1.Canonical correlation of professional stress,social support and somatic symptoms of sub-health status in Ningbo normal senior school teachers
Yonglong ZHOU ; Wenqiang WU ; Weicheng CHEN
Chinese Journal of Behavioral Medicine and Brain Science 2009;18(3):271-272
Objective To explore the relationship of professional stress,social support and somatic symptoms of sub-health status of Ningbo normal senior school teachers. Methods 128 normal senior school teachers were selected and investigated by professional stress scale,social support scale and somatic symptoms of sub-health status scale, and canonical correlation analysis was used. Results The canonical correlation coefficient were 0.563, 0.471( P <0.01) with the existence of social support variable. The somatic symptoms of sub-health status would be greater with the rise of their professional stress and the decline of their social support. The canonical correlation coefficient was 0.497( P <0.01) with the elimination of social support variable. The factor loading of "examination pressure","professional burden" and "career expectation" in canonical variable ξ add to 0.801,0.855,0.726 respectively. The factor loading of "feeling of fatigue","sleep disorders" in canonical variable η add to 0.774,0.859 respectively. Conclusion The social support have adjustment function between the professional stress and somatic symptoms of sub-health status.
2.Use of the stochastic frontier cost model in the technical efficiency evaluation of TCM hospitals
Weicheng WANG ; Wu ZENG ; Yuanyuan BING
Chinese Journal of Hospital Administration 1996;0(05):-
Objective To analyze the present situation of technical efficiency in TCM hospitals throughout the country, discuss the influencing factors causing inefficiency and propose corresponding suggestions. Methods The technical efficiency in 60 TCM hospitals in the country was analyzed using the stochastic frontier cost model for panel data and the influencing factors causing inefficiency were discussed using the multiple stepwise regression method. Results The average technical inefficiency was 22.59% and inefficiency showed an upward trend as the areas shifted from the eastern through the middle to the western regions. Five factors, including the utility rate of beds and the proportion of health technicians among the entire hospital staff, were statistically significant so far as the effect on the increase of the overall cost was concerned. Conclusion The stochastic frontier cost model for panel data is the best method for evaluating the technical efficiency in TCM hospitals. On the basis of the above analysis, suggestions for strengthening scientific management, improving the utility rate of resources and reducing unnecessary waste are put forward.
3.Therapeutic and antimicrobial efficacy of macrolides,minocycline, and tosufloxacin against macrolide-resistant mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia in pediatric patients
Lufei LIN ; Weicheng LU ; Yanhong WU
Chinese Journal of Biochemical Pharmaceutics 2014;(3):84-87,90
Objective To observe the differences in the therapeutic efficacies of macrolides,minocycline,and tosufloxacin against macrolide-resistant Mycoplasma pneumoniae(MRMP).Methods A total of 188 children with M.pneumoniae pneumonia confirmed by culture and PCR were analyzed.Of these,150 patients had a strain with an MR gene and 134 had one with an A-to-G mutation at position 2063 of M.pneumoniae 23S rRNA domain V.Azithromycin(n=27),clarithromycin(n=23),tosufloxacin(n=62),or minocycline(n=38)was used for definitive treatment of patients with MR M.pneumoniae.Among the 188 patients,the other 38 patients with macrolide-sensitive Mycoplasma pneumonia (MSMP)were grouped into azithromycin(n =16)and clarithromycin groups(n =22)for observing whether there is differences with respect to efficacy under parallel treatment between patients with MRMP and MSMP. Results Defervescence within 48 h after the initiation of antibiotic therapy was observed in 41%of the patients in the azithromycin group,48% of those in the clarithromycin group,69% of those in the tosufloxacin group,and 87% of those in the minocycline group.The average number of days of fever after the administration of antibiotic treatment was lower in the minocycline and tosufloxacin groups than in the macrolide groups(azithromycin and clarithromycin groups).The decrease in the M.pneumoniae burden,as estimated by the number of DNA copies,after 48 to 96 h of treatment was more rapid in patients receiving minocycline(P=0.016)than in those receiving tosufloxacin(P=0.049),azithromycin(P=0.273),or clarithromycin(P=0.107).Conclusion We found that the clinical and bacteriological efficacies of macrolides against MR M.pneumoniae pneumonia was low.Our results indicated that minocycline rather than tosufloxacin can be considered the first-choice drug for the treatment of M.pneumoniae pneumonia in children aged >8 years.
4.In vitro corrosion resistance of titanium abutment and different alloys
Weicheng HUANG ; Zejian WU ; Weisheng CHEN
Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research 2015;19(30):4784-4789
BACKGROUND:Except for mechanical properties and physical and chemical properties, corrosion resistance testing is necessary for a variety of biomedical materials applied in the oral environment to ensure the biocompatibility of materials. OBJECTIVE:To explore the corrosion resistance of titanium abutment and different titanium aloysin vitro. METHODS:Corrosion environment byin vitroartificial saliva was constructed with pH=6.0 at (37±0.5)℃. Potentiodynamic polarization technique, scanning electron microscope and X-ray diffraction methods were employed to assess the corrosion resistance of titanium aloy, gold aloy, nickel-chromium aloy, and titanium abutment immersed in the artificial saliva for 24 hours. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION:Different aloys had different steady-state potentials, and the range of passivation region was the largest for gold aloy, folowed by titanium abutments and titanium aloys, and the smalest for nickel-chromium aloy. After 24 hours of immersion in the artificial saliva, passivation films appeared on the surface of different materials. under the scanning electron microscope, the nickel-chromium aloy surface showed obvious traces of corrosion and there were a large number of large-diameter deep pits, but no corrosion occurred on the surface of the remaining three kinds of aloys; on the surface of nickel-chromium aloy, the contents of chromium, molybdenum and aluminum were decreased, and the contents of nickel and oxygen were increased, but there were stil no changes on the surface of the remaining aloys. Cr2O3 was found on the surfaceof nickel-chromium aloy, TiO2 was generated on the surface of titanium abutment and titanium aloy, but Au and Pt stil existed in a single phase on the surface of gold aloy. These findings indicate that titanium aloy and titanium abutment have similar corrosion resistance that is inferior to the gold aloy, but better than the nickel-chromium aloy.
5.Study on influence of rhinoplasty on accepter′ s body image
Kang YIN ; Weicheng GAO ; Guoping WU ; Delin XIA ; Liping ZHAO
Chongqing Medicine 2017;46(12):1629-1631
Objective To analyze the effect of the rhinoplasty on body image in the patients receiving cosmetic surgery,to investigate the change of postoperative body image disturbance(BDD)and to analyze the influencing factors of preoperative BDD in order to provide a basis for the psychological health management and reference for the diagnosis and treatment of plastic surgery.Methods A prospective study was performed on 84 patients with rhinoplasty admitted to the Affiliated Friendship Aesthetic Plastic Surgery Hospital of Nanjing Medical University from January 2015 to March 2016.The general data were investigated.The Plastic Psychological State Self-rating Scale was adopted to evaluate the patient′s body image situation,which was reexamined at postoperative 1-3 months.Results The preoperative non-BDD accounted for 60.71%,the occurrence rate of BDD was 19.05%,the other mental disorders,mental diseases or nervous system disease which had no relation with the BDD accounted for 20.24%;the occurrence rate of postoperative BDD was significantly lower than that of preoperative BDD(P<0.05),moreover the patients with non-BDD had no postoperative BDD occurrence.The scores of question 1-10 before operation in the BDD group were higher than those in the non-BDD group,the scores of question 1-4 after operation in the non-BDD group were decreased,the scores of question 1-4,6-10 in the BDD group were decreased,while the scores of question 1,7,9-10 in the BDD group were higher than those in the non-BDD group(P<0.05).The proportion of preoperative rhinoplasty and plastic surgery in the BDD group was higher than that in the non-BDD group,the difference was statistically significant(P<0.05).Conclusion The occurrence rate of BDD in the patients with rhinoplasty is higher,operation is conducive to lessen the BDD,moreover operation itself will not result in new BDD.
6.Expression of GAP-43 in Midbrain Ventral Tegmental Area of Morphine With-drawal Rats
Liangming LUO ; Yufeng WU ; Weicheng NI ; Hua ZHU
Journal of Forensic Medicine 2013;(5):330-332,336
Objective To observe the protein expression of grow thassociated protein-43 (GAP-43) in mid-brain ventral tegmental area in morphine withdrawal rats at different time, and to evaluate the effect of GAP-43 on morphine withdrawal memory. Methods Rat models of morphine dependent 1 week, 2 weeks and 4 weeks were established by morphine hydrochloride intraperitoneal injection with increasing doses to establish natural withdrawal. The protein expression of GAP-43 in midbrain ventral tegmental area was observed by im munohistochemical staining and the results were analyzed by Im age-Pro Plus 5.1 im-age analysis system . Results With prolongation of dependent time, the expression of GAP-43 was de-creased then increased in midbrain ventral tegmental area . Conclusion GAP-43 could play arole in morphine withdrawal memory in midbrain ventral tegmental area.
7.Injured vertebra pedicle screw fixation and cross-segment pedicle screw fixation for thoracolumbar fracture:a meta-analysis
Yi WU ; Hebei HE ; Yongjian SUN ; Weicheng LI ; Chao DING
Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research 2015;(22):3604-3608
BACKGROUND:Thoracolumbar fracture becomes more in the clinic. The fixation manner of thoracolumbar fracture is controversial. Injured vertebra pedicle screw fixation or traditional cross-segment pedicle screw fixation are controversial and lack the support of evidence-based medicine. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the outcomes of injured vertebra pedicle screw and cross-segment pedicle screw fixation for thoracolumbar fractures. METHODS: According to Cochrane system evaluation, the folowing databases were retrieved: National Library of Medicine database, China National Knowledge Infrastructure, Wanfang database and VIP database. Conference proceedings were searched by hand. The retrieval time ranged from 2005 to March 2015. Randomized controled trials were colected. Meta-analysis was performed by using Cochrane Colaboration Revman 4.2. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: By screening, a total of 14 clinical controled trials were selected, including 956 patients. Meta-analysis results showed that postoperative Cobb angle was improved significantly in the vertebral pedicle screw group than in the cross-segment pedicle screw fixation group (OR=-2.72, 95%CI:-3.08--2.35,P < 0.01). Correction rate of the vertebral height was higher in the vertebral pedicle screw group than in the cross-segment pedicle screw fixation group (OR=7.45, 95%CI:6.94-7.97,P < 0.01). The failure rate was lower in the vertebral pedicle screw group than in the cross-segment pedicle screw fixation group (OR=0.12, 95%CI: 0.05- 0.27,P < 0.01). Results verify that postoperative Cobb angle improved significantly after the injured vertebrae pedicle screw and cross-segment pedicle screw fixation for thoracolumbar fractures. The height was obviously corrected and fewer complications were caused such as implant failure. The fixation effect was good.
8.Comparison of the screening effects between Wells and revised Geneva scores on suspected acute pulmonary thromboembolism
Weicheng WU ; Jiyan LIN ; Chengbin YANG ; Yuzhen WU ; Xiangmei YU ; Jiaquan LIU ; Zili ZHANG
Chinese Journal of Emergency Medicine 2012;21(3):282-285
Objective To compare the screening effects between Wells and revised Geneva scores on suspected acute pulmonary thromboembolism (APTE),and to explore a optimum screening method for APTE in the emergency department of China.Methods The study was carried out by using random,crossed,prospective methods to compare the screening effects between Wells and revised Geneva scores for 167 suspected APTE patients in the emergency department of the First Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University.Results The areas under the receiver operating characteristic curve of Wells and revised Geneva scores for screening APTE in the emergency department were (0.917 ± 0.022 ) and (0.927 ± 0.020),respectively ( P < 0.05 ).The diagnostic concordance between the two score systems for predicting APTE was poor (Kappa value =0.276 ). In addition, the difference between their hierarchical discrimination for the possibility of APTE was statistically significant ( P < 0.05 ).Compared with revised Geneva score,fewer patients were diagnosed with low clinical probability of APTE and more patients were diagnosed with intermediate or high clinical probability of APTE through Wells score.The patients with low chnical probability of APTE were excluded from pulmonary embolism in Wells or revised Geneva score.At intermediate clinical probability,the accuracy rate of Wells score for predicting APTE (9.64%) was lower than that (32.84% ) of revised Geneva ( P < 0.05 ).At high clinical probability,there was no significant difference between their accuracy rate [ (67.24% vs.86.21%),P>0.05]. Conclusions Revised Geneva score is more suitable than Wells score in screening suspected APTE patients in the emergency department in our country.
9.Application of quantitative of preferentially expressed antigen of melanoma gene expression in monitoring acute myeloid leukemia and minimal residual disease
Shufen HU ; Dongmei TAN ; Weicheng XIE ; Ting PANG ; Zhiwei LIU ; Puzhao WU
Journal of Leukemia & Lymphoma 2015;24(2):115-117
Objective To investigate the expression of the preferentially expressed antigen of melanoma (PRAME) gene in acute myeloid leukemia (AML),and to evaluate its applicability in monitoring minimal residual disease (MRD).Methods Bone marrow specimens were collected from 63 cases of de-novo AML,while 34 samples from 11 patients were tracked for 28 months.The level of PRAME mRNA was measured by real time RT-PCR.Results The PRAME gene expressed in 52.4 % (33/63) of de-novo patients,and the positive rate was highest in M3 than that in other subtypes of AML.The expression of PRAME became negative after treatment and increased in the following months before morphology relapse.Conclusion The PRAME gene is highly expressed in AML and could be a useful marker to monitor MRD.
10.Effect of intermediate care on the recurrence and recurrence rate of elderly patients with cerebral infarction
Yufu WU ; Xiaohong LIU ; Haoran WANG ; Jie ZHAO ; Weicheng GUO ; Zheng CHEN
Clinical Medicine of China 2017;33(2):97-101
Objective To observe the effect of intermediate care on recurrence factors and recurrence rate of elderly patients with cerebral infarction.Methods Five Hundred and ninety-eight cases of acute cerebral stroke were divided into two groups,301 cases in the experimental group and 297 cases in the control group.After the acute stage,patients in the experimental group was included into the intermediate care unit.The experimental group was given comprehensive evaluation and multidisciplinary management,including the combination of traditional Chinese and Western medicine treatment,rehabilitation training and physical therapy,medication guidance,nursing and health education.After the acute stage of the disease,the control group patients were in the general ward.The course of treatment was 2 weeks.At baseline(t0),second weeks(t1),sixth months(t2)and twelfth months(t3),the blood pressure(SBP,DBP),fasting blood-glucose(FBG),blood lipid(TC,TG,LDL),serum homocysteine(Hcy)level and the recurrence rate of cerebral infarction in all two groups were observed.Results SBP at t1,t2 and t3 was lower than that at t0 in the experimental group,and the difference was statistically significant(P<0.05).SBP in the experimental group at t2 and t3 was lower than that in the control group.There was significant difference between the experimental group and the control group(P<0.05).DBP at t2 and t3 was lower than that at t0 in the experimental group,and the difference was statistically significant(P<0.05).DP in the experimental group at t2 and t3 was lower than that in the control group.There was significant difference between the experimental group and the control group(P<0.05).FBG at t1((5.34±0.76)mmol/L),t2(5.86±1.05)mmol/L)and t3(5.62±0.89)mmol/L)were lower than that at t0((7.27±2.34)mmol/L),and the difference was statistically significant(P<0.05).FBG in the experimental group at t2 and t3 were lower than that in the control group((6.85±0.92)mmol/L,(6.36±1.03)mmol/L).There was significant difference between two groups(P<0.05).TC at t1((4.86±0.85)mmol/L),t2((4.21±0.76)mmol/L)and t3((3.95±0.64)mmol/L)were lower than that at t0((5.56±1.06)mmol/L),and the difference was statistically significant(P<0.05).TC in the experimental group at t2 and t3 was lower than that in the control group((5.06±0.93)mmol/L,(4.84±0.76)mmol/L).There was significant difference between two groups(P<0.05).TG at t3((1.48±0.26)mmol/L)was lower than that at t0((1.86±1.31)mmol/L),and the difference was statistically significant(P<0.05).TG in the experimental group at t3 was lower than that in the control group((1.71±0.66)mmol/L).There was significant difference between two groups(P<0.05).LDL at t1((3.76±0.92)mmol/L),t2((3.09±0.62)mmol/L)and t3((2.59±0.51)mmol/L)were lower than that at t0((4.59±1.45)mmol/L),and the difference was statistically significant(P<0.05).LDL in the experimental group at t2and t3 was lower than that in the control group((4.09±0.75)mmol/L,(4.12±0.64)mmol/L).There was significant difference between two groups(P<0.05).Hcy at t1((14.16±3.17)μmol/L),t2((10.37±2.59)μmol/L)and t3((10.10±1.86)μmol/L)were lower than that at t0((23.62±5.62)μmol/L),and the difference was statistically significant(P<0.05).Hcy in the experimental group at t2and t3 was lower than that in the control group((18.52±3.64)μmol/L,(16.37±2.75)μmol/L).There was significant difference between two groups(P<0.05).The recurrence rate of cerebral infarction within 1 years was 4.7%(14/301)and 7.1%(21/297)in the experimental group and the control group.There was a decreasing tendency,but no statistical significance(P=0.208).Conclusion The intermediate care may affect the blood pressure,FBG,blood lipids,serum Hcy levels in elderly patients with cerebral infarction,so as to reduce the recurrence rate of cerebral infarction.