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.
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