A Gender-Based Study of Sensation Seeking in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease Compared with Healthy Subjects

Introduction: The relationship between psychological factors and Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) is one of the topics that has occupied the minds of researchers in the field of health psychology. The present research aimed at studying the levels of sensation seeking in coronary patients and healthy subjects.Methods: Two hundred and twenty-three coronary patients and 255 healthy subjects completed the Sensation Seeking Scale-form V (SSS–V). Next, 100 coronary cases (50 males and 50 females) that had referred to Madani Heart Hospital, Tabriz, Iran, and 100 healthy subjects, were compared in terms of levels of sensation-seeking. All participants were selected by purposeful sampling (aged 25 to 64 years). Data were analyzed by Multivariate Analysis of Variance (MANOVA) through the SPSS 18 software.Results: Coronary male patients scored higher than coronary female patients in thrill and adventure seeking and healthy males scored higher than healthy females in boredom susceptibility. Healthy females scored higher than coronary females in thrill and adventure seeking, and in boredom susceptibility subscale, healthy males scored higher than coronary males.Conclusions: The identification of individuals with sensation seeking features will allow the identification of susceptible coronary patients for preventive procedures

Efecto del manejo del estrés en el estrés laboral de enfermeras de unidades de cuidados intensivos en hospitales afiliados a la Universidad de Ciencias Médicas

Introduction and Background. Stress is one of the crucial life phenomena in the present century. Long-term or high stresses affect various aspects of our lives. Nurses' job stress seriously affects patients and their families. One of the most effective methods in teaching stress management strategies. This study aims to reduce nurses' job stress by teaching coping strategies. Methods. This clinical trial study was adopted to achieve the goal of the study. The data were collected from 60 nurses working in intensive care units of all hospitals. The data collection tool was the HSE job stress questionnaire. Results. It was found that there was no significant difference between the experimental and control group in demographic information (P<0.05). There was no significant difference between the mean score of the job stress before the intervention in both groups. But after the intervention, a significant decrease was revealed in the mean score of the job stress of the treated group as compared to that of the control group (P<0.0001). Conclusion. The study concludes that stress management is very effective on job stress of Intensive Care Unit Nurses.Introducción y antecedentes. El estrés es uno de los fenómenos vitales más importantes del siglo actual. Las tensiones prolongadas o elevadas afectan varios aspectos de nuestras vidas. El estrés laboral de las enfermeras afecta seriamente a los pacientes y sus familias. Uno de los métodos más efectivos es enseñar estrategias de manejo del estrés. El objetivo de este estudio es reducir el estrés laboral de las enfermeras mediante la enseñanza de estrategias de afrontamiento. Métodos. Este estudio de ensayo clínico se adoptó para lograr el objetivo del estudio. Los datos se recopilaron de 60 enfermeras que trabajan en unidades de cuidados intensivos de todos los hospitales. La herramienta de recolección de datos fue el cuestionario de estrés laboral de HSE. Resultados. Se encontró que no hubo diferencia significativa entre el grupo experimental y el de control en la información demográfica (P <0,05). No hubo diferencia significativa entre la puntuación media del estrés laboral antes de la intervención en ambos grupos. Pero después de la intervención, se reveló una disminución significativa en la puntuación media del estrés laboral del grupo de casos en comparación con la del grupo de control (P<0,0001). Conclusión. El estudio concluye que el manejo del estrés es muy efectivo en el trabajo de las enfermeras de la Unidad de Cuidados Intensivos