Objective: Tremor is a clinically depicted commonly encountered neurological disorder which results after a stroke or brain injury like Parkinson's disease which causes rhythmic and reflex oscillatory movement of a body, particularly upper arm, which is difficult to diagnose and manage. Tremor is influenced by Physiological and Psychological factors which can affect any age group specifically in middle age and older persons. The modern treatment facilities and features available are very expensive and unreachable for rural people. Hence there arises a necessity to develop a portable device to overcome such situations. Methods: This paper introduces a portable and wearable device using accelerometer sensor assisted with pneumatic mechanism for tremor suppression in the upper arm. This portable device may help to suppress tremor and improve muscle control and coordination in the upper arm. Once the device is connected with the patients arm, the pneumatic circuit supplies required air through the hand cuff to keep the arm on control with reference to the signal obtained from the accelerometer sensor. The results: The performances of the device are measured in three different stages say before inflation, during partial inflation and full inflation. The results depicts 30% of improvement in tremor suppression at three different levels of tremor occurrence which is measured in terms of voltage between 1.6 and 2V at high, medium and low levels at different time intervals with frequency <10Hz. Conclusion: This device is a cost effective and portable closed loop system which is exclusively designed to reduce the tremor without affecting the upper limb voluntary movements.
The most important period in the life span of women is the reproductive period, which extends from menarche to menopause. Reproductive tract infections are endemic in developing countries and entail a heavy toll on women. If untreated reproductive tract infections can lead to adverse health outcomes such as infertility, ectopic pregnancy and increased vulnerability to transmission of HIV. Quantitative evaluative approach was used and research design was one group pre-test post-test design. Sample were women of reproductive age group, sample size was 40 and sample technique was random sampling, setting for the study was Thano, Dehradun, tool used were self prepared knowledge questionnaire related to reproductive tract infections. Majority (80%) of the subjects were between 15 to 30 years. Majority (77.5%) of the subjects were married, majority of (77.5%) subjects had educational status up to higher secondary and above, majority of (55%) of the subjects have family monthly income above Rs 6,000, majority (65%) of the subjects were from nuclear family, majority of (57.5%) of the subjects had moderate pre-test knowledge score regarding reproductive tract infection. The mean of post-test knowledge score was higher than mean of pre-test knowledge score. Age, educational status and marital status had significant association with pre test knowledge score. Study showed that planned teaching programme regarding reproductive tract infections was effective in increasing women knowledge level. There was a significant association of knowledge level with age, educational status and marital status.
Background: A mother is the nearest person to a neonate to identify, present and manage the neonates' problem, which ensure that neonate can lead a healthy life. Every year four million babies die in the first month of life and a quarter of these take place in India. About 98% of new-born deaths occur in developing countries, where most new-borns deaths occur at home. The main obstacles in improving new-born survival are that many babies are born at home without skilled attendance. Hence the present study was aimed to assess the attitude and practice of mothers to recognize neonatal danger signs and various household practices followed by mother to identify and to treat danger signs.
Background: Polycystic ovarian syndrome is a common female endocrine disorder affecting 4 – 18% of women in their reproductive age. It is common in adolescent girls. Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome affects throughout the life and produce gynaecological and metabolic health problems. The aim of this study to create the awareness about the polycystic ovarian syndrome to the adolescent girls.Methods: A Quantitative approach with pre- experimental design was used to study the effectiveness of STP on Poly Cystic Ovarian Syndrome. Ninety-four adolescent girls aged between 15 – 18 years were conveniently selected. Data was collected by using Structured Knowledge questionnaire.Results: The mean post-test knowledge score (22.55± 3.57) was higher than that of mean pre-test mean knowledge score (11.13± 3.32) and the mean difference was11.42. The ‘t’ calculated value was 23.45 which is higher than the tabulated value of 1.98 (df 93 at p< 0.05). Therefore, research hypothesis was accepted. So, it can be interpreting that structured teaching programme is effective in improving the knowledge of adolescent girls.Conclusions: The findings of the study revealed that STP was effective in enhancing the knowledge of adolescent girls on PCOS. Hence the study concluded that structured teaching programme had a great potentiality to increase the awareness on PCOS.
Occupational health hazards have deleterious effect on the individual health and safety as well as the organizational effectiveness. Emerging occupational health problems are to be tackled along with existing public health problems like communicable disease, malnutrition and inadequate medical care. Globalization and rapid industrial growth in the past few years have added further to complexities of occupational health related issues. Quantitative approach was used and research design was descriptive survey research design. Sample were factory employees of sugarcane factory, sample size was 100 and sample technique was convenient sampling, setting for the study was sugarcane factory of Doiwala, Dehradun, and tool used were checklist related to occupational health hazards. Majority (36%) of the subjects were between 47 to 56 years, majority (39%) subjects had educational status up to primary, majority (57%) of the subjects having monthly income more than 15000, majority (55%) of the subjects were from nuclear family, majority (55%) of the subjects were non vegetarian, majority (77%) of subjects were living in rural areas, majority (33%) of subjects were consuming tobacco, majority (81%) of subjects were having working experience more than 10 years, majority (95%) of the subjects were having working hours more than 8. Through this checklist we found that (42%) of subjects were having back ache, joint or muscles problems, (52%) of subjects were suffering from vision problems and (81%) of a subject says that PPE is not available for all workers.
A quantitative quasi experimental with time series design study was undertaken to assess the effectiveness of warm compress on pain among primi mothers with first stage of labour admitted in labour room of selected hospital, Dehradun, uttrakhand. The study was conducted on 60 primi mothers which were randomly divided into two groups (30 in each experimental group and control group) and samples were selected through purposive sampling technique. The study was explained to participants and consent was taken. The data was collected by Wong baker facial pain scale to assess pain. Warm compress was administered for 15 minutes at half an hour interval till the mother was in the labour room for experimental group. After each intervention assessment of pain was done for both groups at four times. The result showed that there was no significant difference between both the groups at score p =0.88 whereas there was significant difference between both the groups at after 45 minutes, after 90 minutes, after 135 minutes and after 180 minutes pain score was p=0.0001.The study concluded that warm compress were cheap and easy to use by everyone, even it can also be used in the home care setting by the mother's attendant and also it shows effective outcome of pain reduction. Based on the finding it is advisable to the staff nurses and the student to use this method in the practice areas to reduced the pain of the mother during childbirth.
Today, brain attack disorders are one of the most life-threatening areas in the medical era, which mankind is facing nowadays. Globally, more than 10,000,000 people are subjected to brain attack disorders like hemiplegia and tremor, every year, where two-thirds of them survive. Among the survival community, more than 80 per cent of them are subjected to long-term impairment of their upper extremity. In order to treat the impairment, the survival group is subjected to medications and rehabilitation in order to improve their daily living. But the facilities are very limited in fast-developing countries like India when compared to western standards. The rehabilitation given corresponding with medications during the treatment period in hospitals does not give a complete recovery from disability. People from rural background could not meet their rehabilitation requirements even in the hospital during treatment and also when they are discharged to home after treatment from hospitals due to financial constraints and reachability. In order to motivate the survival group to fulfill their daily living and improve their lifestyle, this paper is focused on intelligent home-based rehabilitation system at low cost, reliability, and affordability. One major movement disorder namely Upper Arm Hemiplegia was taken into account and visited few major hospitals around Coimbatore and Chennai for literature and case study. The facilities available in various hospitals and their drawbacks were analyzed.Acupuncture & Electro-therapeutics Research E-pubBased on the studies conducted at hospitals and taking advice from therapists, an innovative low-cost home-based rehabilitation device using Electro-Hydraulic systems has been developed to support patients who were used to impaired living even after treatments. To support Upper Arm Hemiplegia patients, the devices which were developed and experimented to hold different functionalities are discussed in this paper.
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