Original Research Article
Year: 2019 | Month: December | Volume: 9 | Issue: 12 | Pages: 117-123
A Study to Assess Effectiveness of Pamphlets on Stress and Coping Strategies among the Nurses at Selected Hospitals of Dehradun
Sweta Tiwari
Asst. Prof. Mental Health Nursing, Lingayas Institute of Health and Sciences. Faridabad, Haryana
ABSTRACT
A study was conducted to assess effectiveness of pamphlets on stress and coping strategies among the nurses at selected hospital, Dehradun”. Aim: The aim of the study was to assess effectiveness of pamphlets on stress and coping strategies among the nurses at selected hospital, Dehradun”.
Material and method: The methodology- pre experimental one group pre test post test design. The study was conducted at Shri Mahant Indresh Hospital Dehradun and Non-probability convenient sampling technique was used to draw the sample. The sample size is 40.The data collection was done with the help of Modified Four point rating scale. The statistical method for the demographic variables was presented by using frequencies and percentages, Mean and standard deviation was used to describe the frequency and percentage distribution of stress and coping strategies level among nurses, effectiveness of the pamphlet was analyzed using paired. t test, the correlation between post test score level of Stress and Coping Strategies is analyzed using Karl Pearson correlation formula of the coefficient of correlation. To find out the association between the post test score level of stress among nurses with their selected demographic variable by chi- square test.
Results: The result reveals that the mean post test score of level of stress score 15.85 was less than mean pre test of stress score was 23.35. The result also reveals that the mean post test score of coping strategies score 37.02 was higher than the mean pre test of coping strategies score 29.30. The t39=11.149 is higher than the table value 2.02 at the 0.05% significance level of stress among nurses and t39=11.201is higher than the table value 2.02 at the 0.05% significance level of coping strategies among nurses.
Conclusion: The study revealed that the distribution of pamphlet is beneficial to develop knowledge about stress and coping strategies.
Key words: Pamphlet, effectiveness, stress ,coping strategies, Nurses, selected hospital