A cross-sectional survey on present sample of married women in child-bearing age at Huong Long commune, Hue city. The results: Prevalence of lower genital tract infection were 21.37% (95%CI: 16.67% - 26.93%). Having close relation of lower genital tract infection and some factors such as educational level, knowledge of gynecological disease, safe sex practice, birth time numbers, using of domestic water, numbers generation living to gather one family. There are no find the relation of lower genital tract infection and some factors such as: age, occupation, the economic level of family, history of abortion, menstruation regulation, personal hygiene behaviors
Genital Diseases, Female ; Spouses ; Women ; epidemiology

The research studied on TB detection and result of pulmonic tuberculosis treatment at health centre of Hiep Duc district, Quang Nam province during 2000-2003 periods. The incidence rate of TB was 73.6/105/year and 66,6% AFB(+). Age, educational level and economic level are related to late examination of tuberculosis infected people. Results of treatment was recovery 48,5%, completed treatment 24,3%, discontinued treatment 1%, death 9,1% and ongoing with treatment 17,1%. Late detection and strong AFB(+) prolonged the treatment period. Late detection and spiting of blood at hospital increased the mortality rate.
Tuberculosis ; Plague, Health ; Diagnosis ; Therapeutics

In the year 2002, 132 pregnant women in the commune Huong Long, Hue city were enrolled randomly into a study concerning the knowledge and the practice of prenatal care. Results showed 22% had got rather good level of knowledge, 29.5% moderate level and 42.5% bad level on needed contents of prenatal care. 72% had got previous plan of pregnancy, 60.6% had got full care, 14.4% consumped ferrous folic tablets adequatly. Planed pregnancy, education level and knowledge about prenatal care were the positive factors of closed relation with the pregnant monitoring. 18.3% of babies were abnormal at birth. There is a strict relation with the state of the neonate babies and the factors such as the frequency of pregnant examination, the working characteristics and the weight gain level during pregnancy.
Knowledge ; Prenatal Care ; Pregnant Women ; Epidemiology

In March 2003, a cross-sectional was study conducted on the under five -year -old children’s nutrional status and related factors in HaiChanh commune, HaiLang district, QuangTri province.The survey showed malnourish status of the form of underweight of 29,2%, stunting 44,7% and wasting 5,4%. In the group of under 12 month -old -age infants, the malnourish prevalence was lowest, 6,5%- and this rate increased along the aging and reached the highest of 42,3% at the age from 48 to 60 months. Some other factors such as mother’s knowledge, breast feeding, familial factors,etc.,...had got relations
Malnutrition ; child ; epidemiology

The survey was conducted in Huong Long commune, Hue city, year 2002. 22% pregnant women had good, 29.5 moderate and 48.5 poor knowledge on the contents of prenatal care. 72.5% of pregnancies were previously planned, 60.6% received fully prenatal care, 22.7% received care in the first 3 months of pregnancy, 83.3% received full dose of tetanus vaccin, 14.4% used folic acid and ferrous pill; 60.6% ate more during pregnant period, 78% had light and moderate work load, 43.2% stopped working 30 days before delivery, 67.4% had proper increase of weigh. Previously planned pregnancies, education level, knowledge on prenatal care were closely related with pregnant care. The prevalence of abnormal newborn were 18.3%.
Prenatal Care ; Pregnant Women ; Knowledge ; Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice

Study on 675 married women in child-bearing age at Tam Ngoc commune, Quang Nam province showed that 229 ones of them (33.9%) suffered with lower genital tract infection. Among them, merely cervical infection acquired 82.1%, vulvitis 7.9%, cervical infection and cervical ectropion 4.4%, merely vaginitis 3.9%, vaginitis and cervical infection 0.9%, cervical ectropion 0.4%. Pathogens included: various bacteria 65.9%, Candida spp 32.8%, Trichomonas vaginalis 1.3%. The related factors to genital tract infection were: age, the socialeconomic level of family, using of domestic water, place of practising personal hygience, hygienic condition practice, previous gynecological deseases, knowledge of gynecological diseases, child-birth numbers, gynecological history and the number of generations living in household
Genital Diseases, Female ; Risk Factors ; Women ; Age Factors

Objectives: Survey on erectile dysfunction in patients with lumbosacral disc herniation and evaluation of their clinical improvement after surgical treatment of spinal canal stenosis due to herniated disc. Materials and Methods: 35 patients with lumbosacral were treated with discectomy with posterior intervertebral fusion (PLIF) surgery from 10/2021 - 4/2022 at the Department of Neurology, Hue University of Medicine and Pharmacy Hospital. Patients were evaluated for erectile dysfunction and postoperative improvement using the IIEF-5, CSFQ-14, DASS-21, Oswestry scales. Results: The mean age was 48.49 ± 9.15 years old. 51.4% of patients had the most severe hernia at the L4-L5 disc, 28.6% L3-L4 and 20% L5-S1. 100% of patients with herniated disc have erectile dysfunction. Of which 40% had mild-moderate disorders, 34.3% had moderate disorders, 14.3% had severe disorders and 11.4% had mild disorders. The CSFQ-14 and DASS-21 scales were correlated with erectile dysfunction (p < 0.05). Surgery significantly improved pain (VAS score), activity limitation (ODI and JOA), degree of erectile dysfunction, changes in sexual function, depression and anxiety, stress of the patient 1 month after surgery (p < 0.05). Conclusions: Patients with lumbosacral disc herniation had a 100% erectile dysfunction rate with a mean IIEF-5 score of 11.69 ± 3.77. The CSFQ-14 and DASS-21 scores have a strong positive correlation with erectile dysfunction. Surgical treatment of spinal canal stenosis due to lumbosacral disc herniation improves the clinical status of herniated disc as well as improves erectile dysfunction in these patients.

Objectives: This study validated the Vietnamese version of the Disaster Adaptation and Resilience Scale (DARS) for use in vulnerable communities in Vietnam. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study involving 595 adults from 2 identified communities. The original DARS assessment tool was translated, and the validity and reliability of the Vietnamese version of DARS (V-DARS) were assessed. The internal consistency of the overall scale and its subscales was evaluated using Cronbach’s alpha and McDonald’s omega reliability coefficients. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was employed to evaluate its construct validity, building upon the factor structure identified in exploratory factor analysis (EFA). Construct validity was assessed based on convergent and discriminant validity. Results: Following the established criteria for EFA, 8 items were removed, resulting in a refined V-DARS structure comprising 35 items distributed across 5 distinct factors. Both alpha and omega reliability coefficients indicated strong internal consistency for the overall scale (α=0.963, ω=0.963) and for each of the 5 sub-scales (all>0.80). The CFA model also retained the 5-factor structure with 35 items. The model fit indices showed acceptable values (RMSEA: 0.072; CFI: 0.912; TLI: 0.904; chi-square test: <0.01). Additionally, the convergent and discriminant validity of the V-DARS were deemed appropriate and satisfactory for explaining the measurement structure. Conclusions Our findings suggest that the V-DARS is a valid and reliable scale for use within vulnerable communities in Vietnam to assess adaptive responses to natural disasters. It may also be considered for use in other populations.

Background: This study was conducted on 93 volunteers with type 2 diabetes to investigate the ability of acetylated wheat starch cake containing 32.1% resistant starch to control postprandial blood glucose levels. Material and methods: The study was designed using a crossover, double-blind trial method. During each testing day, after a minimum of 12 hours of overnight fasting, each participant consumed two identical cakes containing either 80 g of acetylated wheat starch or 80 g natural wheat starch with 330ml of water within 15 minutes. Blood glucose levels were measured at baseline, 60 mins (G1), and 120 mins (G2) after ingestion. The predictive value of factors that contribute to the ability of resistant starch to control postprandial blood glucose was determined by the area under the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve based on the combined effect of the cake weight-to-BMI ratio (g/m²BMI) and HbA1c. Results: 60 mins and 120 mins postprandial capillary glucose levels after consuming acetylated wheat starch cake (10.4 ± 1.2 và 9.2 ± 1.2 mmol/L, respectively) were significantly lower compared with natural wheat starch cake (13.3 ± 1.8 và 11.2 ± 1.8 mmol/L, respectively) (p < 0.05). For good control of postprandial blood glucose levels, a maximum of 80 g of acetylated wheat starch can be used per serving for patients with type 2 diabetes with HbA1c ≤ 7.25 without blood glucose-lowering medication is required. Conclusion: acetylated wheat starch has better ontroled of postprandial blood glucose compared with natural wheat starch in patients with type 2 diabetes. This is very suitable in the processing of diets including resistant starch for patients with type 2 diabetes for the purpose of both supporting treatment and improving quality of life.

OBJECTIVE: In frozen and thawed embryos, the zona pellucida (ZP) can be damaged due to hardening. Laser-assisted hatching (LAH) of embryos can increase the pregnancy rate. This study compared thinning and drilling of the ZP before frozen embryo transfer (FET). METHODS: Patients were randomly allocated into two groups for LAH using thinning or drilling on day 2 after thawing. Twenty-five percent of the ZP circumference and 50% of the ZP thickness was removed in the thinning group, and a hole 40 µm in diameter was made in the drilling group. RESULTS: A total of 171 in vitro fertilization/intracytoplasmic sperm injection FET cycles, including 85 cycles with drilling LAH and 86 cycles with thinning LAH, were carried out. The thinning group had a similar β-human chorionic gonadotropin-positive rate (38.4% vs. 29.4%), implantation rate (16.5% vs. 14.4%), clinical pregnancy rate (36.0% vs. 25.9%), miscarriage rate (5.8% vs. 2.4%), ongoing pregnancy rate (30.2% vs. 23.5%), and multiple pregnancy rate (7.0% vs. 10.6%) to the drilling LAH group. There were no significant differences in pregnancy outcomes between subgroups defined based on age (older or younger than 35 years) or ZP thickness (greater or less than 17 µm) according to the LAH method. CONCLUSION: The present study demonstrated that partial ZP thinning or drilling resulted in similar outcomes in implantation and pregnancy rates using thawed embryos, irrespective of women's age or ZP thickness.
Abortion, Spontaneous ; Chorion ; Embryo Transfer* ; Embryonic Structures* ; Female ; Humans ; In Vitro Techniques ; Methods ; Pregnancy ; Pregnancy Outcome ; Pregnancy Rate ; Pregnancy, Multiple ; Reproductive Techniques, Assisted ; Spermatozoa ; Zona Pellucida