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Object the current radiological health situation of different ranks medical institutions of interventional radiology in a city of Pearl Delta. Methods all the medical institutions in the city, which had carried out interventional radiology before December 31, 2019 as the research objects by survey. By using the method of field epidemiological investigation, the basic situation of general messages, the status of protective facilities, environmental radiation does, personal protective equipment, occupational health monitoring were investigated. Results There were 12 interventional radiology equipment and 180 employees in 7 medical institutions in the city, before December 31, 2019. There was no statistical significance in the composition of employees of different ranks medical institutions (P > 0.05). There was no statistical significance in the composition of protective facilities for interventional treatment in different ranks hospitals (P > 0.05). The environmental radiation dose in interventional radiology devices room of grade A class 3 hospital was higher than that of grade A class 2 hospital (P < 0.05). There was no statistical significance in the composition of individual protective equipment for interventional therapy in different ranks medical institutions (P > 0.05). The proportion of occupational health examination before work and during work in grade A class 2 hospital was higher than A class 3 hospital (P < 0.01). Conclusion The current situation of radiological health of different ranks medical institutions of interventional radiology in a city of Pearl Delta was good momentum. It may be helpful to improve the radiological health protection level of interventional therapy in this city by strengthening the radiological protection management of applying for interventional therapy, actively carrying out the evaluation of radiological protection against occupational disease hazards in construction projects, and urging the employee to carry out the occupational health monitoring inspection as required.
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Objective@#To study the correlation of occupation musculoskeletal disease (OMD) and safety behavior in assembly line workers.@*Methods@#Selected assembly line workers of 3 manufacturing factory in Pacity as the objects of this study by judgement sampling. Questionnaires were used for messages collection including the general sociodemographic characteristic, OMD condition, occupational safety behaviors.@*Results@#This study shows that, 826 OMD workers were found that the annual prevalence was 38.03%. The scores of work posture, handling habits, health habit in OMD group was lower than non-OMD group (P<0.01) but personal protection behavior was higher than non-OMD group (P<0.01) . Test of binary logistic regression revealed that age, workage, work posture, handling habits were the factors of OMD (P<0.01) .@*Conclusion@#Safety behaviors were the potent factors of OMD that work posture and handling habits should be broadcast.
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Objective We evaluated the role of a quality improvement initiative in improving clinical outcomes in peritoneal di-alysis ( PD) . Methods In a retrospective analysis of 6 years of data from a hospital registry, the period between 1 July 2005 and 30 June 2008 ( control group) provided baseline data from before implementation of systemic outcomes monitoring, and the period between 1 July 2008 and 30 June 2011 [continuous quality improvement (CQI) group] represented the time when a CQI program was in place.Per-itonitis incidence, patient and technique survival, cardiovascular status, causes of death, and drop-out were compared between the groups. Results In the 370 patients of the CQI group and the 249 patients of the control group, the predominant underlying kidney diseases were chronic glomerulonephritis and diabetic nephropathy.After implementation of the CQI initiative, the peritonitis rate de-clined to 1 episode in 77.3 patient-months from 1 episode in 22.6 patient-months.In the CQI group, the complicance of blood pressure was more significantly improved than the control group ( 67.8% vs 47.4%,P<0.05).During the 3 years of follow-up,cardiothoracic ratio and IVST were significantly increased in the control group [0.55 ± 0.08 vs 0.51 ±0.05,P<0.05,11.07 ±1.66 mm vs 10.25 ±1.38 mm, P<0.05〗.The difference of LVID between the two groups was signifi-cant at the 2nd and 3rd year of follow-up(P<0.05).Patient survival at 1, 2, and 3 years was significantly higher in the CQI group (97.3%, 96.3%, and 96.3%respectively) than in the control group (92.6%, 82.4%, and 67.3%respectively, P<0.001).Imple-mentation of the CQI initiative also appeared to significantly improve technique survival rates:95.6%, 92.6%, and 92.6%in the CQI group compared with 89.6%, 79.2%, and 76.8%in the control group (P<0.001) after 1, 2, and 3 years respectively. Conclusion Integration of a CQI process into a PD program can significantly improve the quality of therapy and its outcomes.
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<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To evaluate the association between occupational stress, social support, and occupational unintentional injuries.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>A 1:1 matched case-control study was conducted in 151 cases of occupational unintentional injuries who were admitted to 6 occupational injury-admitted hospitals in Zhongshan City from October 2013 to December 2013 and 151 matched controls without unintentional injuries in the last year who had matched age, sex, and occupation. Their demographic characteristics, occupational stress (by the effort-reward imbalance questionnaire), and social support were investigated with a structured questionnaire.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>Analysis of the data showed that there were significant differences in the score of each dimension of occupational stress, the ratio of effort to reward, and the score of superior support between the case group and the control group (P < 0.05). The Cox regression analysis results showed that more extrinsic efforts (OR = 1.47, 95%CI = 1.20∼1.80) and over commitment (OR = 1.30, 95%CI = 1.08∼1.55) were the risk factors for occupational unintentional injuries, while more superior supports (OR = 0.64, 95%CI = 0.48∼0.84) and higher earnings (>3 000 yuan each month) (OR = 0.67, 95%CI = 0.54∼0.84) were protective factors.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>Occupational stress and social support have an influence on the occurrence of occupational injuries.</p>
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Humans , Accidents, Occupational , Case-Control Studies , China , Occupational Diseases , Epidemiology , Occupational Injuries , Epidemiology , Reward , Risk Factors , Social Support , Stress, Psychological , Epidemiology , Surveys and QuestionnairesABSTRACT
<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To evaluate the occupational safety climate in different types of enterprises and its relationship with occupational accidental injury.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>A cross-sectional survey based on self-report questionnaires was performed among 3311 front-line workers from 54 medium and small-sized manufacturing enterprises of different types in Zhongshan, China to investigate the socio-demographic characteristics, safety climate experience in workplace, and incidence of occupational accidental injury in the past year.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>Analysis of the data revealed that employees in different types of companies perceived different levels of safety climate, according to the scores on four subscales; the European and American enterprises had significantly better safety climate than the Hong Kong and Chinese private enterprises (P < 0.01). The self-reported rates of occupational injury were 3.38%, 4.76%, and 6.72%, respectively, for European and American, Hong Kong, and Chinese private enterprises (χ(2) = 6.78, P < 0.05). After control of such factors as age, sex, income, education level, and marriage, the logistic regression analysis showed that the risk of occupational accidental injury in the European and American enterprises was significantly lower than that in the Chinese private enterprises (OR = 0.57, 95%CI = 0.35-0.91).</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>The type of enterprise influences the occupational safety climate and incidence of occupational injury among workers.</p>