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The purpose of the study is to check the HIV awareness of the first-year university students in Melitopol, Ukraineexperimentally to substantiate its importance (particularly about the way of its transmission and prevention) as ahealth-preserving factor. The study was conducted among the first-year university students in Melitopol, Ukraine.A total of 163 students (42 male and 121 female) participated in the survey in order to ascertain the students’ HIVawareness and develop particular methods of filling the gaps in their knowledge about HIV/AIDS, as well aspromote preventive measures against HIV spread in Ukraine. A questionnaire was developed for the survey, andit consisted of two blocks: the first one contained the questions concerning the students’ HIV awareness; thesecond block was aimed at determining the sources of information from which the students received knowledgeabout HIV. The results of the survey demonstrated that the students have low HIV awareness that can lead to HIVinfection. It has been found out that educational activities at universities and schools are the most effective meansof HIV awareness formation and HIV infection prevention among youth (37.4%). Formation of preventiveprograms should be aimed at reducing the risk behaviour of young people. The existence of a correlation betweenthe level of awareness and the probability of HIV infection has been revealed. It was found out that educationalactivities on HIV/AIDS should be understood as a set of timely provided knowledge about the ways of HIVinfection and methods of its prevention. It was proved that the acquired knowledge influences the first-yearstudents inner motivation to change behaviour which is a health saving factor
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Objective To investigate the psychological situation on people who experienced after earthquake in yushu ,the rela-tives far away from the earthquake ,rescue workers ,the general population far away from the earthquake zone .From investigation to provide powerful evidence for the crisis intervention .Methods PTSD Checklist (PCL-C) ,Self-Rating Anxiety Scale(SAS) ,Self-Rating Depression Scale (SDS) ,Symptom Checklist 90(SCL-90)were used on the victims to survey different groups of people in different stages .Results The detection rate of PTSD ,anxiety ,depression about different groups of people in different stages were different ,The detection rate of PTSD ,anxiety ,depression and SCL-90 factor scores in the same crowd as the time went on showed a downward trend .The detection rate of PTSD ,anxiety ,depression and SCL-90 factor scores in different people showed a downward trend with the increase of distance from the hypocenter .Conclusion There are different degrees of psychological problems to differ-ent groups of people in different stages ,we should strengthen psychological intervention efforts to improve the ability to stress e-vents .
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Objective To study the psychological conditions of HIV/AIDS patients' families.Methods The non-structural interview was done with 4 HIV/AIDS patients' families.The data were analyzed for summarizing the themes.Results Six themes were summarized including suspicion and denial,humiliation and discrimination,helplessness and guilty,fear and sadness, desperate,threat and revenge.Conclusion HIV/AIDS patients’families are under tremendous psychological pressure and economic pressure,and their quality of life is very low.Therefore,it is necessary to lower the negative emotions in HIV/AIDS patients' families so that their quality of life is to be increased.
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Objective To investigate influence of holistic nursing on psychological conditions and complications of elderly patients after thoracic surgery. Methods 98 old patients (over 70 years old) un-dergoing thoracic surgery were divided in to the intervention group and the control group with 49 cases in each group. Routine nursing and holisfic nursing were given to the two groups. Self-rating anxiety scale (SAS) and self- rating depression scale(SDS) were adopted to evaluated psychological status of all patients and complications were also measured. Results SAS and SDS score of the intervention group greatly de-creased 14 days after operation,comphcations such as incision infection, pulmonary infection, mild hypother mia and times of cough were also lower than that of the control group. Conclusions Holistic nursing care has pivotal significance on reducing psychological barrier, post-operative complications and ira-provement of quality of life in elderly patients after thoracic surgery.
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The study of psychological distress: anxiety and depression, in 44 spinal cord injured patients was performed by using the Thai Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) at admission and before discharge. The average score of anxiety and depression decreased while the barthel index score increased significantly. The prevalence of anxiety and depression were 18.2 and 13.6 percent respectively and there was tendency to decline which implied that psychological conditions of SCI patients can be changed over time. The functional ability is not the only variable affecting psychological conditions. The process of adjustment is complex and individual.