1.Research progress on financial incentives for improving medication adherence
Tiantian TAO ; Yi CAO ; Mengdie ZHANG ; Pingyu CHEN
China Pharmacy 2025;36(10):1266-1270
Financial incentives, as an intervention in behavioral therapy, have been proven to be beneficial in many health behaviors, such as drug addiction treatment, long-term antiviral therapy, and the prevention and treatment of chronic diseases. At present, typical financial incentive schemes mainly include commitment contracts and lottery-based models. Key factors in the design of such interventions include the adaptability of behavioral economic principles and medication behavior, the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of design scheme, and the acceptability of intervention population. Although financial incentives have accumulated rich experience in health behavior interventions abroad, research on medication adherence remains limited, with existing intervention scheme design and mechanism constraints, and their effectiveness potentially varying across different cultural and social environments. China should explore practical models of financial incentives to enhance medication adherence, considering patients’ medication patterns and socio-cultural factors.
2.Association between Chinese visceral adiposity index and diabetes mellitus and hypertension among elderly people in Hebei Province
Fujuan YUE ; Xiaoli LIU ; Lijuan TANG ; Fan ZHANG ; Yajing CAO ; Tiantian GUO ; Wen LI ; Dongsheng JIANG
Journal of Public Health and Preventive Medicine 2025;36(6):53-57
Objective To investigate the association between the Chinese visceral adiposity index (CVAI) and diabetes mellitus, hypertension, diabetes mellitus or hypertension, and diabetes with hypertension among elderly people in Hebei Province. Methods In 2020, a stratified multi-stage random sampling was used to conduct questionnaire survey, physical examination and laboratory detection among permanent residents of 10 monitoring sites in Hebei Province. Logistic regression was used to analyze the association between CVAI and diabetes mellitus, hypertension, diabetes mellitus or hypertension, and diabetes with hypertension. The area under the ROC curve (AUC) was used to evaluate the predictive value of CVAI for diabetes mellitus, hypertension, diabetes mellitus or hypertension, and diabetes with hypertension. Results The detection rates of diabetes mellitus, hypertension, diabetes mellitus or hypertension, and diabetes with hypertension were 19.8%, 74.6%, 78.2%, and 16.2%, respectively. Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that compared with the lowest quartile of CVAI group Q1, the OR (95% CI) of diabetes mellitus, hypertension, diabetes mellitus or hypertension, and diabetes with hypertension in the highest quartile Q4 group were 3.55 (2.58~4.89), 2.52 (1.92~3.31), 3.09 (2.31~4.12), and 4.92 (3.40~7.12), respectively. The ROC curve results showed that CVAI had the best predictive value in the diagnosis of diabetes with hypertension, and the optimized critical values in males and females were 128.54 and 141.88, respectively. Conclusion The detection rates of diabetes mellitus and hypertension are high in the elderly population in Hebei Province. CVAI is positively associated with the risk of diabetes mellitus, hypertension, diabetes mellitus or hypertension, and diabetes with hypertension among the elderly in Hebei. CVAI has the strongest prediction ability for diabetes with hypertension.
3.SITA: Predicting site-specific immunogenicity for therapeutic antibodies.
Yewei CUN ; Hao DING ; Tiantian MAO ; Yuan WANG ; Caicui WANG ; Jiajun LI ; Zihao LI ; Mengdie HU ; Zhiwei CAO ; Tianyi QIU
Journal of Pharmaceutical Analysis 2025;15(6):101316-101316
Antibody (Ab) humanization is critical to reduce immunogenicity and enhance efficacy in the preclinical phase of the development of therapeutic Abs originated from animal models. Computational suggestions have long been desired, but available tools focused on immunogenicity calculation of whole Ab sequences and sequence segments, missing the individual residue sites. This study introduces Site-specific Immunogenicity for Therapeutic Antibody (SITA), a novel computational framework that predicts B-cell immunogenicity score for not only the overall antibody, but also individual residues, based on a comprehensive set of amino acid descriptors characterizing physicochemical and spatial features for antibody structures. A transfer-learning-inspired framework was purposely adopted to overcome the scarcity of Ab-Ab structural complexes. On an independent testing dataset derived from 13 Ab-Ab structural complexes, SITA successfully predicted the epitope sites for Ab-Ab structures with a receiver operating characteristic (ROC)-area unver the ROC curve (AUC) of 0.85 and a precision-recall (PR)-AUC of 0.305 at the residue level. Furthermore, the SITA score can significantly distinguish immunogenicity levels of whole human Abs, therapeutic Abs and non-human-derived Abs. More importantly, analysis of an additional 25 therapeutic Abs revealed that over 70% of them were detected with decreased immunogenicity after modification compared to their parent variants. Among these, nearly 66% Abs successfully identified actual modification sites from the top five sites with the highest SITA scores, suggesting the ability of SITA scores for guide the humanization of antibody. Overall, these findings highlight the potential of SITA in optimizing immunogenicity assessments during the process of therapeutic antibody design.
4.Research progress on the mechanisms of alkaloid components against colorectal cancer
Di LIU ; Zongyue GAO ; Chengzhi WANG ; Yifan LIU ; Dan CAO ; Tiantian DONG
China Pharmacy 2025;36(24):3143-3148
The incidence and mortality of colorectal cancer (CRC) in China have been on a steady rise. Current therapeutic approaches can curb the progression of CRC to a certain extent, but issues such as toxic side effects, high metastasis rate, and high recurrence rate cannot be ignored. In recent years, alkaloid components derived from traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) have demonstrated tremendous potential in the prevention and treatment of CRC due to their diverse structures, complex mechanisms, and broad biological activities. Representative alkaloids such as matrine, berberine and evodiamine exert anti-CRC effects through multiple pathways: regulating signaling pathways including Wnt/β-catenin, nuclear factor-κB, signal transducer and activator of transcription 3, and phosphoinositide 3-kinase/protein kinase B/mammalian target of rapamycin; inhibiting the proliferation, migration, and invasion of CRC cells; inducing cell apoptosis and autophagy; arresting the cell cycle progression; regulating the gut microbiota; suppressing cellular glycolysis; and inducing ferroptosis.
5.Study of the efficacy of ozone bath after debridement of necrotizing fasciitis
Rong LIU ; Tianbao XIAO ; Tiantian BAO ; Yibo CAO ; Tao YANG ; Ying ZHAO ; Jiang CHEN
Chongqing Medicine 2025;54(7):1586-1590
Objective To explore the efficacy of ozone gas bath on necrotizing fasciitis after debride-ment.Methods Fifty patients with necrotizing fasciitis who underwent debridement in the First Affiliated Hospital of Guizhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine from January 2020 to July 2024 were selected and divided into control group(25 cases)and observation group(25 cases)according to random number table method.The control group was given routine dressing change(normal saline,povidone iodine,hydrogen per-oxide,metronidazole sodium chloride injection),and the observation group was treated with ozone gas bath.The clinical efficacy,pain scores,laboratory indicators,postoperative complications,and total hospital days of the two groups were compared before and after treatment.Results Compared with the control group,the ob-servation group had a higher total effective rate(92.0%vs.68.0%),lower numerical rating scale for pain(NRS)scores at 1 week postoperatively,2 weeks postoperatively,and before discharge,as well as lower levels of WBC,C reactive protein(CRP),and procalcitonin(PCT),and a lower total incidence of complications(52.0%vs.80.0%).The hospital stay was shorter[(22.40±2.06)d vs.(29.28±2.28)d)],with statistical-ly significant differences(P<0.05).Conclusion Ozone gas bath can reduce postoperative pain and promote recovery in necrotizing fasciitis after debridement.
6.Predictive value of serum IL-17 combined with eotaxin-3 for poor prognosis in patients with acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Na WANG ; Li ZHAI ; Lin ZHANG ; Jungang LYU ; Tiantian CAO ; Qing DAN ; Hui LIU
International Journal of Laboratory Medicine 2025;46(6):752-756
Objective To investigate the predictive value of serum interleukin-17(IL-17)combined with eotaxin-3 for poor prognosis in patients with acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease(AECOPD).Methods A total of 213 patients with AECOPD admitted to Beijing Municipal Armed Police Force Hospital from May 2018 to July 2023 were selected as the disease group.According to the prognosis of patients,they were divided into good prognosis group(133 cases)and poor prognosis group(80 cases).At the same time,205 physical examination healthy people in Beijing Municipal Armed Police Force Hospital were selected as the healthy group.The serum levels of IL-17 and eotaxin-3 were detected by enzyme-linked immu-nosorbent assay.The clinical data of poor prognosis group and good prognosis group were compared.Pearson correlation analysis was used to analyze the correlation between serum IL-17 level and eotaxin-3 in AECOPD patients.Multivariate Logistic regression analysis was used to analyze the related factors affecting the progno-sis of AECOPD patients.The receiver operating characteristic(ROC)curve was used to evaluate the predic-tive value of serum IL-17 and eotaxin-3 levels for the prognosis of AECOPD patients.Results Compared with the healthy group,the serum levels of IL-17 and eotaxin-3 were increased in the disease group(P<0.05).Compared with the good prognosis group,the poor prognosis group had significant increases in serum IL-17 and eotaxin-3 levels(P<0.05).Serum IL-17 level was positively correlated with eotaxin-3 in AECOPD pa-tients(r=0.537,P<0.001).There were significant differences in Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease(GOLD)grade,blood oxygen partial pressure(PaO2)and carbon dioxide partial pressure(PaCO2)between the poor prognosis group and the good prognosis group(P<0.05).GOLD grade,PaCO2,serum IL-17 and eotaxin-3 levels were risk factors for poor prognosis in patients with AECOPD(P<0.05),and PaO2 was a protective factor for poor prognosis in patients with AECOPD(P<0.05).The area under the curve of serum IL-17 and eotaxin-3 combined to predict the prognosis of AECOPD patients was 0.885,the sensitivity was 80.00%,and the specificity was 83.46%,which was better than that of IL-17 and eotaxin-3 a-lone(Zcombiation-IL-17=4.045,P<0.001,Zcombiation-eotaxin-3=3.254,P=0.001).Conclusion The serum levels of IL-17 and eotaxin-3 are increased in AECOPD patients.The combination of IL-17 and eotaxin-3 has predictive value for the prognosis of AECOPD patients.
7.Expert consensus on the evaluation and management of dysphagia after oral and maxillofacial tumor surgery
Xiaoying LI ; Moyi SUN ; Wei GUO ; Guiqing LIAO ; Zhangui TANG ; Longjiang LI ; Wei RAN ; Guoxin REN ; Zhijun SUN ; Jian MENG ; Shaoyan LIU ; Wei SHANG ; Jie ZHANG ; Yue HE ; Chunjie LI ; Kai YANG ; Zhongcheng GONG ; Jichen LI ; Qing XI ; Gang LI ; Bing HAN ; Yanping CHEN ; Qun'an CHANG ; Yadong WU ; Huaming MAI ; Jie ZHANG ; Weidong LENG ; Lingyun XIA ; Wei WU ; Xiangming YANG ; Chunyi ZHANG ; Fan YANG ; Yanping WANG ; Tiantian CAO
Journal of Practical Stomatology 2024;40(1):5-14
Surgical operation is the main treatment of oral and maxillofacial tumors.Dysphagia is a common postoperative complication.Swal-lowing disorder can not only lead to mis-aspiration,malnutrition,aspiration pneumonia and other serious consequences,but also may cause psychological problems and social communication barriers,affecting the quality of life of the patients.At present,there is no systematic evalua-tion and rehabilitation management plan for the problem of swallowing disorder after oral and maxillofacial tumor surgery in China.Combining the characteristics of postoperative swallowing disorder in patients with oral and maxillofacial tumors,summarizing the clinical experience of ex-perts in the field of tumor and rehabilitation,reviewing and summarizing relevant literature at home and abroad,and through joint discussion and modification,a group of national experts reached this consensus including the core contents of the screening of swallowing disorders,the phased assessment of prognosis and complications,and the implementation plan of comprehensive management such as nutrition management,respiratory management,swallowing function recovery,psychology and nursing during rehabilitation treatment,in order to improve the evalua-tion and rehabilitation of swallowing disorder after oral and maxillofacial tumor surgery in clinic.
8.Construction of a Theoretical Framework for the Performance Assessment of Basic Medical Insurance Designated Medical Institutions Based on the Objectives of Medical Insurance Policy
Qian WANG ; Ruiming DAI ; Lin KE ; Ling CAO ; Wei ZHANG ; Mengjiao SHEN ; Tiantian ZHANG
Chinese Hospital Management 2024;44(1):78-82
It collected relative policy documents systematically and analyzed the development process and policy objective evolution of Chinese basic medical insurance system.Based on this,it determined the performance assessment objectives of the designated medical institutions of basic medical insurance and constructed the assessment framework guided by the goal realization.Then,from the perspective of contract management and performance management,it determined the assessment elements of contract enforcement assessment system of designated medical institutions and the logical relationship between the elements,and to construct a conceptual model,which provides a reference for guiding the research of the contract enforcement assessment of the designated medical institutions of basic medical insurance.
9.A nomogram prediction model for individualized prediction of the risk of covert (minimal) hepatic encephalopathy occurrence in patients with liver cirrhosis
Xiaoqin LI ; Yang LI ; Yueqin NI ; Wen CAO ; Tiantian YIN ; Rui LU
Chinese Journal of Hepatology 2024;32(9):828-834
Objective:To construct an individualized nomogram prediction model for predicting the risk of the occurrence of covert hepatic encephalopathy (CHE) in patients with liver cirrhosis.Methods:325 cases of liver cirrhosis admitted from January 2020 to December 2022 were selected as the study subjects. Patients were divided into training ( n=213) and validation ( n=112) sets using a cluster randomization method. The risk factors for CHE occurrence in patients with cirrhosis in the training set were analyzed by univariate and multivariate logistic regression. A prediction model related to the nomogram was established. Results:Independent risk factors for the occurrence of CHE in patients with cirrhosis were a history of hepatic encephalopathy, co-infection, gastrointestinal bleeding, severe ascites, prothrombin time ≥16 seconds, high total bilirubin, and high blood ammonia levels ( P<0.05). Nomogram model validation results: The model had a net benefit for the training and validation sets, with C-indices of 0.830 (95% CI: 0.802-0.858) and 0.807 (95% CI: 0.877-0.837), respectively, within the range of 0-96%. The calibration curves of both sets were evenly close to the ideal curves. The AUCs for the ROC curves in both sets were 0.827 (95% CI: 0.796-0.858) and 0.811 (95% CI: 0.787-0.836), respectively. Conclusion:Patients with cirrhosis have many risk factors for CHE occurrence. The nomogram model constructed based on these risk factors possesses a good predictive value for assessing CHE occurrence in cirrhotic patients.
10.Epidemiological characteristics and risk factors of brucellosis in Yan'an City from 2019 to 2023
Xiaoyan ZHANG ; Yun CAO ; Yao ZHANG ; Le XUE ; Xiaoqin YAN ; Tiantian XIN
Chinese Journal of Endemiology 2024;43(11):912-915
Objective:To analyze the epidemiological characteristics and risk factors of brucellosis in Yan'an City, and to provide a theoretical basis for scientifically formulating prevention and control measures for brucellosis.Methods:A descriptive analysis method was used to analyze the general information, epidemiological characteristics of confirmed brucellosis cases at General Hospital of Yan'an Second Medical Group from 2019 to 2023. Univariate and multivariate logistic regression models were used to analyze the risk factors for brucellosis infection in the population.Results:From 2019 to 2023, a total of 301 cases of brucellosis were confirmed, and the number of cases in each year was 1, 7, 85, 85 and 123 cases, respectively. There were 231 males and 70 females, with a gender ratio of 3.3 ∶ 1.0. The patients were mainly aged between 15 and 64 years old (88.70%, 267/301), with a higher incidence in summer and autumn (36.55%, 110/301; 30.23%, 91/301). The occupation was dominated by farmers (62.98%, 182/289). The area with the highest number of cases was Ansai District (20.67%, 62/300), followed by Baota District (19.33%, 58/300) and Zhidan County (17.67%, 53/300). The results of multivariate logistic analysis showed that contact with livestock and unprotected contact were risk factors for brucellosis infection ( OR = 2.81, 6.75, 95% CI: 1.14 - 5.98, 1.23 - 15.72, P < 0.05). Conclusions:From 2019 to 2023, the number of brucellosis cases in Yan'an has been increasing year by year, with a higher incidence among young and middle-aged people. Summer and autumn are the high incidence seasons for the disease, and Ansai District, Baota District, and Zhidan County are key areas for brucellosis prevention and control in Yan'an City. Failure to take protective measures when in contact with livestock can increase the probability of brucellosis infection.


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