Mediation analysis of activities of daily living and kinesiophobia in association between cardiac function and health status of patients with chronic heart failure.

AIMS: To explore the mediational effect of activities of daily living (ADL) and kinesiophobia on the cardiac function and health status of patients with chronic heart failure (CHF). METHODS: From October 2021 to January 2022, a total of 244 CHF patients treated in the Department of Cardiology of general hospitals were recruited by the convenience sampling method. They were investigated with the Tampa Scale for Kinesiophobia Heart (TSK-SV Heart), the Barthel index for assessing ADL, and the EuroQol five-dimensional questionnaire (EQ-5D) for assessing the health status. RESULTS: The cardiac function and kinesiophobia of CHF patients were both negatively correlated with their health status (r = -.390 and -0.410, respectively, both p < .01). Besides, the ADL of CHF patients was positively correlated with the health status (r = .320, p < .01). The cardiac function of CHF patients was negatively correlated with the ADL (r = -.412, p < .01), but positively correlated with kinesiophobia (r = .180, p < .01). The mediation proportion of ADL plus kinesiophobia between the cardiac function and health status of CHF patients was 43.48%. Both ADL and kinesiophobia partially mediated the effect of cardiac function on health status in CHF patients, but their mediational effects showed no significant difference (p = .777). CONCLUSION: Both ADL and kinesiophobia exert obvious mediational effects between cardiac function and health status in CHF patients. Individualized cardiac rehabilitation (CR) programs based on the cardiac function, ADL and kinesiophobia of CHF patients may contribute to reduce the medical burden and improve the well-being of affected people.

Design and development of nursing care planning section of clinical decision support system / 中国实用护理杂志

Objective:To provide reference for the development of a more intelligent and systematic nursing clinical decision support system based on the concept of precision nursing and data sharing, the nursing plan module of clinical decision support system.Methods:An evidence-based knowledge base was constructed based on the nursing process and the standardized nursing terminologies; the nursing plan module was designed according to clinical needs, and the logical reasoning rules were formulated from the generation, sequencing and stopping of nursing problems, objectives, measures and activities, and finally the nursing plan module of clinical decision support system was formed.Results:The nursing plan module of clinical decision support system included the basic information of patients, positive evaluation items and weight values, nursing problems, objectives, measures and activities, etc. the module could automatically deduce the nursing plan according to the patient's individual characteristic index (positive evaluation item), and sort the nursing problems and corresponding measures and activities according to the generation time, weight value and correlation degree. It could automatically distinguish nursing problems, goals, measures and the time of activity stop, and realize intelligent decision-making.Conclusion:The interface of nursing plan module of this system is clear and logical reasoning rules are rigorous. It breaks through the bottleneck of nursing decision-making based on personal professional knowledge and experience in clinical situation for a long time, which can ensure the homogeneity of nursing plan and improve the correctness of decision-making.

Symptom Cluster of ICU Nurses Treating COVID-19 Pneumonia Patients in Wuhan, China.

BACKGROUND: In treating highly infectious coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) pneumonia, intensive care unit (ICU) nurses face a high risk of developing somatic symptom disorder (SSD).The symptom clusters in one population may show overlaps and involvements, a phenomenon that should be deliberately resolved to improve the management efficiency. OBJECTIVES: The present study aims to investigate the symptoms and causes of SSD of ICU nurses treating COVID-19 pneumonia. The research results are expected to provide evidence for the establishment of a better management strategy. METHODS: This study enrolled a total of 140 ICU nurses who were selected by Jiangsu Province Hospital to work in Wuhan (the epicenter of the COVID-19 epidemic in China) on February 3, 2020. A questionnaire, Somatic symptom disorders for ICU nurses in Wuhan No. 1 Hospital, was designed based on the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health. Exploratory factor analysis was performed to cluster the symptoms and logistic regression analysis to find the risk factors of the symptoms. RESULTS: Five major symptoms were chest discomfort and palpitation (31.4%), dyspnea (30.7%), nausea (21.4%), headache (19.3%), and dizziness (17.9%). In exploratory factor analysis, the symptoms were classified into three clusters: Cluster A of breathing and sleep disturbances (dizziness, sleepiness, and dyspnea); Cluster B of gastrointestinal complaints and pain (nausea and headache), and Cluster C of general symptoms (xerostomia, fatigue, as well as chest discomfort and palpitation). In Cluster A, urine/feces splash, sex, and sputum splash were independent predictive factors. In Cluster B, fall of protective glasses and urine/feces splash were independent predictive factors. In Cluster C, urine/feces splash and urine/feces clearance were independent predictive factors. CONCLUSION: The ICU nurses in Wuhan showed varying and overlapping SSDs. These SSDs could be classified into three symptom clusters. Based on the characteristics of their SSDs, specific interventions could be implemented to safeguard the health of ICU nurses.

Study on microbial viability of compound resorcinol lotion / 药学实践杂志

Objective To study the microorganism viability in compound resorcinol lotion ,confirming with bactericidal compound resorcinol lotion .Methods 5 bottles of compound resorcinol lotion were respectively added Escherichiacoli ,Staph‐ylococcus aureus ,Bacillus subtilis ,Candida ,Aspergillus niger ,placed 24 h ,then the membrane filtration method was used respectively in 5 species of microbial limit test .Results In compound resorcinol lotion ,5 microbial strains were not given birth to bacterium ,were killed ,the recovery rate was zero .Conclusion Microbial cannot survive in compound resorcinol lotion .

A comparative study in bacteriological analysis between re-used and disposable oxygen humidification devices / 中国实用护理杂志

Objective To carry out bacteriological analysis between re-used and disposable oxygen humidification devices. Methods Reused oxygen equipment and disposable oxygen moisture bottles from 6 randomly selected elderly wards were collected, patients who used oxygen will be randomized into 3 groups, group A used cold water as the oxygen humidification liquid, group B used distilled water as humidification liquid, group C used AQUAPAK disposable oxygen humidification devices, sample taking in group A and group B happened on every Monday and Thursday before the replacement of sample moisture bottles, sample was taken in group C after the use of disposable oxygen humidification devices, according to "hospital disinfection health standards" (GB5982-1995)sampling method of disinfection liquid sample was taken and sent to test in the disinfectant laboratory. Results Of 61 samples in group A bacteria cartier rate was 81.97%, bacteria carrier rate of 71 samples in group B was 47.89%, of 52 samples in group C the carrier rate was 0. The comparing of bacterial contamination rate of three kinds of oxygen moisture bottles after using was statistically significant. Take group A, B for comparison, the average severity level of bacteria in group A is higher than group B. In group A, the level of the Gram-negative bacteria as well as Gram-positive bacteria colonization was higher than group B. Conclusions Whether use of cold water or distilled water, oxygen humidification liquids have different degrees of pollution. Currently there is no general criteria and norms in the context of sterilization of oxygen humidification, for patients on long-term oxygen using, to choose disposable oxygen humidification device to reduce the incidence of hospital infections is recommended.