Objective To study the effect of comprehensive nursing on the treatment compliance and depression of patients with pulmonary tuberculosis complicated with depression. Methods Fifty-seven patients with pulmonary tuberculosis complicated with depression treated between May 2012 and June 2014 were randomly divided into study group (n=30) which was given comprehensive nursing, and control group (n=27) which accepted routine nursing. The scores of depression, treatment compliance and clinical treatment outcome were compared between the two groups. Results The scores of Hamilton Depression Scale were respectively 19.18±2.36, 18.65±2.61, 17.43±1.78 and 16.57±2.05 at the time of 3, 4, 5 and 6 months after nursing intervention, while the same scores of the control group were 22.05±3.03, 21.88±2.85, 20.96±2.06 and 20.04±1.39. The sputum negative conversion rates in the study group at those time periods were respectively 66.7%, 76.7%, 80.0% and 86.7%, while the rates in the control group were 37.0%, 44.4%, 51.6% and 63.0%. The CT lung lesions absorption rates in the study group were 43.3%, 56.7%, 63.3% and 76.7%, while the rates in the control group were 18.5%, 25.9%, 35.3% and 40.7%. The above indicators between the two groups were all statistically significant (P<0.05). The compliance of treatment in the study group was 90.0%, which was significantly higher than that in the control group (63.0%) (P<0.05). Conclusion Comprehensive nursing can help to improve negative emotion, enhance treatment compliance and clinical treatment effect, and promote the early recovery of patients with pulmonary tuberculosis combined with depression.
ObjectiveTo understand the relationship between post-traumatic stress disorder (PSTD) and perceived stress in suspected coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients quarantined in hospital.MethodsA cross-sectional study of 93 suspected COVID-19 patients in one of grade-A tertiary hospital in Southwest China was carried out to evaluate the incidence of perceived stress and post-traumatic stress symptoms among these patients using the standardized Perceived Stress Scale-10 (PSS-10) and PTSD Checklist-5 (PCL-5), respectively. Pearson correlation was used to analyze the correlation between PCL-5 and PSS-10 scores.ResultsTotal PSS-10 and PCL-5 scores were 16.7±5.2 and 17.0±11.6 in 93 suspected COVID-19 patients, respectively. Positive correlations between PSS-10 and PCL-5 scores were detected (Pearson’s r=0.722, P=0.000).ConclusionsThe occurrence and development of PSTD of suspected COVID-19 patients have the relationship with the early perceived pressure. It suggests that medical staff should identify and intervene the perceived pressure level of patients who are under quarantine as suspected COVID-19 early and effectively, so as to reduce the occurrence of PTSD.
ObjectiveTo study the method of rapid and accurate measurement of body temperature in dense population during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic.MethodsFrom January 27th to February 8th, 2020, subjects were respectively measured with two kinds of non-contact infrared thermometers (blue thermometer and red one) to measure the temperature of forehead, neck, and inner side of forearm under the conditions of 4–6℃ (n=152), 7–10℃ (n=103), and 11–25℃ (n=209), while the temperature of axillary was measured with mercury thermometer under the same conditions. Taking the mercury thermometer temperature as the gold standard, the measurement results with non-contact infrared thermometers were compared.ResultsAt 7–10℃, there was no statistical difference among the forehead temperatures measured by the two non-contact infrared thermometers and the axillary temperature (P>0.05); there was no difference among the temperature measured by blue thermometer on forehead, neck, and inner side of forearm (P>0.05); no difference was found between the temperature measured by the red thermometer on forehead and inner side of forearm (P>0.05), while there was statistical difference between the temperatures measured by the red thermometer on forehead and neck (P<0.05). Under the environment of 11−25℃, there was no statistical difference among the forehead temperatures measured by the two infrared thermometers and the axillary temperature (P>0.05); the difference between the temperatures of forehead and inner side of forearm measured by the blue thermometer was statistically significant (P<0.05), while no difference appeared between the forehead and neck temperatures measured by the blue thermometer (P>0.05); there was no statistical difference among the temperatures of three body regions mentioned above measured by the red thermometer (P>0.05). According to the manual, the allowable fluctuation range of the blue thermometer was 0.3℃, and that of the red one was 0.2℃. The mean differences in measured values between different measured sites of the two products were within the allowable fluctuation range. Therefore, the differences had no clinical significance in the environment of 7–25℃. Under the environment of 4–6℃, the detection rate of blue thermometer was 2.2% and that of the red one was 19.1%.ConclusionsThere is no clinical difference between the temperature measured by mercury thermometer and the temperature measured by temperature guns at 7–10 or 11–25℃, so temperature guns can be widely used. In order to maintain the maximum distance between the measuring and the measured persons and reduce the infection risk, it is recommended to choose the inner forearm for temperature measurement. Under the environment of ambient temperature 4–6℃, the detection rate of non-contact electronic temperature gun is low, requiring taking thermal measures for the instrument.