RAJIV GANDHI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCE,

BENGALURU, KARNATAKA.

SYNOPSIS FOR REGISTRATION OF SUBJECT FOR DISSERTATION

1. NAME OF THE CANDIDATE AND Mr. NAIBIN YESUDAS

SANTHI BHAVAN, CHANDANAVILLA,

ADDRESS.
VELLIMON.P.O. CHERUMOODU.

KOLLAM. KERALA

2. NAME OF THE INSTITUTION M.S. RAMAIAH INSTITUTE OF

NURSING EDUCATION AND

RESEARCH, M.S.R.I.T.POST,

BANGALORE-54
3. COURSE OF STUDY AND M.SC NURSING.

MENTAL HEALTH (PSYCHIATRIC)

SUBJECT.
NURSING DISSERTATION TOOL
4 DATE OF ADMISSION. 10/06/2010.
5. TITLE OF THE STUDY:

EFFECTIVENESS OF STRUCTERED TEACHING PROGRAMME ON KNOWLEDGE

REGARDING CONSEQUENCES OF EXCESSIVE COMPUTER USE AMONG

ADOLESCENTS.

6. BRIEF RESUME OF INTENDED WORK

INTRODUTION :
A student represents the society’s investment for the future. Computer use is

widely spread among adolescent for studying, communicating, entertainment, searching

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information. A larger proportion of student population does suffer from various

psychological and physical problems including addiction. They need a comprehensive

evaluation of attitudes, interest, personal problems which will guide them to a better

future.1

Excessive use of computer or Computer addiction is the excessive or compulsive

use of computers that interferes with daily life. This disorder effect the social interaction,

mood, personality, work ethic, relationships, thought process and sleep of an individuals.

Computer addictives find the virtual realities on computer screens more attractive than

everyday reality. They feel unhappy when they are away from the computer. They spend

more time and money on computers and neglect their families and work.2

Ill effects leads to excessive use of computer are feelings of isolation, depression,

stress and anxiety may lead to use of internet to relieve such feelings. Escape from reality

of family conflict, Influence by peers, Lack of social skill and communication skill and

Fear of face-to-face interaction.3

There are different modalities of excessive computer usage. They are i)Video

game addiction: Video game addiction, is excessive or compulsive use of computer and

video games that interferes with daily life. Computer games consist of action, gambling,

adventure, construction and management simulation, life simulation, role playing,

strategy, and vehicle simulation. ii) Internet Addictive Disorder (IAD): is excessive

internet use that interferes with daily life. Its excessive, or inappropriate pornography use,

gaming, online social networking, blogging, email, or Internet shopping. iii) Internet

Porn Addiction: This addiction crosses gender boundaries. Internet Porn Addiction is a

problem shared by men and women alike. Pornography Addiction is a form of sexual

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addiction. This involves a non-contact sexual episode through private chats, either with

or without a video connection. These sometimes develop into real world meetings. iv)

Information overload: Obsession with tracking down certain types of information and

organizing it.3

The areas of consequences are i)Academic: decline in study habits, significant

drop in grades, missed classes, placed on probation and poor integration in extracurricular

activities due to lack of attention and concentration. ii)Psychological: Having a sense of

well-being or euphoria while at the computer ,Inability to stop the activity ,Craving more

and more time at the computer ,Neglect of family and friends, depressed, irritable when

not at the computer ,Lying to family about activities, Problems with school.iii) Financial:

Since internet services are expensive addicts may spend all the money in online shopping

or games. iv) Physical: Carpal tunnel syndrome, dry eyes, headaches, back aches, eating

irregularities such as skipping meals and obesity , Failure to attend to personal hygiene,

Sleep disturbances and change in sleep pattern.3

6.1 NEED FOR THE STUDY

According to the survey done by ‘United Nations Population Fund'in( 2010 Oct

30) world population was 687,84,00,000. In India was 118,95,80,000. In Karnataka was

5, 27, 30,000 and in Bangalore was 4,301,326. According to WHO, the adolescence is the

period between 11 – 18 years. In the worldwide, one in every five people is an

adolescent, out of 1,20,00,00,000 adolescent worldwide. In India, there is 15,00,00,000

adolescent comprising 21% of India’s total population. According to the central statistic

organization, New Delhi, the estimated ‘adolescents population’ in 2011 would be

around, 19.6%.4

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 According to the survey done by Internet and Mobile Association of India (2005),

the 26 cities that covered 65,000 persons in 16,500 household has shown 1.6 million

school children use the internet for about 322 minutes a week and about 3.4 million

college students use the internet about 433 minutes a week. Currently about 81 million

internet users in India a number that will nearly triple by around 2015 to 237 million.5

Video game addiction is a particularly severe problem in Asian countries such as

China, Korea and India. 2.6% Indian of aged 9 to 39 suffer from game addiction, with

another 10.8% at risk of addiction. 8.5% of youths (between the ages of 8 - 18) are video

game addicts. While another 23% of youths would say that they are addicted to video

games.6

Incidence rate of internet using in world is 123 million adolescents had gone

online, of which 14.9% were teenagers below 18 years old. Incidence rate of Internet

addiction among Bangalore college students was 5.9%. and 10.6% of Indian college

students were identified as in Internet addicts.7

Computer and phone game blur children`s vision. Doctors are seeing more

younger children with refractive errors in their eyes. 8 Excessive computer usage in

children’s could have negative impact on student mathematics and reading. 9 Excessive

internet browsing can lead to negative outcome like social isolation, depression,

insomnia, and obesity, especially among teenagers. 10

A cross sectional study conducted on 2010 July to assess the insomnia symptoms

among 2195 Greek adolescent with excessive use of computer, using the adolescent

computer addiction test and Athens insomnia scale. It revealed that female scored

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F(1,1723=49.814, P < 0.01 ) higher than males on insomnia. Computer uses can

significant cause of insomnia complaint in an adolescent population.11

A survey conducted in 2010 to assess the excessive recreational computer use and

specific food consumption behavior among 4029 California's adolescents aged 12-17,

using California Health Interview Survey. Logistic regressions showed excessive

weekday recreational computer use (O.R=O.66, P<0.01) and excessive weekend

recreational computer use. (O.R=O.78, P<O.05) that independently predict undesirable

eating behavior that could lead to overweight and obesity12.

An article published in an online edition of Hindu news paper said that Excessive

computer use can lead to sleep deprivation and restlessness apart from the physical

problems such as backache and eyestrain. “Such addicts don’t care for relations, tell lies

and also to stealing sometimes,” H.B. Dinesh, Secretary of Karnataka State Temperance

Board (KSTB), said the board was all out to create awareness on various addictions. “You

students and teachers can help us spread awareness about new age addictions.” 13

Many studies have been carried out to find the extent and nature of excessive

computer use among various adolescents groups both in India as well as in abroad.

However these studies do suffer from various lacunae such as faulty selection, sample

size, methods of data collection and so on. Moreover very few studies have concentrated

on the effectiveness of knowledge regarding excessive use of computer. Thus the

investigator is interested to conduct this study.

6.2 REVIEW OF LITERATURE

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 A cross-sectional survey was conducted by using stratified random sampling to

asses the intensity of computer use and insomnia epidimology among 2195 greek high

school students to find whether excessive computer use is a risk factor for developing

insomnia symptom in Thessaly, Grease 2010. The questionnaire used was adolescent

computer addiction test and Athens insomnia scale. The study revealed that out of 2155

students, 1077 were male and 1118 female. Of those male, 109 were classified as

suffering from insomnia and females was 142. A statistically significant trend for older

students to present with more insomnia (mann-whitney z=5.489,p< 0.001). After

controlling for computer usage ,there remains a significant difference between males and

females in insomnia complaints (F (1,1723) = 49.814, p<0.001). Computer use can be a

significant cause of insomnia complaints in adolescent population regarless of whether

the individual is classified as addicted or not.11

A survey conducted to assess the excessive recreational computer use and specific

food consumption behavior among 4029 California's adolescents aged 12-17, in 2010.

The questionnaire used was the 2005 adolescent simple of California Health Interview

Survey (CHIS). They have measured both media consumption behaviour and food

consumption patterns among adolescents to explore the association between excessive

recreational computer use and specific food consumption. They measured the responders

average number of hours spends on a weekday, and the average numbers of hours spent

on playing with computers on a weekend day. Logistic regressions showed excessive

weekday recreational computer use (O.R=O.66, P<0.01) and excessive weekend

recreational computer use. (O.R=O.78, P<O.05) that independently predict undesirable

eating behavior that could lead to overweight and obesity12.

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 A cross-sectional survey was conducted to asses the life style pattern and behavior

based on the level of internet addiction among 853 Korean junior high school students

selected using stratified random sampling in Soul, Korea. The self reported questionnaire

used was Korean internet addiction scale. The study revealed that boys were high-risk

internet users than girls(31.4% vs 14.0%). Younger adolescent were significantly more

likely to be higher risk internet users than older adolescent( p<0.001). High and potential

risk internet users suffered from sleep disturbance (81.1% and 76.1%) and higher

prevalence of skipping dinner. In this study high internet users have inappropriate dietary

behavior and poor diet quality. It result in stunded growth and development14

An exploratory study was conducted to find the prevalence of internet addiction

and comparison of internet addicts and non-addicts among 1968 Iranian high schools

students, using cluster sampling. Results showed that, 977 students were Internet users,

who were classified into 37 Internet addicts, 304 possible Internet addicts, and 636

moderate users. Since possible addicts, moderate users, and nonusers can all be

considered nonaddicts, to make a comprehensive and controlled comparison between

addicts and nonaddicts, 37 possible addicts, 37 moderate users and 37 nonusers were

matched with the Internet addicts. Results suggest that Internet addicts are lonelier and

have lower self-esteem and poorer social skills than moderate users, but not necessarily

than possible addicts or nonusers15

A survey was conducted to assess the prevalence of Internet addiction among

2,200 Greek adolescent students, ages 12 to 18, using randomized stratified sampling.

Participants were asked to complete the Diagnostic Questionnaire for Internet Addiction

(YDQ), as well as an inventory that included socio demographic factors and questions

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about the use of Internet, their social life, and their habits. Results showed that, 70.8% of

adolescents had access to the Internet. Proportions are also calculated only on the

frequent Internet users, which results in 11% fulfilling five YDQ criteria. The most

frequent type of Internet use is online games, representing 50.9% of Internet users, and

information services, representing 46.8%. The prevalence of Internet addiction among

Internet users of Central Greece is 8.2%, and it concerns mainly the male students who

play online games and visit Internet cafés16

STATEMENT OF PROBLEM

A study to assess the effectiveness of structured teaching programme on

knowledge regarding consequences of excessive computer use among adolescents in

selected schools at Bangalore.

6.3. OBJECTIVES

1. To asses the pretest knowledge regarding consequences of excessive computer use

among adolescents.
2. To determine the effectiveness of structured teaching programme on knowledge

regarding consequences of excessive computer use by comparing pretest and

posttest scores of experimental group.

3. To assess the effectiveness of structured teaching programme on knowledge

regarding consequences of excessive computer use by comparing post test scores

of experimental and control groups.

4) To find association between the pre test level of knowledge and selected socio

demographic variables.

6.4 HYPOTHESES:

H1 - there is statistically significant difference between pre test and post test

knowledge scores in experimental group.

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 H2 – there is statistically significant difference in the post test scores between

experimental and control groups.

H3 – there is statistically significant association between pretest level of knowledge

and selected socio demographic variables.

6.5. OPERATIONAL DEFINITIONS

 Effectiveness: - In this study it refers to a significant increase in the level of

knowledge regarding consequences of excessive computer use among adolescents

after the structured teaching programme which is measured by difference in pre

and post test knowledge scores.

 Structured teaching programme:- It refers to organized and systematic group

teaching strategy for an hour using lecture cum discussion method to impart

knowledge regarding consequences of excessive computer use which include

academic psychological, financial , physical consequences.

 Knowledge: - It is refers to the information and understanding of the adolescents

regarding consequences of excessive computer use in terms of their responses to

the structured knowledge questionnaire.

 Adolescent: In this study an adolescent refers to a person in developmental stage

that occurs between the ages of 13 and16 years studying in the selected schools.
 Consequences of excessive computer use : In this study, refer to psychological,

social, physical and academical problems of adolescents as a result of excessive

(more than two hours/day or nine hours/week) computer use.

6.6 ASSUMPTIONS

1. Adolescents may not have adequate knowledge regarding consequences of

excessive use of computer.

2. Adolescents will be willing to express their knowledge about consequences of

excessive use of computer.

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 3. Structured teaching programme is an accepted teaching strategy aimed at

improving adolescents knowledge.

6.7. DELIMITATIONS

1. Adolescents studying in the selected schools.

2. Study for a period of 4 weeks,

7 MATERIALS & METHODS

7.1 SOURCE OF DATA

Adolescents in selected schools at Bangalore.

7.2. METHODS OF DATA COLLECTIONS

7.2.1. TYPES OF STUDY/ APPROACHES

Evaluative study

7.2.2. RESEARCH DESIGN.

non equivalant control group pre test post test design

7.2.3. VARIABLES

INDEPENDENT VARIABLE: structured teaching program

DEPENDENT VARIABLE: knowledge regarding Consequences of excessive use

of computer.

ATTRIBUTE VARIABLE : socio demographic which include age ,gender, native

place, number of siblings, religion, standard/class, type of family, family income.,

presence of computer at present residence, time spent on computer, number of

computer hour in school, mobile phone internet usage.

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7.2.4. SAMPLING TECHNIQUE

Simple random sampling technique.

7.2.5. SAMPLE AND SAMPLE SIZE.

60 adolescents who fulfills selection criteria. (30 experimental and 30 control

group)

7.2.6. SELECTION CRITERIA.

Inclusion criteria

1. Adolescents available during period of data collection.

2. Adolescents those who uses computer.

3. Adolescents those who can read, speak and understand Kannada or English.

Exclusion criteria

1. Not willing to participate in the study

7.2.7. FOLLOW UP

Post test will be conducted after 7 days, among both experimental and control

groups.

7.2.8. COMPARISION PARAMETER

Pretest and post test knowledge level of experimental and control groups will be

compared.

7.2.9. DURATION OF THE STUDY

4 weeks period of data collection

7.2.10. TOOL/ INSTRUMENT

Section A: socio demographic Performa which include age, gender, native place,

number of sibling, religion, standard/class, presence of computer at present

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 residents, time spend on computer, type of family, family monthly income,

number of computer hour in school, mobile phone internet usage.

Section B: Structured knowledge questionnaire regarding consequences of

excessive `use of computer.

7.2.11. DATA COLLECTION PROCEDURE

o Formal permission will be obtained from the concerned authority.

o Student researcher introduces self and explains purpose of the study.

o Written assent will be obtained from the subject.

o Subject will be randomly selected the experimental and control group

o Pre test will be conducted by using structured knowledge questionnaires for the

both groups.

o The structured teaching programme will be given to the adolescent in the

experimental group.

o Post test will be conducted for both groups using the same questionnaires after 7

days.

7.2.12. PLAN FOR STATISTICAL ANALYSIS

The data analysis will be done using descriptive statistics and inferential statistics.

Descriptive statistics:

o The frequency and percentage distribution will be used to describe the socio

demographic variable and level of knowledge.

o Mean, mean percentage and standard deviation will be used for pre test and post

test level of knowledge.

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 Inferential statistics:

o Paired `t’ test will be used to compare pre test and post test level of knowledge

scores in experimental groups.

o Student `t’ test will be used to compare pre test scores of experimental and control

group.

o Chi – square will be used to determine association between pre test level of

knowledge and selected socio demographic variable

7.3. DOES THE STUDY REQUIRE ANY INVESTIGATION OR INTERVENTION

TO BE CONDUCTED ON PATIENT OR OTHER HUMAN? IF SO PLEASE

DESCRIBE BRIEFLY.

Yes, structured knowledge questionnaire will be administered for the both

group to assess the pretest and post test level of knowledge. And structured

teaching programme will be administered for the experimental group.

7.4. HAS ETHICALCLEARANCE BEEN OBTAINED FROM YOUR

INSTITUTION IN CASE OF 7.3.

Ethical clearance will be obtained from the concerned ethical committee and

written assent will be taken from the adolescent’s for maintaining the confidentiality and

anonymity.

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4) United Nations Population Fund. (2000). Adolescents in India: A Profile. New

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9) Using computer weakens teen`s reading. The Times of India. 2010 sep21; 4(col8).
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9. SIGNATURE OF THE

CANDIDATE:
10. REMARKS OF THE THE STUDY IS FEASIBLE AND INSISTS THE
GUIDE: NURSES’ ROLE IN SCHOOL HEALTH TO
PROMOTE THE WELL BEING OF SCHOOL
CHILDREN.
11. NAME AND
DESIGNATION.
Mr. G. BALAMURUGAN.
GUIDE:
LECTURER, MENTAL HEALTH
(PSYCHIATRIC) NURSING.

SIGNATURE:

CO-GUIDE(if any):
SIGNATURE:

HEAD OF DEPARTMENT:

Dr .S.S. PRABHUDEVA, PhD,

SIGNATURE: PROFESSOR, MENTAL HEALTH
(PSYCHIATRIC) NURSING.
12. REMARKS OF THE FEASIBLE AND NEED BASED STUDY
PRINCIPAL. BECAUSE OF THE PRESENT
TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCEMENT SCHOOL
CHILDREN ARE MORE ACCESSIBLE TO
COMPUTERS. THIS STUDY WILL PROTECT
THE CHILDREN FROM CONSEQUENCES OF

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 EXCESSIVE USE OF COMPUTERS.

SIGNATURE:

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