Sustainable behaviour promotes pro-ecological behaviour and is a practice of consuming and utilizing resources responsibly. The ongoing COVID-19-induced pandemic has already put economic, social and psychological distress across the globe. Meanwhile, it has become vital to think of issues related to the sustainable management of resources. Behavioural norms play a prominent role while promoting sustainable living. This research examines how the sustainable dimension in one’s behaviour influences the decision-making in their daily life. Previous studies have shown the importance of sub-factors like happiness, diversity constraint and frugal actions as factors affecting sustainable behaviour. These indicators mainly define the action one will choose to react to while buying and consuming different resources. The study identifies happiness as the mediating variable which influences the relationship between the predictor variables—mindfulness and diversity acceptance and the criterion variable—frugality-linked sustainable behaviour. With a sample of 324 participants, Baron and Kenny’s mediation model was outlined to test the mediation. Results showed a positive relationship between frugality, diversity, mindfulness and happiness. Happiness was found to be mediating between mindfulness, diversity acceptance and frugality-linked sustainable behaviour indicating that mindfulness and diversity acceptance alone have limited potential to impact the frugality-linked sustainable approach that individuals take. Happiness, as explained through a positive frame of mind, plays a very important role in enhancing sustainability behaviour.
Introduction and objectives: Surgical site infection (SSI) is the most frequent complication in inguinal hernioplasty.SSI is related with an increase in length of
Introduction: With current technological advancement and availability of synthetic materials used in inguinal hernia repair, a recurrence after first intervention is not a common and important adverse event [1,2] . On the other hand, however, some patients complain about chronic pain of the operated site after surgeries using a polypropylene mesh [3] . Many patients are constrained to a prolonged use of analgesics and increased frequency of control visits, which may eventually result in loss of trust in the operator [3] . Every surgical intervention is associated with the risk of immediate or delayed complications [4,5] . Genitofemoral neuralgia is associated with dysfunction of peripheral nerves passing through the inguinal canal or the surrounding tissue and it is a chronic, troublesome and undesired complication of an inguinal hernia repair [5] . The possibility of minimizing chronic inguinal pain by proper management during herniorrhaphy should be considered in all cases of an inguinal canal reconstruction [6] . Objectives: To assess the efficacy of intraoperative injection of 0.5% bupivacaine (analgesic) into the operated site on the postoperative pain over operated site, assessed on the day of operation as well as the 1st and 2nd postoperative day after anterior abdominal wall hernia repair. Materials and methods: A prospective analysis of patient data compiled by assessment of Post-Operative pain at operated site documented and patient follow up recorded over the period from March 2018 and December 2018 at RL Jalappa hospital and research centre, Tamaka, Kolar. Results: All complications of the surgical wound significantly increased pain level on postoperative day 2. The NRS score for complicated surgical wound was 2.1 on average. In the case of uncomplicated wounds, it was 0.72 (2.1 vs. 0.72 on day 2). Presence of blood in the surgical wound manifesting itself by ecchymosis and hematoma increased pain level assessed on postoperative day 2 (NRS score 2.0 vs. 0.79 in day 2). Duration of procedure did not influence pain sensation on postoperative day 0, 1, 2. In the group with inguinal hernias, postoperative complications of the wound occurred in 8.3% (n=3). Skin and subcutaneous tissue oedema of the wound was found in 10% (n=5) of patients.
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