ANNEXURE 3

LETTER REQUESTING OPINION AND SUGGESTION OF EXPERT TO

VALIDATE THE TOOL ALONG WITH THE BASELINE PROFORMA
From:
Ms.Archana Sahoo
M. Sc. (N) Final Year Student,
R.D. Memorial College of Nursing
Bhopal (M.P)

Forwarded through Principal,

R.D. Memorial College of Nursing Bhopal (M.P)

Subject: Requesting Letter to gather opinion and suggestion of expert for establishing
content validity of the tool.

To,

Respected Madam/Sir,
I am a post graduate student of R.D. Memorial College of Nursing. I have selected the
below mentioned topic for dissertation to be submitted to Jabalpur university Jabalpur
as partial fulfillment of Master of Science in Nursing.
TOPIC: “An experimental study to determine the effectiveness of topical application
of breast milk and natural method of umbilical cord drying among newborn in
J.K.Hospital,Bhopal(M.P.)”
With regards to this I request you to kindly validate my tool.
Here I have enclosed:
1. Problem statement and objectives of the study.
2. Operational definition.
3. Blueprint of the tool.
4. Tool- Section -I, Section-II
5. Criteria of checklist- Section-I,Section-II
Thanking you in anticipation.

Yours sincerely,
Archana sahoo

Date: PRINCIPAL
Place: R.D.Memorial College of Nursing
Bhopal
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CERTIFICATE OF CONTENT VALIDITY

Name:
Designation:
Name of the College:
Statement of acceptance / non acceptance
I give my acceptance / non acceptance to validate the tool.

TOPIC: “AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY TO DETERMINE THE

EFFECTIVENESS OF TOPICAL APPLICATION OF BREASTMILK AND
NATURAL METHOD OF UMBLICAL CORD DRYING AMONG NEWBORNS
IN SELECTED HOSPITAL,BHOPAL(M.P) ”

Date:
Signature:

ANNEXURE 5

Acceptance from for tool validation

Name: …………………………

Designation: …………………………

Name of the College: …………………………

Statement of acceptance / non-acceptanceto validate the tool.

TOPIC: “An experimental study to determine the effectiveness of topical application

of breast milk and natural method of umbilical cord drying of newborns in
J.K.Hospital,Bhopal(M.P.)”

Signature

Place: Bhopal

Date:

ANNEXURE 6

LETTER SEEKING CONSENT OF THE PARTICIPANT

Dear participants,
I Archana Sahoo, I am a post graduate student of R.D. memorial
college of Nursing, Bhopal. As partial fulfillment of master of nursing degree. I am
conducting a research study on the topic:

TOPIC: “AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY TO DETERMINE THE

EFFECTIVENESS OF TOPICAL APPLICATION OF BREASTMILK AND
NATURAL METHOD OF UMBLICAL CORD DRYING AMONG NEWBORNS
IN SELECTED HOSPITAL,BHOPAL(M.P)”

Therefore, I request you to respond to the questionnaire.

Thanking you in anticipation.

Place: Your faithfully

Date: Archana Sahoo

I am willing to participate in the study

Signature of the Participants

ANNEXURE 7
LIST OF EXPERTS
1.PROF.MRS.SONNEY TOPPO
HOD OF CHILD HEALTH NURSING

CAREER COLLEGE OF NURSING

BHOPAL(M.P.)

2.MRS.SURABHI R.KEHRI
HOD OF CHILD HEALTH NURSING

JABALPUR INSTITUTE OF NURSING SCIENCE AND RESEARCH

JABALPUR(M.P.)
3.MRS.MERCY IBNRAJ
HOD OF CHILD HEALTH NURSING

JABALPUR HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTRE

JABALPUR(M.P.)

4.MR.JUBIN VARGHESE
ASSOSIATE PROFESSOR

L.N.MEDICAL COLLEGE

BHOPAL(M.P.)

5.MRS.SANGEETA PILLAI
ASSOSIATE PROFESSOR

JINSAR

JABALPUR(M.P.)
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EDITORS CERTIFICATE

This is to certify that I................................ have edited the dissertation of

Mr.Archana Sahoo, M.Sc. Nursing Final Year student of R.D Memorial College Of

Nursing, Bhopal on the topic, “An experimental study to determine the

effectiveness of topical application of breastmilk and natural method of umbilical

cord drying among newborns in selected hospital,Bhopal (M.P.)”, which is to be

submitted for the partial fulfilment of degree of Master of Science in Nursing.

The study is edited and found absolutely corrected from grammatical perspective.

Date: -
Signature
Place:-

ANNEXURE-9

SECTION- A
In this section you are requested to give some information about yourself.Complete
the following by ( ) mark in appropriate place.Information given by you will be kept
confidential and used for only research project.

PART-I
SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC DATA OF MOTHERS

1.Age
(a)Less than 20 yrs
(b)20-25 yrs
(c)26-30yrs
(d)31-35yrs
(e)>35 yrs

2.Education
(a)Illiterate
(b)Primary education
(c)Secondary education
(d)Higher secondary education
(e)Graduate
(f)Post graduate

3.Occupation
(a)House wife
(b)Buissness women
(c)Labourer
(d)farming
(e)Government employee
(f)Private employee

4.Family income per month

(a)Rs.5000-Rs.10000/-
(b)Rs.10000-Rs.15000/-
(c)Rs.15000-Rs.20000/-
(d)Above Rs.20000/-

5.Number of children
(a)1
(b)2
(c)3
(d)Above 3

6.Place of residency
(a)Rural
(b)Urban
(c)Slums

8.Type of delivery
(a)Normal vaginal delivery
(b)Instrumental
(c)LSCS

PART-II
SOCIO DEMOGRAPHIC DATA OF NEWBORNS

1.Age of newborn
(a)1 day
(b)2 days
(c)3 days

2.Gender
(a)Male
(b)Female

3.Birth weight
(a)<2.5kgs
(b)2.5-3kgs
(c)3-3.5kgs
(d)>3.5kgs

5.Presence of any umbilical cord abnormality

(a)Yes
(b)No

6.History of neonatal illness

(a)Yes
(b)No
If yes specify................................................

7.Presence of congenital defect

(a)Yes
(b)No

SECTION-B

PART-I
Observational checklist observed by researcher

Existing condition of umbilical cord

S.N EXISTING CONDITION OF EXPERIMENTAL CONTROL

O. UMBLICAL CORD GROUP GROUP
1. COLOR OF THE CORD
 WHITE
 YELLOW
 GREEN
2. 2 ARTERIES 1 VEIN
3. ON TOUCH
 COLD
 WARM
4. ANY ABNORMALITY OBSERVED
 PART-II
Observational checklist on physiological parameters

Table:signs of cord separation

S.
N OBSERVATION DAYS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

O.
1 COLOR OF HE CORD
 WHITE
 YELLOW
 BROWN
 BLACK

2 DRYNESS OF CORD

3 SHRINKAGE OF CORD

4 DETACHMENT BEGINNING
FROM THE SKIN

5 COMPLETE SEPERATION
FROM THE SKIN
 ANNEXURE-10

STATITICAL FORMULAS USED IN THE STUDY

x
1. MEAN – x = n

2. STANDARD DEVIATION- SD=

3. PAIRED ‘t’ TEST

a) x = x/n

b) SD =  [ x2 – (x2/n)] / n-1

c) S.E .= S.D. /  n

d) t = x / SE

x = Mean of mean difference

x = Mean difference
x2 = Sum of squares of mean difference
SD = Standard deviation
SE = Standard error
4.SPLIT HALF METHOD
 n∑xy-∑x ∑y
r=
√ [n∑x² -( x)²]∑[n∑y² -(∑y)²