Objective To evaluate the correlation between family coherence and adaptation and selfesteem among patients with cerebral infarction.Methods A total of 253 patients were included in the study,they were investigated by Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale and Family Coherence and Adaptation Scale.Results Self-esteem was significantly positively correlated with real family coherence and real family adaptation,while significantly negatively correlated with dissatisfaction of family coherence and dissatisfaction of family adaptation.Age,family income and the course of disease were the influencing factors of family coherence and adaptation and self-esteem.Conclusions The self-esteem was conrelated with family coherence and adaptation among patients with cerebral infarction.

Objective To explore the influencing factors of self-perceived burden(SPB) among patients with cerebral infarction.Methods A total of 108 patients were included in the study,they were investigated by a self-designed demographic questionnaire and Self-Perceived Burden Scale(SPBS).Chisquare analysis,t test and multiple regression analysis were used to explore the influencing factors of SPB.Results The SPB of patients with cerebral infarction was (36.72±4.23) points.Self-care ability,hemiple-gia,language barriers and times of hospitslization were the influencing factors of SPB according to the mul-tiple regression analysis.Conclusions The patients with cerebral infarction have obvious SPB,which is influenced by multiple factors.Nurses should take proper measures to alleviate the patients' SPB.

Objective To investigate knowledge, attitude, and practice of exercise for post-operative breast cancer. Methods 110 postoperative breast cancers were investigated using a self-designed questionnaire which included general condition of patients, knowledge, attitude and practice of exercise after breast surgery. Results The rate of effective response was 98%. The average rate of awareness about postoperative exercise for breast cancers was 87%, and the score of knowledge of intensity and forms of exercise was the lowest, while the announcements of post-operative exercise was the highest. All of the patients presented positive attitude toward exercise, however, some of them indicated that they couldn't insist on it. 41% exercised only in one form, 78% at a low intensity, 41% less than 3 times per week, and 74% at least 30 minutes per session. Only 7% did traditional Chinese medical exercise. Time after surgery correlated positively to general scores (r=0.40, P<0.01), kinds of exercise (r=0.41, P<0.05) and intensity of exercise (r=0.43, P<0.05). Phase of cancer correlated negatively to general scores (r=-0.37, P<0.05) and exercise time (r=-0.38, P<0.05). Conclusion The knowledge on intensity and form of exercise after operation is not popular in post-operative breast cancers.

Objective To investigate the differences of curriculum designs for undergraduate nursing majors among different TCM colleges and universities;To provide evidence for the development of the accreditation standards for academic quality of baccalaureate degree program in TCM colleges and universities which can be used as the standards for teaching reform. Methods Cultivating plans of 20 TCM colleges and universities for undergraduate nursing majors were collected. Current status and deficiency in curriculum design were obtained through comparative study and statistical analysis.Results The course names were lack of standardization;proportion of Chinese and Western medicine related courses were unreasonable;theoretical and practice teaching were irrelevant;optional courses were greatly inconsistent and irrational. Conclusion The further reform of the curriculum design for the undergraduate nursing majors in TCM colleges and universities is in urgent need, which can be standardized by developing the accreditation standards for academic quality of baccalaureate degree program in universities of Chinese Medicine.

Objective To compare the effects of two patient-controlled epidural analgesia(PCEA) after cesarean section and the incidence of nausea vomiting, lethargy and urinary retention. Methods Sixty cesarean section patients were randomly divided into two groups, each group had 30 patients. Group Ⅰ: 0.15% bupivacaine hydrochloride plus tramadoL group Ⅱ: 0.179% ropivacaine mesylate plus nefopam hydrochloride. Postoperative 0-48 hours within the period pain (visual analog score, VAS)and the corresponding time motor block level(the Bromage scale), and incidence of nausea vomiting, lethargy and urinary retention were recorded. Results VAS difference was not statistically significant (P>0.05), Bromage scores in group Ⅱ was shorter than those in group Ⅰ(P<0.05), the incidence rates of nausea vomiting, lethargy and urinary retention in group Ⅱ were lower than those in group Ⅰ(P<0.01). Conclusion Ropivacaine mesylate combined with nefopam hydrochloride PCEA analgesic effect is certain, which shows a clear superiority in the motor function recovery and reducing the incidence of adverse reactions.

Objective: This study aims to analyze the effects of catastrophic disease insurance (CDI), especially to evaluate the influences of CDI on the discrepancy of benefits between the patients covered by the Employee's Medical Insurance (EMI) and the Resident's Medical Insurance (RMI).Methods: The data used in the study are collected from the health insurance database of Zhuhai City in the years of 2012 and 2014.A descriptive analysis is made to depict the general situation of CDI in the city, and a logistic regression model is used to analyze the factors that affect the probability to get the benefits of CDI.Moreover, a triple difference model is built up to probe into the CDI's effects on the discrepancy of reimbursement ratio between patients covered by EMI and RMI.Results: The benefits of CDI favor the patients with old age, high medical expenditures and chronic diseases.When other factors are controlled, patients covered by EMI have lower probability to get CDI benefits than those covered by RMI.Within the patients with high medical expenditures who have gotten the CDI benefits, those covered by EMI enjoy higher reimbursement ratio than those covered by RMI, but CDI decreases the discrepancy by 3.2%.Conclusions: Since the CDI gives more favor to the vulnerable population and narrows the gap of the benefits between EMI and RMI, the policy improves the equity of health security.

Objective To observe the effects of levodopa on verbal and spatial working memory in elderly patients with Parkinson's disease (PD).Methods The modified Smith working memory software were applied to study the verbal and spatial working memory in 32 PD patients before and 8 weeks after treatment with levodopa and benserazide hydrochloride tablets.The results of PD patients were compared with those in 32 normal controls matched for age,sex and education.Results The correct rates of phonological verbal and coordinate visuospatial working memory were significantly lower in the PD patients without treatment than in the normal controls (both P＜0.01).The correct rates of semantic verbal and categorical visuospatial working memory had no significant differences between the PD patients without treatment and the normal controls (both P＞0.05).The correct rates of phonological verbal working memory and coordinate visuospatial working memory were significantly higher in the PD patients after administration of levodopa and benserazide tablets than in PD patients without treatment [(88.6±6.5)％ vs.(82.1 ± 6.6)％,(84.2±8.8)％ vs.(75.2±8.9)％,respectively,both P＜0.01],but there were no significant differences in the correct rates of semantic verbal working memory and categorical visuospatial working memory between the above two groups (both P＞0.05).The correct rates of phonological verbal,semantic verbal,coordinate visuospatial and categorical visuospatial working memory were negatively correlated with the course of disease,and had no correlations with age and the degree of education.Conclusions Levodopa can improve the functions of phonological verbal working memory and the coordinate visuospatial working memory,but has no effect on the semantic verbal working memory and the categorical visuospatial working memory.It is postulated that dopamine replacement therapy may have double dissociable effects on the different working memories.

Objective To characterize emotional memory impairment in untreated patients with Parkinson' s disease (PD) in the early stages of the disease. Methods Emotional memory tasks using standardized sets of emotional pictures including positive, neutral and negative valence were tested in 33 untreated patients with PD in the early stages and 31 healthy controls matched with age, sex, and education.Results Compared with the healthy adults (13.4 ± 1.4), PD patients had significant loss of negative valence picture memorizing ( 8. 9 ± 1.0; t = - 14. 87, P ＜ 0. 01 ).There was no significant difference between PD patients and normal controls in positive ( 11.8 ± 1.0 vs 12. 4 ± 2. 2 , t = - 0. 95 ) and neutral (7.9 ± 1.4 vs 8.2 ± 1.3, t = - 0. 89) valence picture memorizing ( both P ＞ 0. 05 ). ConclusionThe emotional memory for negative valence pictures is impaired but the emotional memory for positive and neutral is relatively spared in early PD patients without treatment.

Objective:To investigate the preventive efficacy of pirfenidone in esophageal stent-related restenosis and the related underlying mechanisms.Methods:Twenty-four rats underwent esophageal stent placement were included in this study. The rats were randomly assigned to three groups, with 8 rats in each group. The three groups were set to receive placebo, 150 mg/kg pirfenidone and 300 mg/kg pirfenidone daily by oral administration for 28 days, respectively. Twenty-eight days after stent placement, the stented esophagi were harvested for histological examinations. The number of epithelial layers, the thickness of submucosal fibrosis, the percentage of granulation tissue area, the degree of inflammatory cell infiltration, the degree of collagen deposition, and the α-SMA staining scores were evaluated. One-way ANOVA was performed for the statistical comparison of the number of epithelial layers, the degree of inflammatory cell infiltration, the degree of collagen deposition and the α-SMA staining scores among these three groups. The Kruskal-Wallis H test was used for comparison of the thickness of submucosal fibrosis and the percentage of granulation tissue area among the three groups. Results:Gross pathological findings showed that both pirfenidone groups had significantly less luminal fibrotic tissue formation and restenosis than placebo group. The percentage of granulation tissue areas in placebo group, 150 mg/kg and 300 mg/kg pirfenidone groups were 57.23%±25.68%, 21.80%±6.65% and 12.18%±6.37%, respectively. Both pirfenidone groups showed significantly less granulation tissue areas than placebo group ( P<0.01). The degree of inflammatory cell infiltration, the degree of collagen deposition and the α-SMA staining scores were 3.28±0.55, 3.38±0.63 and 2.75±0.38 in placebo group, 2.30±0.46, 2.36±0.58 and 2.00±0.42 in 150 mg/kg pirfenidone group, and 1.86±0.38, 1.91±0.41 and 1.57±0.28 in 300 mg/kg pirfenidone group, respectively. Both pirfenidone groups showed significantly less inflammatory cell infiltration, collagen deposition and α-SMA staining scores than placebo group ( P<0.01). Conclusion:Pirfenidone can suppress esophageal stent-related restenosis in rats by significantly inhibiting inflammation, myofibroblast activation and proliferation, and fibrotic tissue formation.

Objective To investigate the effects of interleukin-34 (IL-34) on prostaglandin E2 (PGE2)/cyclo-oxygenase-2 (COX-2) expression on fibroblast-like synoviocytes (FLS) in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Methods FLS was isolated from 6 RA patients and stimulated with IL-34 (50 ng/ml), IL-34 receptor antagonist (25 ng/ml) and IL-34 (50 ng/ml), inhibitors of signaling pathway (10 μmol/L) and IL-34 (50 ng/ml) in vitro respectively. The expression of COX-2 mRNA was detected by reverse transcription polymerase chain reac-tion (RT-PCR). The level of PGE2 in the supernatant of RA FLS culture was measured by Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Statistical analysis between groups were performed by t test. Results Com-pared to unstimulated FLS, COX-2 and PGE2 expression was increased dramatically on IL-34-stimulated FLS, most evidently in 48 hours [(139±24) pg/ml vs (201±8) pg/ml, t=-6.177, P<0.01]; Moreover, the level of PGE2 was decreased when anti-IL-34 antibody was added to the IL-34-stimulated RA FLS at 24 hours, 48 hours, 72 hours [(250 ±58) pg/ml vs (100 ±28) pg/ml, t=5.742, P<0.01; (375 ±24) pg/ml vs (97 ±23) pg/ml, t=20.564, P<0.001; (357 ±21) pg/ml vs (94 ±18) pg/ml, t=22.353, P<0.01]; In the presence of SB203580 and IKK-16, PGE2 level produced by IL-34-stimulated FLS was obviously decreased [(279 ±37) pg/ml vs (63 ±17) pg/ml, t=12.806, P<0.01;(279±37) pg/ml vs (77±16) pg/ml, t=6.177, P<0.01]. Conclusion Binding of IL-34 with its receptor may promote the secretion of PGE2 via NF-κB and P38 MAPK signaling pathway in RA FLS, suggesting that it might be involved in the pathogenesis of RA.