Are mindfulness and self-efficacy related to presenteeism among primary medical staff: A cross-sectional study

Objectives: In ensuring public welfare with primary medical and health services,the primary medical staff faces new tasks.Increasing workload,and therefore degrees of stress and burnout,can influence job satisfaction and lead to presenteeism,which is defined as the appearance to be on the job but not actually working.The purpose of this study is to investigate the current worling situation and the relationship between presenteeism and mindfulness of primary medical staff and determine the mediating effect of self-efficacy on this relationship.Method: A cross-sectional survey was performed with 580 primary medical staff from 9 hospitals in Shaanxi province,northwest China.Presenteeism,mindfulness,and self-efficacy were measured by using a general information questionnaire,the Five-Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire,the General Self-Efficacy Scale,and the Stanford Presenteeism Scale.Mediating effect was analyzed by a series of hierarchical multiple regressions.Results: A high level of presenteeism was found among 47.4% of the study participants.Presenteeism was negatively correlated with mindfulness(r--0.409,P < 0.001) and self-efficacy(r--0.678,P < 0.001).A positive correlation was found between mindfulness and self-efficacy(r-0.584,P< 0.001).When controlling for self-efficacy (β =-0.018,P> 0.05),the association was insignificant between presenteeism and mindfulness.Conclusion: The results identified the effect of mindfulness on presenteeism of primary medical staff is realized through self-efficacy,which also suggested to enhance self-efficacy on center location when developing management strategies for mental health education or training among primary medical staff.

Factors influencing the optimal selection of central venous access devices:A qualitative study of health care team members’perspectives

Objective:This study aimed to explore health care team members’understanding of the factors influencing the optimal selection of central venous access devices(CVADs).Methods:The data of the study was collected using semi-structured interviews.Twenty-six hospital medical staff(four hospital manager,15 head nurses,7 nurse)with experience in peripheral or central catheterization from four regions(Northern China,Southern China,Northwest China,and Qinghai-Tibet China)in China were interviewed between June and October 2021.Content analysis was used to analyze the data.Results:The results revealed five themes and 14 sub-themes.Patients:concerns,resources,requirements,and evaluation(security concerns,support resources,life requirements,evaluation among patients);nurses:awareness,knowledge,and popularizing methods(awareness of intravenous therapy,understanding of professional knowledge,forms of popularizing methods);doctors:support and involvement(support for decision-making,involvement in intravenous work);hospital managers:authority,quality control and continuing education(management of catheterization authority,quality control of intravenous infusion,investment in continuing education)and environment:differences and commonalities(differences in social support,and current commonalities).Conclusion:Nurses and other healthcare team members’understanding,selection,use,and recommendation of CVADs have an indirect effect on patients’decision-making.Therefore,hospital managers and government departments can indirectly strengthen medical team cooperation and improve learning education in order to improve the safety of patients receiving intravenous infusions.

Comparison of severe trauma care effect before and after advanced trauma life support training

Objective： To study the emergency care effect of in-hospital severe trauma patients with the injury severity score （ISS）≥ 16 after medical staff received advanced trauma life support （ATLS） training.Methods： ATLS training was implemented by lectures,scenarios, field practices, and examinations. The clinical effect of in-hospital severe trauma care was compared 2 years before and after ATLS training.Results： During 2 years （from January 1, 2004, to December 31, 2005） before ATLS training, 438 cases of severe trauma were admitted and treated emergently in our department. Among them, ISS score was 28.6±7.8 on average, and 87 cases died with the mortality of 19.9%. The duration in emergency department and from admission to operation were 69.5 min±l 1.5 min and 89.6 min±9.3 min respectively. Two years （from January 1,2007, to December 31, 2008） after ATLS training, 382 cases of severe trauma were admitted and treated. The ISS was 25.3 ±6.1 on average and 62 cases died with the mortality of 15.1%. The duration in emergency department and from admission to operation were 47.8 min±10.7 min and 61.5 min±9.9 min respectively. The ISS score showed no significant difference between the two groups （P＞0.05）, but the mortality, the duration in emergency department and from admission to operation were markedly decreased after ATLS training and showed significant difference between the two groups （P＜0.05）.Conclusion： ATLS course training can improve the emergency care effect of in-hospital severe trauma patients,and should be put into practice as soon as possible in China.