Abstract
Title
EFFECTIVENESS OF INFORMATION BOOKLET ON KNOWLEDGE REGARDING STRESS AND COPING STRATEGIES OF NURSING STUDENTS IN SELECTED COLLEGE, BANGALORE
Author
Tejeshwari B V, Sanam Noor Moktari, Sheuli Sheet, Sima Bera, Suman Pal
Email
tejeshwinirajesh@gmail.com
keyword
Effectiveness, Information Booklet,
Knowledge, Stress, Coping Strategies, Nursing Students
Abstract
Stress, first coined in the 1930s, has
become a common place of popular parlance in more
recent decades. Stress could be defined simply as the rate
of wear and tear on the body systems caused by life. It
occurs when a person has difficulty in dealing with life
situations, problems, and goals. Stress has physical,
emotional, and cognitive effects. Although everybody can
adapt himself to stress, not everyone responds to similar
stressors the same.[1]
The word stress is derived from the Latin word "stringy",
which means, "to be drawn tight". Stress can be defined as
any factor that threatens the health of the body or hurts its
functioning, such as injury, disease, or worry. According
to Randy and David, "Stress is the subjective feeling
produced by events that are uncontrollable or threatening."
Constant stress brings about changes in the balance of
hormones in the body which may lead to the situation or
thought that makes us feel frustrated, angry, nervous, or
anxious.[2]
Design:-True-experimental design (one group pre-test
post-test design) was used for this present study of
effectiveness of information booklet on knowledge
regarding stress and coping strategies of nursing students
in selected college, Bangalore. 60 Nursing students were
recruited by non-probability simple random
sampling technique. Necessary administrative permission
was obtained from concerned authority. Structured
interview schedule was used to elicit the baseline data and
structured questionnaires were used to elicit the
knowledge of nursing students regarding stress & coping
strategies.
Setting:-The study was conducted in selected Nursin College, Bangalore, 60 samples were selected for the
present study.
Result: - The study revealed that among 60 nursing
students, 20 (33.34%) nursing students had adequate
knowledge, 40 (66.66%) nursing students had moderately
adequate knowledge & there was no inadequate
knowledge found in the post-test score. The mean pre-test
knowledge score of nursing students was 17.81, whereas
the mean post-test knowledge score was 22.56. The
obtained „t” value was 16.05 which was found statistically
significant 0.05 levels. Conclusion :- The study concluded
that the Information booklet on knowledge regarding
stress & coping stragies among nursing students from
selected nursing college, Bangalore carried out, the study
was found to be effective in the improving knowledge of
nursing students as evidenced by the significant change
between pre-test and post-test knowledge score
