Job-related burnout and the relationship to quality of life among Chinese medical college staff.

Although staffs in medical colleges have traditionally been characterized as a stressed group of people, there are no specific studies assessing burnout and the relationship to quality of life (QOL). The purpose of this cross-sectional study was to evaluate job-related burnout and the relationship to QOL among medical college staff in mainland China. Some 360 medical college staffs from 15 schools and departments were enrolled in the study.

[Item function analysis on the Quality of Life-Alzheimer's Disease(QOL-AD)Chinese version, based on the Item Response Theory(IRT)].

Objective: To introduce the Item Function Analysis(IFA) of Quality of Life- Alzheimer's disease(QOL-AD)Chinese version and to explore the feasibility of its application on Chinese patients with AD.

Methods: Two hundred AD patients were interviewed and assessed by QOL-AD, through the stratified cluster sampling method. Multilog 7.

Reliability and validity of the quality of life-Alzheimer disease Chinese version.

Objectives: To evaluate the psychometric properties of the quality of life-Alzheimer disease (QOL-AD) Chinese version in patients with dementia in mainland, China and to compare patient and caregiver reports of patient QOL.

Methods: The QOL-AD Chinese version was established following standard guidelines for cross-cultural adaptation of measures. The reliability was assessed by internal consistency and test-retest reliability.

[Related factors on patients with depression related to Alzheimer's disease based on the improved cumulative logistic regression].

Objective: To explore the determinants of Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients with depression.

Methods: The degree of depression on AD patients was assessed by the geriatric depression scale. Improved cumulative logistic regression (ICLR) was used to analyze the determinants of AD patients with depression.

[Current status and influencing factors regarding quality of life among patients with Alzheimer's disease].

Objective: To investigate the current status and influencing factors regarding quality of life among patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD).

Methods: Through stratified cluster sampling method, two hundred patients with AD and their caregivers were chosen and interviewed. AD patients were assessed by questionnaires, Montreal Cognitive Assessment, and Quality of Life-Alzheimer's Disease (QOL-AD), in order to compare the reports from patients and caregivers on QOL-AD and to analyze related influencing factors.