Objective To investigate the happiness index and social support of clinical nurses. Methods Inquiry was performed in 60 clinical nurses by Happiness Index scale and Social Support Scale. Results Happiness Index of married and military nurses were higher than that of unmarried and employed nurses. Married nurses gained more social support, objective support and subjective support than unmarried nurses did. Married nurses were also good at making use of support. Conclusions Efforts for enhancing the status of professional nurses in the society and family will improve the nurses' ability of subjective use of the society support.

Objective To investigate the type 2 diabetic patient's periodontal condition and to analyze the influencing factors of periodontitis.Methods A total of 182 type 2 diabetic patients were included in the survey and requested to fill out a questionnaire,and their periodontal status was evaluated by measuring probing depth(PD),attachment level(AL),sulcus bleeding index(SBI),simplified oral hygiene index(OHI-S).Results The prevalence of periodontitis in this group of patients was 96.7%(176/182),including 20 patients with mild periodontitis.156 with moderate to advanced periodontitis.The mean PD and AL of the 182 patients were(2.92±0.67)rain and(2.87-4-1.31)mIIL At least one tooth Was lost in57.1%(104/182)of the patients.The factors related to periodontitis were age,gender,smoking,living in town or country,and 2 h plasma glucose of oral glucose tolerance test(OGTT).There Was no relationship between the severity of periodontitis and education level. The majority of patients did not receive any periodontal therapy.Conclusions Periodontal status was bad in patients with type 2 diabetes.It is important to develop an education program on oral health for tvpe 2 diabetic patients.