Objectives: (1) To assess the level of anxiety among experimental and control groups of patients undergoing hemodialysis. (2) To determine the effectiveness of foot reflexology on anxiety among experimental group of patients undergoing hemodialysis. (3) To find the association between level of anxiety and selected sociodemographical variables among experimental and control groups of patients undergoing hemodialysis.
Methods:The research approach adopted for this study was an evaluative approach, where the research design was a quasi-experimental design. The study was conducted in the dialysis unit in Krishna Hospital, Karad. The sample consists of 40 patients undergoing hemodialysis and further assigned to 20 in the experimental group and 20 in the control group. A convenient sampling technique was used to select the sample. The experimental group received foot reflexology twice in a week for 3 consecutive weeks and each session lasted for 20 minutes where a control group followed hospital routine management. The data were collected by structured questionnaire. The data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics.
Results:The mean post-test anxiety score in the experimental group was 16.6, and in the control group, it was 22.55, which was significantly greater. The t-test value was 3.50 and was found significant at p<0.001 level. The values revealed that there was a statistically significant difference in a level of anxiety between the experimental and control groups in the post-test.
Conclusion:The study results show that the foot reflexology was effective to reduce the level of anxiety.
Objectives: The aim of this study was (1) to assess the level of stress among the parents of neonate admitted in neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), (2) to determine the effectiveness of instrumental music on the level of stress among parents of the neonates admitted in NICU, and (3) to find out association between level of stress and sociodemographic variables.
Methods:The research approach adopted for this study was an evaluative approach, and research design was a one-group pre-and post-test research design. The study was conducted in NICU, Krishna Hospital, Karad, Maharashtra, India. The sample consists of 60 parents of neonates admitted in NICU. A convenient sampling technique was used to select the sample. Parents were allowed to listen instrumental music two times a day for 5 days, and each session lasted for 30 minutes. The data were collected by structured questionnaire. The data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics.
Results:The mean pretest stress score was 22.68, the mean post-test stress score was 12.86, and the mean difference of pretest and post-test stress score was 9.82. The reduction in the stress score was found statistically significant at the level of p<0.001.
Conclusion:The findings reveal that the instrumental music is effective in reducing level of stress among parents of neonates admitted in NICU.
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