Safeena, K P (2012) Effectiveness of Green Tea upon Stress among Nurses. Masters thesis, Apollo College of Nursing, Chennai.
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Abstract
A Quasi Experimental Study was conducted to Assess the Effectiveness of Green Tea upon Stress among Nurses Working in Selected Hospitals, Chennai. OBJECTIVES: 1. To assess the level of stress in control and experimental group of nurses before and after administration of green tea. 2. To evaluate the effectiveness of green tea by comparing the level of stress in control and experimental group of nurses before and after administration of green tea. 3. To find out the association between selected demographic variables and level of stress in control group of nurses before and after administration of green tea. 4. To find out the association between selected demographic variables and the level of stress in experimental group of nurses before and after administration of green tea. 5. To determine the level of satisfaction among experimental group of nurses regarding administration of green tea. The conceptual framework of the study was based on Roy’s adaptation model, which was modified for the present study. The study variables were stress and green tea and hypothesis were formulated. With intensive review of literature and guidance by experts, laid the foundation to the development of demographic variables of nurses, professional life stress scale, rating scale for assessing level of satisfaction on green tea and validity of the tools. A quasi experimental research design was selected to conduct the study. The study was conducted at Apollo hospitals, Chennai, 30 nurses in each control and experimental group who were selected by purposive sampling technique. The researcher used a demographic variable proforma and professional life stress scale for collection of data in control and experimental group of nurses. Level of satisfaction was assessed on green tea among experimental group of nurses after administration of green tea. After the pilot study, the data collection of the main study was done by using self administered structured questionnaire method. Green tea was administered for the participants in the experimental group for 30 days. Green tea was prepared by adding one teaspoon (1.5g) of green tea leaves per one cup (120 ml) of boiled water for 2 minutes and administered once per day after breakfast with sugar (1.5g). Green tea was given in break time according to their work schedule. The collected data were tabulated and analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. The data was presented in aspects of frequency and percentage distribution of level of stress, mean, standard deviation of stress scores and association between level of stress and demographic variables in control and experimental group of nurses before and after administration of green tea. THE MAJOR FINDINGS OF THE STUDY: ❖ Majority of nurses in control and experimental group were between the age of 25 to 30 years (70%, 60%) with mean age of 29 years and 30 years, females (63%, 97%) and belongs to nuclear family (97%, 80%) respectively. ❖ Most of the nurses in control group and experimental group were Hindus (60%, 57%), married (57%, 63%), studied B.Sc. Nursing (60%, 53%), designated as staff nurse (70%, 63%), working in ICU (67%, 43%) and were having 2 to 5 years of working experiences (60%, 50%) respectively. ❖ Mild level of stress (97%) was found in control group of nurses before and after administration of green tea. ❖ Experimental group of nurses had mild level of stress (97%) before administration of green tea whereas after administration of green tea, mild level of stress reduced to (57%) and normal level of stress (43%). ❖ The mean and standard deviation of stress scores in the experimental group of nurses were (M = 23.5± 4.84, 17.5± 4.36) before and after administration of green tea which is statistically significant (p<0.001). So null hypothesis Ho1 (There will be no significant difference in the level of stress of control and experimental group of nurses before and after administration of green tea) was rejected. ❖ There was no significant association between the selected demographic variables of nurses the level of stress in control group of nurses before and after administration of green tea. So the null hypothesis H02 (There will be no significant association between selected demographic variable and level of stress in control group of nurses before and administration of green tea) was retained. ❖ There was no significant association between the selected demographic variables of nurses and the level of stress in experimental group of nurses before and after administration of green tea. So the null hypothesis H03 (There will be no significant association between selected demographic variable and level of stress in experimental group of nurses before and administration of green tea) was retained. ❖ All the nurses (100%) were highly satisfied regarding various aspects of green tea administration. The study demonstrated that green tea administration can help in reducing the stress experienced by nurses. RECOMMENDATIONS: ❖ The study can be conducted on larger samples to generalize the results. ❖ The study can be conducted among the other health care professionals who also experience stress. ❖ The study can be conducted in community settings among different population like old age people and menopausal women. ❖ A comparative study can be conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of various other interventions to help the nurses for reducing their stress and to cope up with stress in the day to day life. ❖ A longitudinal study with time series design can be conducted with the post test at an interval of 2, 4, 6 months to assess how long the effectiveness of this intervention. ❖ A comparative study can be conducted to assess the level of stress among nurses and other health care professionals.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Masters) |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Effectiveness, Green Tea, Stress, Nurses. |
| Subjects: | NURSING > Psychiatric Nursing |
| Depositing User: | Subramani R |
| Date Deposited: | 29 Aug 2020 16:26 |
| Last Modified: | 30 Aug 2020 13:52 |
| URI: | http://repository-tnmgrmu.ac.in/id/eprint/13088 |
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