Compassion fatigue among haemodialysis nurses in public and private hospitals in China.

AIM: This study was conducted to identify and compare the levels of compassion fatigue and job satisfaction among haemodialysis nurses in public and private hospitals in China and explore explanatory factors based on sociodemographic and occupational characteristics. METHODS: A descriptive study was conducted using a self-designed demographic questionnaire, the Professional Quality of Life Scale and the Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire, with responses from 283 haemodialysis nurses working at six public and private hospitals in China between June and November 2018. RESULTS: The compassion fatigue score of public hospital nurses was significantly higher than that of private hospital nurses. Univariate analysis showed that there were significant differences in compassion fatigue among nurses based on the number of years worked, nature of employment, and education level. Correlational analysis showed a negative correlation between overall job satisfaction and compassion fatigue in both public and private hospitals. Multiple regression analysis showed that compassion fatigue among haemodialysis nurses in public hospitals was associated with years worked, type of employment, and intrinsic and extrinsic satisfaction, whereas in private hospitals, education level, years worked, and intrinsic and extrinsic satisfaction were significant. CONCLUSION: Haemodialysis nurses in public hospitals are more likely to develop compassion fatigue than those in private hospitals.

[Effect of electroacupuncture on leptin and adiponectin in simple obesity patients].

OBJECTIVE: To probe into the underlying mechanism of electroacupuncture (EA) for simple obesity patients. METHODS: Sixty simple obesity patients were randomly divided into control, manual acupuncture (MA) and EA groups with 20 cases in each group. Acupoint groups (1) Liangqiu (ST 34), Xuehai (SP 10), etc.; (2) Gongsun (SP 4), Neiting (ST 44), etc. were punctured respectively for MA groups (once every other day, 27 times altogether), and in combination with EA (2-5 mA, 0.8-3 Hz, 30 min) of bilateral Tianshu (ST 25), Fujie (SP 14), etc. for EA group. Serum leptin (Lep) and adiponectin (Adi) were measured by enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). RESULTS: After the treatment, of the 20 cases in control, MA and EA groups, 0 (0%), 0(0%) and 4 (20. 0%) were cured; 0 (0%), 10 (50.0%) and 14 (70.0%) were improved remarkably; 1 (5.0%), 7 (35.0%) and 1 (5.0%) were effective; 19 (95.0%), 3 (15.0%) and 1 (5.0%) failed, with the effective rates being 5.0%, 85.0% and 95.0% separately. The therapeutic effects of both MA and EA groups were significantly higher than that of control group (P < 0.01). After the treatment, serum Lep levels in both MA and EA groups decreased significantly, and serum Adi contents of these two groups increased considerably compared with their own basic values of pre-treatment (P < 0.05, 0.01), and the effects of EA were markedly better than those of MA and control groups (P < 0.05). No significant changes were found in Lep and Adi levels in control group (P > 0.05). CONCLUSION: Both EA and manual acupuncture can effectively lower blood Lep content and raise blood Adi in simple obesity patients, which may contribute to its effect in reducing body. weight. The effect of EA is significantly superior t o that of manual acupuncture in the treatment of simple obesity.