ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

“Praise the LORD O my soul; all my inmost being,

Praise his holy name.
Praise the LORD, O my soul and forget not all his benefits.”
Bible Psalm103:1-2
I thank our heavenly father for his grace, unconditional love and blessings that has
accompanied me throughout the study.
I express my sincere gratitude to my guide Dr Alok Banerjee, Head of the department
Neurology MGM Hospital and Medical College MGMIHS, Kamothe, Navi Mumbai
Maharashtra, for continuous guidance, suggestions, patience, and support for the study.
I feel greatly delighted in expressing my immense gratitude to my Co guide Dr Sripriya
Gopalkrishan, Principal, Sadhu Vaswani College of Nursing, Pune, Maharashtra, for her
constant encouragement, valuable guidance, sustained patience, support and sparing time
from the inception till the completion of the study.
I am thankful to Dr. Prabha K. Dasila, Professor & Director, MGM, New Bombay College of
Nursing, Mumbai Maharashtra, for her constant support and cooperation throughout Ph.D
course tenure.

I extend my gratitude to all the committee members of MGMIHS for their valuable
suggestions and timely support from the inception till the completion and submission of the
thesis.
I am thankful to the Principal and teaching faculty of Dr D Y Patil College of Nursing,
Pimpri, Pune Maharashtra for their cooperation.
I am grateful to the Matrons, Deans, Head of Departments & staff of the Hospital for
permitting her to carry out the research in their institution & the Co-operation they extended
to make research successful.
I would like to thank all the experts for their valuable suggestions and validating the data
collection instrument.

My sincere and whole hearted thanks to Mrs.Vaishali Chirmade , Bio-Statistician, Dr Setia

& Dr Rita Abbi for their valuable guidance and support in the statistical analysis.

I would like to extend my special thanks to Zoha Peerbhoy for editing the thesis and Mrs.
Archana Mankar for the Marathi translation.

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I especially thank all the participants who actively participated in the study & whose co-
operation alone has made it possible for me to carry out the study successfully.

I extend my sincere thanks to all my colleagues of Nursing and my friends for their constant
encouragement, patience and support that they have extended to me throughout the thesis
without which, the dream of accomplishing this thesis could never have been realized.

Last but not the least, I would like to thank my dearest parents for their greatest support and
inspiration, and also to my brother , sister, family members , relatives for their immense help
and a positive enthusiasm spirit and support during the study period, without which this
dream of mine could not have been realized.
I dedicate this thesis work to my beloved father Mr Pramod Raoji Yangad.

Ms Sucheta Yangad

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