1.Survey of self-efficacy of condom use among mobile female population and its related factors
Chinese Journal of AIDS & STD 2006;0(01):-
Objective To investigate self efficacy of condom use among mobile female population and to analyze related factors so as to provide evidence for relevant interventions.Methods One hundred and eighteen women working as waitresses in hotels in Beijing were interviewed with questionnaires.Results The average score of self-efficacy of condom use among the studied women was 45.42?8.26,and the self-efficay of condom use among them varied with their age,marital status and incomes;their attitude towards condom use and knowledge about correct condom use had obvious effect on the score of self-efficacy.Conclusion Mobile female population have a middle level of condom use self-efficacy,and there is a need to improve their condom use efficacy through training,especially for those unmarried young women with lower incomes.
2.Chest CT quantitative parameters in patients with acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease:Correlations with blood eosinophil level
Lu YANG ; Yadan SHENG ; Kai YANG ; Liyu HE ; Huihui GU ; Guoqing SUN ; Weiting CHEN ; Bingjie ZHU ; Yanrong CHEN ; Chenwang JIN
Chinese Journal of Medical Imaging Technology 2024;40(8):1189-1193
Objective To observe the correlations of chest CT quantitative parameters in patients with acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease(AECOPD)with blood eosinophil(EOS)level.Methods Chest CT data of 162 AECOPD patients with elevated eosinophils were retrospectively analyzed.The patients were divided into low EOS group(n=105)and high EOS group(n=57)according to the absolute counting of blood EOS.The quantitative CT parameters,including the number of whole lung bronchi and the volume of blood vessels,low-attenuation area percentage(LAA%)of whole lung,of left/right lung and each lobe of lung,as well as the luminal diameter(LD),wall thickness(WT),wall area(WA)and WA percentage of total bronchial cross-section(WA%)of grade 3 to 8 bronchi were compared between groups.Spearman correlations were performed to analyze the correlations of quantitative CT parameters with blood EOS level.Results LAA%of the whole lung,of the left/right lung and each lobe of lung,as well as of the upper lobe of right lung LDgrade4,middle lobe of right lung WTgrade5,upper lobe of right lung WAgrade4,middle lobe of right lung WAgrade5 and lower lobe of left lung WAgrade3 in low EOS group were all higher than those in high EOS group(all P<0.05).Except for the upper lobe of right lung LDgrade4,the above quantitative CT indexes being significant different between groups were all weakly and negatively correlated with blood EOS level(r=-0.335 to-0.164,all P<0.05).Conclusion Chest CT quantitative parameters of AECOPD patients were correlated with blood EOS level,among which LAA%,a part of WT and WA were all weakly negatively correlated with blood EOS level.