Dysmenorrhea influences social, physical, and psychological well-being. Dysmenorrhea causes absenteeism from school, insomnia, nervousness, irritability, depression, and other symptoms. Adolescent girl health promotion is a significant component of the major health programs. Hence a study was planned to assess the effectiveness of dried ginger on dysmenorrhea-associated symptoms among adolescent girls at a selected college, Puducherry. Sixty patients who fit into the diagnosis of dysmenorrhea were selected. Six doses of 500 mg of dried ginger were administered for 48 hours, followed by an assessment of pain scores, and the difference was noted. The fact that there was an association between demographic variables and the intensity of the disease was noted. In the pre-test mean pain score level was 5.2 ±1.2. Whereas in the post-test, after the administration of dried ginger, the mean pain score level was 4.1 ±3.97. The effectiveness was statistically tested by paired t-test (t=1.37), which was found to be highly statistically significant at p < 0.001. There is a significant association between Dysmenorrhea associated symptoms with selected demographic variables like Type of family and dietary pattern. Whereas the other demographic variables are not effective with dysmenorrhea-associated symptoms
Childbirth is a natural process, and its pain is perceived as normal. Labor pain is a universal experience for women; it is a highly unpleasant sensation that cannot be shared with others. Virtual reality (VR) learning is a technology that allows the user to explore and manipulate computer-generated real or artificial three-dimensional (3D) multimedia sensory environments in real-time. It allows for a first-person active learning experience through different levels of immersion, that is, a perception of the digital world as real and the ability to interact with objects. The objectives were 1. To assess the level of labor pain among primigravid women admitted in the labor ward. 2.To evaluate the effectiveness of virtual reality on the level of labor pain among the primigravid women admitted to the labor ward. 3. To find out the association between the level of labor pain among the primigravid women with selected True experimental research design was adopted for the study. The population of the study was Primigravid women with labor pain. Totally 60 samples were selected by Random sampling technique (lottery method), 30 in each group. Group I (experimental) received the virtual reality technique, and group II (control) received routine care. Pre-test was done using a structured questionnaire and assessment of the level of pain perception by numerical pain rating scale. In the post-test, after giving the Virtual reality technique to group 1 level of labor pain was assessed with a numerical pain rating scale. The results revealed that in the pre-test, the majority of samples, 24(80%), had severe pain,5(16.7%) had moderate pain, and 1(3.3%) had the worst pain in both the experimental and control group. In posttest, the majority of sample in group I 24(80%) had moderate pain, 2(6.7%) had mild pain, 4(13.3%) had severe pain and in group II 3(10%) had moderate pain, 25(83.3%) had severe pain, 2(6.7%) had worst pain. In the pre-test, the experimental and control group's mean and standard deviation values were 7.4, 1.04, and 7.57, 1.22 respectively. In the post-test, the experimental and control group's mean and standard deviation values are 5.23,1.25 and 8.07,1.01, respectively. The obtained Wilcoxon signed ranks test value for experimental group 4.867 and p-value < 0.0001. The Study findings reveal that the virtual reality technique effectively reduced labor pain among primigravid women using a numerical pain scale score.
Umbilical cord blood was previously considered a waste product. It is now used to treat a variety of diseases. Umbilical cord blood is the blood that remains after childbirth in the placenta and the attached umbilical cord. Cord blood is collected because stem cells found in it can be used to treat hematopoietic and genetic disorders. The study aimed to see how effective video-assisted teaching on cord blood collection for stem cell therapy was among antenatal women. A quasi-experimental (onegroup pretest and post-test) research design was adopted for this study. Sixty antenatal women who were attending antenatal OPD were selected by Purposive sampling. The structured questionnaire collected data to assess the level of knowledge regarding umbilical cord sample collection and stem cell therapy. In addition, structured, validated video-assisted teaching was done by experts in the field. The present study depicts that the pre-test means the level of knowledge of 5.48 with an SD of 2.04 was increased to 19.45 with an SD of 1.45 in the post-test after video-assisted teaching. Video-assisted teaching was found to be highly significant at p <0.001. The study concluded that the investigator-designed Video-assisted education effectively improved umbilical cord blood collection knowledge for stem cell therapy among antenatal women. The significant limitation of the study is that it is not double-blinded, as it involves a specific teaching course.
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