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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
This effort is my academic pursuit would not have been a reality but for the constructive
support, guidance and encouragement rendered by a number of people whose help I
specially recognize through this acknowledgement.
Praise and glory to God Almighty, the Holy Spirit who guides and directs my life and who
always have been a great source of strengths, wisdom and enlighten force behind all my
efforts in making this study a success.
The present study has been completed under the expert guidance, support and
encouragement of Dr. Tapati Bhattacharjee, Professor. Medical Surgical Nursing. I will
ever remain grateful to my advisor for her able guidance and strong acumen. It was her
constant encouragement and valuable planning & execution, which made this, study a
fruitful one. The disciplined freedom she gave me in my work, her affectionate words and
good sense of humor kept me high morale and self confident throughout this study. I pay my
regards to her for giving the privilege of being her student researcher. My demands on her
valuable time and energy were excessive, but she was always kind enough to be available for
discussion and guidance, so my sincere expression of gratitude and indebtedness is extended
to her.
My sincere sense of gratitude is extended to Dr. Nilima Bhore, Dean and Principal Bharati
Vidyapeeth College of Nursing, Sangli for her guidance, support and valuable suggestions
throughout the study.
I extent my gratitude to Dr. Sneha Pitre, Former Principal Bharati Vidyapeeth College of
Nursing for her guidance and timely support from the inception till completion & submission
of the study.
I extend my deep sense of gratitude to entire Faculty of Bharati Vidyapeeth College of
Nursing for their timely suggestion, constructive criticism, support, encouragement and
valuable suggestions, at every phase of the study.
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I am profoundly indebted to all the Experts who contributed time and effort towards content
validation of the tools and constructive criticism with encouragement. A sincere gratitude is
also extended to Mrs. Manisha Shinde, and Mrs. Archana Rathod the language experts for
translating the interventional tool in Marathi and for English editing respectively.
My sincere expression of gratitude is extended to Mrs. Vaishali Chirmade for her immense
patience, valuable guidance and continuous inspiration while performing statistical analysis
of the study.
I would like to thank Dr, Lily Podder, Dr. Anita Nawale, Dr. Suresh Ray, Mrs. Supriya Ray
for editing and polishing the manuscript.
I am obliged to patients who participated and their relatives who had shown keen interest
in the study. Without their active cooperation it would not have been possible to conduct this
study successfully.
I express my heartfelt gratitude to my Husband (Mr. Vikas Shiroor), Son (Mr. Shekhar)
who supported and encouraged me throughout this tough time. They were the source of my
immense energy and inspiration. Their immense patience, tireless inspiration has made this
study successful. They were always a morale booster for me and kept me in high spirits.
I am also thankful to and all staff member of Maruti Zumbo Xerox for polishing the
manuscript.
The present study is not the consequence of the solitary effort. Heartfelt acknowledgement
and thanks are extended to all my collogues, Teachers, Friends, and Well Wishers of my
personal and professional arena who have assisted, guided, inspired, motivated and
cooperated directly and indirectly and for constantly encouraging me to go ahead.
Mrs. Geeta Shiroor
