Objectives: The aim of this study was to measure the presentism, intention of employment, selfefficacy, degree of exhaustion, and factors affecting presentism of clinical dental hygienists for use as basic data when developing measures to address presentism. Methods: A self-reported questionnaire was completed by 210 clinical dental hygienists from April 1 to June 30, 2020. Data were analyzed using SPSS 20.0. Independent t-test, one-way ANOVA, the Scheffé post-hoc test, and Pearson correlation analysis were applied, based on which a multiple regression analysis was conducted. Results: Dental hygienists scored 3.09 points in presenteeism. The variables that influenced clinical empowerment were job and career burnout, explaining 12.3% of the variance in scores among dental clinic hygienists. Conclusions As a result, clinical dental hygienists’ presentism is associated with clinical background and exhaustion, and exhaustion as the strongest influence. Therefore, in order to reduce the loss of clinical dental hygienists due to presentism, it is necessary to develop and apply health promotion programs that can manage clinical dental hygienists’ health problems early and to provide support in the organizational aspects of their work.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to measure the presentism, intention of employment, selfefficacy, degree of exhaustion, and factors affecting presentism of clinical dental hygienists for use as basic data when developing measures to address presentism. Methods: A self-reported questionnaire was completed by 210 clinical dental hygienists from April 1 to June 30, 2020. Data were analyzed using SPSS 20.0. Independent t-test, one-way ANOVA, the Scheffé post-hoc test, and Pearson correlation analysis were applied, based on which a multiple regression analysis was conducted. Results: Dental hygienists scored 3.09 points in presenteeism. The variables that influenced clinical empowerment were job and career burnout, explaining 12.3% of the variance in scores among dental clinic hygienists. Conclusions As a result, clinical dental hygienists’ presentism is associated with clinical background and exhaustion, and exhaustion as the strongest influence. Therefore, in order to reduce the loss of clinical dental hygienists due to presentism, it is necessary to develop and apply health promotion programs that can manage clinical dental hygienists’ health problems early and to provide support in the organizational aspects of their work.

PURPOSE: The purpose of this research was to examine the effects of a Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction (MBSR) program on stress response and power in psychiatric inpatients in a closed ward. METHODS: For this study a quasi-experiment design was used to examine the effects of the intervention. The MBSR program conducted in this study was a six-session program, in which participants were asked to meditate for 45 minutes twice a week for 3 weeks. Homogeneity between the experimental and control group was assessed using χ² test, t-test, and Fisher's exact test. The results of the assessment showed that the variances of the two groups were equal. Demographic variables of the study participants were analyzed using descriptive statistics. The study hypotheses were verified using t-test. Cronbach's α was measured to assess the reliability of each test. RESULTS: Compared with the control group, patients in the experimental group showed significant improvement in scores for stress response (t=3.62, p=.001) and power (t=-3.42, p=.001). CONCLUSION: These results suggest that the mindfulness meditation program can be used as a psychosocial rehabilitation intervention for psychiatric inpatients by capitalizing on its positive effects on emotional reactivity and behavioral regulation.
Humans ; Inpatients* ; Meditation ; Mindfulness ; Psychiatric Nursing ; Psychiatric Rehabilitation

Mucoceles usually occur as solitary, asymptomatic, translucent, and dome-shaped cysts containing clear viscous fluid on lower lip or oral mucosa. The authors reviewed the clinical and histopathological findings in 33 patients with mucocele and attempted to clarify the difference between the histopathologic types (retention and extravasation). The results were summarized as follows. 1. Age distribution was from 2 to 53 years and mean age was 21.4 years. Male to female ratio was 1.2:1(18 males.15 females). 2. Histopathologic type was classified. 4 cases(12.1%, mean age.17.3 years) were retention type, 19 cases(57.6%, mean age.'21.5 years) mixed type, and 10 cases(30.3 %, mean age.20.9 years) extravasation type. Among 19 mixed types, 13 cases were retention dominant and 6 cases extravasation dominant. 3. Durations from the onset to the diagnosis could be clarified in 16 cases. Those were below 1 year in 14 cases(87.5% ) and below 3 years in 16 cases all. Mean duration was 9.4 months. 4. The sites of involvement were lower lip(72.7%), tongue(24.3%), and oral mucosa(3.0%), in decreasing order of frequency. 5. The visited departments were otolaryngology(72.7%), dentistry(12.1%), plastic surgery(9,1%) and dermatology(6.1%), in decreasing order of frequency. 6. In the histopathologic observation, surface epithelium was observed in 25 cases (75.8%), cyst in 23 cases(69.7%), granlation tissue in 29 cases(87.9%), mucin in 28 cases(84.8%), surrounding salivary glands in 20 cases(60.6%) and foamy macrophages in 32 cases(97.0% ), 7. Special stains(PAS, D-PAS, and alcian blue at pH2.5 and 0.4) for the mucin were performed in 10 cases. The results were compatible with sialomucin.
Age Distribution ; Alcian Blue ; Diagnosis ; Epithelium ; Female ; Humans ; Lip ; Macrophages ; Male ; Mouth Mucosa ; Mucins ; Mucocele* ; Salivary Glands ; Sialomucins

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Nucleopolyhedrovirus* ; Sequence Analysis*

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Delivery of Health Care* ; Family Practice* ; Humans

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Delivery of Health Care* ; Family Practice* ; Humans

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Urinary Tract Infections* ; Urinary Tract*

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Budd-Chiari Syndrome

Purpose: To investigate changes in eye movement amplitude after conjunctival recession and conjunctivo-limbal autograft for treating recurrent pterygium with ocular motility restriction. Methods: We retrospectively analyzed 18 eyes of 16 patients who had recurrent pterygium with ocular motility restriction, who had received conjuntivo-limbal autografts from January 2011 to December 2019 and who had been followed-up for more than 6 months. We evaluated changes in eye movement amplitude, best corrected visual acuity, uncorrected visual acuity, corneal astigmatism and keratometry, and recurrence and complication rates before and after surgery. Results: The mean age of the patients was 63.9 ± 9.7 years. Eye movement amplitude increased significantly from 5.80 ± 1.70 mm preoperatively to 7.02 ± 1.37 mm postoperatively (p < 0.001). The mean UCVA increased from 0.67 ± 0.46 preoperatively to 0.36 ± 0.35 postoperatively (p < 0.001). The mean corneal astigmatism decreased from 3.51 diopters (D) preoperatively to 1.22 D postoperatively (p = 0.001). According to the power vector analysis, M and B were significantly reduced after the surgery, but the changes in J0 and J45 were not significant. No recurrence of pterygium was observed. Conclusions Eye movement amplitude for severe recurrent pterygium with symblepharon or ocular motility restriction quantitatively measured the range of ocular movement clinically and was applied to determine the severity of recurrent pterygium and predict the surgical outcome. Conjunctivo-limbal autograft for severe recurrent pterygium is thought to be a safe and effective surgical method because it solves the ocular motility restriction caused by adhesions and has low recurrence rates, although it requires the skilled experience and techniques of the operator and a long operation time.