Effectiveness of Pranayama in Reduction of Stress among Nursing Students in Selected School of Nursing at Kanyakumari District

Krishnaveni, K S (2012) Effectiveness of Pranayama in Reduction of Stress among Nursing Students in Selected School of Nursing at Kanyakumari District. Masters thesis, Sri. K. Ramachandran Naidu College of Nursing, Sankarankovil.

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Abstract

“A Quasi experimental study to assess the effectiveness of pranayama in reduction of stress among nursing students in selected School of Nursing at Kanyakumari district” was done by Mrs. K.S. Krishnaveni as a partial fulfillment of the requirement for the degree of Master of Science in Nursing at Sri. K. Ramachandran Naidu College of nursing, Thirunelveli under the Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R medical university, Chennai during the year of april 2012. OBJECTIVES: • To assess the pre test level of stress among the nursing students in experimental group and control group. • To assess the effectiveness of pranayama to reduce stress among the experimental group and control group. • To compare the pre and post test level of stress among experimental group. • To associate the post test level of stress among nursing students in experimental group and control group with their selected demographic variable. HYPOTHESES: H1: The mean post test level of stress among nursing students in experimental group was lower than the mean post test level of control group. H2: The mean post test level of stress among nursing students in experimental group was lower than their mean pre test level of stress. H3: There was a significant association between the post test level of stress among experimental group with their selected demographic variables. H4: There was a significant association between the post test level of stress among control group with their selected demographic variables. The study was based on Sister Calista Roy's stress adaptation model. The quantitative approach was used in this study. The study was conducted in Grace School of Nursing at Kanyakumari district. The design adopted for this study was quasi experimental pre test and post test control group design to evaluate the effectiveness of pranayama to reduce stress of nursing students. The quata sampling technique was used to select 30 samples for experimental group and 30 samples for control group. The data collection tool used for the study was the Lovibond stress assessment scale. The content validity of the tool was obtained from five clinical experts. The reliability of tool (r=0.87) was established by test retest method. The tool was accepted as reliable by the clinical experts Pilot study was conducted to find out the feasibility of the study and to plan for data analysis. Data collection was done and the data obtained were analyzed in both in terms of descriptive and inferential statistics. THE MAJOR FINDINGS OF THE STUDY:

Item Type: Thesis (Masters)
Uncontrolled Keywords: Effectiveness, Pranayama, Reduction of Stress, Nursing Students, Selected School of Nursing, Kanyakumari District.
Subjects: NURSING > Psychiatric Nursing
Depositing User: Subramani R
Date Deposited: 29 Aug 2020 16:27
Last Modified: 30 Aug 2020 14:05
URI: http://repository-tnmgrmu.ac.in/id/eprint/13089

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