Melita Sheilini

Manipal Academy of Higher Education | MAHE · Department of Medical Surgical

BACKGROUND The prevalence of prehypertension may be underreported because of its asymptomatic nature. The study will use a pragmatic mHealth application for delivering the intervention, which is expected to be well-received by the young population. OBJECTIVE The study aims to assess the prevalence of prehypertension among young adults and evaluate...

Background: Exposure of nursing students to constant work pressure, stress, and emotional turmoil during both clinical and theoretical sessions of nursing training often leads to academic burnout among them. The aim of the study was to determine the presence of academic burnout among undergraduate nursing students and the association of academic b...

Background: Functional gastro-intestinal disorders are mostly found in women due to the fluctuations infemale sex hormones. The effects of hormones and stress have a great influence over the gastrointestinalsymptoms and causes impaired bowel symptoms.Objective: The aim of this study was to identify the symptoms of Irritable Bowel Syndrome and the f...

Problem considered Nurses are the heart and soul of any healthcare institution. A skilled, qualified nurse with the readiness to care for patients in critical care setting is the dire need for today's world. Methods A cross-sectional descriptive survey was conducted among novice nurses working in the selected tertiary care hospitals to assess the...

Purpose The aim of the study was to assess the predictors of adherence among elderly on antihypertensives and to examine the difference in adherence among males and females. Patients and Methods Cross-sectional survey design was adopted for the study. The data were collected from 800 patients of age 60 years and above using demographic proforma, c...

Background/Objectives Health literacy is a global concern and is varied across the general population. It is the means to enhance public access to health information and services. The objective of this study was to compare the health literacy among health science and non-health science members and to identify the barriers to health literacy. Metho...

Purpose: The study was conducted to investigate the effects of multimodal interventions on medication nonadherence, quality of life (QoL), hypertension (HTN), self-efficacy, and clinical outcome in terms of blood pressure (BP) among elderly people with HTN. Methods: An experimental design using a randomized controlled trial was adopted (N=80+80). T...

Background: Hypertension being the silent killer pose the individuals at risk for adverse health effects and serious complications endangering the life of an individual. Non-adherence to the recommended treatment for hypertension adds to the likelihood of therapeutic failure. Since family play a very important role in the care of elderly, assessmen...

Background: Catheter associated urinary tract infections are the leading cause of secondary health care-associated bacteremia. An infection that involves any of the organs or structures of urinary tract infection including the kidneys, urethra, bladder and ureter is called as urinary tract infection. About 75% of urinary tract infections acquired i...

Cardiovascular disease remains a major health problem in today’s society. It is estimated that more than 6 million people have a history of myocardial infarction and/or angina. Hypertension is another major health problem affecting at least 50 million people in the United States. Due to the high prevalence of these conditions, many patients will be...

Introduction: Adherence to antihypertensives is not to be assumed just because people seek help. It is a complex issue and requires individualised care. Individuals above the age of 60 years have double the risk of cardiovascular diseases for each rise in 20 mmHg Systolic Blood Pressure (SBP) or 10 mmHg Diastolic Blood Pressure (DBP). Aim: To ident...

Background : Kidney is the vital organ that helps excrete metabolic wastes from the body and maintain hemo-stasis. As per 2011 WHO statistics, incidence of kidney disease in the world is about one in 10 people. Death rate due to kidney disease in India accounts to about 218 per one million population. According to a study done by Anupama (2014) amo...

Background : Nurses are the frontline members in the health care team. They need to be knowledgeable and skillful in handling patient conditions which may be critical and life threatening. Nurses must keep themselves updated with the rapidly changing clinical scenario. They must strive to be self-reliant and must go in track with evidence based met...

Cerebral palsy child refers to child who has a range of non-progressive syndromes of posture and motor impairment that result from an insult to the developing central nervous system. The present study aimed at assessing the parenting burden, social support and chronic sorrow among the parents of children with cerebral palsy and to find the relation...

Background: Hypertension is a common chronic health condition among older people and is the most im-portant risk factor for all subtypes of vascular disease and death. According WHO (2003), the hypertension afflicts approximately 600 million people around the world, including the majority of elderly, and imposes enormous burdens through associated...

Objective To assess the knowledge, attitude, practice and preferences on contraceptive methods among the female population, to determine the association between knowledge and attitude on contraceptive methods with the variables. Materials and methods A Descriptive survey of 136 females between 18-45 year of age were done using a structured knowled...

The descriptive study on communication pattern, attitude towards importance of communication and factors affecting communication of 110 undergraduate nursing students using concealed method of observation revealed that 46.4% of the students had moderate communication pattern and 60% had favorable attitude towards importance of communication. Data s...

Purpose: to find out the cardiac invalidism and perceived family support among patients with first attack of MI. The findings of the study can be used by nurses to assess cardiac invalidism, make patients aware of invalidism, improve their accuracy of health perception, reduce unnecessary anxiety and also to give extended psychological support to M...

A class of undergraduate nursing students of size 80 was randomized to control and experimental group for teaching pharmacology (respiratory drugs) using Active Lecture Cum Live Demonstration (ALLD) and Active Lecture Cum Video (ALV). The controls were taught with ALLD and the experimental groups of students were taught using ALV. It was observed t...