scholarly journals Cardiorespiratory Interaction and Autonomic Sleep Quality Improve during Sleep in Beds Made from Pinus cembra (Stone Pine) Solid Wood

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (18) ◽  
pp. 9749
Author(s):  
Vincent Grote ◽  
Matthias Frühwirth ◽  
Helmut K. Lackner ◽  
Nandu Goswami ◽  
Markus Köstenberger ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Well Being ◽  
Solid Wood ◽  
Bornyl Acetate ◽  
Vagal Activity ◽  
Pinus Cembra ◽  
Stone Pine ◽  
Sinus Arrhythmia ◽  
Subjective Assessments ◽  
Acetate Lead ◽  
Study Participants

Cardiorespiratory interactions (CRIs) reflect the mutual tuning of two important organismic oscillators—the heartbeat and respiration. These interactions can be used as a powerful tool to characterize the self-organizational and recreational quality of sleep. In this randomized, blinded and cross-over design study, we investigated CRIs in 15 subjects over a total of 253 nights who slept in beds made from different materials. One type of bed, used as control, was made of melamine faced chipboard with a wood-like appearance, while the other type was made of solid wood from stone pine (Pinus cembra). We observed a significant increase of vagal activity (measured by respiratory sinus arrhythmia), a decrease in the heart rate (as an indicator of energy consumption during sleep) and an improvement in CRIs, especially during the first hours of sleep in the stone pine beds as compared to the chipboard beds. Subjective assessments of study participants’ well-being in the morning and sub-scalar assessments of their intrapsychic stability were significantly better after they slept in the stone pine bed than after they slept in the chipboard bed. Our observations suggest that CRIs are sensitive to detectable differences in indoor settings that are relevant to human health. Our results are in agreement with those of other studies that have reported that exposure to volatile phytochemical ingredients of stone pine (α-pinene, limonene, bornyl acetate) lead to an improvement in vagal activity and studies that show a reduction in stress parameters upon contact with solid wood surfaces.

scholarly journals Diversity of Essential Oils and the Respective Hydrolates Obtained from Three Pinus cembra Populations in the Austrian Alps

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (12) ◽  
pp. 5686
Author(s):  
Remigius Chizzola ◽  
Felix Billiani ◽  
Stefan Singer ◽  
Johannes Novak
Keyword(s):  
Essential Oils ◽  
Food Industry ◽  
Steam Distillation ◽  
Well Being ◽  
High Mountain ◽  
Mountain Range ◽  
Pinus Cembra ◽  
Stone Pine ◽  
Individual Trees ◽  
High Mountain Range

Pinus cembra, stone pine, is an Alpine coniferous tree rich in aromatic compounds. Twigs with needles are used commonly to produce essential oils for various purposes in pharmacy, food industry, and cosmetics. Hydrolates as byproducts of hydrodistillation encounter increasing interest owing to their aromatic properties. The variabilities in the compositions of essential oil and the related hydrolates are studied in samples from individual trees growing on three sites in the Austrian high mountain range. The essential oils have been obtained by steam distillation. All essential oils contained monoterpene hydrocarbons as main compounds, especially α-pinene (36–37%), β-phellandrene (27–30%), and β-pinene (7–9%). In contrast, the volatiles in the corresponding hydrolates were dominated by oxidized compounds as α-terpineol (28–34%), terpinen-4-ol (6–8%), and verbenone (6–7%). The pinene rich essential oils might be used in pharmacy as pinene containing oils from other Pinus species, while the hydrolates are of interest for cosmetics and other well-being promoting products.

scholarly journals Relationship between Competency to Consent to Treatment and Psychological Well-Being: Mediating Effect of Empowerment and Emotion

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (15) ◽  
pp. 8170
Author(s):  
Yeun-Joo Hur ◽  
Joon-Ho Park ◽  
MinKyu Rhee
Keyword(s):  
Well Being ◽  
Treatment Evaluation ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Mediation Effect ◽  
Psychiatric Outpatients ◽  
Psychological Well Being ◽  
Consent To Treatment ◽  
Study Participants ◽  
The Relationship

This study was conducted to evaluate the competency to consent to the treatment of psychiatric outpatients and to confirm the role of empowerment and emotional variables in the relationship between competency to consent to treatment and psychological well-being. The study participants consisted of 191 psychiatric outpatients who voluntarily consented to the study among psychiatric outpatients. As a result of competency to consent to treatment evaluation, the score of the psychiatric outpatient’s consent to treatment was higher than the cut-off point for both the overall and sub-factors, confirming that they were overall good. In addition, the effect of the ability of application on psychological well-being among competency to consent to treatment was verified using PROCESS Macro, and the double mediation effect using empowerment and emotional variables was verified to provide an expanded understanding of this. As a result of the analysis, empowerment completely mediated the relation between the ability of application and psychological well-being, and the relation between the ability of application and psychological well-being was sequentially mediated by empowerment and emotion-related variables. Based on these findings, the implications and limitations of this study were discussed.

scholarly journals A Longitudinal Analysis of SF-36 scores Within the Candrive Cohort: An Example of Survivor Bias

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 528-528
Author(s):  
Michel Bedard ◽  
Hillary Maxwell ◽  
Isabelle Gelinas ◽  
Shawn Marshall ◽  
Gary Naglie ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Prospective Studies ◽  
Mental Component Summary ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Early Years ◽  
Driving Cessation ◽  
Completion Status ◽  
Sf 36 ◽  
Survivor Bias ◽  
Study Participants ◽  
Health And Well Being

Abstract A bias inherent to prospective studies is focusing only on individuals who remain in the study; these individuals may differ from those who leave early. To examine this issue, we analyzed SF-36 scores by completion status for individuals enrolled in the seven-year Candrive cohort. The SF-36 provides a self-reported evaluation of health and well-being along two subscales, the Physical Component Summary (PCS) and the Mental Component Summary (MCS). Of 928 participants in the cohort, 887 had at least two consecutive years of data starting at baseline (age=76.17, SD=4.81; 61.9% male). A total of 142 participants had 7 years of data. Study discontinuation (due to withdrawal, driving cessation, or death) happened least in early years, and peaked after 6 years (n=235). When analyzed according to completion status, patterns of change in SF-36 scores varied. For example, participants with 7 years of data had mean PCS scores ranging from 51.41 (SD=7.92) at baseline to 46.93 (SD=9.46) at year 7, a change of 0.75 points per year. For those with only two years of data, scores were lower and dropped from 45.82 (SD=9.98) to 43.59 (SD=10.90), a change of 2.23 points over a single year (p<.001). Differences are also evident for other groups. While the results indicate relative stability of SF-36 scores among participants who remained in the study, participants who dropped out reported greater deterioration in scores. These results highlight important differences between participants based on completion status.

Protean and Boundaryless Career Attitude as Determinants of Well-being Among Indian IT Temporary Agency Workers

2021 ◽  
pp. 097226292110362
Author(s):  
Swati Alok ◽  
Rajthilak R.
Keyword(s):  
Employee Engagement ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Direct Effects ◽  
Mediation Effects ◽  
Validated Questionnaire ◽  
Boundaryless Career ◽  
Management Approaches ◽  
Study Participants ◽  
Temporary Agency Workers

The growth of temporary and non-standard employment arrangements post liberalization drives temporary agency workers (TAWs), especially of the information technology (IT) sector, to be agents of their own career identities. As a result, TAWs embrace self-managed/adaptable career management approaches namely protean career (PCO) and boundaryless career (BCO) orientations for their long-term sustainability and well-being. This study investigated the direct effects of PCO and BCO on TAW’s well-being, also, their indirect effects thorough perceived employability (PE). Study participants were 246 TAWs employed by leading Indian IT recruitment agencies and deployed to work for various IT clients. Data were collected through validated questionnaire and analysed through structural equation modelling. Findings confirm direct effects of PCO and BCO on TAW well-being and partial mediation effects of PE. Thus, to boost TAWs’ well-being, organizations may consider developing their protean attitudes via employee engagement programmes, staff agencies through counselling to map workers values/interest with their assigned projects, TAWs workers themselves proactively participating in the challenging assignment at the client place.

Job demand and control among clinical nurses in a provincial hospital and related factors: Results from a cross-sectional study in 2020.

2021 ◽  
Vol 05 (02) ◽  
pp. 20-30
Author(s):  
Thi Thu Thuy Tran ◽  
◽  
Thi Huong Nguyen ◽  
Van Bang Nguyen ◽  
Thi Thanh Xuan Le
Keyword(s):  
Well Being ◽  
Job Control ◽  
Work Environments ◽  
Related Factors ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Clinical Nurses ◽  
Provincial Hospital ◽  
Job Demand ◽  
Study Participants ◽  
Night Shifts

Objective: This study aimed to examine the psychological work environments and associated factors among clinical nurses in a provincial tertiary hospital in the North of Vietnam in 2020. Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted among all nurses of 22 clinical wards who directly provided care to patients. 261/318 eligible nurses returned the self-reported survey questionnaires that consisted of the Vietnamese version of the Job Content Questionnaire 22 items and originally developed questions on personal characteristics and work conditions. Descriptive analysis, t-test, ANOVA, and multivariate linear regressions were applied to describe the current job demand, job control, and related factors at the significant level p less than 0.05. Results: The response rate of the current study was 82.1%. Nurses reported moderate job demand (29.39±3.64) and job control (66.86±5.79). Increased job control was significantly associated with more frequency of receiving support from superiors (p<0.001), a self-perceived opportunity of promotion (p = 0.011), and more night shifts per week (p=0.004). Less support from co-workers and more night shifts were associated with a higher job demand score among study participants (p = 0.041 and 0.002, respectively). Conclusions: Several nurses in the provincial hospital work in unfavorable work environments with high job demand and low job control, which could adversely affect nurses’ well-being. It is essential to promote social support at work to improve the psychological working conditions and performance of study participants. Keywords: Job demand, Job control, JCQ, clinical nurses, provincial hospital, Vietnam

scholarly journals Cardiac Vagus and Exercise

Physiology ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 71-80 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexander V. Gourine ◽  
Gareth L. Ackland
Keyword(s):  
Heart Rate ◽  
Healthy Aging ◽  
Exercise Physiology ◽  
Experimental Studies ◽  
Genomic Data ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Vagal Activity ◽  
Physiological Modeling ◽  
Resting Heart Rate ◽  
Molecular Neuroscience

Lower resting heart rate and high autonomic vagal activity are strongly associated with superior exercise capacity, maintenance of which is essential for general well-being and healthy aging. Recent evidence obtained in experimental studies using the latest advances in molecular neuroscience, combined with human exercise physiology, physiological modeling, and genomic data suggest that the strength of cardiac vagal activity causally determines our ability to exercise.

scholarly journals Is stress an important co morbid factor for hypertension among legal professionals

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (5) ◽  
pp. 1899
Author(s):  
L. Kannan ◽  
Praveena P.
Keyword(s):  
High Stress ◽  
Simple Random Sampling ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
District Court ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Legal Professionals ◽  
The Difference ◽  
The Right ◽  
Study Participants

Background: Stress is a mental, physical and emotional response to life demands. Long hours of work, client demands, changing laws- creates stress and eventually hypertension among advocates. Well-being of the advocates are being questioned. Hence the main objective of the study is to evaluate the relationship between stress and hypertension among practising advocates.Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in a sample of 300 practising advocates at Madurai district court for a period of 1 year by simple random sampling method.Results: Around 133 (44.33%) and 167 (55.66%) of study participants were in level of high stress and low stress respectively. Among high stressed participants, a majority of 113 (84.96%) were found to be hypertensives and among the low stressed participants only 10 (5.98%) were hypertensives. The difference of observation was found to be statistically significant (p=0.0000).Conclusions: In conclusion the study explains that practising advocates with high perceived stress 113 (84.96%) were found to be hypertensives. Stress has a significant association with hypertension. The right way to manage stress is to implement coping strategies.

scholarly journals Single Slow-Paced Breathing Session at Six Cycles per Minute: Investigation of Dose-Response Relationship on Cardiac Vagal Activity

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (23) ◽  
pp. 12478
Author(s):  
Min You ◽  
Sylvain Laborde ◽  
Nina Zammit ◽  
Maša Iskra ◽  
Uirassu Borges ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Dose Response ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Respiratory Frequency ◽  
Vagal Activity ◽  
Positive Outcomes ◽  
Response Relationship ◽  
Dose Response Relationship ◽  
Paced Breathing ◽  
Symptoms Of Depression ◽  
Session Duration

The practice of slow-paced breathing (SPB) has been linked to a range of positive outcomes, such as decreasing symptoms of depression, anxiety, and stress, as well as increasing well-being. Among the suggested mechanisms of action, SPB has been shown to increase cardiac vagal activity (CVA). The present study aimed to investigate whether there is a dose-response relationship modulating the effects of SPB on CVA. A total of 59 participants were involved in this study. In a within-subject design, participants attended the lab five times, and realized SPB at six cycles per minute with different durations (5, 10, 15, and 20 min), as well as a control condition without SPB. CVA was indexed via the root mean square of successive differences (RMSSD). During SPB, findings showed an increase in RMSSD in all conditions compared to the control condition. However, no differences were found in RMSSD among the different session durations, during SPB or during the resting measurement completed immediately after SPB. Noteworthily, session duration showed an influence on the spontaneous respiratory frequency in the resting measurement occurring immediately after SPB. Specifically, respiratory frequency appears to decrease with session duration, thus potentially contributing to additional relaxing effects.

scholarly journals Job Satisfaction: Analysis of Gender Differences (On the Materials of a Sociological Survey of the Vologda Region)

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 232-245
Author(s):  
Elena A. Basova
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Personality Type ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Quality Of Working Life ◽  
Work Activity ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Level Of Satisfaction ◽  
Subjective Assessments ◽  
High Degree

Improving the quality of working life (QWL) is one of the conditions for intensifying economic growth. The key benchmark here is satisfaction with the work of the working population. Knowledge of the specifics of gender distribution in assessments of job satisfaction contributes to a detailed study of motivational mechanisms and directions (methods) of management practices. A limited cross-section of research on this topic justifies research interest in this area of scientific knowledge. The use of methods of statistical analysis made it possible to identify the features of subjective assessments of men and women in well-being and satisfaction with work life. The information base of the study was the survey data conducted by the Vologda Research Center in 2018. The lowest level of satisfaction among men and women with respect to wages and activities of a trade union organization was determined. An equally high degree of subjective assessments was revealed in the two studied groups in terms of the psychological aspects of labor. The typology of personalities among men and women in relation to satisfaction (well-being) with work activity has been substantiated. Among men, the professionally and status-prosperous personality type predominates; among women, a socially prosperous personality type is distinguished (apart from the material and professional components). The directions are proposed that contribute to the growth of job satisfaction in the context of the two studied groups.

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