Abstract

Prof. Vidya Raju Saliyan* and Dr. Raj Rani

ABSTRACT

Introduction: Anxiety among adolescents is associated serious lasting complications in later life. The quality of life and self-esteem will be affected for adolescents suffering from anxiety. Since not much has been done with regard effective intervention in India, therefore there is a need to test and find out a cost effective and efficient method of handling the problems of children. The Nursing intervention package helps children to reduce anxiety and improves the self-esteem and quality of life. Methods: The true experimental pre-post equivalent groups design was selected. The study was conducted at selected PU college, Bangalore and sample comprised of 80 children. Children are randomly allocated to experimental and control group. Children who fulfilled the inclusion criteria were administered the socio-demographic proforma, Spence Children’s Anxiety Scale, Rosenberg self-esteem scale and WHOQOL-BREF. Nursing intervention package was administered to experimental group. The data was analysed by using SPSS software. Results: The results shows that statistically significant decrease in anxiety score and increase in self-esteem and quality of life score from pre-test to post-test in experimental group compared to control group. Conclusion: The study concludes that nursing intervention was effective in reducing anxiety and improving self-esteem and quality of life among adolescents.