Lifestyle and Social Factors Exacerbated on the Prevalence of Mood Disorders and Functional Dyspepsia Among Neonatal Nurses in China.

Background: Nursing is a high-stress occupation that can have an impact on mental health, particularly for neonatal nurses. Job-related stress factors and work-related behaviors have played a critical role in nurses' mental health. This study aimed to explore the prevalence of mood disorders and the impact of social factors, lifestyle on mood disorders among neonatal nurses. Methods: A total of 260 participants comprising neonatal nurses and nurses who work in neonatal intensive care units (NICU) were recruited. Data were collected using a validated generalized anxiety disorder questionnaire, patient health questionnaire-9, Pittsburgh sleep quality index, and social factors and lifestyle assessments. Results: In total, 49.23% of neonatal nurses exhibited mood disorders, particularly a combination of depression and anxiety. Female, poor interpersonal relationships and unhappy marital status, preference for smoking, alcohol, irregular diet, and poor sleep were common in neonatology nurses who exhibited mood disorders; preference for coffee and tea were lower in neonatology nurses without mood disorders (all P < 0.05). Interpersonal relationships, marital status, irregular diet, and poor sleep were independent factors associated with mood disorders among neonatal nurses (all P < 0.05). Mood disorders presented as functional dyspepsia (FD) among 50.78% of the participants (P < 0.05). Poor sleep and preference for smoking were common among neonatal nurses who had FD with mood disorders (all P < 0.05). Furthermore, the preference for sugary beverages was lower in participants with FD and mood disorders (P < 0.05). Poor sleep was independently associated with FD with mood disorders in neonatology nurses (P < 0.05). Conclusion: Prevalence of anxiety and depression was higher among neonatal nurses. Furthermore, most cases of mood disorders presented as FD. Thus, social factors and lifestyle have an impact on mood disorders which can manifest through somatic symptoms.

PAX6 polymorphisms in 20 Chinese children with supernumerary teeth in the maxillary incisor area.

AIM: To search for variants of PAX6 gene in patients with nonsyndromic supernumerary teeth in the maxillary incisor area (NSST) and compare genotypes and allele frequencies of the detected polymorphisms between the patients and controls. DESIGN: Twenty children with NSST and 31 controls were included. Genomic DNA was extracted from buccal epithelial cells of each individual. Sequencing analysis of all exons and exon/intron boundaries of PAX6 gene were performed in patients. Genotypes and allele frequencies of the single nucleotide polymorphisms detected in patients were compared between the two groups using chi-square tests. RESULTS: Of the 20 patients examined, six showed heterozygous for rs667773 and rs3026393 simultaneously. Among them, four possessed two supernumerary teeth and the other two possessed one. Another six patients showed heterozygous for rs3026393, five of which possessed only one supernumerary tooth and the other one possessed two. Of another six patients with homozygous rs3026393, three possessed one supernumerary tooth and the other three possessed two. The distributions of genotypes and alleles frequencies of single nucleotide polymorphisms rs667773 and rs3026393 showed no significant difference between the two groups. CONCLUSIONS: The present study did not find evidence of PAX6 polymorphisms being associated with supernumerary teeth in the population studied.

[Occurrence of supernumerary upper incisor teeth in Pax6-/- mouse fetuses].

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the occurrence of supernumerary upper incisor teeth in Pax6-/- mouse fetuses and to provide a model to explore the role of Pax6 in the upper incisor development and the mechanism of supernumerary teeth involving Pax6. METHODS: Twenty Pax6-/- mouse fetuses of strain DEBA were isolated on E18.5 (embryonic day). The fetuses were sectioned serially in coronal plane and stained with haematoxylin and erosion, then the presence of supernumerary teeth in the upper anterior area was examined histologically, and also the number, morphology and structure of lower incisor germs and the first and second molar germs in the maxilla and mandible were observed histologically. Eighteen E18.5 mouse fetuses of strain DEBA with Pax6+/+ genotype were used as control. RESULTS: Of the 20 Pax6-/- fetuses examined, four possessed a single supernumerary tooth in the upper incisors' region. No supernumerary upper incisor teeth were observed in any of the 18 Pax6+/+ fetuses examined. In the regions of lower incisors and the first and second molars of the maxilla and mandible, no significant difference was observed between Pax6-/- and Pax6+/+ fetuses regarding the number, morphology and structure of tooth germs. CONCLUSIONS: The results suggest that Pax6 played an important role in the development of upper incisor teeth in mice.