Author(s):
Amala Babu. A, Amala Shilppa Benny, Amitha Shaju, Angela Biju, Emil Varghese, Gloria. G. Tharakan, Jacquilin Nelson, Liviya. J. Rose, Suja Ann Joseph, Treasa Anto, Angela Gnandhurai
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DOI:
10.52711/2454-2652.2023.00003 
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Amala Babu. A1, Amala Shilppa Benny1, Amitha Shaju1, Angela Biju1, Emil Varghese1, Gloria. G. Tharakan1, Jacquilin Nelson1, Liviya. J. Rose1, Suja Ann Joseph2, Sr. Treasa Anto3, Angela Gnandhurai4
1IIIrd Year B.Sc Nursing Students, Jubilee Mission College of Nursing.
2Assistant Professor, Jubilee Mission College of Nursing.
3Vice Principal, Jubilee Mission College of Nursing.
4Principal, Jubilee Mission College of Nursing.
*Corresponding Author
Published In:
Volume - 11,
Issue - 1,
Year - 2023
ABSTRACT:
The descriptive study to assess the impact of pandemic restrictions on psychosocial well-being among school going children and find the association between selected socio-demographic variables and impact of pandemic restrictions on psychosocial well-being among school going children. Methodology: The study was conducted among 100 school going children in pediatric ward and outpatient department of JMMC & RI, Thrissur. The research design used was descriptive design and sampling technique was purposive sampling. Data collected through questionnaires. Tool was divided in to two sections, section A – sociodemographic and clinical data questionnaire and section B- Modified Multi-dimensional student life satisfaction scale. Result: It shows that 1. Socio-demographic data: Out of the 100 samples Majority of 53(53%) children belongs to the age group of 10-12 years, 60(60%) were males, 41(41%) belongs to Muslim community, Half of them are studying in Vth standard, 57(57%) are studying in state syllabus. Majority of fathers, 49(49%) belongs to the age group of 31-40 years, 27(27%) have educational status of both primary and secondary education, 96(96%) are working. Majority of mothers, 61(61%) belongs to the age group of 31-40 years, 33(33%) have educational status of degree, 75(75%) are not working. Majority of family income, 52(52%) are having the income between 15,000-25, 000 rupees. Majority of their family's, 76(76%) belongs to nuclear family, 55(55%) have the presence of grandparents, 63(63%) has no COVID-19 history, 57(57%) has knowledge about COVID-19 and 95(95%) has no significant history of mental/social illness. The overall distribution of samples showed 55(55%) has moderate psychosocial well-beings, 45(45%) has high psychosocial well-being and 0(0%) has low psychosocial well-being. There is significant association (p<0.05) between socio demographic variable sex (?2= 5.093, p <0.023) with psychosocial Well-being of school going children. As out of the 100 samples there were 574 (14.35%) has given the response as ‘Never’, 357(8.92%) has given the response as ‘Sometimes’, 595(14.88%) has given the response ‘Often’, 2474(61.85%) has given the response as ‘Almost often’ to the questionnaire given in the modified multidimensional students life satisfaction scale. From the scoring, we found that 55(55%) has moderate psychosocial well-being and 45(45%) has high psychosocial well-being. Moreover, we found that there is no evidence of low psychosocial Well-being among school going children during the pandemic restriction time period. As compared to the male children, female children have high psychosocial well-being.
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Amala Babu. A, Amala Shilppa Benny, Amitha Shaju, Angela Biju, Emil Varghese, Gloria. G. Tharakan, Jacquilin Nelson, Liviya. J. Rose, Suja Ann Joseph, Treasa Anto, Angela Gnandhurai. A Study to assess the impact of Pandemic Restrictions on Psychosocial well being among school going children in Pediatric ward and outpatient department of JMMC and RI, Thrissur. International Journal of Advances in Nursing Management. 2023; 11(1):9-2. doi: 10.52711/2454-2652.2023.00003
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Amala Babu. A, Amala Shilppa Benny, Amitha Shaju, Angela Biju, Emil Varghese, Gloria. G. Tharakan, Jacquilin Nelson, Liviya. J. Rose, Suja Ann Joseph, Treasa Anto, Angela Gnandhurai. A Study to assess the impact of Pandemic Restrictions on Psychosocial well being among school going children in Pediatric ward and outpatient department of JMMC and RI, Thrissur. International Journal of Advances in Nursing Management. 2023; 11(1):9-2. doi: 10.52711/2454-2652.2023.00003 Available on: https://ijanm.com/AbstractView.aspx?PID=2023-11-1-3
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