1.Attitude and behaviors towards tobacco control among civil servants in smoke-free governments of Ningbo City
Qianqian XU ; Yingying ZHU ; Zhenbo TAO ; Shige DING ; Qiuyan JIN ; Ying DONG
Journal of Preventive Medicine 2023;35(1):87-90
Objective:
To investigate the attitude and behaviors towards tobacco control among civil servants in smoke-free governments of Ningbo City, so as to provide insights into the construction of smoke-free governments.
Methods:
Ten governments were randomly sampled from city-level and county/district-level smoke-free governments in Ningbo City using a stratified random sampling method, and 10 civil servants were sampled from each government using a convenient sampling method. Participants' demographics, attitude and behaviors towards tobacco control and second-hand smoke exposure were collected using a self-designed questionnaire and descriptively analyzed.
Results:
A total of 1 100 civil servants were recruited, including 466 men (42.36%) and had a mean age of (39.02±9.38) years. There were 1 005 participants favoring “civil servants should refuse smoking firstly” (91.36%), 1 058 participants favoring “governments should build a smoke-free environment firstly” (96.18%), 1 075 participants favoring “smoking should be completely banned in any indoor public places” (97.73%), 913 participants thinking that smoking should be completely banned in any indoor public places (83.00%) and 813 participants thinking that tobacco control regulations are implemented satisfactorily in their workplaces (73.91%). The overall prevalence of current smoking was 11.91% among participants, and the prevalence of current smoking was 28.11% among male participants. Among all current smokers, 84 attempted to quit smoking (64.12%), and 89 had willingness or plans to quit smoking (67.94%). The proportion of second-hand smoke exposure in workplaces was 40.97% among non-smokers in the past one week.
Conclusions
The civil servants in Ningbo City has correct awareness of smoke-free governments, active attitudes towards tobacco control and low prevalence of smoking. However, smoke-free regulations remain to be improved and long-term tobacco control mechanisms remain to be created in governments in Ningbo City
2.Clinical analysis of hormone combined with cerebral glycoside carnosine and dehydrating drugs in the treatment of traumatic optic nerve injury
Zhenbo ZHU ; Jie ZHU ; Jiyang LING ; Jian FU ; Ning DING
Chinese Journal of Emergency Medicine 2021;30(12):1448-1453
Objective:To retrospectively analyze the effect of hormone combined with cerebral glycoside carnosine and dehydration drugs in traumatic optic neuropathy (TON) patients.Methods:The enrolled 215 TON patients in our hospital from February 2014 to September 2021 were randomly divided into the combination group ( n=143) and routine group ( n=142). The baseline data, visual acuity recovery before and after treatment and adverse reactions of each group were compared. Univariate analysis was conducted to analyze the differences in indicators of good prognosis and visual acuity improvement between the two groups. Results:The effective rate of vision recovery in the combination group was significantly increased than that in the routine group ( P<0.05). After treatment, the intraocular pressure and visual field defect in the combination group were significantly decreased than those in the routine group ( P<0.05). Univariate subgroup analysis showed that there were statistically significant differences between TON patients with age ≤40 years, residual light sensation after injury, visit time ≤24 h, and VEP not extinguished with combined treatment of hormone, brain glycoside carnotin and dehydrating drugs and the routine group ( P<0.05). Univariate subgroup analysis showed that TON patients with optic canal fracture without optic nerve swelling and tortuosity had a good prognosis after treatment with combined hormone, cerebral glucoside carnosine and dehydration, which was statistically different from that in the routine group ( P<0.05). Conclusions:Brain glycosides carnosine and dehydration therapy on the basis of combined hormone a prednisolone sodium succinate treatment can improve vision in TON patients, lighten the optic nerve injury, will not increase the occurrence risk of adverse reactions, and have higher security. It is necessary to focus on high-risk patient over 40 years old, more than 24 h of treatment time, VEP extinction, optic nerve swelling poor efficacy. It is worthy of clinical promotion.
3.Study of early effect and safety of medium-dose glucocorticoid therapy in patients with traumatic optic neuropath
Jie ZHU ; Zhenbo ZHU ; Yi XU ; Zaiyao LIU ; Yun ZHANG
Chinese Journal of Emergency Medicine 2020;29(3):404-408
Objective:To observe the clinical early effect and safety of medium-dose glucocorticoid therapy in patients with traumatic optic neuropathy (TON).Methods:A total of 150 TON patients who met the entry criteria at our hospital from May 2015 to December 2018 were enrolled into our study and divided into the treatment group and the control group according to the treatment, 75 cases in each group. Patients in the control group were treated with dehydration, neurotrophy. Patients in the treatment group were added medium-dose corticosteroids 500 mg/d for 3 days, and then reduced to 40 mg/d for 4 days on the basis of the control group. All the patients were treated with 7 days, and visual evoked potential (VEP) measurement was carried out in all cases. The efficacy and safety based on the changing of visual acuity were evaluated.Results:The effective rate of the treatment group was 44.28% (31/70), and of control group was 26.47% (18/68), with statistically significant difference ( χ2=0.471, P<0.05); Subgroup analysis indicated that when age, visual acuity or VEP change were taken as stratification factors, differences in effective rates between the two groups were statistically significant ( P<0.05). Patients' age less than 50 years ( OR=2.649), visual acuity light perception ( OR=3.590) or VEP showing no wave ( OR=3.700) were the dominant population. The incidence of adverse drug reactions in the treatment and control groups were 13.89% (10/70) and 11.27%(8/68) respectively, and the difference was not statistically significant (χ 2=0.223, P>0.05). Conclusions:Patients who receive a medium-dose glucocorticoid after traumatic optic neuropathy gain better visual acuity.
4. Computational investigation of Artemisia pollen deposition in realistic nasal cavities of residents in northwest China
Ya ZHANG ; Luyao ZHANG ; Fen HUANG ; Jingbin ZHANG ; Miao LOU ; Bin SUN ; Kang ZHU ; Guoxi ZHENG ; Zhenbo TONG
Chinese Journal of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery 2019;54(10):741-747
Objective:
To investigate the deposition rate of Artemisia pollen in different nasal cavity regions and its influence factors in residents of northwest China.
Methods:
Thirty healthy adults from northwest China were enrolled. The computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and discrete phase model (DPM) were used for numerical simulation of nasal structures. The pollen deposition fraction in each anatomical part was counted and the effects of pollen density and breathing rate on deposition were analyzed. SPSS 19.0 software was used for statistical analysis.
Results:
The hottest deposition parts of Artemisia pollen were nasal septum (30.70%±12.27%), vestibule (27.45%±8.21%), middle turbinate area (13.59%±8.98%) and nasopharynx (7.14%±5.90%). When the inspiratory flow rate increased to 30 L/min, the deposition rates of pollen in nasal vestibule and nasal septum were significantly higher than that at the rate of 15 L/min (43.20%±11.14%