Year: 2024 | Month: October | Volume: 11 | Issue: 10 | Pages: 463-468
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52403/ijrr.20241042
Effectiveness of a State Level Mental Health Nursing Conference on Knowledge Regarding Mental Well-Being Across the Lifespan Among the Conference Participants
Jeyanthi Shanmugam K1, Nivedita Bharathi. R2, Suganthi. S3
1 Principal, 2,3Professor
V. V. Vanniaperumal Nursing College for Women, Virudhunagar
Corresponding Author: Jeyanthi Shanmugam K
ABSTRACT
Background: Attending conferences is a vital part of professional and career advancement. Conference aids health-care professionals to keep up-to-date with important research, learn directly from experiences, share best practices, and develop new skills and techniques.
Aims and Objectives: To assess the effectiveness of the conference on knowledge regarding mental well-being across lifespan. Methodology: A quantitative approach and pre experimental research was used. All the participants who have attended the conference were selected as study subjects which constituted 200 subjects. A structured questionnaire containing 20 items was prepared, validated and used for the study.
Results: majority of the participants (80%) were between the age group of 20-25 years. Major portion of the participants (77%) were UG students. It was found that in pre-test only very few participants (5.5%) had adequate knowledge, which was increased to 63% in post-test.
Conclusion: The study revealed that the conference was effective in terms of improving the knowledge regarding mental well-being across lifespan.
Keywords: State level mental health nursing conference, mental well-being, lifespan, conference participants.
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