1.Correlations of meteorological factors and air pollutants with incidence of hand-foot-and-mouth disease in Lianyungang City
Mengdie XU ; Li YIN ; Furong LYU ; Lei XU ; Qiong TANG ; Haipeng LI
Journal of Environmental and Occupational Medicine 2026;43(1):51-57
Background The moderation role of environmental factors in the spread of hand-foot-and-mouth disease (HFMD) has attracted much attention, but the existing conclusions are inconsistent. For example, some scholars believe that high temperature, high humidity, and high concentrations of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) and nitrogen dioxide (NO2) increase the risk of HFMD, but other scholars have reached the opposite conclusion, or believe that there is no significant relationship. Objective Based on distributed lag nonlinear model (DLNM), to investigate the relationship between the incidence of HFMD and meteorological and air pollutant variables in Lianyungang City, and to provide scientific basis for early warning. Methods Daily data of meteorological factors and air pollutants in Lianyungang City from 2021 to 2024 were retrieved. Meteorological factors included average daily temperature, average wind speed, average air pressure, and relative humidity. Air pollutant indicators included PM2.5, inhalable particulate matter (PM10), carbon monoxide (CO), sulfur dioxide (SO2), NO2, and ozone (O3). Spearman correlation analysis was used to analyze their correlations with HFMD, and the R package (version 4.3.1) dlnm was used to construct a DLNM model. Results During the study period, a total of 10503 cases were reported, with a male to female ratio of 1.47∶1 and the highest proportion of scattered children (49.97%). The Spearman correlation analysis results showed that daily average temperature (r=0.40), relative humidity (r=0.17) and O3 (r=0.14) were positively correlated with the incidence of HFMD (all Ps<0.01), while average air pressure (r=−0.34), PM2.5 (r=−0.24), PM10 (r=−0.24), CO (r=−0.22), and NO2 (r=−0.06) were negatively correlated with it (all Ps<0.05). There was no statistical relationship of SO2 and average wind speed with the incidence of HFMD (both Ps>0.05). The cumulative risk effect was greatest when the daily average temperature was 28.50 ℃ (CRR=4.63, 95%CI: 2.68, 8.01). The average wind speed below 0.50 m·s−1 and in the range of 2.50-3.50 m·s−1 showed an acute risk effect, and low pressure (below 1016.00 hPa) could immediately increase the risk of the disease. The cumulative risk effect was greatest when the relative humidity was 100% (CRR=3.16, 95%CI: 1.77, 5.65). The greatest cumulative protective effects of PM2.5 and PM10 were present at concentrations of 158.00 μg·m−3 (CRR=0.12, 95%CI: 0.01, 0.99) and 561.50 μg·m−3 (CRR=0.01, 95%CI: 0.01, 0.99) respectively. The protective effect of CO was the strongest at the highest concentration (67.00 μg·m−3) (RR=0.67, 95%CI: 0.34, 0.64). The cumulative protective effects of SO2 and NO2 were both most significant at the concentration of 0.50 μg·m−3. Low concentrations of O3 (below 48.00 μg·m−3) showed a risk effect, and the single-day protective effect was significant when the concentration was 141.00 μg·m−3. Conclusion There is a nonlinear and hysteretic relationship between environmental factors and the incidence of HFMD. A rational and efficient early warning and prevention and control system can be constructed accordingly.
2.Evaluation of economic burden of ICU patients due to hospital-associated MDROs infection based on propensity score matching
Mengqi TANG ; Qian YU ; Zhenping SHA ; Xiaoqing LIU ; Furong GENG ; Shuo LI ; Zhongming CHEN
Chinese Journal of Nosocomiology 2025;35(21):3227-3231
OBJECTIVE To evaluate the economic burden of the intensive care unit(ICU)patients due to hospital-associated multidrug-resistant organisms(MDROs)infections based on propensity score matching(PSM)so as to provide evidence-based bases for prevention and control of hospital-associated MDROs infection and improvement of utilization efficiency of medical resources.METHODS A total of 2118 patients who were hospitalized in Zibo Central Hospital from Jan.1,2023 to Dec.31,2024 and conformed to the inclusion and exclusion criteria were re-cruited as the research subjects.The patients with hospital-associated MDROs infections were matched in a 1∶1 ratio by PSM(with the clamp value 0.02).Totally 309 pairs were successfully matched.The length of hospital stay and the costs were observed and compared between the MDROs group and the non-MDROs group.RESULTS The MDROs group was with the length of hospital stay 14.00 days longer than the non-MDROs group after the matching(Z=-5.750,P<0.001),with the total cost of hospitalization increased by 91,420.84 yuan(Z=-8.271,P<0.001).With the respect to the medical treatment expenses,the expenses of the MDROs group were higher than those of the non-MDROs group,covering the cost of medical service,therapeutic procedures,nursing,western medicine and TCM,and there were significant differences(P<0.05).Among the differences in the costs between the two groups,the difference in the cost of western medicine was the most signif-icant(22,182.91 yuan),followed by the cost of clinical laboratory test for diagnosis(19,529.60 yuan)and the cost of therapeutic procedures(16,333.50 yuan).CONCLUSIONS The hospital-associated MDROs infections may lead to the extension of hospital stay length of the ICU patients,which then increases the economic burden.There-fore,it is necessary to strengthen the multidisciplinary collaboration and formulate corresponding measures so as to reduce the risk of such infections among the ICU patients.
3.Evaluation of economic burden of ICU patients due to hospital-associated MDROs infection based on propensity score matching
Mengqi TANG ; Qian YU ; Zhenping SHA ; Xiaoqing LIU ; Furong GENG ; Shuo LI ; Zhongming CHEN
Chinese Journal of Nosocomiology 2025;35(21):3227-3231
OBJECTIVE To evaluate the economic burden of the intensive care unit(ICU)patients due to hospital-associated multidrug-resistant organisms(MDROs)infections based on propensity score matching(PSM)so as to provide evidence-based bases for prevention and control of hospital-associated MDROs infection and improvement of utilization efficiency of medical resources.METHODS A total of 2118 patients who were hospitalized in Zibo Central Hospital from Jan.1,2023 to Dec.31,2024 and conformed to the inclusion and exclusion criteria were re-cruited as the research subjects.The patients with hospital-associated MDROs infections were matched in a 1∶1 ratio by PSM(with the clamp value 0.02).Totally 309 pairs were successfully matched.The length of hospital stay and the costs were observed and compared between the MDROs group and the non-MDROs group.RESULTS The MDROs group was with the length of hospital stay 14.00 days longer than the non-MDROs group after the matching(Z=-5.750,P<0.001),with the total cost of hospitalization increased by 91,420.84 yuan(Z=-8.271,P<0.001).With the respect to the medical treatment expenses,the expenses of the MDROs group were higher than those of the non-MDROs group,covering the cost of medical service,therapeutic procedures,nursing,western medicine and TCM,and there were significant differences(P<0.05).Among the differences in the costs between the two groups,the difference in the cost of western medicine was the most signif-icant(22,182.91 yuan),followed by the cost of clinical laboratory test for diagnosis(19,529.60 yuan)and the cost of therapeutic procedures(16,333.50 yuan).CONCLUSIONS The hospital-associated MDROs infections may lead to the extension of hospital stay length of the ICU patients,which then increases the economic burden.There-fore,it is necessary to strengthen the multidisciplinary collaboration and formulate corresponding measures so as to reduce the risk of such infections among the ICU patients.
4.Effects of ginkgolide B on neurological recovery and Wnt/β-catenin pathway after ischemic stroke in mice
Shaozhuang CHEN ; Qiying TANG ; Yanrong YE ; Yun SHEN ; Kehui YI ; Furong GU ; Jia LIU
International Journal of Biomedical Engineering 2024;47(1):66-72
Objective:To investigate the effects of ginkgolide B on neurological function recovery and the Wnt/β-catenin pathway after ischemic stroke in mice.Methods:Fifty-five C57/BL6 mice were selected, of which 10 mice were kept as the sham group and the remaining 45 mice were constructed as the ischemic stroke model. There were 40 mice who finally completed the modeling, and then they were randomly divided into the blank control group (GB0w), short-course administration group (GB1w), long-term administration group (GB2w), and long-term administration+antagonist group (GB2w+PRI-724), with 10 mice in each group. There was no drug intervention after MCAO in GB0w. The mice in GB1w were given ginkgolide B (10 mg/kg) 0.1 ml within 1 week after MCAO; in GB2w were given ginkgolide B (10 mg/kg) 0.1 ml within 2 weeks after MCAO; and in GB2w+PRI-724 were nasally fed ginkgolide B (10 mg/kg) 0.1 ml within 2 weeks after MCAO; and selective antagonist PRI-724 was given 3 h before administration of ginkgolide B on days 8 to 14. Neurological function scores, walking on rotor bar test scores, expression of transforming growth factor-β1 (TGF-β1), fibroblast growth factor 4 (FGF4), tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α), interleukin-6 (IL-6), malondialdehyde (MDA), glutathione peroxidase (GSH-Px), superoxide dismutase (SOD), Wnt, β-catenin, and glycogen synthase kinase-3β (GSK-3β) were compared among the groups.Results:Compared with the sham group, the expressions of MDA, TNF-α, IL-6, FGF4, and GSK-3β in GB0w, GB1w, GB2w, and GB2w+ PRI-724 were increased, and the expressions of GSH-Px, SOD, TGF-β1, β-catenin, and Wnt were decreased (all P < 0.001). Compared with GB0w, the expressions of SOD, GSH-Px, TGF-β1, Wnt, and β-catenin were increased in GB1w, GB2w, and GB2w+PRI-724, and the expressions of MDA, TNF-α, IL-6, FGF4, and GSK-3β were decreased (all P < 0.001). Compared with GB1w, the expressions of GSH-Px, SOD, TGF-β 1, Wnt, and β-catenin were increased in GB2w and GB2w+PRI-724, and the expressions of IL-6, TNF-α, MDA, FGF4, and GSK-3β were decreased (all P < 0.001). Compared with GB2w, the neural function score, walking on the stick test score, and expressions of IL-6, TNF-α, FGF4, MDA, and GSK-3β were increased in GB2w+PRI-724, while the expressions of GSH-Px, TGF-β1, SOD, Wnt, and β-catenin were decreased (all P < 0.001). Conclusions:Ginkgolide B can effectively improve the neurological function of ischemic stroke mice and may be related to the Wnt/β-catenin pathway.
5.Effects of social support on job burnout among police officers: Mediating role of psychological empowerment
Jiajia ZHANG ; SANTIAGO GASCÓN ; Furong TANG ; Hongguang LIU
Journal of Environmental and Occupational Medicine 2023;40(8):918-922
Background The high-pressure and high-risk nature of the police profession may consume individual resources and lead to job burnout. Objective To understand the current situation of police job burnout, and test potential mediating role of psychological empowerment between social support and job burnout. Methods From May to October 2020, a questionnaire survey was conducted among police officers in cities A and B of Sichuan Province by convenience sampling. The Perceived Social Support Scale, Psychological Empowerment Scale, and Maslach Burnout Inventory-General Survey were used to evaluate social support, psychological empowerment, and job burnout respectively. Mediation effect of psychological empowerment on the relationship between social support and job burnout was tested using bias-corrected bootstrap method. Results Of the 483 questionnaires recovered, there were 461 valid questionnaires (95.44%). The M (P25, P75) scores of social support, psychological empowerment, and job burnout were 5.00 (3.50, 5.83), 3.25 (2.00, 4.25), and 3.61 (2.43, 3.88), respectively. The positive rate of job burnout was 93.92% (433/461), of which 42.51% (196/461) and 51.41% (237/461) of the participants were at mild to moderate and severe levels of job burnout respectively. The results of Spearman correlation analysis showed that social support and psychological empowerment were negatively correlated with job burnout (r=−0.265, −0.328, P<0.01), and social support was positively corrected with psychological empowerment (r=0.390, P<0.01). The Bootstrap test results showed that social support negatively affected job burnout (β=−0.193, P<0.001) and positively affected psychological empowerment (β=0.330, P<0.001). Psychological empowerment negatively affected job burnout (β=−0.212, P<0.001) and played a partial mediating role in the relationship between social support and job burnout, and the effect value was −0.070 (95%CI: −0.097, −0.047) that accounted for 36.27% of the total effect. Conclusion Job burnout is prevalent among the police officers. Social support has a negative effect on job burnout, and psychological empowerment plays a partial mediating role between social support and job burnout.
6.Analysis of Knee Joint Stress During Drop Jump Landing in Females with Generalised Joint Hypermobility
Furong XIANG ; Shengxin TANG ; Xinxin LIU ; Yining CHEN ; Xikai LIN ; Jian CHEN
Journal of Medical Biomechanics 2023;38(2):E317-E323
Objective To analyze the differences of von Mises stress distribution in knee cartilage and meniscus in female with generalised joint hypermobility (GJH) and healthy female during drop jump landing. Methods The kinematic and ground reaction force (GRF) characteristics of knee joint in female with GJH and healthy female at the moment of peak vertical GRF (VGRF) during loading phase of drop jump landing were collected. The knee joint reaction force was calculated via inverse dynamics, and the combined force of knee joint along long axis of the femur was applied as the load. Based on three-dimensional (3D) finite element model of a female knee joint, numerical simulations were performed separately during drop jump landing of subjects in two groups, and von Mises stresses and stress distribution of knee cartilage and meniscus were calculated. Results At the moment of peak VGRF during drop jump landing, knee flexion and valgus angles in GJH group and control group showed a statistical significance (P<0. 05). Compared with control group, knee flexion angle decreased and valgus angle increased in GJH group. During drop jump landing, GJH group bore larger stress inside the knee joint, and stress distribution in weight-bearing areas of the medial and lateral tibiofemoral compartments was uneven, while the lateral femoral cartilage lateral condyle, the anterior and middle lateral of lateral tibial cartilage, the anterior angle and body lateral margin of lateral meniscus were stress concentration sites. Conclusions For females with GJH, the stability of knee joint decreases and force lines change in jumping events, due to the increased range of motion of knee joint and relaxation of joint capsule, which increases the risk of cartilage and meniscal injury in lateral knee joint. During jumping sports, females with GJH should especially prevent knee joint injury caused by altered force lines in frontal plane of knee joint.
7.Advances in machine learning in suicide prediction on online social platforms
Hanxiao WANG ; Aijia KANG ; Yubao ZHAO ; Furong ZHAO ; Xiaojiang JIANG ; Fengyi HAO ; Xiangdong TANG
Sichuan Mental Health 2021;34(6):580-584
This article systematically reviews the research results related to the machine learning based suicide ideation prediction on social networking platforms, so as to provide references for group and individual suicide prediction. This article will address the current states (issues of algorithm accuracy and efficiency, privacy leakage and stigma) and limitations of machine learning based suicide prediction on different platforms (light blogging, acquaintance social platforms, forums, picture and video sharing applications and clinical databases).
8.Salidroside affects proliferation, invasion and apoptosis of cervical squamous cell carcinoma C33Acells through JAK2/STAT3 pathway
HUANG Jin ; LIU Furong ; WEN Ting ; TANG Qian ; XU Xiangmei ; LIAO Dazhong
Chinese Journal of Cancer Biotherapy 2020;27(5):522-527
[Abstract] Objective: To investigate the effects of salidroside on the proliferation, invasion and apoptosis of cervical squamous cell carcinoma C33A cells and explore its possible mechanism. Methods: C33A cells were divided into 4 groups: control group, low-dose group (salidroside 50 μg/mL), high-dose group (salidroside 150 μg/mL), and AG490 group (inhibitor of JAK2/STAT3 signaling pathway, 50 μmol/L). Effects of salidroside and AG490 on the proliferation, invasion and apoptosis of C33A cells were detected by MTT method, EdU labeling experiment, Transwell assay, Rh123 staining and Flow cytometry, respectively. Western blotting was used to detect the effects of salidroside and AG490 on the expressions of JAK2/STAT3 pathway-related proteins (p-JAK2, p-STAT3) and apoptosis-related proteins (Bax, Bcl-2, caspase-3) in C33A cells. Result: Compared with the control group, the proliferation and DNA synthesis as well as the invasion of C33Acells in the low-dose group were significantly inhibited (all P<0.05), while the apoptosis was significantly enhanced (P<0.05); in the meanwhile, the fluorescence intensity of Rh123 was significantly reduced (all P<0.05) and the membrane structure of C33A cells were destroyed; moreover, the expressions of p-JAK2, p-STAT3 and Bcl-2 were significantly decreased while the expressions of Bax and caspase-3 were significantly increased (all P<0.05). Compared with the low-dose group, the effects of high-dose salidroside and AG490 on the proliferation, invasion, apoptosis and related protein expressions in C33A cells were more significant (all P<0.05), but there was no difference between the high-dose group and the AG490 group. Conclusion: Salidroside can inhibit the proliferation and invasion of C33A cells and promote cell apoptosis. Its mechanism may be related to inhibition of JAK2/ STAT3 signaling pathway.
9. Correlation between the attitude toward seeking professional psychological help and perceived stress in policemen
China Occupational Medicine 2019;46(06):727-731
OBJECTIVE: To explore the current situation and correlation between the attitude toward seeking professional psychological help and perceived stress in policemen. METHODS: The Attitude Toward Seeking Professional Psychological Help Scale and the Perceived Stress Scale were used to conduct surveys in 240 policemen, who were selected from Sichuan practice training bases by cluster random sampling method.RESULTS: The total scores of the attitude toward seeking professional psychological help and perceived stress in policemen were(94.9±11.9) and(38.6±6.7) respectively. The total score of the attitude toward seeking professional psychological help of rural policemen was higher than that of urban policemen(P<0.05). The total scores of the attitude toward seeking professional psychological help of criminal policemen, security policemen and prison guards were higher than that of logistics policemen(P<0.05). The total score of perceived stress of policemen aged over 40 was higher than those of policemen aged in the 20 s and 30 s(P<0.05). The total score of perceived stress of divorced policemen was higher than those of married and unmarried policemen(P<0.05). The total score of the attitude toward seeking professional psychological help was negatively correlated with the total score of perceived stress(P<0.01). The total score of the attitude toward seeking professional psychological help of policemen in the high risk pressure group was lower than that in the normal pressure group(P<0.05). CONCLUSION: The attitude toward seeking professional psychological help of policemen was at the average level and was negatively correlated with their psychological stress.
10.Effects of Enhanced Recovery Surgery Concept on Anesthetic Agents Costs during Perioperative Period in Our Hospital
Qiling TANG ; Wenwen ZHENG ; Furong ZHOU ; Congxiao LU
China Pharmacist 2018;21(3):448-451
Objective:To analyze the effects of enhanced recovery after surgery(ERAS) concept on anesthetic agents in our hos-pital in order to provide evidence for rational drug use. Methods:The patients received ERAS care and surgery from departments of o-torhinolaryngology,gynecology and urology during June and December in 2016 were selected into ERAS group. Meanwhile, the pa-tients received usual care and routine operation were selected into the traditional group. Anesthetic agents of the two groups were then analyzed. Results:The anesthetic agents costs, the usage rate and expenses of patient controlled analgesia pump and the total drug costs of ERAS groups were significantly lower than those of the traditional groups(P<0.05 or P<0.01). Conclusion:With the de-velopment of ERAS concept, the patients can receive good diagnosis and treatment. Meanwhile, anesthetic agents costs, total drug costs and drug proportion decrease as well.

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