1.Evaluation of coronary heart disease risks in patients with psoriasis
Yan CHENG ; Xiaomei CHEN ; Xi DUAN ; Min ZHANG
Chinese Journal of Dermatology 2012;45(9):627-630
Objective To estimate the 10-year risk of coronary heart disease in patients with psoriasis,and to determine whether the risk profile is affected by disease duration,family history and clinical types of psoriasis.Methods Data were pooled from 322 inpatients with psoriasis and 297 inpatients with other skin diseases (151 cases of acute urticaria,33 drug eruption,113 herpes zoster) from December 2008 to December 2010 in the Department of Dermatology,West China Hospital of Sichuan University.Risks of coronary heart disease were estimated by using the Framingham risk score algorithm.Wilcoxon rank test,Kruskal-Wallis test and chi-square tests were used to evaluate the differences in risks and risk factors between the patients with psoriasis and controls.Results As far as the Framingham 10-year risk score was concerned,the difference was statistically significant between the patients with psoriasis and the control population (6% vs.4%,Z =4.342,P =0.000),as well as between patients with different clinical types of psoriasis (6% for psoriasis vulgaris vs.4% for pustular psoriasis vs.7% for psoriasis arthropathica vs.7% for erythroderma psoriaticum,H =8.484,P < 0.05),but was insignificant between patients with familial and sporadic psoriasis (6% vs.6%,Z =0.406,P > 0.05 ).No correlation was observed between the Framingham 10-year risk and psoriasis duration (P > 0.05 ).Conclusions Increased risks of coronary heart disease exist in patients with psoriasis compared with those with acute urticaria,drug eruption or hepers zoster,and in patients with psoriasis arthropathica or erythroderma psoriaticum compared with those with pustular psoriasis.The Framingham 10-year risk of coronary heart disease is uncorrelated with disease duration and unaffected by family history of psoriasis.
2.Awareness and administration of antidiabetic drugs in patients with diabetes in Huairou district of Beijing
Xiaomei GAO ; Sen XI ; Jingjing CHEN ; Yuxia ZHANG
Chinese Journal of General Practitioners 2016;(2):114-117
Objective To investigate the awareness and administration of antidiabetic drugs in patients with diabetes in Huairou district of Beijing.Methods A questionnaire survey on knowledge and administration of antidiabetic drugs were conducted in 900 diabetic patients from 16 communities in Huairou district of Beijing from November 2014 to February 2015.The related factors influencing antidiabetic drug use were analyzed with logistic regression method.Results A total of 899 questionnaires were recovered. Results showed that the rate of metformin single use was the highest (23.7%, 213/899), the rate of combination use of metformin and acarbose was 11.8%(106/899), and that of metformin and glipizide was 17.1% (154/899).Survey showed that 65.9% (592/899) patients were compliant immediately for antidiabetic agents, 32.2% (290/899) were not immediately compliant, 1.9% (17/899) did not use antidiabetic agents.Logistic regression analysis showed that the factors affecting the use of antidiabetic agents were the types of medication (t=-4.351, P=0.000) , adverse effects of drugs (t=6.999, P=0.000), awareness of diabetes to health hazard (t=-10.969, P=0.000) and the doctor′s recommendation (t=-3.352, P=0.001).Conclusion The results showed that the administration of antidiabetic drugs in diabetic patients from Huairou district is basically followed the recommendation by 2013 edition of type 2 diabetes guidelines and the compliance rate of medication need to be further raised.
3.Metabolic syndrome among employees in petrochemical enterprises
XI Xiaomei ; LÜ ; Yali ; LIU Yongbin ; QI Shengshun ; WU Jianjun ; WEI Xingmin
Journal of Preventive Medicine 2024;36(5):432-436
Objective:
To understand the prevalence and its influencing factors of metabolic syndrome (MS) among employees in petrochemical enterprises, so as to provide insights into the prevention and control of MS among employees in petrochemical enterprises.
Methods:
The employees in petrochemical enterprises who underwent health examinations at the Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Gansu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine from May 2021 to December 2022 were selected as the survey subjects. Demographic information, lifestyle behaviors and occupational exposure were collected using questionnaires, and the blood biochemical indicators were measured through laboratory testing. Factors affecting MS were identified using a multivariable logistic regression model.
Results:
A total of 2 479 individuals were included, with a mean age of (44.84±7.87) years. There were 1 684 males (67.93%) and 795 females (32.07%). There were 905 cases of MS, with a detection rate of 36.51%. Multivariable logistic regression analysis showed that gender (male, OR=2.246, 95%CI: 1.353-3.728), age (≥40 years, OR=3.523, 95%CI: 2.003-6.194), noise exposure (OR=1.894, 95%CI: 1.272-2.821), smoking index (>0~200 cigarette-years, OR=1.907, 95%CI: 1.155-3.149; >200 cigarette-years, OR=2.257, 95%CI: 1.320-3.859), hyperuricemia (OR=3.013, 95%CI: 1.852-4.900) and γ-glutamyltransferase (abnormal, OR=2.691, 95%CI: 1.589-4.559) were the influencing factors of MS among employees in petrochemical enterprises.
Conclusion
The risk of MS occurrence among employees in petrochemical enterprises is related to gender, age, noise exposure, smoking index, hyperuricemia and γ-glutamyltransferase level.
4.Status and associated factors of the knowledge and health education needs about sexual abuse of middle school students in rural areas
TANG Zhengyan, ZHANG Yongai, LI Xiaomei
Chinese Journal of School Health 2024;45(7):969-973
Objective:
To explore the status and associated factors of the knowledge and health education needs about child sexual abuse of middle school students by sex, so as to provide a basis for targeted safety education of preventing child sexual abuse.
Methods:
From June to July 2023, 1 256 junior high school students from 2 middle schools in southern area of Shaanxi Province were selected by a convenience sampling method. A selfdesigned general information questionnaire, Childrens Sexual Assault Cognition Questionnaire, and Health Education Needs Questionnaire were used for questionnaire survey. Group comparisons were conducted using ttests, analysis of variance, and Chisquare tests. Multiple linear regression analysis was used to explore the factors related to cognitive scores of sexual assault, and binary Logistic regression analysis was used to explore the factors related to the willingness of middle school students to receive sexual assault safety education.
Results:
The correct response rate of the participants for knowledge of sexual assault cognition (CSA) was (80.97±12.09)%. For each item, the correct response rate ranged 46.7%-97.2%. The correct rate (78.98±12.23)% of male students knowledge of CSA was lower than female students (83.17±11.55)% statistically (t=-6.23, P<0.01). The factors influencing the participants knowledge of CSA included gender (β=0.16), mothers occupation (β=0.07) and experience of CSA safety education (β=0.10) (P<0.05). Most students (92.7%) were willing to receive CSA education. Girls (OR=1.72, 95%CI=1.06-2.77) and students who previously received CSA education (OR=6.98, 95%CI=4.44-10.96) had more willingness to receive CSA education (P<0.05). A total of 71.8% of middle school students preferred their parents as educators, while 43.4% of students chose onsite instruction as the preferred method of CSA education.
Conclusions
Middle school students have a strong willingness to accept CSA safety education. Knowledge of CSA and willingness to receive CSA safety education are related to gender and previous educational experience.
5.Fear-related emotional disorder in response to coronavirus disease 2019 in college students
WANG Yue ; YANG Yuanyuan ; LI Shaowen ; LEI Xiaomei ; YANG Yufeng
Journal of Preventive Medicine 2020;32(5):446-449
Objective:
To understand and explore the fear-related emotional disorder and its influencing factors among college students during the prevalence of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), in order to provide reference for the further health education and psychological intervention.
Methods:
A self-designed questionnaire for general data and Psychological Questionnaires for Emergent Events of Public Health (PQEEPH) were typed in www.wjx.cn and sent out to the students of four univerties in Xi'an by WeChat from February 7th to 9th,2020. The status and influencing factors of fear-related emotional disorder in response to COVID-19 were analyzed.
Results:
Totally 1 546 valid questionnaire were collected. The average age of the students was (20.24±1.60)years old. There were 761 males(49.22%)and 785(50.78%)females;499 medical students (32.27%)and 1 047 non-medical students(67.72%). The average score of fear dimension was 0.90±0.59,which was the highest in PQEEPH. Moreover, 280 students had fear-related emotional deviance,accounting for 18.11%,and 57 students had fear-related emotional disorder,accounting for 3.69%. The rate of fear-related emotional disorder was significantly higher in non-medical students(4.58%)than in medical students(1.80%,P<0.05). The rate of fear-related emotional disorder was significantly higher in the students who considered themselves close to COVID-19(4.22%)and at risk of COVID-19(5.45%) than in the students who did not(1.94% and 0.98%,both P<0.05).
Conclusions
Totally 3.69% of the students from universities in Xi'an suffer from fear-related emotional disorder in response to COVID-19. The students who do not major in medicine are prone to developing fear-related emotional disorder.
6.Psychological responses and related factors of college students in Shaan’xi during COVID-19 outbreak
YANG Yuanyuan, WANG Yue, LI Shaowen, LEI Xiaomei, YANG Yufeng
Chinese Journal of School Health 2020;41(5):664-667
Objective:
To explore the psychological responses and related factors of college students in Shaan’xi during the outbreak of COVID-19, in order to provide reference for the psychological intervention for college students.
Methods:
A self-designed general data questionnaire and Psychological Questionnaires for Emergent Events of Public Health(PQEEPH) were sent out to students in public university aged 18 to 28 years by Wechat APP from February 7th to 9th, 2020. Univariate and Logistic analysis were used to analyze the influencing factors associated with NCP.
Results:
The scores of the five factors on the PQEEPH scale were (0.29±0.48) for depression, (0.27±0.46) for neurasthenia, (0.92±0.60) for fear, (0.15±0.34) for obsessive-anxiety, and (0.26±0.44) for hypochondria,The score of fear factors were the highest. And 15.4% had depressive emotional deviation, accounting for the highest proportion of emotional deviation, and the proportion of compulsive anxiety emotional disorder was highest, which accounting for 6.4%. Logistic regression analysis showed that the higher grades were risk factors for depression (OR=1.61, 95%CI=1.05-2.47), obsessive anxiety (OR=1.56, 95%CI=1.05-2.31) and hypochondria (OR=2.01, 95%CI=1.16-3.47) disorders, Non-medical specialties is risk factor for fear disorders (OR=2.16, 95%CI=1.18-3.95),not believing oneself to be in danger in the face of the epidemic was a protective factor for five types of mood disorders (OR=0.17-0.51), and residence in towns and villages was a protective factor for neurasticity disorders (OR=0.58, 95%CI=0.38-0.87), the gender of female was the protective factor of hypochondria emotional disorder (OR=0.34, 95%CI=0.19-0.62)(P<0.05).
Conclusion
During outbreak of COVID-19, psychological intervention counselling and health education of college students should be strengthened. Moreover, psychological problems need be screened in time for intervention, so as to reduce panic and other adverse psychological conditions of students.
7.Neglect of preschool children in urban area of Xi an under the background of multi-child policy
YANG Wuyue, PAN Jianping, XIANG Xiaomei, ZHANG Shuiping, DONG Ning, WEI Jiaojie, ZANG Baocai
Chinese Journal of School Health 2023;44(10):1545-1549
Objective:
To understand the situation of neglect of preschool children in the urban area of Xi an under the background of multi child policy, so as to provide a reference for making effective prevention.
Methods:
In Novmber 2022, according to the multi stage stratified cluster sampling principle, 2 450 parents of children aged 3-6 years were randomly selected from 7 urban areas of Xi an to participate in the questionnaire survey. A questionnaire survey was conducted using the "Neglect Evaluation Norms of 3-6 Years Old (Preschool) Children in Urban Areas of China". SPSS 18.0 software was used for statistical description, Chi square test and variance analysis.
Results:
The total neglect rate of preschool children in the urban area of Xi an was 29.0% and the total neglect score was (37.58±8.44). There was no statistical difference in the neglect status of children in different grade groups ( χ 2/ F =1.61, 2.98, P >0.05). The neglect score of boys was higher than girls ( t =2.45, P <0.05). There was no statistical difference in the neglect rate and neglect score of boys and girls in other levels ( P >0.05); except for the significant difference in the neglect degree of medical treatment, education and safety ( t =2.01, 2.28, 2.02, P <0.05). The rate and score of neglect in multi-child families were higher than only-child families ( χ 2/ t = 13.68, -4.54, P <0.05). There were significant differences in the rate and degree of neglect of children with different birth order, which were "third and fourth-born>second-born>first-born" ( χ 2/ F = 10.84 , 2.79, P <0.05). The neglect rate and score of "single parent family" were significantly higher than that of "nuclear family" and "three-generation family" ( χ 2/ F =4.78, 2.79, P <0.05).
Conclusion
The neglect situation of preschool children in urban area of Xi an is still serious, especially in multi-child families. It should actively explore the risk factors and formulate effective intervention measures.
8.Primary studies of toxicity-reducing and efficacy-maintaining action of fungal fermentative products in Tripterygium wilfordii by a novel bi-directional solidstate fungal fermentation.
China Journal of Chinese Materia Medica 2009;34(16):2083-2087
OBJECTIVETo get the detoxification and retentive-acting (keep the effect of immunosuppression) fungal substance of Tripterygium wilfordii Hook.
METHODThe medicinal fungal new type bi-directional solid fermentation engineering was adopted. T. wilfordii was used as medicinal substance and diverse medicinal fungus were used as fermentative strains. Fermented under certain conditions, all kinds of fungal substance that we got were dealt with preliminary research on chemistry and toxicity.
RESULTTwo kinds of fermentative fungus which had effects of detoxification and keeping immunosuppression were selected and appropriate zymotechnique was found.
CONCLUSIONMedicinal fungal new type bi-directional solid fermentation technique can be applied in the area of the detox and retentive-acting effect of T. wilfordii.
Animals ; Culture Techniques ; Drugs, Chinese Herbal ; chemistry ; metabolism ; toxicity ; Female ; Fermentation ; Fungi ; metabolism ; Male ; Mice ; Random Allocation ; Tripterygium ; chemistry
9. Analysis of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase gene mutation in newborns of Hainan Province
Xiulian LIU ; Cidan HUANG ; Chun YANG ; Xiaomei ZHU ; Xi YANG ; Jie WANG
Chinese Journal of Endemiology 2019;38(11):878-882
Objective:
To investigate the prevalence of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) gene mutation in newborns of Hainan Province, and to provide reference for prevention and treatment of G6PD deficiency in this region.
Methods:
Neonatal disease screening filter paper dry blood spots from all midwifery agencies were collected in 18 cities (counties) in Hainan Province from January to June 2016, G6PD activity screening test was conducted at Neonatal Disease Screening Center, Hainan Women and Children's Medical Center, and the enzyme activity was normal when fluorescence value > 1 600, and enzyme deficiency when fluorescence value ≤1 600. Referred to "China's Major Birth Defects and Genetic Diseases Survey and Biological Resources Collection", women newborns (3 371 cases) with fluorescence values ≤2 200 and men newborns (1 620 cases) with fluorescence values ≤1 700 were included in the study. Molecular screening was performed using multicolor melting curve analysis (MMCA), and the distribution and mutation characteristics of G6PD gene mutants were analyzed.
Results:
Among the 4 991 newborns, 2 111 cases with G6PD gene mutation, and the detection rate was 42.30% (2 111/4 991). A total of 27 G6PD gene mutants were found, including 14 single mutants and 13 composite mutants. The mutation detection rates of c.1376 G>T (21.42%, 1 069/4 991), c.1388 G>A (11.54%, 576/4 991), c.95 A>G (2.40%, 120/4 991) and c.871 G>A (2.24%, 112/4 991) were higher. The mutation detection rate (61.54%, 136/221) of Baisha County (inland area) was the highest, and the mutation detection rate (22.15%, 64/289) of Wenchang City (coastal area) was the lowest. The mutation detection rate (49.88%, 628/1 259) of the Li nationality was the highest. A total of 873 female heterozygotes were detected, including 13 gene mutants, of which 44.67% (390/873) with normal enzyme activity. The c.86 C>T heterozygous mutation was first detected in a sample of Li female with normal enzyme activity.
Conclusions
Hainan Province is the high incidence area of G6PD gene mutation, the most common mutations are c.1376 G>T, c.1388 G>A, c.95 A>G and c.871 G>A in newborns. Inland area is the high incidence area, and Li nationality is the high incidence population.
10.Effect of Expanding Training Orthosis on Webbed-Finger Adhesion after Burns
Hongjuan WU ; Xiumei ZHU ; Xiaomei LIU ; Yachuan HUANG ; Yulian ZHANG
Chinese Journal of Rehabilitation Theory and Practice 2016;22(11):1347-1349
Objective To observe the effect of the expanding training orthosis on webbed-finger adhesion post burn. Methods From May, 2014 to April, 2016, 37 hands of 33 patients with webbed-finger adhesion post burn were divided into two groups. 21 hands from 18 patients were as experimental group, 16 hands from 15 patients were as control group. The control group accepted routine care, while the experimental group accepted the expanding training orthosis in addition. Their angles between the fingers were measured six months after treatment. Results The angles between the fingers increased in the experimental group after treatment (t>3.060, P<0.01), and were more than those of the control group (t>2.273, P<0.05). Conclusion Application of expanding training orthosis can improve the compliance of the patients with webbed-finger adhesion post burn, and promote hand function recovery.