ObjectiveTo analyze the impact of disaster prevention and preparedness education courses on college students’ awareness, actions and abilities of disaster prevention and preparedness, so as to provide a reference for the establishment and optimization of disaster education-related courses in colleges.MethodsStudents who took the optional course “Disaster Preparedness Education” of Sichuan University in the fall semester of 2019 to 2020 were included. Questionnaires were issued before and after the course to compare the differences in awareness, actions and abilities of disaster prevention and preparedness of college students before and after the course. We also analyzed the differences between college students of different genders and college students of different grades.ResultsFinally, 148 college students were included. After the course, college students’ awareness scores (9.24±0.61 vs. 6.11±0.52), action scores (6.89±0.70 vs. 2.65±0.58) and ability scores (33.73±1.61 vs. 18.55±1.88) of disaster prevention and preparedness were improved compared to those before the course, and the differences were statistically significant (P<0.05). Before the course, boys’ disaster prevention and preparedness awareness score was higher than that of girls (6.48±0.56 vs. 5.23±0.44), the difference was statistically significant (P<0.05); there was no significant difference in the scores of actions or abilities of disaster prevention and preparedness between boys and girls (P>0.05). After the course, there was no statistically significant difference in any of the scores between boys and girls (P>0.05). Before and after the course, there was no statistically significant difference in any of the scores between the senior college students and the lower college students (P>0.05). College students’ overall satisfaction with disaster preparedness education was relatively high, with the highest scores for teaching methods and assessment methods.ConclusionDisaster preparedness education courses have a positive effect on improving the comprehensive qualities of college students’ disaster preparedness awareness, actions, and abilities, but it is necessary to attract more college students to participate and increase the scope of the course.
ObjectiveTo study the status-quo of doctors' workload in China, analyze its influential factors, and to provide references for relevant policy-making.
MethodsA multi-centre cross-sectional study was conducted. Clinical doctors who had worked for more than 6 months from 46 hospitals in 10 provinces were enrolled. The included doctors' workload was measured with working time per week and number of daily service patients. SPSS 20.0 software was used to analyze the data.
ResultsA total of 1 537 doctors were included. The number of daily service outpatients and that of daily service inpatients per doctor were 22.17±20.95 person and 13.24±11.13 h, respectively. Working time per week were 54.06±10.76 h. The significant influential factors of the number of daily service outpatients were gender, employment relationship, hospital grade, age, professional title, and location; while those of the number of daily service inpatients were hospital grade, professional title, and location. Besides, type of department, hospital grade, doctor's age, education background and location were closely related to working time per week.
ConclusionChinese doctors' workload is very heavy especially for long-time work. Hospitals and health departments should develop some target measures to reduce doctor's workload, so as to ensure medical safety.
The balance ability is the basic guarantee for the human body to maintain the posture and complete every daily life activity, and it is also an important physical quality index for the elderly. Insufficient balance ability may lead to falls among the elderly, which may lead to fractures, long-term pain, craniocerebral trauma, disability, and even death and other serious adverse consequences. Under the background of China’s rapid aging population and the strong advocacy of the combination of medical care and nursing, improving the balance ability of the elderly is an effective way to prevent the elderly from falling down, and is of great significance to reduce the accidental injury for the elderly. In this paper, the methods and the latest progress of balance function evaluation and training for the elderly at home and abroad are reviewed in order to provide reference for the formulation of intervention programs to improve the balance function of the elderly, so as to improve the quality of life of the elderly and open up a new path for the realization of healthy aging.
Patient safety culture is an extension of the concept of safety culture in medical institutions and is a hot spot of current patient safety research. In recent years, patient safety culture research has developed rapidly, and new assessment tools and related research have emerged. There is a correlation between cultural factors and safety outcomes, and changing the patient safety culture can improve patient outcomes. This paper focuses on the literature review of patient safety and outpatient safety assessment tools published in China and abroad, analyzes and compares the performance characteristics of domestic and foreign assessment tools, and provides reference for the future patient safety culture research.
