A cross-sectional study for the impact of coping strategies on mental health disorders among psychiatric nurses

Several studies report that psychiatric nursing is a highly stressful occupation. The ways that nurses use in order to deal with stressful situations have a serious effect on their psychological mood and their health status. The purpose of this study was to investigate the coping strategies in predicting of depression and anxiety among mental health nurses working in public psychiatric hospitals. A descriptive, cross-sectional study was conducted in Athens, Greece from April to May 2017. A questionnaire consisting of the socio-demographic and work-related characteristics, the Patient Health Questionnaire-2, the Generalized Anxiety Disorder-2, and the 38-items Ways of Coping Questionnaire - Greek version, was completed by a total of 110 mental health nurses. Univariate and multivariate analyses were performed using the logistic regression model. Coping strategies focused on the problem (positive re-evaluation, positive approach, problem solving, and seeking social support) were the most commonly used by the mental health nurses. Strategies focused on emotion (prayer/daydream, prayer, avoidance/escape, resignation, and denial) were positively associated with depression and anxiety outcomes. Also, the coping skills of problem solving (Adjusted Odds Ratio, AOR=0.402), and seeking social support (AOR=3.719) were significant predictors only for elevated anxiety symptoms. The results from the study demonstrated the importance of coping behaviours in mental health problems of psychiatric nurses

Anatomical and histochemical study of the effect of the sympathetic system at cardiovascular diseases

In the present study, 32 human corpses with cardiovascular disease were studied, of which 10 were female and 22 were male. The tissues were placed in a 10% formalin solution andtissue staining was performed with the 5-fluorescein substance specific for the study of the sympathetic system.All the investigator's observations were placed on an electronic information bank (DATA) to safely extract observations and conclusions.Στην παρούσα έρευνα μελετήθηκαν 32 ανθρώπινα πτώματα με καρδιαγγειακές παθήσεις εκ των οποίων 10 ήταν γυναίκες και 22 ήταν άνδρες.Οι ιστοί τοποθετήθηκαν σε διάλυμα φορμόλης 10% και πραγματοποιούνταν χρώση των ιστών με την ουσία 5-φλουορεσκεΐνης, η οποία ειδική για την μελέτη του συμπαθητικού συστήματος.Όλες οι παρατηρήσεις του ερευνητή τοποθετήθηκαν σε ηλεκτρονική τράπεζα πληροφοριών (DATA) για την ασφαλή εξαγωγή παρατηρήσεων και συμπερασμάτων