Objective:To explore the mediating effect of professional identification between compassion fatigue and death coping ability of nurses in the oncology department, and to provide a basis for strengthening their professional identification, reducing their compassion fatigue and improving their death coping ability.Methods:From October to December 2022, a questionnaire survey was conducted among 350 nurses in the oncology department from 12 hospitals in Hebei Province using the convenience sampling method. General Data Questionnaire, Professional Identification Scale for Nurse, Compassion Fatigue Self Test and Death Coping Ability Scale were used to conduct an online survey. The relationship among the three was statistically analyzed with SPSS 25.0, and the structural equation model was established using the AMOS 23.0 software to analyze the mediating effect of professional identification between compassion fatigue and death coping ability.Results:A total of 326 valid questionnaires were collected. Among such 326 nurses in the oncology department, including 12 males and 314 females, 121 were aged 21-30 years old, 153 were aged 31-40 years old, 42 were aged 41-50 years old, and 10 were aged 51-60 years old. The professional identification score of oncology nurses was (108.96 ± 20.29) points, the empathy fatigue score was (81.30 ± 9.00) points, and the death coping ability score was (112.39 ± 23.52) points.Pearson correlation analysis showed that compassion fatigue was negatively correlated with professional identification and death coping ability( r = - 0.428, - 0.326, both P<0.01), while occupational identity was positively correlated with death coping ability ( r = 0.565, P<0.01). Professional identification played a partial mediating role between compassion fatigue and death coping ability of nurses in the oncology department, and the mediating effect was - 0.34, accounting for 52.3% of the total effect. Conclusions:In this study, the professional identification score of nurses in the oncology department was at a moderate level, the compassion fatigue score was at the moderate to severe level, and the death coping ability score was at a moderate level. Professional identification is an important mediating variable between compassion fatigue and death coping ability of nurses in the oncology department that improve their professional identification, reduce their compassion fatigue and improve their death coping ability.

OBJECTIVETo understand the dietary consumption of residents in Xiamen and the content of phthalic acid esters (PAEs) in food, and to assess the plasticizer exposure risk of diet in Xiamen.

METHODSThe survey was conducted by stratified cluster random sampling method in Xiamen from September to October in 2010. According to the Xiamen administrative division, six neighborhood communities were selected as sampling units, then 25 families were randomly chosen from each sampling units.From the above 150 families, the permanent residents over the age of six were permitted to our study. The survey included 495 residents totally. These participants' information, such as basic personal information, physical activity levels, meal frequency and the average consumption of 33 kinds of food in 13 categories were collected using questionnaires. Thirteen categories included cereal and tubers, beans, vegetables, fungi and algae, fruits, dairy products, meat, seafood, eggs, snacks, beverages, cooking oil and spices. The height and weight of residents were measured and the average daily dietary intake was calculated. Thirty-three kinds of food in 13 categories were collected in supermarkets in Xiamen. According to the annual sales ranking, the top three-five brands of each kinds of food were selected and numbered, then two or three brands were chosen by random number table method from them; three completely individual packed samples in the same batch of each brand were detected; 243 samples were included in our study.100-500 g solid samples or 100-500 ml liquid samples were collected. The content of diethyl phthalate (DEP), dibutyl phthalate (DBP), di (2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) in food were detected by liquid chromatography mass spectrometry, which expressed by median (minimum-maximum). The exposure dose, contribution rate and risk index of PAEs were calculated by point estimation method.

RESULTSAccording to the average daily dietary intake of residents in Xiamen, the top three ones in 13 categories of food were cereal and tubers (337.16 g/d, 18.21%), vegetables (309.12 g/d, 16.69%) and fruits (213.20 g/d, 11.51%). The content of DEP, DBP or DEHP among different categories of food was significantly different (χ² values were 58.05, 50.19 and 102.10, P < 0.01). Among 13 categories of food, seafood contained the most DEP (0.090 (0.000-0.324)mg/kg); cooking oil had the most DBP (0.700(0.000-2.980) mg/kg) and DEHP (5.115(0.000-24.160) mg/kg). DEP, DBP and DEHP exposure(0.19, 4.20, 18.10 µg × kg⁻¹ ×d ⁻¹)in dietary food in Xiamen were less than the reference dose(RfD) (800, 100, 20 µg × kg⁻¹ × d⁻¹) proposed by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the risk indexes were 0.02%, 4.20% and 90.50%, respectively. Among 13 categories of foods, seafood was the main source of DEP dietary exposure. The exposure dose and contribution rate of DEP in seafood were 0.18 µg × kg⁻¹ × d⁻¹ and 94.74%, respectively.Vegetables were the main source of DBP and DEHP dietary exposure. The exposure dose and contribution rate of DBP and DEHP were 1.48 µg × kg⁻¹ × d⁻¹, 35.24% and 6.07 µg × kg⁻¹ × d⁻¹, 33.54%, respectively.

CONCLUSIONThe food consumed by residents in Xiamen was overall in a safe state, but to some extent, there still exists DEHP exposure risk in foods.

China ; Dibutyl Phthalate ; Diet ; Diethylhexyl Phthalate ; Food Contamination ; Humans ; Phthalic Acids ; Plasticizers ; Risk Assessment ; Seafood ; United States ; Vegetables