Objective To investigate the effect of mindfulness-based stress reduction on job burnout of nurses.Methods By convenience sampling method,a questionnaire survey was conducted among 90 nurses in a third-grade and level-A general hospital in Zhengzhou.The nurses were randomly divided into the control group and the intervention group with 45 nurses in each group.Nurses in the intervention group were intervened under the mindfulness-based stress reduction,but nurses in the control group received psychological guidance and research method courses.The job burnout level of both groups of nurses was assessed before the treatment and 8 weeks after the treatment respectively.Results After the intervention,the factor scores of emotional exhaust,depersonalization decreased and personal achievement score increased.The incidence rate of job burnout significantly decreased.Conclusions The mindfulnessbased stress reduction therapy can relieve nurses' job burnout.

Objective The research aimed to translate the English version of the Caregiver Preparedness Scale (CPS) into Chinese and to test the reliability and validity of the Chinese version of CPS in caregivers of stroke survivors. Methods Totally 176 stroke survivors and their caregivers were recruited and were investigated by the Chinese version of CPS. Results The internal consistency coefficient of the Chinese version of CPS was 0.925;the test-retest reliability was 0.807 (P<0.01). Factor analysis got one factor, which explained 61.647% of the total variance. The factor loading of each item was>0.4. Conclusions The Chinese version of CPS has been proved to be reliable and valid. It can be used as a valid tool for the measurement of caregiver preparedness in caregivers of stroke survivors.

Objective To translate the English version of the Exercise Self-Efficacy Scale (ESES) into Chinese and test the reliability and validity of the Chinese version of ESES in patients after stroke. Methods Totally 214 patients after stroke were recruited and were investigated by the Chinese version of ESES. Results The internal consistency coefficient of the Chinese version of ESES was 0.879. The split half reliability coefficient was 0.858(P<0.01). The test-retest reliability was 0.657. Item-total correlation coefficient ranged between 0.627 and 0.779 (P<0.01). Factor analysis got one factor, which explained 59.745%of the total variance, and the factor loading of each item was above 0.4. Using General Perceived Self-Efficacy Scale (GSES) as an external criterion, the Pearson correlation coefficient of ESES with GSES was 0.496. Conclusions The Chinese version of ESES has been proved to be reliable and valid. It can be used as a valid tool for the measurement of exercise self-efficacy in patients after stroke.

Objective The research aimed to translate the English version of the Breastfeeding Self-efficacy Scale Short Form (BSES-SF) into Chinese and to test the reliability and validity of the Chinese version of BSES-SF. Methods Totally 308 mothers were recruited and were investigated by the Chinese version of BSES-SF. Results The internal consistency Alpha coefficient of the Chinese version of BSES-SF was 0.927, P<0.01, the half reliability coefficient was 0.853, P<0.01;the test-retest was 0.811, P<0.01. Factor analysis got one factor, which explained 52.498% of the total variance. Conclusions The Chinese version of BSES-SF has been proved to be reliable and valid. It can be used as a valid tool for the measurement of the breastfeeding self-efficacy among Chinese mothers.

Objective To evaluate the effect of simvastatin and atorvastatin on clinical progression of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) in elderly patients with metabolic syndrome (MS).Methods A total of 135 patients with BPH and MS aged 60 years and over were divided into three groups:simvastatin group (n=45,40 mg/d),atorvastatin group (n=45,20 mg/d) and control group (n=45).BMI,waist circumference,blood pressure,levels of fasting blood glucose (FBG),glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c),triglyceride (TG),total cholesterol (TC),low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol (LDL C),high sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP),interleukin 6 (IL-6),testosterone,estradiol,prostate specific antigen (PSA) and international prognostic scoring system (IPSS) and prostate volume were detected before and 12 months after treatment.Results Compared with control group,patients receiving simvastatin or atorvastatin for 12 months showed that the levels of serum TC,TG,LDL-C,hs-CRP,IL-6,IPSS were decreased(all P＜0.05),the level of serum HDL-C level were increased (all P＜0.05),and prostate volume was reduced(P＜0.05).The decrease in prostate volume was more in patients receiving simvastatin than receiving atorvastatin [(10.86±5.65) ml vs.(5.91 ± 3.03)ml,P＜0.05].Multiple stepwise regression analysis showed that the reduction of prostate volume was positively related to the decreases of serum TC and IL-6 levels,and to the increase of serum HDL-C level.Conclusions Simvastatin and atorvastatin have the efficacy reducing prostate volume and improving obstruction symptoms of lower urinary tract,and slowing the clinical progression of BPH and simvastatin is more effective than atorvastatin on reducing prostate volume.The efficacies of statins might be through lowering cholesterol level and antiinflammatory effect.

Objective To translate the Work Limitations Questionnaire and examine its reliability and validity,and explore its applicability at home.Methods 300 nurses were surveyed with the Chinese version of the Work Limitations Questionnaire by convenience sampling; and internal consistency reliability,test-retest reliability,construct validity and criterion validity were applied to evaluate the questionnaire.Results The Cronbach α coefficients of the time managing scale,physical scale,mental-interpersonal scale,output scale and total questionnaire were 0.882,0.864,0.913,0.839 and 0.922 respectively;and their test-retest reliability coefficients were 0.857,0.837,0.871,0.803 and 0.893 respectively.Four common factors were abstracted by using factor analysis,with the cumulative variance contribution rate at 61.293％.Using SF-36 as an external criterion,the correlation coefficients of the WLQ scores with the physical function dimension and mental health dimension of the SF-36 were-0.24 and-0.33.Conclusions The reliability and validity of the questionnaire is reasonable.So this questionnaire can be used to measure employee's presenteeism.

Objective To investigate the job burnout status of nurses in a third-grade and A-level general hospital in Zhengzhou,and analyze the relationship between job burnout and presenteeism.Methods 300 nurses were surveyed with questionnaires by convenience sampling,including nurses' demographic data,Nurse Job Burnout Scale and Work Limitations Questionnaire.Results The scores in three dimensions of job burnout of nurses were respectively EE (25.92±11.56) points,DP (10.63±6.82) points,and PA(26.30±9.11) points.The job burnout rate in nurses was 76.2％,the rates of low,moderate,and high degree of burnout were respectively 30.4％,28.7％,and 17.4％.The scores of presenteeism for low,moderate,and high degree of work limitations were respectively (2.29±1.60)points,(5.90±3.03)points,(7.89±3.12)points.Conclusions Nurses' burnout can results in presenteeism.The more serious job burnout is,the more critical the presenteeism is.

Objective To investigate the distribution and drug resistance of the gram positive bacteria isolates from hospital in Chongqing during 2006-2011 .Methods Non-repetitive gram positive bacterias were collected retrospectively from ten hospitals in Chongqing .Antimicrobial susceptibility testing of all clinical isolates were carried out using Kirby-Bauer(KB) .Results 14 473 strains were isolated .There were 4 840 strains of Staphylococcus aureus (33 .4% ) ,2 566 strains of Staphylococcus epidermidis (17 .7% ) ,1 822 strains of Staphylococcus haemolyticus (12 .6% ) ,1 325 strains of Enterococcus (E .faecalis/E .faecium )(9 .2% ) . Staphylococcus was highly sensitive to nitrofurantoin ,rifampicin ,piperacillin/tazobactam ,linezolid ,teicoplanin and vancomycin ,but their resistance rate to ampicillin/sulbactam ,oxacillin ,penicillin and clarithromycin was high .The resistance rate of E .faecium to the majority of antimicrobial agents was obviously higher than that of E .faecalis ,excluding imipenem ,chloramphenicol and tetracy-cline .Vancomycin and linezolid still remain the strongest antibacterial activity to Enterococcus .Conclusion The distribution and drug resistance of pathogenic bacteria in Chongqing present regional particularity ,and antibiotic resistance is severe .It is significant to strengthen the epidemiology study of pathogenic bacteria and to develop policies to intervene in the use of antimicrobial agents .

Objective To explore the effects of health education employing health belief model on health behavior of population with high risk of stroke.Methods 92 people with high risk of stroke were randomly divided into the control group(47 cases) and the intervention group(45 cases).The intervention group received health education employing health belief model while the control group got routine health education.The health behavior of both groups were assessed before the treatment and after six-month treatment.Results The health behavior of the intervention group was significantly better than that of the control group after intervention except the domain of nutrition and spiritual growth.Conclusions Health belief model can improve health behavior of the population with high risk of stroke.

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the physical and mental health status of post-linguistic cochlear implantees, and then to explore the effectiveness on of different rehabilitation programs. METHOD: Mandarin hearing in noise test (MHINT), personal report of communication apprehension (PRCA-24) and Nijmegen cochlear implant questionnaire (NCIQ) were used to measure the hearing ability, mental health degree and the health related life quality in 36 post-linguistic cochlear implant users, respectively. The improvement of subjects' physical and mental health levels was compared with among different rehabilitation programs, including family training program, auditory habilitation program and psychological intervention program. RESULT: (1) Family training program only can improve the subject's hearing ability (P < 0.05), but failed to ease the communication apprehension; ((2) Auditory habilitation program can both significantly improve the subjects' hearing ability (P < 0.01) and ease the fear of talking face to face (P < 0.01); (3) Psychological intervention program can significantly increase the auditory abilities (P < 0.01), reduce the communication apprehension (P < 0.01) and improve the quality of life. CONCLUSION Post-linguistic cochlear implantees had obvious mental symptoms. It was very important to design an effective rehabilitation program to improvement the living quality of hearing loss people.
Anxiety ; Cochlear Implantation ; rehabilitation ; Cochlear Implants ; Deafness ; Hearing Loss ; Hearing Tests ; Humans ; Language ; Linguistics ; Mental Health ; Noise ; Quality of Life ; Speech ; Surveys and Questionnaires