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Papers by Janula Raju

International Journal of Nursing Education, 2013

Introduction: Natural Child birth is a profound and powerful human experience which is a mixture ... more Introduction: Natural Child birth is a profound and powerful human experience which is a mixture of feeling of empowerment, elation, and accomplishment. It is a challenging time for both men and women. Childbirth is such an exciting time can lead to emotional changes which need support from the care giver. Objective: To assess the effectiveness of expectant father's presence during first stage of labour Method: A quasi experimental (post test only control group) research design was adopted with convenient sample of 40 parturient in K.G Hospital, Coimbatore. It was divided into experimental and control group, 20 samples in each group. Expectant father was allowed inside the labour room after checking their attitude towards childbirth by using birth participation scale; he was instructed to give physical and emotional support during contractions. Control group samples received only routine intranatal care. Data were collected by Numeric pain intensity scale and State trait anxiety inventory scale from the parturient. Analysis was done by using descriptive and inferential statistics. Results: There was a Significant difference between experimental group and control group in relation to expectant father's presence and perception of pain, level of anxiety, duration of first stage of labour (value of 'z' was 2.03,5.6,2.56 respectively). There was an association between analgesics(X 2 =5.2) during labor and pain score. Parity (X 2 =6.4) and nature of conception (X 2 =5.2) had an association with anxiety score at 5% level of significance. There was an association between parity (X 2 =4.9) and duration of labor at 5% level of significance. Finally it was concluded that there was a positive relationship between expectant father's presence and outcome of labour during first stage of labour. Conclusion: Expectant father's presence in birth helps mothers to have more positive experiences in all aspects of childbirth. Hence this study suggests that constant support by their partner during first stage of labour may be important for successful childbirth.

Black Sea Journal of Public and Social Science, 2021

The aim of this study was to assess the impact of lockdown during COVID-19 pandemic on psychologi... more The aim of this study was to assess the impact of lockdown during COVID-19 pandemic on psychological wellbeing among healthy working adults. This qualitative, cross-sectional study was conducted in Kanyakumari District, Tamilnadu, and the southernmost state of India. A convenient sample of 610 healthy working adults was participated and completed a self-administered questionnaire. The data collection tool contains two sections including baseline information, assessment of psychological wellbeing. Chi-square χ² test was used to test the association between demographic variables and scores of psychological wellbeing. One way ANOVA test was used to compare the mean score between groups. Descriptive statistics were used to describe the frequencies of variables. A significant P value was set at 0.05 at 95% confidence interval. The majority of participants (31.8%) belonged to 41-50 years of age. More than half (56.9%) of participants were females. The study findings revealed that 16.4% we...

Black Sea Journal of Public and Social Science, 2021

The mental health of pharmacy students has been poor compared to other disciplines and has led to... more The mental health of pharmacy students has been poor compared to other disciplines and has led to personal and professional consequences. The study was conducted to assess the prevalence of mental health of pharmacy students. It includes 351 randomly selected pharmacy students from a College of Pharmacy located in South India. A self-administered questionnaire was used to elicit information from the respondents. A score of ≥ 3 suggested poor mental while a score < 3 represented good mental health. Data were summarized using proportions, and chi-square test was used to explore associations between categorical variables. Level of significance was set at p < 0.05. The mean age of the respondents was 23.4 ± 4.3 years, 63.8% were males, and 0.091% was from the sixth and 23.07% from the fourth year levels of study. Based on the results 39.2% had a poor mental health status, compared to 60.8% with good mental health status. The factors significantly associated with poor mental health...

Background: Hospitalization of a child is often critical event and it cause stress for the family... more Background: Hospitalization of a child is often critical event and it cause stress for the family members especially for the mother. In most hospitals there are no action plans or training programs to reduce stress for the parents. This study aimed to assess the level of stress among Mothers of hospitalized children. Materials & Methods: It was a descriptive study performed on mothers of 40 hospitalized children. The study was conducted at pediatric unit of selected hospitals. Convenient sampling technique was used for collecting data. Data were collected using a two part questionnaire. The first part included the mother’s and the child’s demographic data, the second part of the questions was asking about the stressors. Results: Most of the Mothers (65%) were reported that the severity of illness and when the child is not able to eat or drink are making them high level of stress. The findings indicated that a significantly strong positive correlation was found to exist between age o...

Background: Mothers' satisfaction about nursing care during pregnancy, labor and puerperium i... more Background: Mothers' satisfaction about nursing care during pregnancy, labor and puerperium is a quality indicator. Nursing students are a part of nursing staff whose responsibilities are to care of mothers and achieve their expectations. Objectives: To evaluate maternal attitude and satisfaction towards involvement of nursing students in their care. Methods: A hospital based crosssectional study was conducted throughout the period from February to April 2018, at Mohayil General Hospital, Saudi Arabia. 100 mothers who purposively selected were the study sample. Three tools of data collection were used: Interviewing questionnaire, Likert Attitude Scale with high reliability (Cronbach's alpha coefficient r = 0.964) and Patient satisfaction scale (Risser, 1975), its reliability (Cronbach's alpha coefficient r = 0.910) Results: Mothers' mean age was 31.7. The majority of mothers (61%) were fairly satisfied towards care provided by nursing students with low mean score of ...

International journal of applied research, 2017

Background of the study: Acute respiratory infections are the leading cause of morbidity and mort... more Background of the study: Acute respiratory infections are the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in India. According to the ministry of health and family welfare, India has seventeen million persons living with respiratory disorders, estimated to rise to twenty two million by 2017. Objective: To determine the existing knowledge and to evaluate the effectiveness of structured teaching programme regarding respiratory therapy among patients with respiratory disorders. Materials and methods: A pre test and post test was adopted in the present study to accomplish the objectives. Convenient sampling technique was used to select samples. The sample consists of 40 patients with Respiratory disorders. The pre test assessment of knowledge of the patients was carried out using the self administered questionnaire followed by STP session regarding respiratory therapy. The tool consists of two sections. Section A consists of demographic data, Section B comprised of thirty items to assess th...

The childbirth experience is a complex event and an important life experience for women, with lon... more The childbirth experience is a complex event and an important life experience for women, with long-term impacts throughout life. The experience influences the future well-being of the woman, her child, and their relationship,nas well as the woman's relationship with her partner. The aim of the study was to assess the maternal satisfaction and views about biofeedback and aromatherapy during childbirth among primigravida mothers. In this study, 400 low risk nulliparous women were randomly divided into two groups as aromatherapy massage (n=200) and biofeedback therapy (n=200). The mothers were received either aroma therapy or biofeedback during their intrapartum period, and they were interviewed a day after their childbirth to know about their satisfaction and views about the special interventions. Results of research showed that aromatherapy provides more comfort and relaxation than biofeedback therapy (P=0.2997). Most of the mothers reported that they would like to suggest these ...

Journal of Health Sciences and Medicine, 2020

Introduction: Academic performance of the students is very important. Hence, this study aims to a... more Introduction: Academic performance of the students is very important. Hence, this study aims to assess the Factors affecting Grade Point Average among nursing students at the college of applied medical science. Methods: A descriptive study design was adopted in this study. A total of 134 students undergoing a Baccalaureate nursing program at the College of Applied Medical Sciences, King Khalid University (KKU), Saudi Arabia was selected using convenience sampling. This study was carried out during the academic year of 2018-2019. The data were collected using a questionnaire such as the five-point Likert scale. The responses obtained were subjected to statistical analysis using SPSS Results: The results indicated that the factors which influence the GPA were teacher factor highest mean score 61.32, followed by student factors represented 54.77, home, the college factor is not showing many influencing factors. Conclusion: Based on the study findings, the results revealed that the teac...

Middle East Journal of Nursing, 2018

Background: E-Learning is a computer based educational tool that can be delivered anytime and any... more Background: E-Learning is a computer based educational tool that can be delivered anytime and anywhere. It is rapidly increasing in nursing education and enables students to engage in exciting ways of learning through collaboration and serves to develop and implement technology that improves every aspect of education. Objective: to explore the undergraduate nursing students' perceived knowledge, attitude and usage of Elearning and Blackboard learning systems.

Background: Labour pain relief has been considered since many years ago. Aromatherapy as a non ph... more Background: Labour pain relief has been considered since many years ago. Aromatherapy as a non pharmacological method of pain relief helps reducing the pain intensity and increases maternal satisfaction. The aim of the study was to assess the effect of the aromatherapy on the labour pain and duration of labour among primigravida women. Methods: In this clinical trial study, 60 low risk nulliparous women were randomly divided into two aromatherapy massage and massage without aromatherapy groups. The pain intensity was assessed by using visual pain analogue scale. The intensity of pain between these two groups were compared in the

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a major impact on school children especially in their academic perf... more The COVID-19 pandemic has had a major impact on school children especially in their academic performance which may affect their mental health. The study aimed to assess the anxiety level of high school students. A cross sectional electronic study conducted among high school students in Tamil Nadu, the southernmost state of India. A total of 302 high school students participated in the study. A two sectioned self-structured questionnaire was used for data collection. The collected data were analyzed by using SPSS 16.0 version software. A chi-square test was used to investigate the level of anxiety among students and ANOVA test used to find the mean difference between groups, with significance set to P<0.05. Among 302 participants, 41.7% (n=126) were male, 58.3% (n=176) were aged 13-17 years. The study indicated that majority 132 (43.7%) of study participants reported that they had Mild anxiety which was followed by 77 (25.5%) no anxiety and 62 (20.5%) moderate anxiety. Factors such as age, gender, family members tested positive or being quarantined were having association with anxiety level. The researcher concluded that the high school children are experiencing a considerable level of anxiety during lock down of COVID-19 pandemic period. There was a strong association of anxiety level of students, if any family members are tested positive for corona virus or any one is being quarantined for the symptoms of corona virus.

Journal of Behavioral Health, 2014

Background: An expectant father's support during childbirth is vital to a parturient woman's emot... more Background: An expectant father's support during childbirth is vital to a parturient woman's emotional well-being. Studies suggested that this type of support enables a woman to feel more comfort during labor by reducing maternal anxiety during childbirth. Materials and Methods: Descriptive study design with convenience sampling was adopted for this study. The data were collected for a period of 2 months (July 1, 2009 to August 30 2009) from 40 expectant fathers of low risk primigravida women not having any complications and waiting for normal vaginal delivery. The study was conducted in a private hospital, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. The attitude of expectant fathers was checked by using self-structured attitude scale contains 16 items. Results: The study findings revealed, the expectant fathers were scared about childbirth experience and they perceived it was more painful. The participants agreed that they were the best choice for the mother during delivery (P < 0.0001). The expectant fathers were reported that the mother should acquire the tender loving care provided by their partner during delivery (P < 0.0001), and also the pain relief methods (P < 0.0001) also essential during delivery to have successful perinatal outcome. Conclusion: The results revealed that the presence of expectant father provided more comfort and also shared the opinion about pain as well as suffering that occur during childbirth. These findings were strongly recommended in prenatal counseling to the couples, as an additional support and care which can be implemented during childbirth.

Back ground: Orientation programs are known to be a key element for the successful career of newl... more Back ground: Orientation programs are known to be a key element for the successful career of newly graduated nurses. An effective orientation program can offer the novel nurse with significant confidence in her clinical skills and decision-making, which results in job satisfaction. Methods: The study was conducted at College of Applied medical science for females, King Khalid University, Mohayil, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. This was a study with one group pretest and post test design. The sampling technique adopted for this study was purposive sampling. The participants in this study were 30 newly graduated students. The self administered questionnaire which was prepared by the investigator was used for data collection. It contains 25 questions in two sections. The questionnaire has been administered to the nurse interns before the programmes starts, it was considered as pretest. After the programme same questionnaire has been distributed and it was considered as post test. Result: All...

Dergipark, 2020

COVID-19 pandemic lockdown caused sudden and drastic alteration in the daily routine, which resul... more COVID-19 pandemic lockdown caused sudden and drastic alteration in the daily routine, which resulted in a psychological burden for the general population. So the study aimed to study the effect of lockdown on mental health and its correlation with physical health among healthy working adults. This quantitative, cross-sectional study was conducted in Kanyakumari District, Tamil Nadu, the southernmost state of India. A convenient sample of 590 healthy working adults was participated and completed a self-administered questionnaire. A paired t-test was used to compare the mean score of physical and mental health. Pearson correlation test was used to determine the correlation between physical symptoms and mental health. Descriptive statistics were used to describe the frequencies of variables. A significant P value was set at 0.05 at 95% confidence interval. The results showed that more than half (56.6%) of participants were reported that they had good physical health, on the other side more than half (55.1%) of participants reported that they had an average level of mental health during the lockdown due to COVID-19 pandemic. The physical symptoms like headache, sleeping pattern, gas trouble, indigestion, and palpitation were had a correlation with mental health. In conclusion, the Covid-19 pandemic had a significant effect on the physical and mental health of the working adult population. Particularly, it affected the mental health of people which eventually had various noticeable effects on physical health also.

ijsr, 2019

Background: Mothers' satisfaction about nursing care during pregnancy, labor and puerperium is a ... more Background: Mothers' satisfaction about nursing care during pregnancy, labor and puerperium is a quality indicator. Nursing students are a part of nursing staff whose responsibilities are to care of mothers and achieve their expectations. Objectives: To evaluate maternal attitude and satisfaction towards involvement of nursing students in their care. Methods: A hospital based cross-sectional study was conducted throughout the period from February to April 2018, at Mohayil General Hospital, Saudi Arabia. 100 mothers who purposively selected were the study sample. Three tools of data collection were used: Interviewing questionnaire, Likert Attitude Scale with high reliability (Cronbach's alpha coefficient r = 0.964) and Patient satisfaction scale (Risser, 1975), its reliability (Cronbach's alpha coefficient r = 0.910) Results: Mothers' mean age was 31.7. The majority of mothers (61%) were fairly satisfied towards care provided by nursing students with low mean score of total satisfaction scale (2.60+0.65) and more than half of mothers (63%) had negative attitude towards involvement of nursing students in their care. The results represented a highly positive significant correlation between the mean score of mothers' attitude and satisfaction. Conclusion: The study findings reflected that the nursing care delivered by the nursing students at the hospital is deficient and the mothers are not much satisfied and had negative attitude. The study recommended further research to find out the barriers leads to maternal negative attitude towards nursing students' involvement in their care

https://www.ijhsr.org/IJHSR\_Vol.9\_Issue.3\_March2019/IJHSR\_Abstract.021.html, 2019

Background: Hospitalization of a child is often critical event and it cause stress for the family... more Background: Hospitalization of a child is often critical event and it cause stress for the family members especially for the mother. In most hospitals there are no action plans or training programs to reduce stress for the parents. This study aimed to assess the level of stress among Mothers of hospitalized children. Materials & Methods: It was a descriptive study performed on mothers of 40 hospitalized children. The study was conducted at pediatric unit of selected hospitals. Convenient sampling technique was used for collecting data. Data were collected using a two part questionnaire. The first part included the mother's and the child's demographic data, the second part of the questions was asking about the stressors. Results: Most of the Mothers (65%) were reported that the severity of illness and when the child is not able to eat or drink are making them high level of stress. The findings indicated that a significantly strong positive correlation was found to exist between age of child and the level of stress (P=0.554). The findings also indicate a positively strong correlation between duration of hospitalization and the level of stress. Conclusion: The results of this research indicated that the mothers of hospitalized children were experiencing a variety of stressors. So, health care professionals must plan interventions for mothers to cope with these stressors while their child is hospitalized.

IJSR, 2019

Background: Stress is a universal problem among nursing students, when it is compared with the ge... more Background: Stress is a universal problem among nursing students, when it is compared with the general population and students in the other health disciplines. Stress seems to be very common in college life because college students need to ensure their academic survival and prepare themselves for the further career. Aim: This study was planned to compare the impact of academic stress on health behavior experienced by nursing and non-nursing during their course of education. Material and methods: This study used a non-experimental, cross-sectional survey design to compare the perceived academic stress among college students in Tamilnadu, South India. Data collection was done through Google form and the participants received an email in late April, 2019. A questionnaire with two sections was specifically designed for the study. The first section contained questions on demographic variables and the second section includes self-developed questionnaire to assess their levels of stress on five domains. The data were analyzed with the help of descriptive and inferential statistical techniques. The data computation process was assisted by a Software Package for Social Sciences (SPSS). A significant P value was set at 0.05. Results: According to the results of this study, it was determined that majority (53%) of nursing students experienced high level of stress and their living status had strong association with Academic stress Conclusion: It is recommended to introduce the nursing profession to the individuals in the society, support the students against stressors they experience while studying, and conduct activities that develop coping mechanisms.

International Journal of Health Sciences & Research, 2019

Background: Hospitalization of a child is often critical event and it cause stress for the family... more Background: Hospitalization of a child is often critical event and it cause stress for the family members especially for the mother. In most hospitals there are no action plans or training programs to reduce stress for the parents. This study aimed to assess the level of stress among Mothers of hospitalized children. Materials & Methods: It was a descriptive study performed on mothers of 40 hospitalized children. The study was conducted at pediatric unit of selected hospitals. Convenient sampling technique was used for collecting data. Data were collected using a two part questionnaire. The first part included the mother's and the child's demographic data, the second part of the questions was asking about the stressors. Results: Most of the Mothers (65%) were reported that the severity of illness and when the child is not able to eat or drink are making them high level of stress. The findings indicated that a significantly strong positive correlation was found to exist between age of child and the level of stress (P=0.554). The findings also indicate a positively strong correlation between duration of hospitalization and the level of stress. Conclusion: The results of this research indicated that the mothers of hospitalized children were experiencing a variety of stressors. So, health care professionals must plan interventions for mothers to cope with these stressors while their child is hospitalized.

International Journal of Nursing Education, 2013

Black Sea Journal of Public and Social Science, 2021

International journal of applied research, 2017

Journal of Health Sciences and Medicine, 2020

Middle East Journal of Nursing, 2018

Journal of Behavioral Health, 2014

Dergipark, 2020

ijsr, 2019

https://www.ijhsr.org/IJHSR\_Vol.9\_Issue.3\_March2019/IJHSR\_Abstract.021.html, 2019

Background: Hospitalization of a child is often critical event and it cause stress for the family... more Background: Hospitalization of a child is often critical event and it cause stress for the family members especially for the mother. In most hospitals there are no action plans or training programs to reduce stress for the parents. This study aimed to assess the level of stress among Mothers of hospitalized children. Materials & Methods: It was a descriptive study performed on mothers of 40 hospitalized children. The study was conducted at pediatric unit of selected hospitals. Convenient sampling technique was used for collecting data. Data were collected using a two part questionnaire. The first part included the mother's and the child's demographic data, the second part of the questions was asking about the stressors. Results: Most of the Mothers (65%) were reported that the severity of illness and when the child is not able to eat or drink are making them high level of stress. The findings indicated that a significantly strong positive correlation was found to exist between age of child and the level of stress (P=0.554). The findings also indicate a positively strong correlation between duration of hospitalization and the level of stress. Conclusion: The results of this research indicated that the mothers of hospitalized children were experiencing a variety of stressors. So, health care professionals must plan interventions for mothers to cope with these stressors while their child is hospitalized.

IJSR, 2019

International Journal of Health Sciences & Research, 2019

Background: Hospitalization of a child is often critical event and it cause stress for the family... more Background: Hospitalization of a child is often critical event and it cause stress for the family members especially for the mother. In most hospitals there are no action plans or training programs to reduce stress for the parents. This study aimed to assess the level of stress among Mothers of hospitalized children. Materials & Methods: It was a descriptive study performed on mothers of 40 hospitalized children. The study was conducted at pediatric unit of selected hospitals. Convenient sampling technique was used for collecting data. Data were collected using a two part questionnaire. The first part included the mother's and the child's demographic data, the second part of the questions was asking about the stressors. Results: Most of the Mothers (65%) were reported that the severity of illness and when the child is not able to eat or drink are making them high level of stress. The findings indicated that a significantly strong positive correlation was found to exist between age of child and the level of stress (P=0.554). The findings also indicate a positively strong correlation between duration of hospitalization and the level of stress. Conclusion: The results of this research indicated that the mothers of hospitalized children were experiencing a variety of stressors. So, health care professionals must plan interventions for mothers to cope with these stressors while their child is hospitalized.