Karthiha, T (2010) A study to determine the Quality of Life among the Permanent Contraceptive Adopters and Non-adopters at Selected Rural Areas in Sivagangai District, Tamilnadu. Masters thesis, Matha College of Nursing, Manamadurai.
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Abstract
“A study to determine the quality of life among the permanent contraceptive adopters and non-adopters at selected rural areas in Sivagangai District,” Tamilnadu. To determine the quality of life among the permanent contraceptive adopters and non adopters in selected villages. Descriptive research design was used to conduct the study. WHO quality of life modified scale was used, purposive sampling technique was used for selecting the sample, and sample size was 50 adopters and 50 non adopters. OBJECTIVES: 1. To assess the quality of life among the permanent contraceptive adopters. 2. To assess the quality of life among the non-adopters. 3. To compare the quality of life among the permanent contraceptive adopters and non – adopters. 4. To find out the association between quality of life among the permanent contraceptive adopters and selected demographic variables such as age, wife’s education and occupation, husband’s education and occupation, monthly income, type of family, religion, parity and number of children, own house, Latrine facilities smoke outlet, 3 times meal/day. Prefer non vegetarian weekly once. TV/Radio, Vehicle and Land. 5. To find out the association between quality of life among the permanent contraceptive non-adopters and selected demo variables such as age, wife’s education and occupation, husband’s education and occupation, monthly income, type of family, religion, parity, number of children, own house, Latrine facilities. Smoke outlet, 3 times meal/day. prefer non vegetarian weekly once, TV/Radio, Vehicle and Land. MAJOR FINDINGS OF THE STUDY: ❖ Majority of the samples of adopters were 46% in the age group from 26 to 30 years and non-adopters were 42% in the age group from 31 to 45 years. ❖ Regarding wife education, majority adopters were 38% and non adopters were 62% in elementary education. ❖ Spouse education of adopters were 38% and non-adopters were 54% in higher secondary education. ❖ Regarding occupation, most of the adopters were 54% and nonadopters were 58% as cooly workers. ❖ Husband occupation, majority of the adopters were 48% and nonadopters husband’s occupation were 58% as the skilled workers. ❖ Regarding monthly income, majority adopters were 34% from Rs.2500-5000 and non-adopters were 86% less than Rs.2500. ❖ Type of family, adopters were 68% from nuclear family and nonadopters were 54% from joint family. ❖ Regarding religion, maximum adopters were 70% from Hindu and non-adopters were 42% from Christian. ❖ Regarding parity, maximum adopters were 68% less than two and non-adopters were 58% less than two deliveries. ❖ Regarding number of children, 33 (66%) of adopters had 1-2 children and maximum 34 (68%) of non-adopters had 3-4 children. ❖ Regarding own house, maximum adopters were 74% and nonadopters were 66%. ❖ Regarding latrine facilities, maximum adopters were 64% and nonadopters were 62% who had no latrine facilities. ❖ Regarding smoke outlet, majority adopters were 68% and nonadopters were 58% who had no smoke outlet. ❖ Regarding three times meal/day, maximum adopters were 100% and non-adopters were 74% who had three times meal/day. ❖ Regarding preference of non-vegetarian, majority adopters were 58% who preferred non-vegetarian once in a week and nonadopters were 54% who didn’t prefer non-vegetarian. ❖ Regarding TV/Radio, maximum adopters were 100% and nonadopters were 98% who had TV and radio. ❖ Regarding vehicle, majority adopters were 70% who had vehicle and non-adopters were 56% who had no vehicle. ❖ Regarding land, maximum adopters were 54% and non-adopters were 56% had no land. ❖ The adopters mean score was 65.08 and non-adopters mean score was 44.22 and adopters standard deviation was 4.61 and nonadopters standard deviation was 3.09. ❖ Regarding level of quality, maximum adopters were 62% and nonadopters were 52% who had moderate quality of life. ❖ There is a highly significant difference between quality of life among the adopters and non-adopters. ❖ There is a highly significant association between the adopters quality of life with monthly income and significant association in religion and type of family. But there was no association between adopters quality of life with age, education (wife & husband), occupation (wife & husband), number of children, parity, own house, latrine facility, smoke outlet, prefer non-vegetarian weekly once, vehicle and land. ❖ There is a highly significant association between permanent contraceptive non-adopters quality of life with age, and significant association in type of family. But there was no association between education (wife & husband), occupation (wife & husband), monthly income, parity, number of children, own house, latrine facilities, smoke outlet, prefer non-vegetarian weekly once, vehicle and land. RECOMMENDATION: ☯ The study can be replicated on larger samples in different settings to validate and generalise results. ☯ A similar study can be conducted with a true experimental research approach. ☯ A comparative study can be done between urban and rural mothers. ☯ A similar study can be carried out by using different teaching strategies. ☯ A case study may be conducted as a quality of life among the acceptors of family planning. ☯ An experimental study can be done to find out the improvement of knowledge. ☯ A comparative study among different religion about contraceptive method can be performed. CONCLUSION: The researcher found out that the couples who adopt the permanent contraceptive can maintain the quality of life by sharing of wealth among small family whereas by non adopters who have poor planning and unnecessary suffering end their life without health and happy. Providing teaching module is an effective means to increase the knowledge and promote practice of contraceptive methods.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Masters) |
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| Additional Information: | Reg.No.30085433 |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Quality of Life, Permanent Contraceptive Adopters and Non-adopters at Selected Rural Areas in Sivagangai District, Tamilnadu. |
| Subjects: | NURSING > Community Health Nursing |
| Depositing User: | Subramani R |
| Date Deposited: | 24 Aug 2020 18:54 |
| Last Modified: | 24 Aug 2020 18:54 |
| URI: | http://repository-tnmgrmu.ac.in/id/eprint/13006 |
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