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DESCRIPTIVE STUDY TO ASSESS THE ATTITUDE TOWARDS DISABILITY AMONG UNDERGRADUATE NURSES
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Ms Manisha Sehgal , Ms Sumaali , Ms Sneha Sharma , Ms Shivangi , Ms Simranpreet Kaur,MS SONIA
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Key words: Disability, Attitude
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Introduction: Disability is restriction or lack of ability to perform an activity in a manner or with range consider normal for a human being. Disability results from the interactions between individual with a health condition. People with disability experience poorer health outcome have less access to education and work opportunities and are more likely to live in poverty than those without a disability. Evidence shows that half of people with disability cannot afford healthcare. Objective: To assess the attitude of Undergraduate Nurses toward disability and to find out the association of attitude towards disability among Undergraduate Nurses with their selected socio-demographic variables. Method: A Quantitative descriptive research design was adopted and study was conducted on 119 Undergraduate nurses of Akal College of Nursing selected by purposive sampling technique. The data collection tool consists of two parts: Socio-demographic variables and semi structured 5 pointer Likert scales on disability. Questionnaire consists of 22 items and 3 domains (Physical, Mental, Social). Method of data collection was online self-administration. Data was analyzed using SPSS Version 23 (Descriptive Statistics). Descriptive statistics: Frequency, Percentage was used for socio-demographic variables. Chi-square was used to find out the association of attitude towards disability among Undergraduate Nurses with their selected socio-demographic variables. Findings:. In this study 65 (54.6%) have positive attitude and 54(45.4%) have negative attitude towards disability. Conclusion: The results from this study revealed that level of knowledge on disability among undergraduate nurses was inadequate.
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Ms Manisha Sehgal, Ms Sumaali, Ms Sneha Sharma, Ms Shivangi, & Ms Simranpreet Kaur,MS SONIA (June-2022). DESCRIPTIVE STUDY TO ASSESS THE ATTITUDE TOWARDS DISABILITY AMONG UNDERGRADUATE NURSES. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NOVEL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, 7(6), 806-817. https://ijnrd.org/papers/IJNRD2206094.pdf
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Volume 7 Issue 6, June-2022
Pages : 806-817
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Country: sirmore, HIMACHAL PRADESH, India
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