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HubMed - holistic Health
[Questionnaires for assessment of work-related psychosocial hazards--a review of diagnostic tools].
Med Pr. 2012; 63(2): 237-50
Potocka A
Holistic management of the organization also covers psychosocial risk management. Gathering information about psychosocial work-related hazards is the first step of the psychosocial risk management. In this process, the identification of the occupational indicators on work-related stress must be done. The paper presents a review of the measures available to assess psychosocial work-related hazards which are available in Poland. The following measures are included: Psychosocial Working Conditions, Effort-Reward Imbalance (ERI), Subjective Assessment Work Characteristics Questionnaire, Objective Work Characteristics Questionnaire, HSE Indicator Tool, Brief Scale of Vocational Stress, questionnaire "Psychosocial Factors" and Questionnaire of Occupational Burdens in Teaching. Besides the basic information about the measures (e.g. scales, examples of items, psychometric parameters), critical assessment of each measure in relation to its usefulness is also provided. The main conclusion is that a well-specified goal of diagnosis and planned intervention is the key issue while choosing a questionnaire. The review of tools available in Poland can be of great help for occupational health and safety professionals, and support them in the work aimed at improvement of psychosocial working-conditions.
HubMed - Electro Acupuncture
[Effect of electroacupuncture on expression of signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 in focal ischemic cerebral tissue in cerebral ischemia rats].
Zhen Ci Yan Jiu. 2012 Apr; 37(2): 108-13
Su MZ, Yi W, Huang KB, Liu R, Xu NG
To observe the effect of electroacupuncture (EA) intervention on expression of signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT 3) in the focal ischemic cerebral tissue, so as to study its mechanism underlying improving ischemic stroke.A total of 150 SD rats were randomized into sham operation (control) group, cerebral ischemia (CI) model (model) group and EA group which were further randomly divided into 2 hour (2 h), 1 day (1 d), 3 d, 1 week (1 W) and 3 W subgroups (n = 6/subgroup for immunohistochemistry, n = 4/subgroup for Western blot). CI model was established by occlusion of the middle cerebral artery with electro-coagulation method. EA (3 Hz/20 Hz, 2-3 V) was applied to "Baihui" (GV 20) and "Dazhui "(GV 14) for 30 min. The expression of cerebral STAT 3 was detected by immunofluorescence histochemistry and laser-confocal microscopy, and Western blot, separately.Compared with the control group, cerebral STAT 3 immunofluorescence intensity values at the time-points of 2 h, 1 d, 3 d and 1 W, STAT 3 protein expression levels at the time-points of 2 h, 1 d and 3 d in the model group were increased significantly (P < 0.001, P < 0.05). After acupuncture intervention, cerebral STAT 3 immunofluorescence intensity values at the time-points of 1 d, 3 d, 1 W and 3 W, STAT 3 protein expression levels at the time-points of 1 d, 3 d and 3 W in the EA group were down-regulated considerably (P < 0.001, P < 0.01, P < 0.05). No significant differences were found between the control and model groups in STAT 3 immunofluorescence intensity at 3 W, and in STAT 3 protein expression levels at 1 W and 3 W, and between the EA and model groups in STAT 3 immunofluorescence intensity at 2 h, and in STAT 3 protein expression at 2 h, 3 d and 1 W (P > 0.05).EA therapy can down-regulate the expression level of STAT 3 protein in the regional ischemic cerebral tissue in cerebral ischemia rats, which may contribute to its efficacy in the treatment of acute and chronic ischemic stroke.
