Mediating effect of coping strategies on the relation between social support and depressive symptoms among patients after cardiac transplantation.

Objectives: This study aimed to evaluate the role of different types of coping strategies as a mediator in social support and depressive symptoms among patients after cardiac transplantation.

Methods: 123 participants after heart transplantation took part in the study. All the participants completed self-report questionnaires using the following instruments: Beck Depression Inventory Short Form (BDI SF), Berlin Social Support Scales (BSSS) and Coping Orientation to Problems Experienced (the brief COPE).

Factors Influencing Decision Making About Living Donation Among Medical Students.

Aim: This study aimed to assess the factors influencing decision making about living donation among medical students.

Method: Three standardized survey questionnaires (the Altruism Questionnaire A-N, the Individual Questionnaire for studying approaches to transplantology, the Interpersonal Reactivity Index) were used among 316 students of nursing and paramedics.

Results: Nearly all the respondents (98%) approve cell transplantation, tissue transplantation, and organ transplantation if obtained from living donors.

Level of Life Quality in Heart and Kidney Transplant Recipients: A Multicenter Study.

Objective: The main objective of the researchers was to determine the level of life quality among heart and kidney transplant recipients depending on the time and type of the transplant.

Methods: The study was conducted using standardized questionnaires: the 36-Item Short-Form Health Survey, Life Orientation Test-Revised, and Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale. The study included 146 recipients (109 heart transplant recipients and 37 kidney transplant recipients) from 1 to 26 years after the transplantation surgery (mean 9 years).

The mediational effect of coherence on the relationship between mental load and job burnout among oncology nurses.

Aims: The purpose of this study was to determine the mediational effect of coherence on the relationship between mental load and job burnout among oncology nurses.

Background: Working stress and strain cause high mental load and can lead to job burnout among oncology nurses. Sense of coherence protects against the negative consequences of occupational mental load and may prevent professional burnout.

The effect of clinical variables on distress and depressive symptoms among heart transplant recipients.

Background: Heart transplantation (HTx) is the standard treatment for end-stage cardiomyopathy and coronary artery disease. Although major improvements have been made in the prevention and treatment of acute graft rejection, comorbidities still limit the long-term survival of heart transplant recipients. The risk of poor outcome, such us major health status aggravation and death, can stimulate the occurrence of depression and stress in this population.

Sense of Coherence vs. Mental Load in Nurses Working at a Chemotherapy Ward.

Objective: The aim of this study was to analyze the relationship between the sense of coherence and the level of mental load among nurses working at a chemotherapy ward.

Methods: The study, conducted in 2013, included 164 nurses working at inpatient chemotherapy wards in Krakow, Poznan, Kielce, and Gliwice (Poland). The mean age of the study participants was 43.

Shift schedule, work-family relationships, marital communication, job satisfaction and health among transport service shift workers.

Objectives: Existing research has documented that shiftwork consequences may depend on the shift system parameters. Fast rotating systems (1-3 shifts of the same kind in a row) and day work have been found to be less disruptive biologically and socially than slower rotating systems and afternoon and night work. The aim of this study was to compare day workers and shift workers of different systems in terms of rotation speed and shifts worked with regard to work-family and family-work positive and negative spillover, marital communication style, job satisfaction and health.

The influence of sense of coherence on emotional response in heart transplant recipients - a preliminary report.

Introduction: The success of heart transplantation in prolonging life and well-being must be considered in reference to its psycho-social outcomes, which intrinsically affect the long-term post-transplant morbidity. Sense of coherence and emotional response to organ reception are important factors in this group of patients.

The Aim Of This Study: The aim of this study was to assess the contribution of sense of coherence to emotional response to transplantation in heart transplant recipients.

[Psychometric properties assessment of the Meister questionnaire (Polish version) used in evaluating mental load among nurses].

Background: The objective of this study was to assess psychometric properties of the Polish version of the Meister questionnaire for subjective assessment of work-related mental load among nurses.

Material And Methods: A group of 211 nurses (mean age, 43.1 +/- 7.

The role of rewards and demands in burnout among surgical nurses.

Objective: Job rewards have both, an intrinsic and an extrinsic motivational potential, and lead to employees' development as well as help them to achieve work goals. Rewards can balance job demands and protect from burnout. Due to changes on the labour market, new studies are needed.

Empathy and burnout among physicians of different specialities.

Aim: The aim of this study was to assess the level of empathy and burnout among physicians of different specialization, as well as to determine whether a correlation existed between the level of empathy and burnout.

Materials And Method: Seventy-one physicians took part in the study - 25 women (35.2%) and 46 men (age between 25 to 68 years).