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Divya Gigy
Hari Mohan Singh
B.Sc. 4 Year Students Group-C
An experimental study was conducted to assess the effectiveness of concept mapping on depression among Nursing students in selected Nursing colleges of Gandhinagar, Gujarat. The study was conducted in partial fulfillment for the awards of degree of B.Sc. Nursing at Apollo institute of Nursing, Gandhinagar. The main object ive of the study was to evaluate the effectiveness of concept mapping on depression among Nursing students in selected Nursing colleges of Gandhinagar, Gujarat. The ‘General system model’ adopted from Ludwg Von Breatalanaffy was used as the conceptual framework. A quantitative approach with experimental study design was used to achieve the objective of the study. The samples consisted of 60 students of selected Nursing colleges of Gandhinagar. The samples are divided into two groups, 30 students in control group and 30 students in experimental group. The control group was treated using traditional method and the experimental group was treated using traditional method and concept mapping both. The simple random sampling technique was used to collect the samp le. A structured questionnaire was used to assess the knowledge of Nursing student of selected colleges and the tool was found reliable.
Keywords: Concept map, traditional method, effectiveness, depression