Syed Shahid Siraj

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Dental hygiene is the practice of keeping the mouth, teeth and gums clean and healthy by regular brushing and flossing and preventive dental care. The main aim of the study was to improve the knowledge and practice regarding dental hygiene using planned teaching programme among students of sultan-ul-Arifeen senior secondary school Rainawari Srinagar. Objectives: To assess the pre-test knowledge among school going children regarding dental hygiene. 2. To assess the post-test knowledge after implementation of planned teaching programme. 3. To compare the pre-test knowledge with the post-test knowledge regarding dental hygiene. Materials and Methods: Pre experimental research design was used for the study. The study was conducted on 45 school going children selected by stratified sampling technique. Data was collected regarding sociodemographic background of the samples and knowledge was assessed by administering structured knowledge questionnaire. Collected data was analyzed by descriptive and inferential statistics. Descriptive statistics includes frequency, percentages, mean and standard deviation. Inferential statistics includes chi square and t-test. Result: The study result showed that the pre-test knowledge of the children of Sultan-ul-Arifeen senior secondary school Rainawari Srinagar was 60% and the post-test knowledge was 94%. In the pre-test study, majority of children (55.44%) had moderate knowledge, (44.44%) had inadequate pre-test knowledge and none of them had adequate knowledge. In the post test study, majority of school going children (95.55%) had adequate knowledge, 4.44% had moderate knowledge and none of them had inadequate knowledge. Conclusion: From the above findings it was concluded that majority of school going children had adequate post-test knowledge after administration of planned teaching programme regarding dental hygiene. Implications: Identifying the knowledge and attitude of school going children regarding dental hygiene can help the nurse in anticipating the need to arrange health education sessions for students deficient in knowledge regarding dental hygiene. Keywords: Assessment, Knowledge, Effectiveness, Dental hygiene, Hypothesis

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Objectives: The objectives of the study were to assess the quality of nursing care rendered by staff nurses in medical and surgical wards of government and private hospitals, to compare the quality of nursing care rendered by staff nurses in medical and surgical wards of government and private Hospitals, to find association between quality of nursing care rendered by staff nurses and selected demographic variables, to assess the level of satisfaction perceived by patients in medical and surgical wards of government and private hospitals, to compare the level of satisfaction perceived by patients in medical and surgical wards of government and private hospitals, to find association between level of satisfaction perceived by patients and selected demographic variables. Materials and Methods: Conceptual frame work was based on Donabedian’s Structure, Process and Outcome model of quality care. Quantitative research approach and (descriptive comparative) research design was used. Tools used for data collection comprised of a structured observation checklist to assess quality of nursing care and a structured patient satisfaction questionnaire for assessment of patient satisfaction. The tools were validated by experts from the field of nursing and medicine. Convenient sampling was adopted to select the 60 staff nurses, 30 from each hospital and 60 patients, 30 from each hospital. The study was conducted at a government (SMHS) hospital and a private (Noorah) Hospital, Srinagar. Results: Data was analyzed and interpreted using both descriptive and inferential statistics. The findings showed that better quality of nursing care was rendered by staff nurses in private than in the government hospital. In government hospital, the areas in which staff nurses rendered good quality of care were nurse’s communication and behavior and patient safety, average quality in areas of documentation and environment and poor quality in the area of general nursing care. In case of private hospital, good quality of nursing care was rendered under the areas environment, patient safety, nurse’s communication and behavior and average quality of nursing care was rendered in the area documentation. No significant association was found between the quality of nursing care and selected demographic variables viz. age, educational qualification and years of work experience in both hospitals. The study findings revealed that level of satisfaction perceived by patients in private hospitals was better than in the government hospital. A significant association was found between the level of satisfaction perceived by patients and age and marital status, and no significant association with gender, days of stay in the hospital and history of previous hospitalization in the government hospital. On average, in the government hospital, patients were satisfied with nurse’s communication and behavior and were dissatisfied with general nursing care and care facilities in the ward. In private hospital, no significant association was found between the level of satisfaction perceived by patients and demographic variables viz. age, gender, marital status, days of stay in the hospital and history of previous hospitalization. In the private hospital, on average the patients were satisfied with the general nursing care and nurse’s communication and behavior but were dissatisfied with care facilities in the ward. Conclusion: The study concluded that better quality of nursing care is rendered by staff nurses in private hospital than in government hospital. The level of satisfaction perceived by patients in private hospitals is better in private hospital than in government hospital. Keywords: Schroeder, Hospitalization, Surgical

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According to the world cancer report 2017 about 5.37 lakh Indian women got Breast cancer in 2012 and was a leading cause of death among women between age group of 20 and 59 years worldwide. Among Kashmiri women breast cancer is the second leading cancer after esophageal cancer, with an incidence rate of 12.6 per 100,000 women. The study was conducted with the aim to assess the effectiveness of structured teaching programme on knowledge regarding breast self examination among FMPHW Ist year students at Ramzan institute of paramedical sciences, Gulshan nagar, Nowgam Srinagar Kashmir. A quantitative pre-experimental one group pre-test post-test design was adopted to assess the effectiveness of structured teaching programme on knowledge regarding breast self examination among FMPHW Ist year students at Ramzan institute of paramedical sciences, Gulshan nagar, Nowgam Srinagar Kashmir. Convenient sampling technique was used to collect data from FMPHW Ist year students using self administered structured knowledge questionnaire. The data was analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics and the results of the study revealed that there was significant difference between pre -test and post-test knowledge scores regarding breast self- examination among FMPHW Ist year students i:e the mean post-test knowledge score (31.9± 2.86) was higher than pre-test knowledge score (16.8 ± 3.50), which shows the effectiveness of structured teaching programme. Keywords: Structured teaching programme, FMPHW students, Knowledge, Breast Self Examination, Breast cancer

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Background: All over the world, the public is being informed about the physical effects of COVID-19 infection and protocols are being made to prevent exposure to the corona virus and manage symptoms of COVID?19 if they appear. However, the effects of this pandemic on individual’s mental health and behavior have not been studied in detail and are still not known. Efforts are being made to focus on understanding the clinical features, routes of transmission, epidemiology, and management of the COVID?19 outbreak, there has been very little concern expressed over the effects on one's mental health and on strategies to prevent stress. The aim of this study was to assess the post traumatic stress disorder symptoms among the care takers of COVID-19 patients and care takers of non COVID-19 patients and compare the results to explore the impact of COVID-19 on the mental health of the population associated with the COVID-19 patients. This may help in future in early detecting the post traumatic stress disorder associated with covid-19 or any other pandemic and may help in taking early measures to avoid it and improve the mental health of general population. Results: The study finding revealed that among care takers of covid-19 patients majority of study subjects (93.3%) had complicated PTSD, (6.7%) had Diagnostic PTSD and none of the subjects had Partial PTSD whereas, among care takers of non covid-19 patients majority of study subjects (36.7%) had Partial PTSD, (26.7%) had complicated PTSD, (23.3%) had no PTSD and (13.3%) had diagnostic PTSD. This indicates that the covid-19 had more psychological impact on the care takers than any other life threatening disease. This may be due to fast dissemination of covid-19, more deaths attributed to the pandemic and care takers concern for his/her health. Conclusions: The study concluded that the covid-19 had more psychological impact on the care takers than any other disease conditions. So there is need to improve the strategies to reduce the risk of developing PTSD symptoms in this group of population. Keywords: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, COVID-19, Care Takers

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