Vasukidevi, D (2015) A study to evaluate the effectiveness of yoga therapy on the level of stress among housewives at selected community area in Dindigul District. Masters thesis, Sakthi College of Nursing, Dindugul.
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Abstract
A study was conducted “to evaluate the effectiveness of administration of yoga therapy on stress among housewives at selected community area in Dindigul district” was done by Mrs.Vasukidevi.D as a partial fulfillment of the requirement for the degree of science in nursing to the tamilnnadu DR.M.G.R. medical university, Chennai during the year 2014-2015. The objective of the study were, to assess the pre test and post test level of stress among housewives in experimental and control group, to evaluate the effectiveness of yoga therapy on level stress among housewives in experimental group to associate the level of stress among housewives and their selected demographic variables. In this study a true experimental Design, with pretest – posttest control group design was adopted. Simple random (lottery) method, sampling technique was used to select each 30 sample in experimental and control group equally. Structured interview schedule was used to collect the demographic variables and stress rating scale was used to assess the level of stress. Experimental group receives intervention of yoga therapy daily for 4 weeks. The result shows that, in experimental group, majority 15(50%) of the housewives belonged to the age group of 20-30 years, 17(56.7%) of them had Hindu religion, 9(30%) were housewives education belonged to high school and diploma, 10(33.3%),of them husband occupation had private sector, 25(83.3%) of them marital status were living with husband, 11(36.7%) of them marital duration were 0-1year, 29(96.7%) had once married, 18(60%) of them had nuclear family, 15(50%) of them had two children,15(50%) of the housewives belongs to the family income per month >5000, 19(63.3%) of them marital relationship had satisfactory, major portion 26(86.7) of the samples did not have physical illness, smost 28(93.3) of the samples did not have mental illness, more than half16(53.3) of the samples had a habits of smoking/alcohol abuse, (16(53.3%) of the housewives did not have possessiveness of spouse. In control group, majority 14(46.7%) of the housewives belonged to the age group of 20-30 years, 12(40%) of them had Hindu religion, 9(30%) were housewives education belonged to primary school, 11(36.7%),of them husband occupation had private sector, 26(86.7%) of them marital status were living with husband, 11(36.7%) of them marital duration were 0-1year, 29(96.7%) had once married, 14(46.7%) of them had nuclear family, 12(40%) of them had two children,11(36.6%) of the housewives belongs to the family income per month 1001-3000, 18(60%) of them marital relationship had satisfactory, major portion 28(93.3) of the samples did not have physical illness, most 29(96.7) of the samples did not have mental illness, more than half16(53.3%) of the samples did not have bad habits, and 18(60%) of the housewives did not have possessiveness of spouse. The level of stress in control group were test 8(26.7%) had mild stress, 18(60%) had moderate stress and 4(13.3) had Severe stress respectively post test. The level of stress in experimental group were 18(60%) had mild stress, 12(40%) had moderate stress and no one had severe stress respectively in post-test. This finding reveals that the level of stress among post-test housewives were decreased in experimental group than control group. The control group calculated ‘t’ test value for physical aspect stress 0.86, psychological aspects of stress was 0.03 and social aspect of stress was 0.97 also overall ‘t’ test value was 1.74 which was not significant at P <0.05 level. The experimental group calculated ‘t’ test value for physical aspect of stress was 2.60, psychological aspect of stress was 2.59 and social aspect of stress was 3.89 also overall ‘t’ test value was 5.26 which was highly significant at P<0.001 level. In comparing post test score of experimental and control group , calculated ‘t’ test value for physical aspect of stress was 2.05, psychological aspect of stress was 2.05 and social aspect of stress is 2.57 also overall ‘t’ test value was 3.34 which was significant at P<0.001 level. Hence H1 is accepted. It can be concluded that the yoga therapy was effective in reducing the stress in experimental group among housewives than control group. There was significant relationship between level of stress and demographic variables in experimental group such as education, marital relationship and bad habits spouse at P<0.05 level. Hence research hypothesis H2 is retained for education, marital relationship and bad habits spouse in experimental group.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Masters) |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Yoga Therapy ; Level of Stress; Housewives ; Selected Community Area ; Dindigul. |
| Subjects: | NURSING > Psychiatric Nursing |
| Depositing User: | Ramakrishnan J |
| Date Deposited: | 19 Jul 2017 05:57 |
| Last Modified: | 13 Feb 2018 03:42 |
| URI: | http://repository-tnmgrmu.ac.in/id/eprint/1823 |
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