1.Association between ambient PM2.5 and outpatient visits for asthmain Ningbo
Ting GE ; Liang ZHANG ; Hui WANG ; Shaohua GU ; Jiankui YE ; Aihong WANG ; Mengdi CHU ; Beibei LU
Journal of Preventive Medicine 2019;31(6):568-572
Objective :
To explore season-specific association between ambient PM2.5 and outpatient visits for asthma in the urban areas of Ningbo.
Methods :
Based on the platform of population health information,we collected daily outpatient visits for asthma in four general hospitals in the urban areas of Ningbo from 2014 to 2016. We also collected data of meteorological indicators and air pollutants during the same period from local weather bureau and environmental monitoring center. Generalized additive model(GAM)was applied to examining the relationship and lag effects between ambient PM2.5 and outpatient visits for asthma in different seasons.
Results :
A total of 45 184 outpatients with asthma were reported from 2014 to 2016,with an average of 41.23 cases per day. The annual average concentration of PM2.5 in Ningbo was(43.12± 26.40)μg/m3 ,with the peak as(65.27± 34.51)μg/m3 in winter and the though as(27.34± 12.70)μg/m3 in summer. A 10 μg/m3 increase of PM2.5 were associated with 1.14%(95%CI:0.48%-1.81%),2.40%(95%CI:0.22%-4.63%)and 1.37%(95%CI:0.28%-2.48%)increase of outpatient volume for asthma on the day in the whole year,summer and winter,respectively. In summer,males were at higher risk compared to females(P< 0.05);in winter,people under 65 years old were at higher risk(P< 0.05). Including NO2,the effect of PM2.5 on the excess risk of outpatient visits for asthma in summer was enhanced in two-pollutant models(P< 0.05).
Conclusion
PM2.5 pollution might increase the outpatient volume for asthma in summer and winter. NO2 might have synergistic effect with PM2.5 on asthma.
2.Qualitative research on professional understanding of newly graduated recruited nurses in department of psychiatry
Junrong YE ; Sijue LI ; Aixiang XIAO ; Liandi DAI ; Chen WANG ; Jiankui LIN
Chinese Journal of Modern Nursing 2020;26(16):2174-2178
Objective:To explore problems and self-experience of the newly graduated recruited nurses in the process of work and to provide a basis for formulating solutions to allow newly graduated recruited nurses to adapt to clinical work as soon as possible.Methods:The phenomenological method of qualitative study was used to interview 25 newly recruited nurses in a ClassⅢ Grade A hospital in Guangzhou from 2018 to 2019.Results:By sorting out, refining and analyzing the interview data, three concepts related to professional confusion, career planning limitation and emphasis on professional acquisition were extracted.Conclusions:Professional confusion is common in newly recruited nurses in department of psychiatry. Medical staff should pay attention to the psychological status and self-experience of newly recruited nurses in department of psychiatry, provide necessary help and support and reduce the negative experience of nurses so as to make them better adapt to clinical work.