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A Study to Assess the Knowledge Regarding Meditation

Therapy among 1st Year B.Sc Nursing Students at
Selected Nursing Colleges at Chintamani
Mr. Ankur Sharma
Master of Science in Nursing, S.L.E.S. College of Nursing, Chintamani, Karnataka, India

ABSTRACT How to cite this paper: Mr. Ankur

Health is commonly defined as an organism's ability to efficiently Sharma "A Study to Assess the
respond to challenges (stressors) and effectively restore and sustain a Knowledge Regarding Meditation
"state of balance," known as homeostasis. Therapy among 1st Year B.Sc Nursing
Students at Selected Nursing Colleges at
A comprehensive approach to maintaining good health includes Chintamani" Published in International
increasing self-responsibility for wellness, healthy lifestyle choices, Journal of Trend in
health-promoting diet and a positive mental attitude. For centuries, Scientific Research
humans have been aspiring to achieve healthy mind and body all at and Development
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INTRODUCTION
“Health is not the condition of matter, but of mind” relationship of the mind to the body in meditation is
Mary Baker Eddy very interesting. The mind creates a situation in
Health is commonly defined as an organism's ability which we see the body as peaceful and beautiful. By
to efficiently respond to challenges (stressors) and creating peaceful feelings in the body, the mind is
effectively restore and sustain a "state of balance," absorbed in those feelings. Although the body is the
known as homeostasis. object to be healed, it also becomes the means of
healing the mind which is the ultimate goal of
A comprehensive approach to maintaining good meditation2.
health includes increasing self-responsibility for
wellness, healthy lifestyle choices, health-promoting Meditation which has been practiced for thousands of
diet and a positive mental attitude. For centuries, years is an effective means of treating stress and
humans have been aspiring to achieve healthy mind managing pain. Meditation therapy is an activity that
and body all at the same time1. calms the mind and keeps it focused on the present. In
the meditative state, the mind is not cluttered with
For maintaining a healthy body, one should follow a thoughts or memories of the past nor is it concerned
healthy nutrition and diet. One should eat food that with future events. Meditation relies on the body’s
are healthy, high in important nutrients, and free from ability to switch to an alpha (resting) or theta
chemicals to provide the body with quality fuel to (relaxing) brain wave state, during which the brain’s
function properly. One should keep mind sharp and rhythm slows appreciably and endorphins, the body’s
sound by mental stimulation and exercise. The mind natural pain killers are released. During meditation,
and body are intimately connected, and the

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metabolism is lowered, resulting in a slower heart level of anxiety, depression, anger and fatigue. The
rate, decreased blood pressure and slower breathing3. British newspaper Daily Mail reported that five short
sessions of meditation could be enough to help us
There are hundreds of meditation techniques most of
achieve peace of mind. The British newspaper Daily
which fall into one of 3 categories: They are
Telegraph reported that after meditation training of 20
concentrative, mindfulness and transcendental
minutes once a day for only five days, people had
meditation. In concentrative meditation, one simple
measurably less anxiety and lower level of stress
common technique involves sitting or lying
hormone level5.
comfortably in a quiet environment, closing the eyes
and focusing attention on the breath while inhaling In the past three decades, systems of self training
through the nose for a count of three, and then adapted from Eastern culture, have been practiced on
exhaling through the mouth for a count of five. This an increasingly large scale in the western world. The
focus on the breathing rhythm-slow, deep, regular process of meditation training can be seen from
breaths-allows the mind to become tranquil and different perspectives. From the view point of the
aware4 state theorists meditation can be understood as a body
of methods designed to guide the individual into
In mindfulness meditation, the mind becomes aware
special conditions of consciousness.
of, but does not react to the wide variety of
sensations, feelings and images tied in with a current Alternative therapies like meditation have become
activity. The technique involves sitting quietly and increasingly popular in recent years. Studies were
allowing the images of the surroundings to pass done among the patients visiting OPDs for 6 months,
through one mind without reacting to or becoming over all patients visiting OPD had used one or more
involved with them, one can attain a calm state of complementary therapies like meditation in the past 1
mind4. year. Most patients who used alternative therapies
used them on their own because of the widespread
The transcendental meditation (TM) technique is a
use of alternative system of medicine6.
simple, natural, effortless procedure practiced for 15-
20 minutes in the morning and afternoon while sitting A Study on the effectiveness of a meditation based
comfortably with the eyes closed. During this stress management programme for anxiety disorder
technique the individual's awareness settles down and patients were conducted in the USA. 46 patients were
he/she experiences the simplest form of human randomly assigned to either meditation programme or
awareness-transcendental consciousness-where education programme. Duration of programme was 8
consciousness is open to itself. Transcendental weeks with 60 minutes sessions provided weekly.
consciousness is a fourth major state of There was significant decrease in all Anxiety Scale s
consciousness, a state of restful alertness, distinct cores for the meditation programme group compared
from the commonly experienced states of waking, with patients on the education programme7.
dreaming, and deep sleep. TM brings about a state of
deep relaxation in which the body is totally at rest, Studies of transcendental meditation demonstrate that
but the mind is highly alert4. it stabilizes autonomic functioning and lowers
physiological arousal. It was reported to produce
In the past four decades, the transcendental ongoing psychological changes such as positive
meditation programme has been learned by over four restructuring of self concepts, attainment of feelings
million people of all cultures, religions and education of inner peace, and stabilizing of mood. Studies have
backgrounds worldwide. It has been implemented in shown that short term meditation is no more effective,
universities and schools in many countries, including so it needs to be practiced on a long term basis8.
Maharishi University of Management in the USA. Approximately 508 research studies have been
Meditation is used in various high stress professions conducted on transcendental meditation therapy.
to ease worker tension and anxiety. It is a good way Studies showed that meditation, especially TM is
to relax, reduce or eliminate irrational fears and to effective in controlling anxiety, enhancing the
enter into an altered state of consciousness4. immune system, and reducing conditions such as high
NEEDS OF THE STUDY blood pressure. Meditation has also been used
As a therapeutic model, meditation has been practiced successfully to treat chronic pain and to control
for thousands of years. It is estimated that substance abuse. In addition it can benefit those who
approximately 52% of the Australian population uses have heart disease and hypertension. It improves
complementary medicines now a days and 65 exercise tolerance in CAD patients, reduces stress
percentage of population practice meditation as a related hormones, and also reduces obesity 8.
complementary therapy. Meditation can cut stress, Meditation has long history across many cultures.

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There are many types of meditation, all involving assessed by the Structured Knowledge
techniques for the focusing attention. It is an efficient Questionnaire.
and effective means of reducing stress and managing
1st Year B.Sc Nursing Students
pain. Traditional medicine is slowly learning and
Refers to the individuals belonging to the age group
accepting the benefits of meditation as a of 17 to 19 years and studying in 1st year B.Sc
complementary protocol in treating many mild, Nursing classes at selected Nursing Colleges
chronic and acute conditions9. The area in which Chintamani.
meditation can be used allows the individual to
employ it alone or with others in the privacy of his or Meditation therapy
her own home. People today are so overburdened Refers to activities that calm the mind and help to
with high stress jobs and other activities; they can focus on the present. It involves sitting or lying
chose meditation to enter into their lives in order to comfortably in a quiet environment, closing the eyes
help to cope with everyday stress and its deleterious and focusing attention on the breath while inhaling
effects. The meditation helps in reducing stress and through the nose for a count of three, and then
giving the mind an enhanced clarity10. exhaling through the mouth for a count of five.
The students who join for Bsc Nursing will be new DELIMITATION
into the world of professional course and will have to The study is delimited to the 1st year B.Sc nursing
surmount new challenges and will have more stress students at selected Nursing Colleges, Chintamani.
compared to their school days. Meditation therapy Conceptual framework
will help them manage their day to day stresses. The Conceptual framework means: “Interrelated concepts
investigator will gauge the knowledge of the students or abstractions that are assembled together in some
on meditation therapy and will provide suggestion to rational scheme by virtue of their relevance to a
practice meditation therapy to students. So the common theme’’
investigator selected assessing the knowledge
regarding meditation therapy as the problem Polit & Hungler (2006)
statement for the research. The conceptual framework for the study was derived
from general system theory. According to this theory,
OBJECTIVES OF STUDY. is an organized whole unit that produces an effect or
To assess the existing knowledge of the 1st year product when inter dependent component parts
BSc nursing student regarding meditation interact with the environment.
therapy.
To assess the effectiveness of structured teaching All living system are open, in that there is a continual
programme on knowledge of the 1st year BSc exchange of matter, energy and information. Open
nursing student regarding meditation therapy. system has varying degrees of interaction from which
To associate the socio – demographic variables the system receives input, along with the through put
with the knowledge of 1st year BSc nursing which gives output in the form of matter, energy and
student regarding meditation therapy information.
HYPOTHESIS Input
H1: There will be a significant difference between Input refers to the information, energy or matter
pre-test and post-test knowledge level of students which enters the system. In this study the input
regarding Meditation therapy. includes age of the students, gender, and source of
information, which may influence the knowledge of
H2: There will be a significant association between students.
the knowledge level of students regarding Meditation
therapy with their selected variables. Throughput
Throughput refers to the action needed to accomplish
ASSUMPTIONS the desired task to achieve the desired output
1st year B.Sc Nursing students may have some
knowledge regarding meditation therapy. In this study it refers to the development of validated
Students may have interest to know more about tool and its administration to assess the knowledge
meditation therapy. level of nursing students based on analysis of the
knowledge scores.
OPERATIONAL DEFINITION
Knowledge Output
Refers to the correct responses of 1st year B.Sc Output refers to the end result or product of the
Nursing students regarding meditation therapy as system

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In this study it refers to the result of college students In view of the nature of the problem and objectives,
performance showing their knowledge level as evaluative approach is selected for the present study.
inadequate, moderate and adequate in relation to road
Research design
safety measures. If knowledge level found inadequate
Research design is the researcher’s overall plan or
and moderate rectification can be done by
blue print for obtaining answers to the research
administering video assisted teaching.
questions or for testing the research hypothesis. It
Feedback spells out the strategies that the researcher adopts
Feedback is the process whereby the output is
redirected to input and throughput of the system. If to collect information that is accurate, objective and
the knowledge is found to be inadequate and interpretable. It helps the researcher in defining
moderate. attributes, selection of population, their manipulation
and control observations to be made and type of
METHODOLOGY statistical analysis to interpret the data.45
This chapter deals with the methodology of the study.
In a research study the researcher moves from the In view of the nature of the problem and to
beginning of the study (posing a question) to the end accomplish the objectives of the study a pre
(obtaining an answer) in a logical sequence of pre- experimental design was used to assess a study to
determined steps that is similar across studies. There assess the effectiveness of STP on knowledge
is general flow of activities that is typical of regarding meditation therapy among 1st year b.sc
quantitative study.43 This chapter deals with that nursing students at selected colleges in chintamani.
flow, which was selected by the investigator in order In this study investigator assessed knowledge level of
to solve the research problem. students using a structured questionnaire. The pretest
This chapter comprises of research approach, research knowledge score were assessed, and implementation
design, setting of the study, population, sample, of STP module was done on the same day. On 8th day
sampling techniques, sampling criteria, development post test knowledge scores were assessed using the
and description of the tools, validation and testing of same structured knowledge questionnaire.
the tools, reliability of the tools, pilot study, data The research design is represented diagrammatically
collection procedure and the plan for data analysis. as follows:
The present study aim to evaluate the STP on O1 X O2
knowledge on Meditation therapy among 1st year O1 – Assessment of pre test knowledge scores on
B.Sc nursing students at selected colleges at meditation therapy.
chintamani”.
X – Implementation of STP module.
Research approach
Research approach is a systematic, controlled, O2 – Assessment of post test knowledge scores on
empirical and critical investigation of natural meditation therapy after implementation of STP.
phenomena guided by theory and hypothesis about
the presumed relations among the phenomena.44

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Fig 2: Schematic representation of research design

Setting The present study was conducted among 40 1st year
The setting is the location in which a study is BSc nursing College students
conducted.46
Sampling technique
The study was conducted in S.LE.S College of Sampling is the process of selecting a group of
Nursing, chintamani. people, events or portion of the population to
represent the entire population.49
Population
Population means all possible elements that could be Purposive sampling technique was used in this study
included in research. It represents the entire group to select the samples.
under study.47
Sampling criteria:
The population selected for the study comprised of 1. Inclusion criteria:
College students Student who have been pursuing Bsc nursing.
Sample and sample size: Student who are not sensitized previously with
A sample is a subset or portion of the population that similar studies
has been selected to represent the population of
Student who are willing to participate.
interest.48

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2. Exclusion criteria: DEVELOPMENT OF STP ON MEDITATION
Student who are not willing to participate. Students THERAPY
who are not available at time of study. The STP was prepared by the researcher using audio
visual aids comprising general information regarding
Development of the tool:
An instrument is a device used to measure the meditation therapy, Advantages and disadvantages,
concept of interest in consideration in a research Preliminary assessment, Procedure, and Health
project. education.

Tool was developed by using the following : The content was prepared in English for 20 minutes
Books, journals, research studies were reviewed for the whole teaching programme with verbal
Internet Google search, Pub med, Medline interactions.. The content of STP was validated by
Expert’s opinions and suggestions were taken obtaining the suggestion of 10 experts, 7 from
from the field of Psychiatric nursing (7), Psychiatric nursig department, 2 Doctors, including
Statistician (1), and Doctors (2). statistician as one expert. The modifications,
Personal experience and discussion with suggestions and recommendations (i.e., expansions of
acquaintances. abbreviations used and correction of certain items)
the final draft of STP was prepared.
Tool was prepared according to experts suggestions.
The above sources provided adequate content for the Development of criteria rating scale
tool preparation. Items were collected, scrutinized, A criterion rating scale was prepared to assess the
selected and checked for ambiguity and error. validity of the plan i.e., to find out the relevancy of
the content according to the objectives of the
Modifications were made in consultation with experts teaching, appropriateness, content selection
from Psychiatric nursing, Statistician, and Doctors. organization of content, presentation of the language
Preparation of blue print of content and appropriateness of visual images used.
Based on the concept of the study the blue print was CONTENT VALIDITY
prepared under three main areas i.e., Knowledge (23), It refers to whether an instrument accurately measures
Comprehension (14), Problem Solving (08) what it is supposed to measure.50
Development of criterion check list The developed structured knowledge questionnaire
A criteria check list for validation of the tool was and Meditation therapy were given to 10 experts, 7
developed, which consist of following parts from the field of Psychiatric nursing, 2 doctors and 1
Part I: Demographic data statistician along with the criteria rating scale for
establishing the validity. Based on their suggestion
Part II: Instruction and information questionnaire and recommendations the tool and STP module was
regarding Meditation therapy which had relevant, modified.
need modification, not relevant and remarks of
expert. Reliability
Reliability of a research instrument is defined as the
DESCRIPTION OF THE TOOL extent to which the instrument yields the same result
Structured knowledge questionnaire consist of two on repeated measures.50
parts i.e., part I and part II
In order to establish the reliability, the tool was
Part I: Consist of items on demographic variables administered to 10 nursing students of Chennegowda
age, gender, educational status, source of information College of Nursing. The split half method was used to
regarding Meditation therapy. estimate homogeneity. The tool was first divided into
Part II: Consist of 32 knowledge items related to two equal halves with odd and even number of
Meditation therapy. questions. Correlation of the test was found out by
using Karl-Pearson’s correlation co-efficient formula.
SCORING KEY
Scoring key was prepared for part II, Score ‘1’ and The reliability co-efficient of the whole test was then
‘0’ were awarded to correct and wrong responses estimated by using Spearman- Brown Prophecy
respectively. Thus the maximum score was 32. formula. The knowledge questionnaire was found
reliable (r =0.89). Hence the tool was reliable for the
To interpret the level of knowledge the scores study.
subjected as follows: Inadequate < 50, Moderate 50 –
75 Adequate > 75 and above. Pilot study
Pilot study is a small scale version or trial run of
major study.52 the purpose of the pilot study was to

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find out the feasibility of the study, clarity of Descriptive statistics
language of the tool, and to finalize the plan for Descriptive statistics such as mean, percentage and
analysis. Prior permission was obtained from the standard deviation will be used for assessing the
concerned authority Principal Chennegowda College knowledge.
of Nursing and informed consent from the sample
Inferential statistics
was obtained. The pilot study was conducted from Inferential statistics such as chi – square, to assess the
15-05-2018 to 22-05-2018 among 10 1st year BSc association of knowledge with their selected
students by using purposive sampling technique. The demographic variables and paired ‘T’ test will be
pretest was conducted on 15-05-2018 at used to evaluate the effectiveness of video assisted
Chennegowda College of Nursing then, followed by teaching programme.
STP on Meditation therapy on the 8th day post test
was conducted by using the same tool. RESULTS
This chapter deals with the analysis and interpretation
The pilot study findings revealed that the overall post of data collected from 40 college students studying
test knowledge scores (85.61) was obtained was 1st year BSc nursing, in order to evaluate the
higher than the overall pre-test knowledge scores effectiveness of STP on Meditation therapy.
(37.65) with ‘t’ value 18.67 which showed significant
at p< 0.001, so this significant gain in knowledge The purpose of the analysis is to reduce the data to a
among college students after attending STP on manageable and interpretable form, so that the
Meditation therapy. research problem can be studied and tested.
Pilot study findings The data collected were analyzed according to the
Majority of the subject, 100% belongs to the age plan for data analysis which includes both descriptive
group 21 - 22 years. and inferential statistics. The data findings have been
In relation to the gender of students 80% were tabulated according to the plan for data analysis and
female students. interpreted under the following objectives.
In relation to the source of information, most of To assess the existing knowledge of the 1st year
the subjects (70%) got information from printed BSc nursing student regarding meditation
media and (30%) health personnel respectively. therapy.
To assess the effectiveness of structured teaching
Data collection procedure programme on knowledge of the 1st year BSc
Formal permission was obtained from Principal,
nursing student regarding meditation therapy.
S.L.E.S College of Nursing, Chinthamani,
To associate the socio – demographic variables
Chikkaballapur.
with the knowledge of 1st year BSc nursing
The data collection procedure was carried out for a student regarding meditation therapy.
period of one week from 12-06-2018 to 19-06-2018.
HYPOTHESIS
The investigator himself conducted both pre test and
H1: There will be a significant difference between
post-test and also administered STP. pre-test and post-test knowledge level of students
Pre test regarding Meditation therapy.
Pre test was conducted with the help of structured
H2: There will be a significant association between
questionnaire among 40 college students from
the knowledge level of students regarding Meditation
S.L.E.S College of Nursing, Chinthamani, selected by therapy with their selected variables.
using purposive sampling technique.
Presentation of data
Implementation of STP on Meditation therapy. The data obtained were entered in a master data sheet
Video assisted teaching was administered on the same for tabulation and statistical processing. The analysis
day after the pre test only for experimental group. of data is organized and presented under the
Post-test following sections.
Post-test was conducted on 8th day with same Section I: Demographic variables of college students.
structured questionnaire for the same group of college
Section II: Assessment of Pretest knowledge level of
students
students on Meditation therapy. Section III:
PLAN FOR DATA ANALYSIS Assessment of Posttest knowledge level of students
The data obtained was analyzed in terms of achieving on Meditation therapy. Section IV: Effectiveness of
the objectives of the study using descriptive and STP on knowledge on Meditation therapy.
inferential statistics.
among 1st year b.sc nursing students.

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Section V: Association between the levels of Figure – 4 Bar Diagram Representing the
knowledge scores of college students with Percentage Distribution of Nursing Students
demographic variables. According to Their Gender
Section I: Demographic variable of College
students
The demographic variables of the nursing students are
described in terms of age, gender, Source of
information regarding Meditation therapy.
Table – 1 Frequency And Percentage
Distribution of Nursing Students According to
Their Age
Sl. Demographic
(N=40)
no Variables
1 Age in years Frequency Percentage
a 19-20 - -
b 21-22 36 90% Table – 3 Frequency and Percentage
c 23-24 4 10% Distribution of Nursing Students According to
d 25 and above - - Their Source of Information Received
Total 40 100% Regarding Tracheostomy
Table 1 shows that maximum number of nursing Sl. Demographic
(N=40)
students 90% (36) belong to the age group of 21-22 no Variables
years and 10% (4) are in the age group of 23-24 Source of
4 Frequency Percentage
years, there are no nursing students in the age group information
of 19– 20 years and 25 years above. a Printed media 17 42.5%
b Electronic media 10 25%
Figure – 3 Bar Diagram Representing the c Friends and relatives 0 -
Percentage Distribution of Nursing Students d Health personnel 9 22.5%
According to Their Age Not received
e 4 10%
information
Total 40 100%
Table 3 shows that in relation to the source of
information, most of the subjects (25%) got
information from electronic media, printed media
(42.5%), Health personnel (22.5%) and none of the
subjects got information from friends and relatives
and 10% of students did not receive information from
any source.
Figure – 5 Bar Diagram Representing the
Percentage Distribution of Nursing Students
According to the Source of Information
Table – 2 Frequency And Percentage
Distribution of Nursing Students According to
Their Gender
Sl. Demographic
(N=40)
no Variables
Gender of the
2 Frequency Percentage
study
a Male 6 15%
b Female 34 85%
Total 40 100%
In relation to the gender of the study most of the
subjects (85%) were females, and (15%) of the
subjects were males.

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SECTION – II ASSESSMENT OF PRETEST KNOWLEDGE LEVEL OF STUDENTS ON
MEDITATION THERAPY.
Table 4 Pretest Knowledge Level of Nursing Students on Meditation Therapy.
(N=40)
Sl. No Level of knowledge of Nursing students
Mean Mean % S.D
1 Meditation therapy 2.55 67.400 0.60
2 Indication of meditation therapy 1.05 32.330 0.39
3 Purpose of meditation therapy 1.03 40.330 0.16
4 Advantages and disadvantages of Meditation therapy 1.30 30.500 0.46
5 Preliminary assessment 0.88 12.460 0.33
6 Procedure 5.60 23.340 1.85
7 Evaluation of meditation therapy 0.53 19.030 0.51
8 Merits of meditation therapy 0.43 22.350 0.50
9 Health education 0.00 27.690 0.00
Overall knowledge 14.30 37.260 4.98
The above stated table shows that the maximum mean percentage obtained among college students is 67.40 with
standard deviation 0.60 in the aspect of Meditation therapy. The minimum mean percentage is 12.46 with
standard deviation 0.33 in the aspect of preliminary assessment. The overall Knowledge mean percentage in
pretest is 37.26 and standard deviation 4.98.
Table – 5 Frequency and Percentage Distribution of Pretest Knowledge Level of College Students on
Meditation Therapy
Inadequate Moderately adequate Adequate knowledge >
Sl. Level of
knowledge < 49% knowledge 50-74% 74 %
No knowledge
f P f p f P
1 IN PRETEST 7 17.5% 33 82.5% -- --
The above table shows that, in pretest, the maximum number of college students had moderate knowledge
(82.5%), (17.5%) students had inadequate knowledge, and none of college students had adequate knowledge
regarding Meditation therapy
SECTION – III ASSESSMENT OF POSTTEST KNOWLEDGE LEVEL OF STUDENTS ON
MEDITATION THERAPY
Table 6 Post Test Knowledge Level of Nursing Students on Meditation Therapy
(N=40)
Sl. No Level of knowledge of Nursing students
Mean Mean % S.D
1 Meditation therapy 4.00 96.47 0.82
2 Indicatin for Meditation therapy 2.00 84.34 0.74
3 Purpose of Meditation therapy 2.00 80.58 0.79
4 Advantages and disadvantages of Meditation therapy 2.70 86.36 0.61
5 Preliminary assessment 1.35 87.54 0.62
6 Procedure 11.13 83.35 2.37
7 Evaluation of Meditation therapy 1.00 88.87 0.47
8 Merits of Meditation therapy 0.80 87.90 0.41
9 Health education 1.00 85.67 0.82
Overall knowledge 25.98 87.90 2.63
The above stated table shows that, in posttest, the maximum mean percentage obtained among college students
is 96.47% with standard deviation 0.82 in the aspect of Meditation therapy. The minimum mean percentage is
80.58% with standard deviation 0.79 in the aspect of Indication. The overall Knowledge mean percentage in
posttest is 87.90% and standards deviation 2.63.

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Table -7 Frequency and Percentage Distribution of Posttest Knowledge Level of College Students on
Meditation Therapy
Inadequate Moderately adequate Adequate
Sl. Level of
knowledge < 49% knowledge 50-74% knowledge > 74 %
no knowledge
f P F p f P
1 IN POSTTEST -- -- 8 20% 32 80%
The above table shows that the maximum number of (80%) college students had adequate knowledge, 20 % had
moderate knowledge and none of college students were in the group of inadequate knowledge regarding
tracheostomy care.
SECTION – IV EFFECTIVENESS OF STP ON KNOWLEDGE ON MEDITATION THERAPY
AMONG 1st YEAR B.SC NURSING STUDENTS.
Table – 8 Comparison of pre test and post test knowledge scores regarding Meditation therapy among
nursing students of experimental group
Sl. level of knowledge of nursing Pretest score Posttest score PAIRED P-
df
no students on tracheostomy care Mean S D Mean SD T - TEST Value
1 Meditation therapy 2.55 0.60 4.00 0.00 15.36 39 <0.001*
2 Indication of Meditation therapy 1.05 0.39 2.00 0.00 15.45 39 <0.001*
3 Purpose of Meditation therapy 1.03 0.16 2.00 0.00 39.00 39 <0.001*
Advantages and disadvantages of
1.30 0.46 2.70 0.61 11.90 39 <0.001*
4 Meditation therapy
5 Preliminary Assessment 0.88 0.33 1.35 0.62 4.43 39 <0.001*
6 Procedure 5.60 1.85 11.13 2.37 17.36 39 <0.001*
7 Evaluation of Meditation therapy 0.53 0.51 1.00 0.00 5.94 39 <0.001*
8 Merits of Meditation therapy 0.43 0.50 0.80 0.41 3.78 39 <0.05*
9 Health education 0.00 0.00 1.00 0.00 1.03 39 <0.001*
1.6626
Overall knowledge 13.37 4.3 26.7 53.341 39 <0.05*
4
* is significant; NS is not significant
From the above table it is evident that the obtained ‘t’ value 53.341 is greater than the table value at P<0.05
(2.045) level of significance. Therefore, ‘t’ value is found to be significant. It means there is gain in knowledge
level of nursing students. This study supports that the STO regarding Meditation therapy in is effective in
increasing the knowledge level of nursing students.
Table – 9 Comparison of Pre Test and Post Test Knowledge Scores Regarding Meditation Therapy.
Inadequate Moderately adequate Adequate
Sl. Level of P-Value
knowledge < 49% knowledge 50-74% knowledge > 74 %
no knowledge
f p F p f p
1 IN PRETEST 33 17.5 7 82.5 -- -- <0.001
2 IN POSTTEST -- -- 8 20% 32 80% <0.05
SECTION V: ASSOCIATION BETWEEN THE LEVEL OF KNOWLEDGE OF NURSING STUDENTS
WITH DEMOGRAPHIC VARIABLES
Table – 10 Association Between the Level of Knowledge of Nursing Students with Demographic
Variables
Overall Knowledge
Demographic variables Median and below Above median
Chi square
Frequency % Frequency %
19-20 0 0 0 0
21-22 36 90 1 100.0
Age of the students 2.495 NS DF=1
23-24 4 10 0 0.0
25 and above 0 0.0 0 0.0
Male 6 85 8 80.0
Gender of the
Female 34 15 14 28.0 7.076* DF=1
student
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Printed media 17 42.5% 1 50.0
Source of Electronic media 10 25% 0 0.0
7.72 * DF=1
information Friends and relatives 0 - 20 37.0
Health personnel 9 22.5% 1 33.3
It is evident from the above table that the chi- square computed between knowledge scores of nursing students
with their age, were found not significant at 0.05 level of significance, hence for these variables the research
hypothesis was rejected, where as the chi- square computed between knowledge scores of nursing students with
their gender and sources of information was found to be statistically highly significant at 0.05 level of
significance, hence for these variables research hypothesis was accepted.
DISCUSSION posttest, overall mean knowledge score was 87.90%
The aim of the present study was to evaluate the with standard deviation 2.63.
effectiveness of STP on Meditation therapy in terms
The finding were supported by Smith-Miller and
of knowledge among the 1st year bsc nursing students
Cherie who conducted study on knowledge of
who are studying at
Meditation therapy among nursing students, revealing
S.L.E.S. College of nursing chintamani. Total sample in the result that they were deficient regarding
selected for this study was 40. knowledge
The findings of the study are discussed under Section III: Effectiveness of STP on Meditation
following headings: therapy among 1st year b.sc nursing students.
Section I: Demographic variables of college students. The present study reveals that that overall mean
Section II: Knowledge level of nursing students knowledge score obtained by subjects was 37.26 %
regarding Meditation therapy in pretest and posttest with standard deviation 4.98.in the pretest and in
posttest, overall mean knowledge score was 87.90%
Section III: Effectiveness of STP on Meditation with standard deviation 2.63 with ‘t’ value 53.341 is
therapy among 1st year b.sc nursing students. greater than the table value at P<0.05 (2.045) level of
Section V: Association between the levels of post test significance evidencing video assisted teaching is
knowledge scores of college students with effective.
demographic variables. Section V: Association between the levels of post
Section I: Demographic Variable of the nursing test knowledge scores of college students with
students Age demographic variables.
The distribution of the subject by age revealed that It is evident that, the chi- square computed between
majority of the subjects of 90% (36) belong to the age knowledge scores of nursing students with their age,
group of 21-22 years. were found not significant at 0.05 level of
significance, hence for these variables the research
This finding is supported by et al, who conducted hypothesis was rejected, where as the chi- square
study on the assessment of knowledge regarding computed between knowledge scores of nursing
Meditation therapy among students who were in the students with their gender and source of information
age group (75%) between 16 - 18 year. was found to be statistically significant at 0.05 level
Gender of significance, hence for these variables research
In relation to the gender of the students most of them hypothesis was accepted.
were females (85%), and (15%) of the subjects were These finding were not compared with other studies
males. as investigator could not find any related studies.
Source of information CONCLUSION
In relation to the source of information most of the This chapter deals with the conclusion, implications,
subjects (25%) got information from electronic recommendations A study to assess the knowledge
media, printed media (42.5%). regarding meditation therapy among 1st year B.Sc
Section II: Knowledge level of nursing students Nursing students at selected Nursing Colleges at
regarding Meditation therapy in pretest and post Chintamani.
test IMPLICATION OF THE STUDY
The present study reveals that overall mean The findings of this study have implications in
knowledge score obtained by subjects was 37.26 % various areas of nursing namely nursing practice,
with standard deviation 4.98.in the pretest and in nursing education, nursing administration and nursing
research.

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