TOPICS

1. Effect of Sensory Stimulation in Coma: 2 groups - one with sensory stimulation and no sensory
stimulation. Level of Consciousness assessed every two weeks after the Sensory Stimulation

a. Visual Stimulation: provide a visually stimulating environment at the bedside, such as colourful
familiar objects, family photographs, and TV 10 - 15 minutes at a time

b. Auditory Stimulation: speak to the patient as they work in the room or directly with the patient,
permit only one person to speak at a time, tape recording of a familiar voice 10 - 15 minutes intervals
throughout the day, direct work to focusing and localizing sound and look for patients response when
you change the location of a sound, avoid stimulation that provokes a startled response

c. Touch Stimulation: use variety of textures such as personal clothing, blankets, and stuffed animals,
use variety of temperatures, vary degree of pressure, unpleasant stimuli with caution

d. Movement/Position Stimulation: slow changes in position - use position changes meaningful and
familiar, monitor BP all throughout

e. Smell Stimulation: use aftershave, cologne, perfume, coffee grinds, and shampoo - no more than 10
seconds, use garlic and mustard as noxious stimuli

f. Taste and Oral Stimulation - use cotton swab dipped in sweet, salty, sour and let the patient taste
(only if not prone to aspiration), provide stimulation to lips and area around the mouth

Reference: http://calder.med.miami.edu/pointis/tbifam/coma2.html

2. Predictors of Stunting among children aged 0 - 60 months: a group of stunted children -

meaning a condition in which a child's physical growth is lower than normal or their age

Categories:

a. Poor Fetal Growth and Preterm Birth

b. Environmental Factors, including water and sanitation

c. Maternal nutrition and infection

d. Child nutrition and infection

e. Teenage motherhood and short birth intervals

- we can either "find out" new sets of predictors or find the "top" predictor and make a module or
health teaching about it to the parents with children who are stunted

Reference: https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/press-releases/child-stunting-growth-in-womb/
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3. Effects of Alcohol Consumption of College Students on Academic Life: 2 groups - Drinkers and
Non-Drinkers, Academic Life will be assessed on

a. Academic Achievement

b. "Importance" of their Schoolwork

c. "Satisfaction" with life at school

- Factors of alcohol consumption may be included

- Considerations: if student had low grades already even before drinking; all students must be from
one course and the same year level

Interventions can be directed to:

a. General Population

b. Young People

c. Parents

d. Community

References: http://sociology.ucdavis.edu/undergraduate-program/the-john-and-lyn-lofland-
undergraduate-research-award/winning-theses/consequences-of-alcohol-consumption-for-drinking-
and-non-drinking-students

http://www.curtin.edu.au/research/cbrcc/local/docs/031009.pdf

4. Personality Traits in Children of Working and Non Working Mothers: 2 groups - children with
working mothers and non working mothers, data will be analysed according to

6 heads:

a. Activity-Passivity - children of working mothers were found to be more active than the children of
non working mothers

b. Enthusiastic-Non Enthusiastic - children of non working mothers were found to be more

enthusiastic than children of working mothers

c. Assertive-Submissive - children of non working mothers seems to be more assertive

d. Suspicious-Trusting - children of working women were more suspicious as compared to their

counterparts

e. Depressive-Non depressive - children of working mothers were more observed to be emotional due
to neglect from family and more depressive than children of non working mothers

f. Emotional Stability - children of working mother were more easily affected by feelings, less
emotionally stable
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- Suggestion: maybe we can base this is staff nurses (quality of care) since most of the 6 heads are
traits that a nurse should have

Reference: http://oaji.net/articles/2016/1174-1468665891.pdf

5. Yoga for Obese Patients with Chronic Low Back Pain: test the effectiveness of Yoga for obese
patients aged "_ to _", consent forms will be filled and will be asked to take tests:

a. Pain Disability Scale

b. Present Pain Index

c. Owestry Disability Index

d. Numerical Rating Scale for Pain

e. Health Related Quality of Life Questionnare

f. Visual Analog Scale

g. Roland Morris Disability Questionnare

h. Aberdeen Back Pain Scale

i. Medical Outcomes Questionnare

j. Functional Reach Test

k. Sit and Reach Test

l. Back Flexibility and Trunk Extension

References: http://digitalcommons.brockport.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1105&context=honors