Effect of Prayer Along With Meditation V/S Meditation on Emotional Intelligence and Psychological Well-Being: A Comparative Study

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Himani Anand ◽  
Ira Das
Keyword(s):  
Emotional Intelligence ◽  
Comparative Study ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Psychological Wellbeing ◽  
Significant Positive Effect ◽  
Psychological Well Being ◽  
Group I ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Group Ii ◽  
Positive Effect

A comparative study was made to see the effect of Prayer along with meditation and the effect of Meditation (verbal chanting of ‘OM’) on Emotional Intelligence and Psychological Well-being of 130 female university students in the age range of 18 to 24 years. The sample of the study consisted of 65 students in Group I (Prayer along with Meditation) and 65 students in Group II (Only Meditation). The daily practice time of intervention was 30 minutes in Group I (15 min. for Prayer and 15-20 min. for Meditation) and 15-20 minutes in Group II for 30 days. Pre- Post data was recorded before and after intervention in both groups. A significant difference was found between the pre and post scores of emotional intelligence (Z =6.34, p < .01 in Group I and Z= 4.50, p <.01 in Group II). A significant difference was also found between the pre and post scores of psychological well-being, (Z =4.43, p < .01 in Group I). In Group II, Z value for psychological wellbeing was found to be 1.94 that is not significant even at .05 level. So, there is a significant positive effect of prayer along with meditation on emotional intelligence and psychological well-being. It was also found that there is a significant positive effect of meditation on emotional intelligence but no significant effect was found on psychological wellbeing.

scholarly journals Effect of Om Meditation on Psychological Wellbeing among Adolescents

2014 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
pp. 38-43
Author(s):  
HIMANI ANAND
Keyword(s):  
Well Being ◽  
Psychological Wellbeing ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Significant Positive Effect ◽  
Psychological Well Being ◽  
Educational Institute ◽  
The World ◽  
Practice Time ◽  
Positive Effect ◽  
Experimental Group

The concept of spirituality is attracting the attention of researchers all over the world. It plays an important role in the maintenance of psychological well-being. The present study was designed to study the effect of ‘OM’ chanting meditation on psychological well-being among adolescents. Practice time for ‘OM’ chanting meditation was 20 minutes and the duration was one month. The sample consisted of 100 subjects (50 in each group) in the range of 15 to 24 years and selected from Dayalbagh Educational Institute, Agra. Psychological Wellbeing was measured by ‘P.G.I. Wellbeing Scale’. Five more items taken from the Life Satisfaction Test were added along with the items of P.G.I. Wellbeing Scale by the researcher herself to improve the validity of the scale. t-test was applied to study the effect of ‘OM’ chanting meditation on psychological wellbeing. Results showed that the calculated t-value in experimental group was found to be 5.59 which is significant at 0.01 level. Calculated t-value in control group was found to be 1.00 which is not significant even at 0.05 level. Result reveals that there is a significant positive effect of ‘OM’ chanting meditation on the psychological well-being of adolescents.

scholarly journals The Psychological Well-Being among Government and Non Government School Teachers: A Comparative Study

2014 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kiran Vaghela
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Comparative Study ◽  
Well Being ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Government School ◽  
Psychological Well Being ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Result Show ◽  
Test Result

Aim of the research is to find out the Psychological Well-being among School teachers. So investigator selected two groups one is government school teachers  and other is  non government school teachers, both groups have 400 persons. In one group has 200 and other one groups has 200 persons. The all subjects were randomly selected. Data were collected from Ahmadabad district. Scale was use for data collection is personal datasheet and Psychological Well-being scale developed by Bhogale and Prakash (1995), and data were analysis by “f” test. Result show, There is no significant difference between the psychological well-being of government and non government school teachers. There is no significant difference between the psychological well-being of male and female and urban and rural area.

scholarly journals Psychological Wellbeing among Permanent and Sahayak School Teachers

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Vikas K. Rohit
Keyword(s):  
Significant Interaction ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Psychological Wellbeing ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Significant Interaction Effect ◽  
Psychological Well Being ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Result Show ◽  
Test Result ◽  
Better Than

Aim of the research is to find out the Psychological Well being among Permanent and Sahayak School Teachers. So investigator selected two groups one is male school teachers and other is female school teachers, both groups have 160 peoples. In each group has 80 permanent school teachers other one groups has 80 Sahayak school teachers. Data were collected from Anand Taluka. Scale was use for data collection is personal datasheet and Psychological wellbeing scale developed by Bhogale and Prakash (1995), 2×2 factorial design was used and data were analysis by ‘F’ test. Result show, Sex had significant impact on psychological wellbeing. The female school teacher’s psychological wellbeing is better than the male school teachers. There was no significant difference of psychological well being between permanent and sahayak school teachers. There was not significant interaction effect of Types of teachers and sex on Psychological well being.

scholarly journals Psychological Well-being among Doctors and Nurses: A Comparative Study

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Madhuchandra, M. K. ◽  
Srimathi, N. L
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Study ◽  
Personal Growth ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Psychological Wellbeing ◽  
Female Respondent ◽  
Psychological Well Being ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Bangalore City ◽  
Environmental Mastery ◽  
Doctors And Nurses

The present study examines the level of psychological well being among doctors and nurses. A total of 600 (doctors-300, nurses-300) samples were selected randomly from Bangalore City. Information was collected from using an instrument developed by Carol, D, Ryff’s Medium Form of Psychological Well Being Scale (PWBS). Results of the study revealed that doctors and nurses working in Bangalore City did not show significance differences in overall psychological wellbeing. However they showed significance differences in the domains of autonomy and environmental mastery. Whereas nurses score higher on autonomy and environmental mastery compare to doctors. Gender wise comparisons on over all psychological wellbeing did not show significance differences. However male and female differ only in the domain of personal growth, male respondents scored higher on Personal growth has compare to female respondent.

scholarly journals The effect of group religious intervention on spiritual health and symptom reduction in patients with depression

2018 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-13
Author(s):  
Masoud Nikfarjam ◽  
Kamal Solati ◽  
Saeid Heidari-Soureshjani ◽  
Mohammadreza Nourmohammadi ◽  
Seyed Yahya Kazemi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Intervention Group ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Spiritual Health ◽  
Symptom Reduction ◽  
Hamilton Depression Scale ◽  
Group I ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Religious Intervention ◽  
Group Ii

Background and aims: Depression is considered a disease which is associated with various complications including suicide and imposes high costs on the health systems. The present study aimed to determine the effectiveness of group religious intervention on spiritual wellbeing and symptom reduction in patients with depression. Methods: In this clinical trial, 72 patients with anxiety were included using convenience sampling technique and then were randomly divided into patients with depression who underwent pharmacotherapy alone (group I) and those who underwent pharmacotherapy and religious intervention (group II). In addition, the religious group II participated in 5 90-minute sessions within three weeks and received the routine drug treatment. Then, a demographic questionnaire, Paloutzian and Ellison’s Spiritual Well-Being scale, and Hamilton Depression scale were completed. Finally, the data were analyzed by the SPSS software, version 18. Results: There was no significant difference between the demographic characteristics of the patients (P>0.05). However, the mean scores of religious and existential aspects of spiritual health, as well as the mean total score of spiritual health after the intervention were significantly higher in group II who received religious intervention compared to group I (P<0.05). Conversely, the mean score of depression significantly decreased in groups I and II after the study (P<0.001). In other words, after intervention, the mean score of depression was significantly lower in group II who received religious intervention compared to the group I (P=0.038). Conclusion: In general, religious intervention, reduced the symptoms of depression in patients in addition to increasing the level of the spiritual health of the patients

scholarly journals Evaluation of efficacy and tolerability of nitrofurantoin versus ciprofloxacin in patients of urinary tract infection: a comparative study

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (11) ◽  
pp. 2690
Author(s):  
Rajneet Kaur ◽  
Vijay Kumar ◽  
Harjinder Singh ◽  
Geeta Walia ◽  
Arshiya Sehgal
Keyword(s):  
Urinary Tract Infection ◽  
Urinary Tract ◽  
Tract Infection ◽  
Comparative Study ◽  
Urine Culture ◽  
Post Treatment ◽  
E Coli ◽  
Group I ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Group Ii

Background: UTIs are one of the most common infectious diseases encountered in out-patient departments on day to day basis. Nitrofurantoin and Ciprofloxacin are most commonly used antibiotics in the treatment of UTI. The present study was done to compare the efficacy and tolerability of nitrofurantoin and ciprofloxacin in patients of urinary tract infection.Methods: This prospective, open, randomized, parallel group, comparative study was conducted on 60 patients presenting with acute/uncomplicated or recurrent urinary tract infection in the outpatient Department of Urology, Rajindra Hospital attached to Govt. Medical College, Patiala, Punjab. They were divided into two groups, Group I and Group II of 30 cases each. Group I patients were put on Nitrofurantoin and Group II patients were put on Ciprofloxacin. Initially 100 patients were enrolled but only those who showed growth of uropathogens on baseline urine culture or those who completed the treatment were included in the study. The primary outcome measure was microbiological eradication on post treatment urine culture.Results: The age range of the patients in Group I and Group II was 19 to 68 years (43.40±14.58 years) and 20-60 years (39.77±13.49 years) respectively. The total no. of males and females who participated in this study were 32 (53.33%) and 28 (46.66%) respectively. The most common uropathogen associated with uncomplicated UTI was E. coli (80%), other organisms detected were Klebsiella species (16.67%), Staphylococcus aureus (3.33%) and Providencia (3.33%). Post treatment urine culture results showed significant difference between two groups, 5 patients (16.67 %) in case of Group I and 14 patients (46.67%) in case of Group II showed growth of micro-organisms post treatment. P-value comes out to be 0.017 which is significant.Conclusions: In this era of super bugs, nitrofurantoin is more efficacious than ciprofloxacin in the treatment of UTI. E. coli was found to be major organism causing UTI. Ciprofloxacin is less effective due to increasing antibiotic resistance among uropathogens. Both the drugs were well tolerated, no major significant adverse effects were encountered.

scholarly journals Comparative study of the effectiveness of two different dosage of sublingual misoprostal for cervical ripening before hysteroscopy

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 245
Author(s):  
Komal Jadon ◽  
Indu Chawla ◽  
Kanika Kumari
Keyword(s):  
Adverse Effects ◽  
Comparative Study ◽  
Vaginal Bleeding ◽  
Uterine Cavity ◽  
Cervical Ripening ◽  
Cervical Canal ◽  
Group I ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Sublingual Misoprostol ◽  
Group Ii

Background: Hysteroscopy a minimally invasive approach for evaluating uterine cavity, and has become an indispensable diagnostic and therapeutic procedure. The main limiting factor while performing office hysteroscopy is the level of pain or discomfort encountered during the procedure. The pain is attributed mainly to the difficulty in entering the internal cervical os with the hysteroscope and while distending uterine cavity. It could be reduced if cervix is ripened before the procedure. The purpose of this prospective observational study was to compare the effectiveness, adverse effects and surgery-related complications associated with two different doses of sublingual Misoprostol (100 and 200 µg) given 2-4 hours before hysteroscopy.Methods: A randomised comparative study was conducted in the department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology of ABVIMS and Dr. RML hospital New Delhi, from 1st November, 2018 to 31st March, 2020. One hundred and twenty women, fulfilling inclusion criteria were subjected to hysteroscopy. Women received either 100 µg (Group I) or 200 µg (Group II) of sublingual Misoprostol 2-4 hours prior to hysteroscopy. The primary outcome of the study was cervical dilatation as measured by the largest number of Hegar dilator that could be inserted without resistance at the beginning of procedure. The largest dilator that negotiated cervical canal without resistance at the beginning of procedure was recorded as the baseline cervical width. The secondary outcomes were subjective assessment of the surgeon of the ease of dilatation of cervix and adverse effects of drug (i.e. vaginal bleeding, shivering, fever and pain as measured on visual analog scale).Results: The mean baseline cervical width as measured by first Hegar dilator that could be passed through the cervical canal without resistance was 6.6±0.62 mm in group I and 6.94±1.21 mm in group II respectively                    (p value=0.016). Adverse effects like vaginal bleeding, shivering was more in group II compared to group I. No statistically significant difference was found between group I and II with regards to visual analog scale.Conclusions: 100 µg Misoprostol can be used for cervical ripening prior to hysteroscopy with minimal adverse effects.

scholarly journals Emotional Intelligence In Relation To Psychological Well-Being among Students

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dr. Sayeeda Shaheen ◽  
Dr. Hameeda Shaheen
Keyword(s):  
Emotional Intelligence ◽  
Significant Positive Correlation ◽  
Well Being ◽  
T Test ◽  
Intelligence Scale ◽  
Psychological Well Being ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Senior Secondary Schools ◽  
Senior Secondary

The present study was aimed to investigate the emotional intelligence in relation to psychological well-being among students. The sample comprised 100 students (boys =50 & girls =50), who were randomly selected from Senior Secondary Schools, AMU, Aligarh. The mean age of students was 15 years. Well-Being Manifestation Measure Scale (WBMMS; Masse, et al. 1998a) and Emotional Intelligence Scale (EIS; Schutte et al., 1998) was used to assess psychological well-being and emotional intelligence. Pearson Product-Moment Correlation and t-test were used to analyze the data. The results of the correlation showed that there is significant positive correlation between emotional intelligence and psychological well-being. Further, the result of the t-test showed that girls scored significantly higher as compare to boys on emotional intelligence, while there was no significant difference found between boys and girls scores on total psychological well-being and also on its any dimensions.

scholarly journals Randomized comparative study of conventional minilaparoscopy (5mm) versus modern minilaparoscopy (2.9mm) in patients of infertility

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 1539
Author(s):  
Kallol Kumar Roy ◽  
Nandini Joshi nee Jahagirdar ◽  
Murali Subbaiah ◽  
Sunesh Kumar Jain ◽  
J. B. Sharma ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Study ◽  
Hospital Stay ◽  
Scoring System ◽  
Diagnostic Laparoscopy ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Operating Time ◽  
Group I ◽  
Post Operative Pain ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Group Ii

Background: To compare diagnostic conventional minilaparoscopy (5mm) with diagnostic modern minilaparoscopy (2.9mm) in patients of infertility in terms of operating time, post-operative pain, hospital stay.Methods: A prospective randomized comparative study was done in a tertiary care centre involving eighty patients of infertility undergoing diagnostic laparoscopy. Diagnostic laparoscopy was done using 5mm laparoscope (Conventional minilaparoscope-Group I) in 40 patients and using 2.9mm laparoscope (Modern minilaparoscope-Group II) in 40 patients. Operating time was measured from the point of skin incision to closure, post op pain was assessed with VAS scoring system, total hours of hospital stay from shifting to day care recovery ward till discharge was noted.Results: Both conventional minilaroscope and modern minilaparoscopes were comparable to each other. Operating time in both groups was similar (7.7min in Group I vs 8.7min in Group II). In both groups, there was no statistically significant difference in post-operative pain as assessed by VAS scoring System (39 in Group I vs 38 in Group II had mild post-op pain and 1 in Group I vs 2 in Group II had moderate pain). The difference in duration of post-op hospital stay in both Group I and group II was not statistically significant (3.5 hours vs 3.3 hours).Conclusions: Both conventional minilaparoscopy (5mm laparoscope) and modern miniaparoscopy (2.9mm laparoscope) are comparable with respect operating time, post-op pain, hospital stay. Modern minilaparoscope is no better than conventional minilaparoscope.

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