1.Correlation of social support, mental resilience and quality of life in patients with hematologic malignancy
Chinese Journal of Behavioral Medicine and Brain Science 2021;30(12):1112-1117
Objective:To understand the quality of life in patients with hematologic malignancy, and to discuss the correlation among quality of life and social support and resilience in the patients, and to analyze the mediating effect of mental resilience.Methods:A total of 284 patients with hematologic malignancy from Affiliated Hospital of Jining Medical University completed social support rate scale(SSRS), Connor-Davidson resilience scale(CD-RISC) and European Organization for research and treatment of cancer quality of life questionnaires-core 30(EORTC QLQ-C30). SPSS 21.0 was used for descriptive statistics, single sample t-test, Pearson correlation analysis and SPSS macro program PROCESS v 3.4 was used for testing the mediating effect. Results:The general health level of quality of life in patients with hematologic malignancy(52.1±26.4)was significantly lower than the Norwegian norm(75.3)( t=-14.81, P<0.01). Social support was significantly positively correlated with resilience and quality of life( r=0.76, 0.31, P<0.01), and resilience was positively correlated with quality of life( r=0.45, P<0.01). Mental resilience played a partial mediating role between social support and quality of life, and the mediating effect accounted for 61% of the total effect. Conclusion:Mental resilience can be used as a mediating variable for social support which can affect quality of life.Improving the mental resilience and social support in patients with hematologic malignancy can effectively improve their quality of life.
2.Effect of self-efficacy on depression in patients with hematologic malignancy: the mediating role of social support and the moderating effect of resilience
Xuran CAO ; Kuo ZHANG ; Yaxin DU ; Chuanxin LIU
Chinese Journal of Behavioral Medicine and Brain Science 2023;32(5):420-425
Objective:To explore the correlation between self-efficacy and depression in patients with hematologic malignancy, and analyze the mediating role of social support and the moderating effect of resilience.Methods:From February to June 2017, a total of 284 patients with hematologic malignancy in Jining Medical University Affiliated Hospital completed Connor-Davidson resilience scale (CD-RISC), social support rate scale (SSRS), general self-efficacy scale (GSES), self-rating depression scale (SDS). SPSS 21.0 software was used for statistical analysis, and the correlation was obtained by Pearson correlation analysis, and PROCESS v3.4 macro program was used to test the mediating and moderating effects.Results:Self-efficacy played a significant negatively predictive effect on depression in patients with hematologic malignancy( β=-0.35, t=-6.16, P<0.01). Social support partially mediated the correlation between self-efficacy and depression(the mediating effect was -0.05, accounted for 14.29%(-0.05/-0.35) of the total effect). Resilience moderated the mediating effect of social support on the correlation between self-efficacy and depression.The self-efficacy had no predictive effect on social support when the level of resilience was low and it had a significant negatively predictive effect on social support when the level of resilience was high (simple slope=-0.28, P<0.01, 95% CI=-0.39- -0.18). Conclusion:Self-efficacy has a moderating effect on depression in patients with hematologic malignancy.Self-efficacy affects depression through social support, and resilience regulates the mediating role of social support in the relationship between self-efficacy and depression.
3.The application of high resolution vascular wall imaging in the diagnosis and treatment of children's central nervous system vasculitis
Yimin CAO ; Mingfeng ZHANG ; Chengye ZHANG ; Xuran FENG ; Pingyong FENG ; Lixia ZHOU
Journal of Practical Radiology 2024;40(9):1499-1502
Objective To investigate the clinical value of high resolution vascular wall imaging(HRVWI)in the diagnosis and treatment of central nervous system vasculitis(CNSV)in children.Methods A total of 36 children with CNSV underwent HRVWI examination were selected.The HRVWI imaging features,involved vessel types and stenosis degree were analyzed retrospectively and compared with magnetic resonance angiography(MRA).Combined with some patients'follow-up and reviewed imaging after treatment.Results HRVWI showed that all of the 36 children with CNSV had cerebral arteritis,and the affected inflammatory ves-sels showed varying degrees of focal arterial wall thickening and enhancement,mainly uniform thickening and centripetal enhance-ment of the affected arterial wall.Most were mid-enhanced,and the stenosis degree was mostly at level 1(21/36).According to the type of involvement cerebrovascular,there were 26 cases of large-medium vessel type,6 cases of small vessel type and 4 cases of mixed type.Compared with MRA,HRVWI had a higher sensitivity in diagnosing CNSV(P<0.05).13 cases were followed up after treat-ment,and HRVWI showed cerebral vasculitis relief in 8 cases and progression in 5 cases,consistent with changes in clinical symp-toms and laboratory indicators.Conclusion The imaging features of CNSV in children with different causes are different.HRVWI has a high sensitivity in the diagnosis of CNSV in children.HRVWI plays an important role in the diagnosis and treatment of CNSV in children.
4.Preliminary application of MR-Linac in breast cancer radiotherapy in a single academic center
Hao JING ; Yu TANG ; Yuan TIAN ; Ke ZHANG ; Shirui QIN ; Ying CAO ; Hui FANG ; Xuran ZHAO ; Bo CHEN ; Yongwen SONG ; Jing JIN ; Yueping LIU ; Shunan QI ; Yuan TANG ; Ningning LU ; Ning LI ; Shulian WANG ; Yexiong LI
Chinese Journal of Radiation Oncology 2022;31(1):8-14
Objective:To describe a prospective study of pre-operative tumor-bed boost performed at the 1.5 T MR-Linac in combination with adjuvant whole breast irradiation, and a first case, with an accentuation on clinical feasibility and safety.Methods:A phase II, single arm study recruiting early stage patients follows a paradigm that first boosts the tumor bed and then undergoes breast conservative surgery in 2 weeks, and last irradiates the whole breast in 6 weeks. The primary endpoint is ≥ grade 2 acute breast toxicity. A 43 years old patient affected by a breast carcinoma, not special type of the right-sided lateral quadrant, staged cT 2N 0M 0, was planned and treated. The dose, 8 Gy for one time, was calculated by Monaco on CT simulation images. Both the air electron stream effect (ESE) and the electron return effect (ERE) at the presence of 1.5 T magnetic field were evaluated. During the pre-treatment evaluation, we carried out adaptation-to-position adjustment. Results:The normal organ dosimetry is within toleration. The Dmax to the skin, the chin and the right upper arm was 8.44 Gy, 28.5 cGy and 17.8 cGy, respectively. There was no increased toxicity from ERE and ESE, and the treatment was well tolerated without > grade 1 acute toxicity. The patient received breast conservative surgery on day 7 without delayed wound healing.Conclusions:This is the first case successfully treated within a clinical trial by pre-operative tumor-bed boost under 1.5 T MR-Linac in our institution. More participants are needed to validate and optimize the paradigm.