determine the various factors contributing to burnout syndrome.Methods: Descriptive survey method was employed for the present study. A sample of 251 government school teachers was taken by using convenient sampling technique. Teachers’ burnout scale by Gupta and Rani was used to collect the data. The obtained data was statistically analysed using one-way ANOVA.Results: The magnitude of burnout was not high in government school teachers. However, the factors like working in high school, urban school, having spouse as a teacher, chronic illness and increased travel time to school, were found to be associated with higher burn out.Conclusions: Teachers have direct interaction with the students, shared responsibility with colleagues, adjusting with institutional conditions and handling various tasks and challenges put them at a high stress. Health system of India is having many health programmes in schools which are related student’s health but the teacher’s health is left behind. Screening teachers for stress, burnout and other occupational psychosocial hazard will help them improving their life and student’s education.

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