Objective To observe the clinical efficacy of the combined therapy of super-laser radiation and plum acupuncture on alopecia areata.Methods Altogether 178 alopecia areata patients were randomly divided into 3 groups:65 patients in the treatment group being given super-laser radiation and plum acupuncture,55 in the control group A solely with super-laser radiation and 58 in the control group B solely with plum acupuncture.The therapeutic effects of the treatment group and the control groups were compared by rank sum test.Results At the end of the 1st treating period,the cured cases,markedly effective cases,ordinary effective cases and invalid cases in control group A were 1,4,10 and 40;those numbers of control group B were 1,3,11 and 43;those numbers of the treatment group were 3,12,14 and 36.At the end of the 2nd treating period,those numbers of control group A were 8,8,16 and 23;those numbers of control group B were 7,8,18 and 25;those numbers of the treatment group were 11,20,19 and 15.At the end of the 3rd treating period,those numbers of A control group were 21,11,12 and 11;those numbers of B control group were 20,14,11 and 13;those numbers of the treatment group were 33,17,10 and 5.Comparing the performance of each groups at the end of the 3 periods,we found that effects were always better in the treatment group than the other two control groups.The difference between the treatment group and the other two control groups was statistically significant (P＜0.05).Conclusions It is effective and safe to use super laser radiation combined plum acupuncture on alopecia areata.The clinical efficacy of this joint method is better than either of the two separate ways.

Objective To explore nurses′attitudes to patient engagement in patient safety and analyze the influencing factors. Methods With convenient sampling, a total of 580 nurses of 12 hospitals in Shanghai received a questionnaire survey for nurses′attitude to patient participation and patient safety. The higher score after statistical analysis explains the better attitude.Results Average score of nurses′ attitudes to patient engagement in patient safety was (4.039 2±0.518 72), while average score of decision-making participation was (4.000 60± 0.568 75), and caring-related involvement was (94.192 2±0.573 74) and complaint-related involvement was (3.437 4±0.798 40). There is significant difference in attitude of nurses in different levels of hospitals and different educational background to “patient participating in patient safety” ( F=8. 832, 3. 935;P<0. 05 ) . Conclusions Nurses′ attitude to patient engagement in patient safety is quite positive. Caring-related involvement is more welcomed than decision-making participation and complaint-related involvement among Shanghai nurses. Hospital level and educational background are the key influencing factors.

Objective To understand the situation on nurses′ perceptions of patient participation in patient safety and its influencing factors. Methods A total of 551 in-service nurses were recruited by convenience sampling. They were investigated with the scale of medical staff′ perception of patient participation in patient safety.Results The mean of nurses′ perception of patient participation in patient safety was (3.68± 0. 57)with a medium level. The score of decision participation (3.76±0.64) was significantly higher than that of caring participation (3.71±0.63), and the score of caring participation was higher than that of complaining participation (3.33±0.85). There were statistically significant differences in the scores of nurses′perceptions of patient participation in patient safety among different ages, years of working, professional titles, departments and educational background (P<0.05).Conclusions The situation of nurses′ perceptions of patient participation in patient safety is not satisfactory. Nurses should take patient participation in patient safety into account, guide and encourage patients to participate in patient safety.