Papers by Pratibha Khosla
European Journal of Molecular & Clinical Medicine, Jan 31, 2021
Background:Infertility is fundamentally the inability to conceive a baby and the condition is alw... more Background:Infertility is fundamentally the inability to conceive a baby and the condition is always associated with high level of stress and mental agony. Aim:The study primarily focused to explore the psychosocial well-beingamong primary infertile women with the help of amodified psychological evaluation test scale (PETS), for psychosocial wellbeing Material and Methods:A total of 150 infertile women were selected purposively at an infertility clinic and data were collectedthrough rating scale.Results: Among the women, 62% had good psychosocial wellbeing. There was significant difference in psychosocial wellbeing by age, occupation and education. Conclusion:The infertile women need to be supported and assisted with all kinds of help in order to overcome the mental agony and stress, related to childlessness.
Introduction: Pregnancy influences the physical and hormonal status of the body and many women ex... more Introduction: Pregnancy influences the physical and hormonal status of the body and many women experience it as stressful situaton at some point. Objectives: The present study was aimed to assess and compare the level of stress among primi mother of rural and urban areas during antenatal period. Methods: A descrptive survey was conducted to find out the level of stress. Through appropriate sample size calculation 100 mothers were selected conviniently those were attending antenatal OPD. The questionnaire was developed for measurement of stress based on Wang-34 stress scale. Result: Among the women 84% were form rural and 58% from urban area.In both the groups no one had severe stress. They had moderate level of stress. The mean stress score in rural women was higher than urban women.The difference in level of stress among them was significant at p value < 0.0001. Age, duration of marital life and complication during pregnancy had association with the level of stress. Conclusion: ...
European Journal of Molecular & Clinical Medicine, Jan 27, 2021
International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research and Development, 2017
Background: Infertility is a challenging crisis in a woman’s life which brings lots of psychologi... more Background: Infertility is a challenging crisis in a woman’s life which brings lots of psychological stress. Aim: The purpose of the study was to identify the coping strategy adopted by the infertilewomen through coping inventory scale devised by Folkman and Lazarus. Method: A survey was conductedat an infertility clinic among infertile women,those had primary infertility. About 150 womenwere selected conveniently.The study was conducted for two months. A modified 44 items coping rating scale with reference to Folkman and Lazarus coping inventory scale was developed to gather data from the participants. The analysis was done through SPSS software. Results: Most of the women (62%) were in the age group of 20-30 years. The duration of marriage was more than 4 years in 72% of women. It was observed that 70% hadaverage coping ability. The level of coping was influenced by duration of marriage and numbers of counseling services. Conclusion: The coping style of infertile women needs to be...
The trends of rising in rate of caesarean section is now world wise well evident. The study aimed... more The trends of rising in rate of caesarean section is now world wise well evident. The study aimed to identify the difference in neurobehavioral development between CS and normally delivered babies. With use o f Ballard chart for neuromuscular and physical maturity and reflex score were measured from sample of 30 from each group on 1 and 5 neonatal day. Both the group had excellent score in neuromuscular and physical maturity score on both days, but in reflex few (23%) C-section babies only had excellent score. The nurses required to recognize the difference exist among them to act promptly and minimize the risk.
Enhancing healing of episiotomy wound is one of the major concerns after a normal delivery. The s... more Enhancing healing of episiotomy wound is one of the major concerns after a normal delivery. The study aimed to identify the effectiveness of dry heat on reducing pain and wound healing .With use of universal pain scale and REEDA scale were measured from sample of 20 from experimental and control group on 1 , 3 and 5 postnatal day. The experimental group had a significant improvement in wound healing and level of pain.
Clinical learning is an integrated part of nursing, is extensively valuable through nursing educa... more Clinical learning is an integrated part of nursing, is extensively valuable through nursing education. The study was to identify challenges faced by nursing students in clinical. A quantitative approach was undertaken to assess the nursing students’ perception & challenges faced in the CLE in selected Nursing Colleges of Bhubaneswar. 685 samples were selected by purposive sampling technique & data was collected by Modified CLEI & MPCI. RESULT: As per the perception of nursing students 1.3% having less satisfactory perception & 73% of students having more satisfactory perception in clinical settings. The challenges are; they were unaware about the objectives (43.65%), Clinical Instructor doesn’t have time to assess students (53.13%), Students don’t stay enough time inward (57.21%), Lack of interest on the part of clinical instructor (50.21%), Lack of interest in students (53.72%), Attitude of nurses towards students is not good (49.92), Attitude of patients towards students is not go...
International Journal of Advances in Nursing Management
Enhancing healing of episiotomy wound is one of the major concerns after a normal delivery. The s... more Enhancing healing of episiotomy wound is one of the major concerns after a normal delivery. The study aimed to identify the effectiveness of sitz bath on reducing pain and wound healing. With use of universal pain scale and REEDA scale were measured from sample of 20 from experimental and control group on 1st, 3rd and 5th postnatal day. The experimental group had a significant improvement in wound healing and level of pain.
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