Crisis Intervention ; Disasters ; Humans ; Stress, Psychological ; prevention & control

Humans ; Mental Health ; Occupational Health ; Stress, Psychological ; prevention & control

Humans ; Occupational Diseases ; prevention & control ; Occupational Health ; Stress, Psychological ; prevention & control

Accidents, Occupational ; prevention & control ; Humans ; Occupational Health ; Stress, Psychological ; prevention & control

General Adaptation Syndrome ; prevention & control ; Health Education ; Humans ; Stress, Psychological ; prevention & control

OBJECTIVES: Emotional support and a stress management program should be simultaneously provided to clients as effective preventive services for healthy behavioral change. This study was conducted to review various relaxation and meditation intervention methods and their applicability for a preventive service program. METHODS AND RESULTS: The author of this paper tried to find various relaxation and meditation programs through a literature review and program searching and to introduce them. The 'Relaxation Response' and 'Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR)' are the most the widely used meditative programs in mainstream medical systems. Abdominal breathing, Progressive Musclular Relaxation (PMR), Relaxative Imagery, Autogenic Training (AT) and Biofeedback are other well-known techniques for relaxation and stress management. I have developed and implemented some programs using these methods. Relaxation and meditation classes for cancer patients and a meditation based stress coping workshop are examples of this program. CONCLUSIONS: Relaxation and meditation seem to be good and effective methods for primary, secondary and tertiary preventive service programs. Program development and standardization and further study are needed for more and wider use of the mind-body approach in the preventive service area of medicine.
Biofeedback, Psychology ; Humans ; *Meditation ; *Mind-Body Relations, Metaphysical ; Mind-Body Therapies ; *Preventive Health Services ; Primary Prevention ; *Relaxation Therapy ; Secondary Prevention ; Stress, Psychological/prevention & control/*therapy ; Tertiary Prevention

Adult ; Analgesia ; methods ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Pain, Postoperative ; metabolism ; prevention & control ; Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic ; prevention & control

Communicable Diseases ; epidemiology ; Disasters ; Earthquakes ; Humans ; Somatoform Disorders ; epidemiology ; prevention & control ; Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic ; epidemiology ; prevention & control ; Wounds and Injuries ; epidemiology ; prevention & control

China ; Environmental Exposure ; Heat Stress Disorders ; prevention & control ; Industry ; Occupational Health ; Temperature ; Workplace

With the increase of age or the impairment of immune function, the specific cellular immune level against varicella zoster virus (VZV) in the body decreases, and the latent VZV in the ganglion can be reactivated to cause herpes zoster (HZ). HZ and its main complication postherpetic neuralgia (PHN) can seriously affect the quality of life of patients. The immunocompromised (IC) population is more prone to HZ than the immunocompetent population due to diseases and therapeutic drugs. This paper reviews the incidence, risk factor and economic burden of HZ in IC population with special health status, to provide ideas for research and adjustment of immunization strategies in the future.
Financial Stress ; Herpes Zoster/epidemiology* ; Herpesvirus 3, Human ; Humans ; Incidence ; Neuralgia, Postherpetic/prevention & control* ; Quality of Life