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Objective To understand the levels of posttraumatic growth in rescue nurses 6 years after the great Wenchuan earthquake, and analyze the reasons and influence factors. Methods The general information of the nurses and the post-traumatic growth inventory (PTGI) were used to carry out the cross- sectional study in 736 nurses who took part in the rescue works of the great Wenchuan earthquake. Results The average score of PTGI in rescue nurses was (45.39 ± 23.47) points.Rescue nurses had different posttraumatic growth who had different educational level (F=7.180, P=0.000), household income monthly per capita, the type of rescue work, financial loss, health status, residential satisfaction, satisfaction with social support, satisfaction with family members, satisfaction with leaders and colleagues, satisfaction with friends and relatives(F =3.000-17.484, P<0.050). There was also a statistically significant difference between the score of nurses who had received psychological support and who had received no psychological support (t=-3.657, P<0.05). Multiple linear regression analysis showed that satisfaction with friends and relatives, psychological support, household income monthly per capita and satisfaction with leaders and colleagues could affect the total score of PTGI. All the variables could explain 7.5% variance of posttraumatic growth. Conclusions Rescue nurses have relatively low posttraumatic growth. Satisfaction with friends and relatives, psychological support, household income monthly per capita and satisfaction with leaders and colleagues are related to the posttraumatic growth of rescue nurses.
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Objective To understand the levels of posttraumatic growth in rescue nurses 6 years after the great Wenchuan earthquake, and analyze the reasons and influence factors. Methods The general information of the nurses and the post-traumatic growth inventory (PTGI) were used to carry out the cross- sectional study in 736 nurses who took part in the rescue works of the great Wenchuan earthquake. Results The average score of PTGI in rescue nurses was (45.39 ± 23.47) points.Rescue nurses had different posttraumatic growth who had different educational level (F=7.180, P=0.000), household income monthly per capita, the type of rescue work, financial loss, health status, residential satisfaction, satisfaction with social support, satisfaction with family members, satisfaction with leaders and colleagues, satisfaction with friends and relatives(F =3.000-17.484, P<0.050). There was also a statistically significant difference between the score of nurses who had received psychological support and who had received no psychological support (t=-3.657, P<0.05). Multiple linear regression analysis showed that satisfaction with friends and relatives, psychological support, household income monthly per capita and satisfaction with leaders and colleagues could affect the total score of PTGI. All the variables could explain 7.5% variance of posttraumatic growth. Conclusions Rescue nurses have relatively low posttraumatic growth. Satisfaction with friends and relatives, psychological support, household income monthly per capita and satisfaction with leaders and colleagues are related to the posttraumatic growth of rescue nurses.
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Objective:To compare the personal characteristics between the patients with paradoxical insomnia and the patients with primary insomnia or the normal sleepers.Methods:A case-control study with the proportion at 1∶1∶1 was carried out.The patients with paradoxical insomnia were diagnosed in Sleep Medicine Center of West China Hospital of Sichuan University between March 2013 and December 2013.A case of paradoxical insomnia was matched with two controls:a primary insomnia patient and a normal sleeper.A total of 63 matched cases were collected.A face-to-face survey was conducted by using the following scales:General Data Scale and Eysenck Personality Questionnaire (EPQ).Results:The average scores of psychoticism,extraversion,and neuroticism for paradoxical insomnia cases were (52.1±10.2),(49.6±9.8),and (56.0±12.0),respectively.In general,31.7% of paradoxical insomnia patients had psychoticism or psychoticism tendency in their personality,which were more obvious than those in primary insomnia patients (7.9%) (x2=l 1.228,p0.0125).Conclusion:The personal characteristics for paradoxical insomnia patients did not reached obviously abnormal level.However,their psychoticism tendency,extroversion tendency and neuroticism tendency needed to be paid attention.