1.Investigation on medical students' integrity in examinations and influencing factors
Yang YANG ; Yan YAN ; Shu WANG ; Jiangtao LI ; Durong CHEN ; Li WU ; Junni WEI
Chinese Journal of Medical Education Research 2018;17(6):606-610
Objective To understand the status quo of medical students' integrity in examinations and to explore the influencing factors. Methods 2013-2015 undergraduate students from Clinical Medi-cine, Preventive Medicine and other professional subjects were included in Shanxi Medical University. A total of 221 questionnaires were issued for each grade by stratified random sampling. The database was built with EpiData 3.1. All statical analyses were performed with SPSS software (version 22.0) by means of chi-square test and binary logistic regression. Results Among the 600 medical students, 16.5% of the students had cheating. A statistically significant difference was observed in the cheating rate among the medical stu-dents in terms of gender, grade, academic performance, medical knowledge, memory, family factors, and invigilators' attitude (P<0.05). Litter pressure from the family, the teacher's proctoring is rigorous invigilation, and top scores were the protective factors for medical students' cheating in exams. Conclusion Through the analysis of the influencing factors for the medical students' integrity in examinations, corresponding measures are formulated to provide reference for relevant medical personnel in various medical colleges and universities.
2.ADASYN and Category Inverse Proportion Weighting Method to Imbalanced Data of Alzheimer's Disease
Hui YANG ; Fuliang YI ; Durong CHEN
Chinese Journal of Health Statistics 2024;41(2):175-180
Objective The adaptive synthetic sampling(ADASYN)algorithm and category inverse proportion weighting method weighting method were used to balance the datasets,then multi-classification prediction of cognitive normal(CN),mild cognitive impairment(MCI),and Alzheimer's disease(AD)combined with classifiers were performed.Methods Data were obtained from the Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative(ADNI)database,which was filled in missing values by random forest(RF),and feature subsets were selected by elastic net(EN).We chose ADASYN algorithm and category inverse proportion weighting method processing the category imbalance data,and four models were constructed by combining RF and support vector machine(SVM)respectively:ADASYN-RF,ADASYN-SVM,weighted random forest(WRF),and weighted support vector machine(WSVM).We evaluated the classification performance by macro-P,macro-R,macro-F1,ACC,Kappa value and area under the receiver operating characteristics curve(AUC).Results ADASYN-RF had the best classification performance(Kappa=0.938,AUC=0.980),followed by ADASYN-SVM.The most important classification features obtained using ADASYN-RF were CDRSB,LDELTOTAL,and MMSE,which have been clinically validated.Conclusions Both the ADASYN algorithm and the category inverse proportion weighting method can assist in improving classifier performance,and the ADASYN algorithm is superior.
3.Evaluation of the predictive value of EuroSCORE Ⅱ and SYNTAX Ⅱ scores for clinical outcomes in patients undergoing CABG
Xin XIONG ; Nan LI ; Yijun XU ; Zhiqiang CHEN ; Peng LIU ; Wen WEN ; Xiaowei LI ; Xiaolong ZHANG ; Durong CHEN ; Yongzhi DENG
Chinese Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2024;40(8):464-468
Objective:To explore and analyze the predictive value of EuroSCORE Ⅱ and SYNTAX Ⅱ scores for clinical outcomes in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) surgery.Methods:A total of 500 coronary artery disease (CAD) patients who underwent CABG in Shanxi Cardiovascular Hospital from April 2014 to July 2023 were selected as the study subjects, all patients were given EuroSCORE Ⅱand SYNTAX Ⅱ scores to evaluate the predictive value of EuroSCOREⅡfor perioperative mortality and SYNTAX Ⅱ for 4-year mortality. Univariate and multivariate Logistic analysis were employed to analyze the independent risk factors for perioperative and 4-year mortality.Results:There were 3 deaths during the perioperative period, with a mortality rate of 0.60%, the predicted mortality rate of EuroSCOREⅡwas 1.71%; there were 21 deaths at 4 years after surgery, with a mortality rate of 4.23% and the predicted mortality rate of SYNTAX Ⅱwas 9.02%. Logistic regression analysis showed that left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) was the only independent protective factor for perioperative mortality, and advanced age was the only independent risk factor for 4-year postoperative mortality in patients ( P<0.05). The analysis of the working characteristic curve of the subjects found that the area under the receiver operating characteristic curve ( ROC) of EuroSCORE Ⅱ for perioperative mortality was 0.782, and the area under ROC curve of SYNTAX Ⅱfor postoperative 4-year mortality was 0.743. Conclusion:Both EuroSCORE Ⅱand SYNTAX Ⅱhave certain predictive value for perioperative mortality and postoperative 4-year mortality in patients undergoing CABG, respectively, but the predicted mortality rate is relatively higher.