1.A 6-week mindfulness-based training on aggression and sleep quality in long-term incarcerated males
Quan YUAN ; Kun JIA ; Xinghua LIU ; Weidan LIU ; Chang YANG
Chinese Mental Health Journal 2015;(3):167-171
Objective:To investigate whether the mindfulness training can reduce the aggression level and im-prove the sleeping quality among incarcerated people.Methods:Fifty-four male criminals were recruited into the study.They were divided into mindfulness training group (n =25)and control group (n =29).The training group took mindfulness exercise once a week for 6 weeks.While the participants in waiting list control group waited for 6 weeks without intervention.After 6-week mindfulness training for training group and post-assessment for all partici-pants,the waiting list control group went into 6-week mindfulness training.The Five Facet Mindfulness Question-naire (FFMQ),Aggression Questionnaire (AQ)and Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI)were assessed before and after the intervention.Results:There were 19 valid data in training group,and 21 in control group.After 6-week training,the score difference between pre-and post-assessment of FFMQ (P <0.01 )was higher in the training group than in the control group,and the difference of AQ (P <0.01)and PSQI (P <0.01)was lower in training group than in the control group.Conclusion:The results suggest that 6-week mindfulness training could effectively reduce the aggression level and improve the sleep quality in the long-term incarcerated males.
2.The effects of integrative nursing intervention on rectal cancer patients with colostomy
Feng WANG ; Xiaoxia CHEN ; Xiaopeng GUO ; Wenqing LI ; Huizhi YU ; Xinghua CHANG ; Jing LIU
Chinese Journal of Practical Nursing 2015;31(17):1285-1287
Objective To explore the clinical effects of integrative nursing for rectal cancer patients with colostomy.Methods A total of 80 cases of rectal cancer patients after colostomy were selected from our hospital from December 4,2009 to May 15,2013.They were assigned to the control group and the observation group according to the admission sequence with 40 patients in each group.The control group had been treated with conventional care,the observation group had been treated with integrative care intervened by ostomy technician.Postoperative anxiety,quality of life and complication rates were analyzed between the two groups.Results Anxiety score from the Self-Rating Anxiety Scale was lower in the treatment group respectively on the day of the operation,one month after operation and one year after operation (58.22 ± 8.23 vs.64.46 ± 9.82,50.55 ± 7.53 vs.59.76 ± 9.83,42.26 ± 2.88 vs.58.46 ± 9.82),P < 0.05.the incidences of complications were significantly rarer than the control group such as the postoperative infection [7.50% (3/40) vs.25.00% (10/40)],colostomy hemorrhage [5.00% (2/40) vs.25.00% (10/40)],colostomy necrosis [2.50% (1/40) vs.30.00% (12/40)],other complications [5.00% (2/40) vs.15.00% (6/40)],P <0.01 or <0.05.Moreover,the defecation function,psychological function,social function and material life (92.55 ± 20.56 vs.84.03 ± 24.60,83.05 ± 23.66 vs.61.86 ± 18.20,79.95 ± 36.02 vs.71.09 ± 27.56,59.08 ± 28.56 vs.50.55 ± 25.96) were improved obviously in the observation group,while the incidences of nausea and vomiting and pain (10.15 ± 3.67 vs.18.99± 7.29,12.05 ± 7.90 vs.22.10 ± 9.56) were lower than the control group,based on QLQ-C30 core questionnaire for the European Quality of Life Evaluation,P < 0.05.Conclusions Integrative nursing may effectively improve rectal cancer patients' quality of life after colostomy,reduce the postoperative complications and relieve anxiety,which may be useful in the clinical application.