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OBJECTIVE: To explore the effect of a balanced model for early psychological crisis intervention on anxiety and depression in caregivers of the elderly. METHODS: A convenience sampling method was used to select 234 caregivers for the elderly as the study subjects. A random number table method was used to divide them into a control group(116) and an intervention group(118). The control group was given conventional psychological crisis intervention; the intervention group received a balanced model for early psychological crisis intervention on the basis of conventional psychological crisis intervention. The anxiety and depression scores of the two groups were investigated before and after the intervention using the Anxiety Self-Rating Scale and Depression Self-Rating Scale, respectively. RESULTS: The anxiety scores of the control group were(43.0±6.8) and(40.1±6.3), and the depression scores were(45.4±12.0) and(42.7±11.4), before and after the intervention, respectively. The pre-and post-intervention scores were(43.5±6.5) and(38.4±5.6) for anxiety and(46.9±6.0) and(39.8±5.6) for depression in the intervention group, respectively. Before the intervention, the anxiety and depression scores of the 2 groups were compared separately, and the difference was not statistically significant(all P>0.05). In the control group, only the anxiety score was lower than the pre-intervention score(P<0.01); in the intervention group, both the post-anxiety and post-depression scores were lower than the pre-intervention scores(all P<0.01). After the intervention, the anxiety and depression scores of the caregivers in the intervention group were lower than those of the control group, respectively(all P<0.05). CONCLUSION: The balanced model for early psychological crisis intervention can effectively alleviate anxiety and depression in caregivers of the elderly.
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Objective: To investigate suicide status and influence of medical students in Hainan, and analyze the direct and indirect effects of influencing factors on suicide ideation among college students based on the structural equation mode1. Methods: By using multi-stage sampling method, we selected 696 students of 11 majors of Hainan Medical College as the research subjects, by questionnaire, simplified coping style questionnaire, Adolescent Self-Rating Life Events Scale (ASLEC), self-rating depression scale (SDS), social support rating scale, the self-esteem inventory and the Self-rating Idea of Suicide Scale(SIOSS) was conducted. Results: The idea of suicide in Hainan Medical College students occurred in 15.4%, and suicide act ideation rate was higher in male than in female (χ2 =7.161, P=0.006), non-medical higher medical (χ2 =6.004, P=0.014). The goodness of fit for the structural equation model was satisfactory and major indices had met corresponding requirements. The depression was a direct influencing factor on suicide ideation, while three factors including social support, positive coping style and passive coping style had indirect impacts.Negative life event and selfesteem not only directly affected suicide ideation, but also had indirect effects.According to the percentages of their contribution, the risk factors were ranked as follows: depression (45.6%), negative life event (33.6%) and passive coping style (18.5%). Similarly, the top protective factors were self-esteem (37.0%), followed by social support (28.4%) and positive coping style (14.3%). Conclusion: The higher incidence of suicide idea of students at the Hainan Medical College, depression and selfesteem were the main factors of suicide ideation. So, it is of great importance to not only strengthen the mental health of college students, but also to train students to face up the difficulties with a positive style, and provide the college students with sufficient social supports.
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Objective: To analyze and evaluate the results of endoscopic screening for upper digestive cancer in Danzhou city of Hainan, China. Methods: Totally 300 8 subjects aged from 40 to 69 years old were selected by cluster sampling method for screening of upper digestive tract cancer in Danzhou from 2015 to 2017. Results: In total, 13 cases (0.43%) of high grade intraepithelial neoplasia and cancer were detected. The detection rate of esophageal cancer, cardia cancer and gastric cancer was 0.07% (2 cases), 0.07% (2 cases) and 0.30% (9 cases), respectively. The diagnosis rate of early cancer was 92.31% (12 cases) and the treatment rate was 46.15% (6 cases). Conclusion: Endoscopic Screening is an effective way to detect precancerous lesions and early cancer. The detection rate in Danzhou is lower than the national average. Improving the professional and management ability of screening project team, mastering the incidence and mortality trend of upper digestive tract cancer, is key to the implementation and evaluation of the project of early diagnosis and treatment of upper digestive tract cancer.
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Objective:To investigate the distribution characteristics and epidemic trends of diabetes in middle-aged and elderly urban Hainanese, and to explore the correlations between diabetes and hypertension or hyperlipidemia in this kind of people.Methods:Middle-aged and elderly urban Hainanese (35–74 years old) were examined at the Medical Center of the Second Affiliated Hospital of Hainan Medical University from 2013 to 2017. According to the World Health Organiza-tion (WHO) Diabetes Diagnostic Criteria 1999, subjects with fasting blood glucose (FBG) level ⩾7.0 mmol/L (126 mg/dL) were diagnosed as diabetes. The retrospective analysis of the collected cleared data was conducted by using chi-square test, single factor correlation analysis and multiple linear regression analysis methods [gender: X1 (male=1, female=2); age: X2 (35–44=1, 45–54=2, 55–64=3, 65–74=4). The test level was set as 0.05. All data were standardized by age according to the 6th National Census Data 2010.Results:A total of 69 077 middle-aged and elderly observations’ data in 2013–2017 were collected. The detection rates of diabetes were 8.28%, 8.89%, 10.71%, 8.29%, and 9.21% respectively by year (χConclusions:The detection rate of diabetes in middle-aged and elderly urban Hainanese increased in the past five years and it was linearly related with gender and age; weak correlations between diabetes and hypertension or hyperlipidemia were observed. Further prospective studies should be done in the future.