1.A cross sectional survey on unhealthy weight control attempts amongst female medical college students
Hongcai GAO ; Xiujing SHI ; Yan ZHANG
Chinese Journal of Health Management 2015;(4):291-296
Objective This paper aims to describe the prevalence of unhealthy weight control behaviors and its related factors amongst female medical college students. Method Questionnaire surveys were conducted among a total of 798 medical students recruited by cluster random sampling in Jining Medical College from April 5 to 16, 2013. Result A total of 728 valid questionnaires were collected; 29 participants (4.0%) were overweight and 9 participants (1.2%) were obese; 250 participants (34.3%) were losing weight. Among participants who had experience of losing weight, unhealthy weight control methods mainly included not eating staple food (17.3%), drinking diet tea (16.1%), fasting (12.9%), taking diet drug (8.6%), inducing diarrhea (5.4%), inducing vomiting (2.0%), enema (1.5%), etc.; 29.0% (211/728) of participants had unhealthy weight control behaviors. The rates of being weak (c2=19.681, P=0.000), failure to concentrate (c2=12.031, P=0.001), dizziness (c2=5.461, P=0.019), irregular menstruation (c2=24.628, P=0.000), anorexia (c2=32.008, P=0.000), insomnia (c2=11.021, P=0.001) and anxiety (c2=14.402, P=0.000) among participants who had unhealthy weight-control behaviors were higher than those of participants without unhealthy weight?control behaviors. Multinomial logistic regression indicated that the factors associated with unhealthy weight control behaviors were senior class (OR=2.041;95%CI:1.336-3.111), high average family income (OR=1.758;95%CI:1.183-2.611), weight loss intention (OR=6.756;95%CI:1.541-29.626),not hesitating to delay learning (OR=1.594;95%CI:1.078-2.359),insisting on weight loss process regardless of discomfort (OR=2.008;95%CI:1.245-3.238), slimming purpose (body beauty) (OR=1.786;95% CI: 1.095-2.913), and slimming purpose (fashion) (OR=3.169; 95%CI: 1.545-6.498). Subjects with longer dinner time (OR=0.556; 95% CI: 0.341-0.907) and preferring light diet (OR=0.593; 95% CI: 0.406-0.865) had lower rate of unhealthy weight control behaviors. Conclusion Part of female college students are lacking proper understanding of self body shape and unhealthy weight control behaviors and had done harm to their health.
3.Correlation between neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio and cerebral microbleeds in patients with ischemic stroke
Yun ZHANG ; Jian SHI ; Shiquan WEN ; Qian LUO ; Zhonglun CHEN ; Xianwen ZHANG ; Hongcai DU ; Shanshan ZHANG ; Jinfeng DUAN
International Journal of Cerebrovascular Diseases 2017;25(6):521-525
ObjectiveTo investigate the correlation between neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio (NLR) and cerebral microbleeds (CMBs) in patients with acute ischemic stroke.MethodsThe consecutive inpatients with acute ischemic stroke were prospectively enrolled.Gradient echo-T2*-weighted imaging was used to evaluate CMBs and their quantity.Univariate analysis was used to compare the baseline data between the CMB group and the non-CMB group.Multivariable logistic regression analysis was used to identify the independent correlation between NLR and CMBs.ResultsA total of 218 patients with acute ischemic stroke were prospectively enrolled, including 66 (30.3%) with CMBs.The age (64.7±6.6 years vs.66.9±8.6 years;t=2.052, P=0.041), high sensitive C-reactive protein (7.0[2.3-13.9] mg/L vs.8.9[4.0-28.1] mg/L;Z=2.008, P=0.045) and NLR (1.9[1.4-2.9] vs.2.3[1.7-3.6];Z=2.071, P=0.038) in the non-CMB group were significantly lower than those of the CMB group.Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that NLR (odds ratio 1.276, 95% confidence interval 1.008-1.670;P=0.045) and age (odds ratio 1.044, 95% confidence interval 1.002-1.087;P=0.040) were the independent risk factor for CMBs.Spearman correlation analysis showed that NLR was significantly positively correlated with the severity of CMBs (r=0.210, P=0.007).ConclusionsIn patients with acute ischemic stroke, NLR was associated with CMBs and their severity, suggesting that inflammatory reaction might be involved in the occurrence of CMBs.
4.Clinical Evidence Evaluation and Mechanism Exploration of Xinxuening in Cardiovascular Disease Treatment
Zhaofeng SHI ; Songjie HAN ; Ya HUANG ; Tianmai HE ; Asiyamu·mushajiang ; Hongcai SHANG
World Science and Technology-Modernization of Traditional Chinese Medicine 2018;20(10):1745-1753
Objective: To refine and evaluate the clinical evidence, and provide proof and reference for Xinxuening's clinical program establishment from the perspective of evidence-based medicine through screening the clinical studies of cardiovascular disease by Xinxuening.s treatment. Method: The included and excluded criteria was established before the setting of search terms, eligible databases (PubMed, Web of Science, Ovid, Embase, Cochrane, CNKI, CBM, Wanfang and Vip) were searched and the quality evaluation and evidence classification was conducted for eligible documents. The software RevMan was used to evaluate the clinical evidence of Xinxuening in the treatment of cardiovascular disease (primary hypertension, coronary heart disease, heart failure and hyperlipidemia) and to explore the specific mechanism.Results: A total of 16 suitable studies were included, of which 15 were RCTs and 1 was observation study. 9 of the 16 studies were the C level evidence and 7 were the D level. The included studies were all low quality. The outcome indicators of clinical treatment for cardiovascular disease were: the efficacy of hypertension therapy, the level of systolic and diastolic blood pressure after therapy, the efficacy of angina pectoris and hyperlipidemia treatment, and the total cholesterol and triglyceride levels after treatment. The results showed that Xinxuening could significantly reduce the level of blood pressure for patients with hypertension, improve the symptoms of angina pectoris in patients with coronary heart disease, and reduce the levels of blood lipids (triglycerides and total cholesterol) . The results have statistical differences (P < 0.05) . However, it the specific mechanism of Xinxuening in the treatment of cardiovascular disease was not found.Conclusion: Xinxuening has higher clinical effect on the treatment of some cardiovascular diseases compared with some western drugs and other proprietary Chinese medicine. However, it still needs further exploration of the specific clinical mechanism and to conduct high-quality clinical research.
5.Clinical Evidence Evaluation and Effect Characteristics of Shuxuening Injection
Ya HUANG ; Tianmai HE ; Songjie HAN ; Qianqian DAI ; Manke GUAN ; Changming ZHONG ; Zhaofeng SHI ; Huichan YUAN ; Hongcai SHANG
World Science and Technology-Modernization of Traditional Chinese Medicine 2018;20(10):1754-1760
Objective: To summarize the clinical effects of Shuxuening Injection on diseases and evaluate the quality of evidence to provide reference for the clinical application of Shuxuening Injection. Methods: Journal articles and conference papers were retrieved from the databases CNKI, Wanfang, VIP, CBM, EMbase, Pubmed and Cochrane with thematic word"Shuxuening"in Chinese and English, then all forms of clinical studies were screened and the disease types and frequency were analyzed, the dominant disease types of Shuxuening Injection were identified. Futhermore, RCT was extracted, and the literature quality was graded using the cochrane manual recommendation method, and its effectiveness and safety were evaluated. Results: All clinical research results show that Shuxuening Injection to treat disease with as many as 74 kinds of varieties, mainly circulation system disease and neural system disease, followed by endocrine disease, respiratory disease, scattered remaining research in ten other system diseases. These researches appeared with the highest frequency of the three diseases were cerebral infarction and its aftermath, angina pectoris and coronary heart disease, diabetes mellitus and its complication. A total of 337 RCT articles were included, all of which were of poor quality. In general, the efficiency of Shuxuening Injection treatment group was significantly higher than that of the control group, with a total efficiency of 84.48%. There were 21.96% references to adverse reactions, but all of them were minor adverse reactions, such as pruritus, which generally got better by itself or after treatment. Conclusion:Shuxuening Injection has a wide range of clinical application and remarkable effect, especially for the ischemic diseases of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases with good efficacy, less adverse reactions and safety. However, the quality of evidence is generally poor, which needs further study.
6.Study on the composition of ocular surface bacteria in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus
Limin WANG ; Tian CHANG ; Shanjun GAO ; Hongcai SHI ; Huijuan YUAN
Chinese Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism 2020;36(7):572-578
Objective:To analyze the differences of ocular surface bacteria between patients with type 2 diabetes and healthy subjects, and to explore the relationship between ocular surface bacteria and type 2 diabetic keratopathy.Methods:Fifty subjects were selected and divided into type 2 diabetes group and healthy control group. Bacterial culture of conjunctival sac secretion was conducted and 16S rRNA sequencing was performed to analyze the difference in the composition of ocular surface bacteria between patients with type 2 diabetes and healthy subjects.Results:There were significant differences in the diversity of ocular surface bacteria between patients with type 2 diabetes and healthy subjects. The species of bacillus brevis and paenibacillus in type 2 diabetes group were significantly higher than those of the healthy control group, while the species of aquatic bacteria were lower.Conclusion:The differences in the composition of ocular surface bacteria may be related to type 2 diabetes mellitus.
7.The Clinical Study of Wenxin Keli in the Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation: a Systematic Review
Min LI ; Ruijin QIU ; Yang SUN ; Xiaoyu ZHANG ; Rui ZHENG ; Jiayuan HU ; Chengyu LI ; Shiqi CHEN ; Yin JIANG ; Xinyu YANG ; Zhaofeng SHI ; Songjie HAN ; Tianmai HE ; Ya HUANG ; Hongcai SHANG
World Science and Technology-Modernization of Traditional Chinese Medicine 2018;20(10):1761-1771
Objective: To conduct a comprehensive and systematic review of the efficacy and safety of Wenxin Keli (WXKL) in the treatment of atrial fibrillation (AF) . Methods: Seven databases (PubMed, The Cochrane Library, Web ofScience, CNKI, Wanfang Database, VIP and SinoMed) were searched to identify relevant randomized controlled trials (RCTs) from inceptions to 1 October, 2018. Two review authors independently assessed the methodological quality andanalyzed data by Cochrane handbook and the Rev Man 5.3 software. Begg.s test was conducted to assess publication biasvia Stata 14 software. Results: Twenty-four RCTs with 2246 patients were included in this review. Compared with blankcontrol, placebo or western medicine alone, WXKL alone or combined with western medicine could effectively reducerapid ventricular rate (MD=-7.14, 95%CI:-8.42——5.87), the frequency and duration of AF. It could also shorten thesinus rhythm conversion time (MD=-3.04, 95%CI:-3.47——2.61), increase the sinus rhythm conversion rate (RR=1.19, 95% CI: 1.09~1.29) and decrease recurrence rate of AF (RR=0.28, 95% CI: 0.13-0.59) . Besides, WXKL alone orcombined with western medicine was beneficial for improving the left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) (MD=3.44, 95% CI: 0.87-6.01), left ventricular end diastolic diameter (LVEDD) (MD=-2.47, 95% CI:-2.86——2.08), left atrialdiameter (LAd) (MD=-0.91, 95%CI:-1.58——0.25) and P wave dispersion (Pd) (MD=-4.04, 95%CI:-4.15——3.93) .WXKL combined with low-dose amiodarone was superior to conventional-dose amiodarone alone in improving themaximum P wave (Pmax) (MD=-8.25, 95% CI:-10.33——6.17), and WXKL combined with conventional-doseamiodarone is more effective (MD=-13.10, 95%CI:-13.65——12.55) . Compared with the control group, the treatmentgroup had fewer adverse reactions, and the Begg.s test did not find any publication bias. Conclusion: WXKL alone orcombined with western medicine exhibited better therapeutic effects in the treatment of AF, but these results still needhigh-quality evidence to verify.
8.Issues and Solutions for Symptom Efficacy Evaluation in the Big Data Era of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Xiaoyu ZHANG ; Sichao TIAN ; Liangzhen YOU ; Xi GUO ; Zhao CHEN ; Chunling LIU ; Nannan SHI ; Hongcai SHANG
Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine 2024;65(8):792-795
Emphasizing symptom efficacy is an important manifestation of the personalized diagnosis and treatment of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). However, in current clinical practice of TCM, there are challenges such as diverse symptom expressions, difficulty in standardization, inconsistent evaluation standards for symptom efficacy, lack of universal quantitative methods, and complexity in collecting complete and accurate symptom information. These issues hinder the full and effective utilization of symptom information. Addressing the current research status and existing problems of symptom terminology standardization, quantification and grading of symptom efficacy, and collection of symptom information, this paper proposes methodological strategies for effectively recording and utilizing TCM symptom efficacy information in the era of big data. These strategies include collecting TCM symptom information based on patient reporting, standardizing the evaluation of TCM symptom efficacy from measurement scales and evaluation dimensions, integrating TCM symptom efficacy evaluation into clinical diagnosis and treatment processes, and utilizing artificial intelligence technology to acquire and process TCM symptom efficacy information. TCM symptom efficacy evaluation strategies based on patient perspectives and artificial intelligence technology will help fully explore the value of data elements, promote the objective demonstration of the specific efficacy of TCM, and facilitate the discovery of effective patterns.