1.Phenomenological study of the effects of traumatic birth events on compassion fatigue among midwives
Yao YANG ; Meiling HUANG ; Yun CHEN ; Jiamei LI ; Aobuli RUKIYAM ; Yulan REN ; Taizhen LUO ; Donglan LING ; Xi SU
Chinese Journal of Practical Nursing 2022;38(33):2587-2593
Objective:To provide theoretical reference for the construction of effective prevention and control strategies. The study deeply investigates the impact of traumatic birth events on compassion fatigue and inner feelings of midwives.Methods:Fifteen midwives from five tertiary hospitals in Guangzhou were interviewed in depth by semi-structured interview method from April to June 2021. Colaizzi analysis and Nvivo12 plus software were used to analyze and integrate the data and extract themes.Results:Three main themes were extracted, including the characteristics of traumatic birth events (high incidence, sudden and dangerous, preventable and controllable); exacerbating compassion fatigue (reducing compassion satisfaction levels; exacerbating burnout; and aggravating traumatic stress responses); and exploring effective coping strategies (time required for adjustment, seeking stress release).Conclusions:As a strong stressor, traumatic birth events aggravate the symptoms of compassion fatigue in midwives. Managers should pay attention to the occupational exposure of traumatic childbirth events, actively guide midwives to make psychological adjustments. In addition, managers can increase social support and strengthen the ideological and political education of midwives, so that they have good stress tolerance and excellent professional psychological quality.
2.Correlation between transient receptor potential canonical channel with heart and kidney injure of rat model of obstructive sleep apnea hypopnea syndrome.
Wen WEN ; Qiaoling YAO ; Yulan CHEN ; Zhiqiang LI ; Xiaojing SUN ; Yu LI ; Junshi ZHANG ; Zhulipiya SIMAYI ; Xinjuan XU
Journal of Zhejiang University. Medical sciences 2020;49(4):439-446
OBJECTIVE:
To investigate the expression of transient receptor potential canonical channels (TRPCs) in the heart and kidney of rat model of obstructive sleep apnea hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS).
METHODS:
Eighteen male SD rats were randomly assigned to intermittent hypoxia (IH) group (=9 ) and control group (=9). In IH group, rats were placed in a chamber and exposed to intermittent hypoxia for 8h (10AM-6PM) daily. The expression of TRPC-related mRNA and protein in the heart and kidney tissue were detected by qRT-PCR and Western blotting, respectively.
RESULTS:
The mRNA expressions of TRPC3/TRPC4/TRPC5 in heart tissues of IH group were increased significantly compared with the control group (all >0.05); while there were no significant differences in the mRNA expressions of TRPC1/TRPC3/TRPC4/TRPC5/TRPC6/TRPC7 in kidney tissue between two groups (all <0.05). The mRNA expressions of TRPC4, TRPC5 and TRPC6 in kidney tissues of IH group were lower than that in heart tissues (all <0.05). The mRNA expression of TRPC7 in kidney tissues of control group was significantly higher than that in heart tissues (<0.05). The expression of TRPC5 protein in heart tissues of IH group was significantly higher than that in the control group (<0.05); while there was no significant differences in the expression of TRPC5/TRPC6/TRPC7 protein in kidney tissue between two groups (all >0.05).
CONCLUSIONS
The IH rat model shows that TRPC5 channel is likely to be involved in the OSAHS induced pathophysiological changes in the myocardium and may become a target to prevent OSAHS related cardiac damage.
3.Effect of transcutaneous neuromuscular electrical stimulation on prevention of intensive care unit-acquired weakness in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients with mechanical ventilation
Shaolin CHEN ; Yulan JIANG ; Bin YU ; Youhua DAI ; Yunshi MI ; Yanfang TAN ; Jun YAO ; Yumei TIAN
Chinese Critical Care Medicine 2019;31(6):709-713
Objective To evaluate the effect of transcutaneous neuromuscular electrical stimulation on prevention of intensive care unit-acquired weakness (ICU-AW) in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients with mechanical ventilation. Methods A prospective randomized controlled study was conducted. Sixty COPD patients aged 18-85 years old who were accepted mechanical ventilation therapy admitted to general intensive care unit (ICU) of the First Affiliated Hospital of Hunan University of Medicine from October 2017 to October 2018 were enrolled. Patients were divided into control group (n = 30) and intervention group (n = 30) by random number table method. All patients were accepted routine treatment, and on this basis, the intervention group was applied transcutaneous neuromuscular electrical stimulation on the extremities (twice a day, 30 minutes each time) after 24 hours of admission until ICU discharge. The Medical Research Council muscle strength score (MRC-Score), grip strength, incidence of ICU-AW on the 7th day after admission and on the day of ICU discharge; modified Barthel index score on the day of ICU discharge; and duration of mechanical ventilation, the length of ICU stay, and the length of hospital stay were compared between the two groups. Results Twenty-nine and 27 patients in the control group and the intervention group respectively finally completed the study in dividually. There was no significant difference in gender, age, Barthel index score before 2 weeks of ICU admission, body mass index or acute physiology and chronic health evaluation Ⅱ(APACHEⅡ) in ICU between the two groups. There was no significant difference in the MRC-Score, grip strength or incidence of ICU-AW on the 7th day after ICU admission between the two groups. Compared to the control group, the MRC-Score, grip strength and Barthel index score in the intervention group were significantly increased [MRC-Score: 55.97±8.43 vs. 46.32±7.36, grip strength (kg): 33.46±11.62 vs. 27.42±9.64, Barthel index score:46.04±5.46 vs. 42.13±3.32, all P < 0.05], the incidence rate of ICU-AW was significantly decreased [7.4% (2/27) vs. 31.0% (9/29), P < 0.05], and duration of mechanical ventilation, the length of ICU stay, the length of hospital stay were significantly shortened [duration of mechanical ventilation (days): 5.12±2.01 vs. 7.24±4.35, the length of ICU stay (days): 8.34±2.36 vs. 10.45±2.62, the length of hospital stay (days): 13.21±2.21 vs. 15.38±3.67, all P < 0.05]. Conclusion Transcutaneous neuromuscular electrical stimulation can effectively improve the muscle strength of COPD patients with mechanical ventilation and reduce the incidence of ICU-AW.
4. Expression of type 1 and type 2 cytokines from serum of coal miners and the evaluation in surveillance of coal workers' pneumoconiosis at earlier stage
Sanqiao YAO ; Ningwei YANG ; Feifei GUO ; Tianbang QIN ; Xiuping ZHU ; Zhigang DONG ; Zhichun LI ; Bijie JIANG ; Jingshun GAO ; Yongcheng YAO ; Guofu ZHANG ; Yang LIU ; Yao LU ; Haibin LI ; Jianfei SHUAI ; Yuping BAI ; Yulan JIN
Chinese Journal of Preventive Medicine 2018;52(11):1158-1163
Objectives:
To explore the expression regulation of type 1 and type 2 (Th1 and Th2) cytokines from serum of coal miners and the evaluation in surveillance of coal workers' pneumoconiosis, 630 coal miners were studied.
Methods:
A total of 90 male patients diagnosed as coal workers' pneumoconiosis (CWP) in a institute for occupational health and 19 male workers newly diagnosed as CWP patients was chosen as CWP group with simple random sampling method from a coal mine group from January 2013 to December in 2015. 180 male coal miners with abnormal but not diagnosed as CWP were selected as CWP suspected group with simple random sampling methods, meanwhile 180 male coal miners with normal chest X-ray photograph was as dust-exposed group by 1∶1 matched as age. And 161 healthy males accepted pre-employed examination were selected as control group, CWP suspected group, dust-exposed group and control group called as non-CWP group. According to screening test and diagnosis test, the basic information and occupational history of all subjects were collected, and cytokines including IL-1β, IL-8, IFN-γ, IL-6 and IL-10 of serum were detected. Receiver operator characteristic (ROC) curve was used to determine the optimal cutoff value of each cytokine. Area under curve (AUC), the validity and reliability were calculated and judged.
Results:
The average age of control group, dust-exposed group, CWP suspected group and CWP group were (27.4±5.0) , (43.4±10.7) , (48.2±6.2) , (64.7±7.0) years old, respectively. The median level of IL-1β, IL-8, IFN-γ and IL-6 in cases group (1 638.30, 2 099.49, 815.18,140.32 pg/ml) were higher than that of non-cases group (1 445.57, 1 402.26, 736.38, 95.73 pg/ml) (
5.Current situation on epidemic characteristics, standardization prevention and treatment of children with cerebral palsy in Qinghai province
Zhao LI ; Xuejun WANG ; Fawen YANG ; Zhihai LYU ; Songpo YAO ; Yulan LI ; Xiaojie LI
Chinese Journal of Applied Clinical Pediatrics 2017;32(5):374-376
Objective To study the incidence and prevalence in the children aged 1-2 years and 1-6 years with cerebral palsy(CP) in Qinghai province,and to identify the epidemiological characteristics and control status of the children with CP.Methods A stratified cluster random sampling method was used to conduct epidemiological survey of 10 000 children in Qinghai province.Children diagnosed as CP were asked to fill in the CP questionnaires,including children's development,and the status of prevention and treatment of CP.Compared with the children diagnosed as CP,4 healthy children at the same age were asked to fill in the questionnaires related to children's development.SPSS 15.0 statistical software was used for data analysis.Results Seven children with CP were diagnosed at the aged 1-2 years,and the total incidence rate was 3.3‰(7/2 148 cases).The incidence between the urban (0) and the rural areas (12‰) (7/582 cases) was significantly different(P =0.000 1),while there was no significant difference statistically between boys (5 cases) and girls (2 cases) (P > 0.05).Fifty-four children with CP were diagnosed at the age of 1-6 years,and the total prevalence rate was 5.4‰(54/10 000 cases).The prevalence between the urban (2.3‰,17/7 348 cases) and the rural areas (13.9‰,37/2 652 cases) was statistically different (x2 =49.144,P < 0.01),while there was no significant difference statistically between boys (31 cases) and girls (23 cases) (P > 0.05).The proportions of various types of CP were as follows:29 cases(53.70%) of spastic type,9 cases(16.67%) of hypotonia,7 cases (12.96%) of mixed type,4 cases (7.41%) of ataxia,3 cases (5.56%) of rigidity and2 cases (3.70%) of dyskinetic,respectively.Among the spastic types,there were 16 cases (55.17%)of spastic quadriplegia,6 cases (20.69%) of spastic hemiplegia,4 cases (13.79 %) of spastic diplegia,2 cases (6.89 %) of spastic monoplegia and 1 case (3.45%) of spastic triplegia,respectively.The top three risk factors were premature (13 cases,24.1%),hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (9 cases,16.7%) and maternal threatened abortion (8 cases,14.8%).The first three complications were mental retardation,language dysfunction and epilepsy.Conclusions The incidence and prevalence of CP in children in Qinghai province are very high,which is higher in the rural areas than that in the urban areas.The most common CP is spastic type.The main risk factors for CP are preterm labor,hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy and maternal threatened abortion.Intellectual disability,speech disability and epilepsy are the most common complications of CP.Maternal and perinatal infant health care and early intervention need to be further strengthened.
6.A multicenter study to confirm further diagnostic value of strain ratio method giving to 5-point scoring by elastography for differentiation of breast lesions
Bing OU ; Jiayi WU ; Xinchuan ZHOU ; Jiyi YAO ; Ming LIANG ; Baoming LUO ; Hui ZHI ; Yulan PENG ; Parajuly Sundar SHYAM
Chinese Journal of Ultrasonography 2017;26(10):867-871
Objective To confirm whether strain ratio should be added after evaluation of lesions with 5-point elasticity scoring for differentiating breast lesions on ultrasonic elastography(UE).Methods Eight hundred and forty-six consecutive female patients with 1 071 breast lesions were recruited into a multicenter retrospective study,which involved 8 centers across China.All the patients underwent the UE procedure and the strain ratios were calculated.The sensitivity,specificity,accuracy,PPV and NPV were calculated for each of the two evaluation systems and the areas under the ROC curve were compared.Results The strain ratios of 559 benign lesions(2.7±1.4)and 512 malignant lesions(8.1±5.9)were significantly different (P<0.001).When the cutoff point was 3.03,strain ratio method had 81.6% sensitivity,89.7% specificity,81.7% accuracy,80.2% PPV and 84.2% NPV.The areas under the ROC curve with the strain ratio method and 5-point scoring method were 0.865 and 0.862,respectively(P =0.622).For the lesions with elasticity score 3 and 4,the areas under the ROC curve of the two Methods were 0.71 1 and 0.629, respectively(P = 0.020).Conclusions Although the two UE Methods have similar diagnostic performance,separate calculation of the strain ratios seems compulsory,especially for the lesions with elasticity score 3 and 4.
7.Effects of health education on the mental health and life quality of people at high risk of stroke
Lijun LUO ; Yulan GOU ; Jie YANG ; Hanyun YAO ; Minzhen LIU ; Xiaoguang CHEN ; Bingling ZHOU
Chinese Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 2017;39(8):595-598
Objective To observe the effect of health education on the mental health and life quality of people at high risk of stroke.Methods Totally 3092 residents of Wuhan aged over 40 were screened for stroke risk.Of those,392 cases were assessed as at high risk of stroke and were chosen as the study's subjects.They were given a 1-year course of standard health education.Before and after the intervention,their diet,exercise,compliance with medication and smoking habits were recorded.They were also assessed using the self-rating depression scale (SDS),the self-rating anxiety scale (SAS) and the Spitzer quality of life index (QLI).Results Significant improvement in healthy behavior was observed after the intervention.The average SDS score and SAS score had decreased significantly,and the average QLI score was significantly higher than before the intervention.Conclusion Health education can improve the healthy behavior,mental state and life quality of people at high risk of stroke.
8.The study of autophagy in alveolar macrophages of patients with coal workers' pneumoconiosis.
Milin WANG ; Yulan JIN ; Shi CHEN ; Sanqiao YAO ; Li ZHU ; Jianyong DUAN ; Juxiang YUAN
Chinese Journal of Industrial Hygiene and Occupational Diseases 2015;33(1):41-44
OBJECTIVETo evaluate the differences in the autophagy activity of alveolar macrophages between patients with different stages of coal workers' pneumoconiosis (CWP).
METHODSA total of 116 coal workers were investigated in the field. Their lung lavage fluid was collected and purified to obtain alveolar macrophages. The morphological characteristics of autophagy were observed by transmission electron microscopy. The expression of autophagy marker (LC3) and autophagy regulators (Beclin1, mTOR, and p-mTOR) was measured by Western blot. The autophagy activity of alveolar macrophages was compared between dust-exposed subjects and patients with stage I, II, and III CWP.
RESULTSThe autophagy activity of alveolar macrophages differed between patients with different stages of CWP, according to transmission electron microscopy. Patients with stage II CWP had significantly higher protein expression of LC3 II/I and Beclin1 in pulmonary macrophages than those with stage ICWP (P < 0.05); patients with stage III CWP had significantly lower protein expression of LC3 II/I and Beclin1 in pulmonary macrophages than those with stage II CWP (P < 0.05), but had significantly higher protein expression of LC3 II/I and Beclin1 than those with stage I CWP (P < 0.05); patients with stage II CWP had a significantly higher protein expression of Beclin1 than the dust-exposed subjects (P < 0.05). Patients with stage II CWP had significantly lower expression of mTOR and p-mTOR in pulmonary macrophages than the dust-exposed subjects and those with stage I CWP (P < 0.05), while patients with stage III CWP had significantly higher expression of mTOR and p-mTOR than those with stage II CWP (P < 0.05).
CONCLUSIONThe autophagy activity of alveolar macrophages varies between patients with different stages of CWP.
Anthracosis ; pathology ; Apoptosis Regulatory Proteins ; metabolism ; Autophagy ; Beclin-1 ; Biomarkers ; Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid ; Coal ; Coal Mining ; Dust ; Humans ; Macrophages, Alveolar ; pathology ; Membrane Proteins ; metabolism ; Microtubule-Associated Proteins ; metabolism ; Occupational Exposure ; Pneumoconiosis ; pathology
9.Investigation on psychological stress of mine emergency rescue personnel.
Yao LU ; Ruzhu WANG ; Yuan LIU ; Yuping BAI ; Xiaoming LI ; Jia LI ; Yulan JIN ; Fuhai SHEN ; Shoufang JIANG ; Haixia SUN ; Sanqiao YAO
Chinese Journal of Industrial Hygiene and Occupational Diseases 2014;32(10):728-731
OBJECTIVETo investigate psychological stress and influence factors on the mine emergency rescue personnel.
METHOD564 mine emergency rescue personnel from a rescue group were select as subjects, and 60 designers from a steel design institute were as controls. Self-made questionnaire and general job stress questionnaire were used to investigate the basic information, rescue history, psychosomatic symptoms, depression symptoms, daily job stress and negative emotions of emergency rescue personnel. SPSS17.0 software was used to analysis the psychological stress on the mine rescue personnel and its influence factors.
RESULTSThe detection rate (41.94%) of depression symptoms in rescue team was higher than that of controls (24.90%). The score of daily job stress was higher than that of logistical support. The older age group with higher negative emotional and daily job stress than the younger. The highest negative emotion was in age group of more than 40 years old. The highest score of daily job stress was in ≤30 years old. The score of depression and psychosomatic symptoms were higher than those of the college and the above. The scores of depression in group of duration of rescue <10 years was higher than that of duration≥10 years. The score of daily job stress is the lowest in rescue for 1 to 2 times per year and the highest in group of simulation training once a week. The score of daily job stress and depressive symptoms were getting higher with the extension of combat duty time. Age, hours of combat duty, training times a week, education and life events were the main affecting fectors on mental health of mine rescuers.
CONCLUSIONSMine rescuers have more psychological stress than generic population. The psychological stress of the mine crew is related to age, education, life events, training and combat readiness duty time.
Adult ; Cross-Sectional Studies ; Depression ; Disasters ; Emergency Responders ; psychology ; Humans ; Mental Health ; Mining ; Rescue Work ; Stress, Psychological ; Surveys and Questionnaires
10.Construction and practice of the diabetes management program with the goal of behavior changes
Yulan XU ; Hongdi YUAN ; Qingqing LOU ; Guoxing WANG ; Li WANG ; Linyan YAO
Chinese Journal of Practical Nursing 2010;26(8):27-29
objective To explore the effect of diabetes management program with the goal of behavior changes on behavior change and metabolic index of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.Methods By setting up the diabetes management team,establishing personalized management file,carrying out education program,setting the goal of behavior changes and evaluating goal's trace,One-year management was carried out for 56 cases of type 2 diabetic patients.Patients' behavior changes were evaluated after six months management and one year later the metabolic indexes were contrasted.Results After 6 months management,the rate of goal achievement was 96%,the rate of one year behavior stabilization was 92%,the body mass index (BMI),fasting and postprandial blood glucose,glycosylated hemoglobin (HbAlc) one year later were decreased dramatically.Conclusions There is important significance of diabetes management program with the goal of behavior changes for behavior changes and metabolic indexes control in type 2 diabetic patients.

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