IJSR - INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH, 2016
Introduction: The use of the internet and its accessory services have become a part and parcel of... more Introduction: The use of the internet and its accessory services have become a part and parcel of everyday life. Internet has found usage in nearly every sphere of daily living like management of essentials of daily living, communication issues, recreational use etc. Day by day the numbers of internet users are increasing. Social media like Facebook, twitter and WhatsApp are the very popular terms related to internet use among young generations. Using internet we can upgrade our knowledge as well as able to communicate with our near and dear one. In this sense internet use makes our life easy. However excessive internet use may bring curse in life. OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY: 1) To determine the pattern of internet use among professional students of Tripura. 2) To determine the prevalence of excessive internet use among professional students. 3) To compare the sub groups of internet users (viz. average user, frequent on-line users and users having significant problems) with respect to personality trait in the study group. 4) To determine the relationship between pattern of internet use and personality trait among professional students. METHODOLOGY: Sample: The study was done on the students of Tripura Medical College and Techno India Engineering college of Tripura. Sampling Technique: Simple Random sampling, subject to consent by the student. Inclusion Criteria: 1) All undergraduate students in the selected colleges using internet and willing to participate in the study. 2) Age: no age bar. 3) Undergraduate students of either sex irrespective of marital status. Exclusion Criteria: 1) Subjects with prolonged absence in the class at the time of the study. 2) Subjects having any prior history of mental illness. STUDY TOOLS: 1) SocioEconomic Information Schedule 2)The Internet Addiction Test (Developed by Dr. Kimberly Young). 3)The Neo Five inventory. Developed by Costa and McCrae's (1989, 1992). Results and Conclusions Total 184 male and 179 students participated in the study of which 259 were Medical students and 104 were engineering students. Among them 55.1% students were using laptop. The students were using internet from last 4.35 ± 2.36 (years). They use internet 2. 65 ± 2.00 (Hours) per day. 82.4% students uses internet at night. 82.1% students surf internet in mobile phone.82.6 % students uses internet for Educational, Social Networking, Recreational and Gaming. 89% students have no other types of addiction. Among them 8.8% students were problematic internet users. Most of the internet abusers were personality trait of neuroticism and extraversion.
Volume : 5 | Issue : 4 | April 2016 • ISSN No 2277 - 8179 | IF : 3.508 | IC Value : 69.48, 2016
Introduction: The job of Police is psychologically stressful which is filled with danger, high d... more Introduction: The job of Police is psychologically stressful which is filled with danger, high demands, and perplexity. The Police encounter human misery and death exposure. Aims: To assess job stress by police personnel among Constables and Officers of Tripura Police. Methodology: Community study done in police stations of West District of Tripura, Samples recruited from among the police personnel of different rank of Tripura Police by Systemic random sampling. Sample Size: Group A (Constable=83) & Group B (Officers=33). Inclusion criteria: Policeman in service ≥3 years, age ≥21 years, with minimum primary school educated. Exclusion criteria: who is unable to comprehend study questionnaire, on leave, exclusively doing clerical job, who are found inebriated. Self-reported questionnaire evaluated. Tools: Police specific Stress Questionnaire, measures of chronic job stressors. Results & Conclusion: 1/4th of constables have significantly stressed and 2/3rd of officers are significantly stressed. Positive linear relationship exists between age and stress in both the groups. Tenure of work has positive linear relationship only in officers. Officers are more stressed than constables. Bellow secondary constables are more stressed & Graduate officers are more stressed. No relationship exists between education and stress level. Mean score of neglected family life, job boredom, and quantitative work overload score is more in officers group and noxious physical environment, communication quality and praise is more in constables.
International Journal of C omputer Trends and Technology (IJCTT) – Volume 21 Number 2 – Mar 2015, 2015
The modern treatment of any disease is heavily dependent on the medical diagnosis. Clinical data ... more The modern treatment of any disease is heavily dependent on the medical diagnosis. Clinical data obtained through the diagnostics tests need to be collected and entered into the computer database in order to make a clinical data repository. In most of the cases, manual entry is an absolute necessity. However, manual entry can cause errors also, leading to wrong diagnosis. This paper explains how data could be entered free of error to reduce the chances of wrong diagnosis by designing and implementation of a simple database driven application.
Introduction: In this era of technology we cannot imagine our lives without internet. However, ex... more Introduction: In this era of technology we cannot imagine our lives without internet. However, excessive internet use may bring curse in life. Aims and objectives: The present study was an attempt to examine the pattern and prevalence of internet use among medical and engineering students. It was also aimed at comparing pattern of internet use, anxiety, and depression of professional students. Further, it was also intended to study the level of anxiety and depression across the subgroups of internet users. Methodology: The study was carried out among 1100 professional students, selected randomly from five institutions of Tripura, India. Out of 1100 students, 659 were medial students and 441 were engineering students. All of them were in the age group of 18-25 years. Internet Addiction Test, Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale, and Hamilton Depression Rating Scale were used for assessing pattern of internet use, anxiety, and depression respectively among the professional students. Data was collected from the subjects following group administration method and was analysed quantitatively with the help of Statistical Package for the Social Sciences version 25 (SPSS v25). Results: The prevalence of excessive internet use among professional students of Tripura was 7.4%. Medical and engineering students did not differ significantly with respect to their pattern of internet use (except 'average' use of internet), anxiety, and depression. However, a significant difference in each of anxiety and depression had been noted across the different patterns of internet use of the study subjects.
The present paper is aimed to ascertain the prevalence of dental anxiety and stress among patient... more The present paper is aimed to ascertain the prevalence of dental anxiety and stress among patients with dental problem. The paper also aimed to examine the correlation between dental anxiety and perceived stress in patients having dental problems. The sample consisted of 104 patients who visited a specialized dental clinic of Agartala during December 2019 to March 2020 (4 months). Corah's Dental Anxiety Scale (1969) and Perceived Stress Scale (Cohen, Kamarck & Mermelstein, 1983) were used for data collection. Findings of the study revealed that more than 85% patients with dental problems had moderate to severe dental anxiety. Again more than 90% of them had moderate to severe stress level. Further dental anxiety and stress were significantly correlated.
The study aims to determine the feelings of fear, anxiety brewing in the minds of doctors of gene... more The study aims to determine the feelings of fear, anxiety brewing in the minds of doctors of general medical field and dentistry, which is associated with the change in their practice patterns due to Covid-19 pandemic. 96 doctors from medical field and 87 dentists (n=183) were administered a set of items, which were later developed in a test. Most Covid-19 studies in recent times, with similar objectives, tend to assess the change in practice patterns of the doctors using tests which are not psychometrically standardized. However, this study was able to determine the reliability, validity and other psychometric properties of the constructed test. The results of the test showed that the doctors' fear, anxiety and change in practice patterns were significantly associated with the field of practice (medical and dental) (p<0.000). However, no association of the same was found with gender and working sector (public and private sector) of the doctors. Their fear and anxiety pertained to the risk of getting contacted with the virus and ultimately spreading it among their family members. The change in the practice patterns, since the covid-19 pandemic began, is reflected by the higher rates of sanitization of self and the patients. Most doctors agreed having higher usage of N-95 masks and alcohol based sanitizers in present times. The other findings have been discussed.
IJSR - INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH, 2016
Introduction: The use of the internet and its accessory services have become a part and parcel of... more Introduction: The use of the internet and its accessory services have become a part and parcel of everyday life. Internet has found usage in nearly every sphere of daily living like management of essentials of daily living, communication issues, recreational use etc. Day by day the numbers of internet users are increasing. Social media like Facebook, twitter and WhatsApp are the very popular terms related to internet use among young generations. Using internet we can upgrade our knowledge as well as able to communicate with our near and dear one. In this sense internet use makes our life easy. However excessive internet use may bring curse in life. OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY: 1) To determine the pattern of internet use among professional students of Tripura. 2) To determine the prevalence of excessive internet use among professional students. 3) To compare the sub groups of internet users (viz. average user, frequent on-line users and users having significant problems) with respect to personality trait in the study group. 4) To determine the relationship between pattern of internet use and personality trait among professional students. METHODOLOGY: Sample: The study was done on the students of Tripura Medical College and Techno India Engineering college of Tripura. Sampling Technique: Simple Random sampling, subject to consent by the student. Inclusion Criteria: 1) All undergraduate students in the selected colleges using internet and willing to participate in the study. 2) Age: no age bar. 3) Undergraduate students of either sex irrespective of marital status. Exclusion Criteria: 1) Subjects with prolonged absence in the class at the time of the study. 2) Subjects having any prior history of mental illness. STUDY TOOLS: 1) SocioEconomic Information Schedule 2)The Internet Addiction Test (Developed by Dr. Kimberly Young). 3)The Neo Five inventory. Developed by Costa and McCrae's (1989, 1992). Results and Conclusions Total 184 male and 179 students participated in the study of which 259 were Medical students and 104 were engineering students. Among them 55.1% students were using laptop. The students were using internet from last 4.35 ± 2.36 (years). They use internet 2. 65 ± 2.00 (Hours) per day. 82.4% students uses internet at night. 82.1% students surf internet in mobile phone.82.6 % students uses internet for Educational, Social Networking, Recreational and Gaming. 89% students have no other types of addiction. Among them 8.8% students were problematic internet users. Most of the internet abusers were personality trait of neuroticism and extraversion.
Volume : 5 | Issue : 4 | April 2016 • ISSN No 2277 - 8179 | IF : 3.508 | IC Value : 69.48, 2016
Introduction: The job of Police is psychologically stressful which is filled with danger, high d... more Introduction: The job of Police is psychologically stressful which is filled with danger, high demands, and perplexity. The Police encounter human misery and death exposure. Aims: To assess job stress by police personnel among Constables and Officers of Tripura Police. Methodology: Community study done in police stations of West District of Tripura, Samples recruited from among the police personnel of different rank of Tripura Police by Systemic random sampling. Sample Size: Group A (Constable=83) & Group B (Officers=33). Inclusion criteria: Policeman in service ≥3 years, age ≥21 years, with minimum primary school educated. Exclusion criteria: who is unable to comprehend study questionnaire, on leave, exclusively doing clerical job, who are found inebriated. Self-reported questionnaire evaluated. Tools: Police specific Stress Questionnaire, measures of chronic job stressors. Results & Conclusion: 1/4th of constables have significantly stressed and 2/3rd of officers are significantly stressed. Positive linear relationship exists between age and stress in both the groups. Tenure of work has positive linear relationship only in officers. Officers are more stressed than constables. Bellow secondary constables are more stressed & Graduate officers are more stressed. No relationship exists between education and stress level. Mean score of neglected family life, job boredom, and quantitative work overload score is more in officers group and noxious physical environment, communication quality and praise is more in constables.
International Journal of C omputer Trends and Technology (IJCTT) – Volume 21 Number 2 – Mar 2015, 2015
The modern treatment of any disease is heavily dependent on the medical diagnosis. Clinical data ... more The modern treatment of any disease is heavily dependent on the medical diagnosis. Clinical data obtained through the diagnostics tests need to be collected and entered into the computer database in order to make a clinical data repository. In most of the cases, manual entry is an absolute necessity. However, manual entry can cause errors also, leading to wrong diagnosis. This paper explains how data could be entered free of error to reduce the chances of wrong diagnosis by designing and implementation of a simple database driven application.
Introduction: In this era of technology we cannot imagine our lives without internet. However, ex... more Introduction: In this era of technology we cannot imagine our lives without internet. However, excessive internet use may bring curse in life. Aims and objectives: The present study was an attempt to examine the pattern and prevalence of internet use among medical and engineering students. It was also aimed at comparing pattern of internet use, anxiety, and depression of professional students. Further, it was also intended to study the level of anxiety and depression across the subgroups of internet users. Methodology: The study was carried out among 1100 professional students, selected randomly from five institutions of Tripura, India. Out of 1100 students, 659 were medial students and 441 were engineering students. All of them were in the age group of 18-25 years. Internet Addiction Test, Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale, and Hamilton Depression Rating Scale were used for assessing pattern of internet use, anxiety, and depression respectively among the professional students. Data was collected from the subjects following group administration method and was analysed quantitatively with the help of Statistical Package for the Social Sciences version 25 (SPSS v25). Results: The prevalence of excessive internet use among professional students of Tripura was 7.4%. Medical and engineering students did not differ significantly with respect to their pattern of internet use (except 'average' use of internet), anxiety, and depression. However, a significant difference in each of anxiety and depression had been noted across the different patterns of internet use of the study subjects.
The present paper is aimed to ascertain the prevalence of dental anxiety and stress among patient... more The present paper is aimed to ascertain the prevalence of dental anxiety and stress among patients with dental problem. The paper also aimed to examine the correlation between dental anxiety and perceived stress in patients having dental problems. The sample consisted of 104 patients who visited a specialized dental clinic of Agartala during December 2019 to March 2020 (4 months). Corah's Dental Anxiety Scale (1969) and Perceived Stress Scale (Cohen, Kamarck & Mermelstein, 1983) were used for data collection. Findings of the study revealed that more than 85% patients with dental problems had moderate to severe dental anxiety. Again more than 90% of them had moderate to severe stress level. Further dental anxiety and stress were significantly correlated.
The study aims to determine the feelings of fear, anxiety brewing in the minds of doctors of gene... more The study aims to determine the feelings of fear, anxiety brewing in the minds of doctors of general medical field and dentistry, which is associated with the change in their practice patterns due to Covid-19 pandemic. 96 doctors from medical field and 87 dentists (n=183) were administered a set of items, which were later developed in a test. Most Covid-19 studies in recent times, with similar objectives, tend to assess the change in practice patterns of the doctors using tests which are not psychometrically standardized. However, this study was able to determine the reliability, validity and other psychometric properties of the constructed test. The results of the test showed that the doctors' fear, anxiety and change in practice patterns were significantly associated with the field of practice (medical and dental) (p<0.000). However, no association of the same was found with gender and working sector (public and private sector) of the doctors. Their fear and anxiety pertained to the risk of getting contacted with the virus and ultimately spreading it among their family members. The change in the practice patterns, since the covid-19 pandemic began, is reflected by the higher rates of sanitization of self and the patients. Most doctors agreed having higher usage of N-95 masks and alcohol based sanitizers in present times. The other findings have been discussed.
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The Police encounter human misery and death exposure.
Aims: To assess job stress by police personnel among Constables and Officers of Tripura Police.
Methodology: Community study done in police stations of West District of Tripura, Samples recruited from among the police personnel of different
rank of Tripura Police by Systemic random sampling. Sample Size: Group A (Constable=83) & Group B (Officers=33). Inclusion criteria:
Policeman in service ≥3 years, age ≥21 years, with minimum primary school educated. Exclusion criteria: who is unable to comprehend study
questionnaire, on leave, exclusively doing clerical job, who are found inebriated. Self-reported questionnaire evaluated.
Tools: Police specific Stress Questionnaire, measures of chronic job stressors.
Results & Conclusion: 1/4th of constables have significantly stressed and 2/3rd of officers are significantly stressed. Positive linear relationship
exists between age and stress in both the groups. Tenure of work has positive linear relationship only in officers. Officers are more
stressed than constables. Bellow secondary constables are more stressed & Graduate officers are more stressed. No relationship exists between
education and stress level. Mean score of neglected family life, job boredom, and quantitative work overload score is more in officers
group and noxious physical environment, communication quality and praise is more in constables.
The Police encounter human misery and death exposure.
Aims: To assess job stress by police personnel among Constables and Officers of Tripura Police.
Methodology: Community study done in police stations of West District of Tripura, Samples recruited from among the police personnel of different
rank of Tripura Police by Systemic random sampling. Sample Size: Group A (Constable=83) & Group B (Officers=33). Inclusion criteria:
Policeman in service ≥3 years, age ≥21 years, with minimum primary school educated. Exclusion criteria: who is unable to comprehend study
questionnaire, on leave, exclusively doing clerical job, who are found inebriated. Self-reported questionnaire evaluated.
Tools: Police specific Stress Questionnaire, measures of chronic job stressors.
Results & Conclusion: 1/4th of constables have significantly stressed and 2/3rd of officers are significantly stressed. Positive linear relationship
exists between age and stress in both the groups. Tenure of work has positive linear relationship only in officers. Officers are more
stressed than constables. Bellow secondary constables are more stressed & Graduate officers are more stressed. No relationship exists between
education and stress level. Mean score of neglected family life, job boredom, and quantitative work overload score is more in officers
group and noxious physical environment, communication quality and praise is more in constables.