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Objective@#To investigate the effect of different turnover intervals in preventing stress injury to patients in emergency room.@*Methods@#The 200 eligible patients from July 2016 to July 2017 were divided into 4 groups by random number table method, 50 patients per group, named as the conventional group, test group 1, test group 2 and test group 3. Turning frequency was used for 2.0 h in the conventional group, and 2.5 h, 3.0 h and 3.5 h in the first, second and third groups, respectively. The average body pressure of the shoulder blade, left and right lateral ankle and sacral tail between the four groups at different turning time, the incidence of stress injuries, the comprehensive satisfaction of patients with turn-over nursing were compared.@*Results@#There was no statistically significant difference in the body pressure value of the main compression site between the four groups (P>0.05), and the incidence of stress injury was 2.0% (1/50), 2.0% (1/50), 2.0% (1/50), and 4.0% (2/50), respectively (P>0.05). The comprehensive satisfaction degree of the patients in the four groups was 71.0%(71/100), 75.0%(81/108), 79.8% (83/104), and 86.6% (97/112), respectively, with statistically significant differences (χ2=8.517, P< 0.05). For each of the two groups, only the general group and the experimental group showed statistically significant differences in the comprehensive satisfaction degree of the patients in the three groups (χ2=7.824, P< 0.01).@*Conclusions@#It shows that the 3.5 h turning-over interval can effectively prevent stress injuries, improve patient satisfaction, and reduce the workload of nursing staff without affecting patient treatment, nursing, and stress injury prevention.
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PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship among the levels of total serum cholesterol level, blood pressure, body mass index, and lifestyle. METHOD: This study was designed as a descriptive correlation study. Subjects were 972 adults participated voluntarily living in GyeongNam. The height, weight, blood pressure and fasting serum cholesterol were measured. Body mass index was caculated. Information on general characteristics (age, gender, education, job, family history) and life style(cigarette, alchol, sleeping time, regular exercise, meal pattern, peppery, salty, sweetness, vegetable diet, meat diet) were collected using a questionnaire by interviewing method. RESULT: The mean value of total serum cholesterol was 197+/-36.4mg/dl(mean; 189.4+/-36.7, women; 202.1 +/-35.1). By simple analysis, the serum total cholesterol according to general characteristics features was statistically significant in age(F= 6.765, p=000) and gender (t=5.372, p=.000). Total serum cholesterol levels increased significantly with increasing BMI. The serum total cholesterol according to life style features was statistically significant in cigarette(chi2 =12.12, p=.016), exercise(chi2=6.335, p=.042), salty taste(chi2=18.801, p=016), vegetable diet(chi2=19.488, p=012). The most affecting factor which total serum cholesterol factor was BMI(beta=.151, p=.000). CONCLUSION: The significant risk factors relating to serum total cholesterol were age, gender, BMI, smoking, and exercise. Therefore, for the reduction of serum total cholesterol level, it is recommended that nursing intervention for the prevention of obesity, change of life style should be implemented.