1.Spinal muscular atrophy with lower extremity predominance associated with BICD2 mutation: A case report
Journal of Apoplexy and Nervous Diseases 2026;43(1):76-80
Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is characterized by muscle atrophy and weakness caused by degeneration of the anterior horn cells of the spinal cord, and spinal muscular atrophy with lower extremity predominance (SMALED) accounts for less than 2% of all SMA cases.Due to the rarity of the disease and varying severities of its clinical phenotype, misdiagnosis or missed diagnosis is often observed in clinical practice. In this case, a male patient aged 19 years was admitted due to “weakness in both lower limbs for more than 2 years and aggravation for more than 2 months”. Neurophysical examination showed low muscle strength and muscle atrophy of lower limbs, with negative pathological signs or sensory disorders. Electromyography examination revealed neurogenic damage in both lower limbs, and the clinical and electrophysiological features of the patient were consistent with the features of SMALED. Genetic testing revealed BICD2 gene mutation, and the patient was diagnosed with SMALED2. There was no aggravation of clinical symptoms at follow-up half a year later. This case report aims to improve the understanding and diagnosis of this disease among clinicians.
2.Platelet bacterial contamination in China: a meta-analysis
Xiuyun LIAO ; Yang HUANG ; Yuan ZHANG ; Miao HE ; Zhan GAO
Chinese Journal of Blood Transfusion 2025;38(9):1272-1279
Objective: To investigate the status and influencing factors of platelet bacterial contamination in China, and to provide theoretical support for relevant policies in blood collection and transfusion institutions. Methods: A meta-analysis by systematically searching studies on platelet bacterial contamination in China published between 1998 and 2023 was conducted. Data analysis was performed using R4.4 software to combine studies that met the inclusion criteria. Results: Twenty-three studies were included after screening. The combined analysis showed that the overall contamination rate of platelets in China was 0.18% (95% CI: 0.12%-0.24%). The contamination rate of manually condensed platelets was significantly higher than that of apheresis platelet concentrates (0.28% vs 0.17%, P<0.01). No significant difference in platelet contamination rates was found between eastern and central regions (0.21% vs 0.15%, P>0.01). The contamination rate of aerobic bacteria was higher than that of anaerobic bacteria (0.11% vs 0.06%, P<0.01). Publication bias analysis indicated robust results, and sensitivity analysis showed minimal impact of excluding individual studies on the overall conclusion. Conclusion: Although the platelet contamination rate in China is generally low, significant differences exist across collection methods and regions.
3.Clinical course, causes of worsening, and outcomes of severe ischemic stroke: A prospective multicenter cohort study.
Simiao WU ; Yanan WANG ; Ruozhen YUAN ; Meng LIU ; Xing HUA ; Linrui HUANG ; Fuqiang GUO ; Dongdong YANG ; Zuoxiao LI ; Bihua WU ; Chun WANG ; Jingfeng DUAN ; Tianjin LING ; Hao ZHANG ; Shihong ZHANG ; Bo WU ; Cairong ZHU ; Craig S ANDERSON ; Ming LIU
Chinese Medical Journal 2025;138(13):1578-1586
BACKGROUND:
Severe stroke has high rates of mortality and morbidity. This study aimed to investigate the clinical course, causes of worsening, and outcomes of severe ischemic stroke.
METHODS:
This prospective, multicenter cohort study enrolled adult patients admitted ≤30 days after ischemic stroke from nine hospitals in China between September 2017 and December 2019. Severe stroke was defined as a score of ≥15 on the National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS). Clinical worsening was defined as an increase of 4 in the NIHSS score from baseline. Unfavorable functional outcome was defined as a modified Rankin scale score ≥3 at 3 months and 1 year after stroke onset, respectively. We performed Logistic regression to explore baseline features and reperfusion therapies associated with clinical worsening and functional outcomes.
RESULTS:
Among 4201 patients enrolled, 854 patients (20.33%) had severe stroke on admission. Of 3347 patients without severe stroke on admission, 142 (4.24%) patients developed severe stroke in hospital. Of 854 patients with severe stroke on admission, 33.95% (290/854) experienced clinical worsening (median time from stroke onset: 43 h, Q1-Q3: 20-88 h), with brain edema (54.83% [159/290]) as the leading cause; 24.59% (210/854) of these patients died by 30 days, and 81.47% (677/831) and 78.44% (633/807) had unfavorable functional outcomes at 3 months and 1 year respectively. Reperfusion reduced the risk of worsening (adjusted odds ratio [OR]: 0.24, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.12-0.49, P <0.01), 30-day death (adjusted OR: 0.22, 95% CI: 0.11-0.41, P <0.01), and unfavorable functional outcomes at 3 months (adjusted OR: 0.24, 95% CI: 0.08-0.68, P <0.01) and 1 year (adjusted OR: 0.17, 95% CI: 0.06-0.50, P <0.01).
CONCLUSIONS:
Approximately one-fifth of patients with ischemic stroke had severe neurological deficits on admission. Clinical worsening mainly occurred in the first 3 to 4 days after stroke onset, with brain edema as the leading cause of worsening. Reperfusion reduced the risk of clinical worsening and improved functional outcomes.
REGISTRATION
ClinicalTrials.gov , NCT03222024.
Humans
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Male
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Female
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Prospective Studies
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Ischemic Stroke/mortality*
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Aged
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Middle Aged
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Aged, 80 and over
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Stroke
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Brain Ischemia
4.Association between physical exercise, exercise motivation with mental health among vocational college students
TIAN Yong, WEN Zhen, MA Wenhan, HUANG Jingting, SUN Xinlong, LU Wenwen, ZHOU Fuyuan, ZHANG Lu
Chinese Journal of School Health 2024;45(9):1300-1303
Objective:
To explore mental health status of vocational college students and its association with physical exercise and exercise motivation, so as to provide data support for the promotion of physical exercise, exercise motivation theory and the protection of mental health among vocational college students.
Methods:
From June 2 to July 2, 2023, a convenience sampling method was used to select 1 763 college students from three vocational colleges in Sichuan, Chongqing, and Guizhou for the survey. Physical Activity Rating Scale (PARS-3), Motives for Physical Activities Measure-Revised (MPAM-R), Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) and Flourishing Scale (FS) were used to assess physical exercise, exercise motivation, depressive symptoms and flourishing levels of vocational college students. Multiple linear regression analysis was conducted to examine the relationship between physical exercise, exercise motivation, depression as the negative indicator of mental health and flourishing as the positive indicator of mental health.
Results:
There were negative correlations between physical exercise, exercise motivation and their five factors with depression scores among vocational college students ( r=-0.162--0.133, P <0.01). Physical exercise, health motivation and pleasure motivation were positively correlated with flourishing and its eight factors among vocational college students ( r= 0.054 -0.099, P <0.05). Depression scores and flourishing scores varied significantly across students with different levels of physical exercise and exercise motivation ( F=11.18-15.69, 2.80-16.05, P <0.05). Multiple linear regression analysis indicated that physical exercise, health motivation, and total exercise motivation scores were negatively correlated with depressive symptoms ( β = -0.02 , -0.11, -0.35), and physical exercise, health motivation, pleasure motivation, and total exercise motivation scores were positively correlated with flourishing ( β =0.31, 0.32, 0.50, 0.30) ( P <0.05).
Conclusions
Physical exercise and exercise motivation are significantly associated with mental health of vocational college students. Enhancing physical exercise and increasing exercise motivation in aspects of health and pleasure can promote mental health of vocational college students.
5.Relation of perceived social support to mental health in prison police: a moderated mediating analysis
Chengyi TING ; Jianbing ZOU ; Zhiyu WANG ; Mei YANG ; Zao HUANG ; Guoping HUANG
Sichuan Mental Health 2023;36(3):259-265
BackgroundThe mental health level of the prison police is relatively low, so finding innovative ways to improve the mental health of them is of great significance for the safety of prison supervision and the implementation of peaceful China initiative. ObjectiveTo explore the relationship between perceived social support, perceived stress and psychological resilience with mental health of prison police, and to provide references for improving their mental health. MethodsIn March 2022, 424 policemen working in a male prison in a western province were selected by cluster sampling method, and investigated with the Perceived Social Support Scale (PSSS), Chinese Perceived Stress Scale (CPSS), Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC) and General Health Questionnaire 20 (GHQ-20), then Process 4.2 was used employed to verify the mediating role of perceived stress as well as the moderating role of psychological resilience in the relationship between perceived social support and mental health. Results①Male subjects scored higher on GHQ-20 than female subjects (t=2.095, P<0.05). ②CPSS score was negatively correlated with PSSS and GHQ-20 scores (r=-0.670, -0.703, P<0.01), and GHQ-20 score showed a positive correlation with PSSS and CD-RISC scores (r=0.580, 0.693, P<0.01). ③Perceived social support positively predict mental health (β=0.154, 95% CI: 0.133~0.175, P<0.01). ④Perceived stress played a mediating role in the relationship between perceived social support and mental health, and the mediation effect size was 0.087, accounting for 88.78% of the total effect (95% CI: 0.064~0.112, P<0.01). ⑤Psychological resilience played a moderating role in the second half (perceived stress→mental health) of the mediating path of "perceived social support→perceived stress→mental health"(
6.Basic psychological needs satisfaction and smartphone addiction among high school students: the mediating role of loneliness and social anxiety
Junlin QIU ; Junlin WU ; Yanqing HUANG ; Yingxu SONG ; Xue YANG ; Liping HE ; Xinyu LIU ; Wan GU ; Guoping HUANG
Sichuan Mental Health 2023;36(2):143-149
ObjectiveTo investigate the mediating role of loneliness and social anxiety in the relationship between basic psychological needs satisfaction and smartphone addiction among high school students, and to provide references for the intervention to smartphone addiction for high school students. MethodsIn April 2022, a total of 14 666 high school students from 5 middle schools in a county of Sichuan Province were included by random sampling method. Basic Psychological Needs Scales (BPNS), the UCLA Loneliness Scale-3 edition (UCLA-3), Interaction Anxiousness Scale (IAS) and the Mobile Phone Addiction Index (MPAI) were used for cross-sectional investigation. Bootstrap method was used to analyze the mediating role of loneliness and social anxiety in the relationship between the basic psychological needs satisfaction and smartphone addiction. Results① In this study, 14 036 valid questionnaires were returned, and 1 752 (12.48%, 95% CI: 0.114~0.136) high school students were found to be addicted to smartphone phone. The BPNS score was negatively correlated with UCLA-3, IAS and MPAI scores (r=-0.771, -0.486, -0.417, P<0.01). And MPAI score was positively correlated with IAS and UCLA-3 scores (r=0.403, 0.424, P<0.01). IAS score was positively correlated with UCLA-3 score (r=0.458, P<0.01). ②The degree of basic psychological needs satisfaction in high school students can directly negatively predict smartphone addiction (β=-0.383, P<0.05), and can also indirectly affect smartphone addiction through loneliness and social anxiety (β=-0.130, P<0.05). ③Loneliness (indirect effect value was -0.145) and social anxiety (indirect effect value was -0.074) partially mediate between the basic psychological needs satisfaction and smartphone addiction. Loneliness-social anxiety also has significant chain mediating effect (indirect effect value was -0.034), which accounted for 8.88%. ConclusionThe basic psychological needs satisfaction can not only directly affect the occurrence of smartphone addiction, but also indirectly affect the occurrence of smartphone addiction through the chain mediation of loneliness and social anxiety.
7.Effect of group mindfulness-based stress reduction therapy in managing comorbid depression in patients with stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Yuting CHEN ; Ling HUANG ; Wenjun LI ; Junjie XIA ; Yu QIU ; Ming YANG ; Ke YI ; Jincheng WANG ; Runjiao CHEN ; Haishi XUE ; Jinyu YANG
Sichuan Mental Health 2023;36(4):320-325
BackgroundChronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a common chronic respiratory disease, and patients with COPD often experience substantially emotional difficulties, such as anxiety and depression, all of which may cause serious detriment to the prognosis of patients. As a non-pharmacological intervention in clinical practice, group mindfulness-based stress reduction therapy (MBSR) is beginning to emerge, while has rarely been studied in COPD patients with concurrent emotional difficulties. ObjectiveTo evaluate the effects of group MBSR on depression, state of mindfulness and pulmonary function in stable COPD patients, so as to provide references for the application of group MBSR in patients with COPD. MethodsA total of 97 patients with stable COPD who were followed up in the Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine of Mianyang Third People's Hospital from January to October 2019 were selected as the study objects, and they were assigned into study group (n=50) and control group (n=47) by random number table method. All individuals received routine medication therapy and an 8-week health education, based on this, participants in study group partook an 8-week intervention comprising group MBSR. At the baseline, 4 weeks and 8 weeks of intervention, participants were assessed with Self-rating Depression Scale (SDS), Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire (FFMQ) and COPD Assessment Test (CAT), as well as the pulmonary function testing. ResultsThere were 41 patients in study group and 42 cases in control group completed the study. The group * time interaction was interpreted as significant between two groups for SDS, FFMQ and CAT scores (F=54.858, 86.161, 69.862, P<0.01). Baseline SDS, FFMQ and CAT scores of the two groups yielded no statistical difference between two groups (F=0.240, 0.052, 0.019, P>0.05), while study group scored lower on SDS and CAT (F=12.900, 38.511, 7.797, 28.824, P<0.01) and higher on FFMQ (F=27.324, 82.412, P<0.01) than those of the control group after 4 and 8 weeks of intervention. With the prolongation of intervention time in study group, participants demonstrated an overall reduction in SDS and CAT scores (F=109.753, 124.144, P<0.01), and an increase in FFMQ scores (F=228.194, P<0.01). There were no between-group differences in forced expiratory volume in one second as percentage of predicted volume (FEV1%pred) after 4 and 8 weeks of intervention (F=0.104, P=0.748) , and the within-group changes in FEV1%pred value over the intervention period in study group was not statistical (F=0.561, P=0.458). ConclusionGroup MBSR may help relieve depressive symptoms, enhance mindfulness level, and alleviate clinical symptoms in stable COPD patients, but has no effect on pulmonary function. [Funded by Mianyang Health and Health Commission Scientific Research Project (number, 201916)]
8.Visualization Analysis of Annual Differentiated Performance Data of Hospital Clinical Pharmacists Based on R Language
QIAN Can ; HUANG Ya ; HUANG Jian ; TANG Zhenzhen ; SU Huaiyu
Chinese Journal of Modern Applied Pharmacy 2023;40(21):3027-3032
Abstract
OBJECTIVE To conduct visual analysis of the annual differentiated performance data of clinical pharmacists by using R language to find out the shortcomings and promote the progress of clinical pharmacists and department development. METHODS The weight scores of clinical pharmacists’ performance assessment in 2021 were collected, and R language was used to draw rectangular tree diagram, violin case diagram and Sankey diagram for data visualization analysis. RESULTS The basic work of clinical pharmacy department accounted for the largest weight, followed by clinical affairs, pharmaceutical quality control affairs and pioneering affairs in the middle of the weight, while teaching, scientific research weight was insufficient. There were also great differences in the weight of clinical pharmacists. Among the 8 clinical pharmacists, 3 focused on basic, 3 on all-round development, 1 on clinical, and the work weight of 1 needed to be comprehensively improved. CONCLUSION R language visualization can be used to analyze the weight composition of clinical pharmacy department, which is convenient to formulate the direction of department rectification and promote the improvement of clinical pharmacists team level.
9.Probiotics improves abnormal behavior and hippocampal injury in pregnant-stressed offspring rats.
Zhongjun HUANG ; Bin ZHANG ; Libin LIAO ; Jie CHEN ; Ruping ZHENG ; Deyang CAI ; Jufang HUANG
Journal of Central South University(Medical Sciences) 2022;47(4):443-452
OBJECTIVES:
During pregnancy, pregnant women are prone to stress reactions due to external stimuli, affecting their own health and fetal development. At present, there is no good treatment for the stress reactions from pregnant women during pregnancy. This study aims to explore the effect of probiotics on abnormal behavior and hippocampal injury in pregnant stressed offspring.
METHODS:
SD pregnant rats were divided into a control group, a stress group, and a probiotics group, with 6 rats in each group. The control group was untreated; the stress group was given restraint stress on the 15th-20th day of pregnancy; the probiotics group was given both bifidobacterium trisporus capsules and restraint stress on the 15th-20th day of pregnancy, and the offspring continued to be fed with probiotics until 60 days after birth (P60). The offspring rats completed behavioral tests such as the open field test, the elevated plus maze test, the new object recognition test, and the barnes maze test at 60-70 d postnatally. Nissl's staining was used to reflect the injury of hippocampal neurons; immunohistochemical staining was used to detect the expression of microglia marker ionized calcium binding adapter molecule 1 (IBA-1) which can reflect microglia activation; ELISA was used to detect the content of plasma TNF-α and IL-1β; Western blotting was used to detect the expression of Bax, Bcl-2, and caspase-3.
RESULTS:
The retention time of offspring rats in the stress group in the central area of the open field was significantly less than that in the control group (P<0.01), and the retention time of offspring rats in the probiotic group in the central area of the open field was significantly more than that in the stress group (P<0.05). The offspring rats in the stress group stayed in the open arm for a shorter time than the control group (P<0.05) and entered the open arm less often than the control group (P<0.01); the offspring rats in the probiotic group stayed in the open arm for a longer time than the stress group and entered the open arm more often than the stress group (both P<0.05). The discrimination ratio for new to old objects in the offspring rats of the stress group was significantly lower than that of the control group (P<0.01), and the discrimination ratio for new to old objects in the offspring rats of the probiotic group was significantly higher than that of the stress group (P<0.05). The offspring rats in the stress group made significantly more mistakes than the control group (P<0.05), and the offspring rats in the probiotic group made significantly fewer mistakes than the stress group (P<0.05). Compared with the control group, the numbers of Nissl bodies in CA1, CA3, and DG area were significantly reduced in the offspring rats of the stress group (all P<0.001), the number of activated microglia in DG area of hippocampus was significantly increased (P<0.01), the contents of TNF-α and IL-1β in peripheral blood were significantly increased (P<0.05 or P<0.01), the protein expression level of Bcl-2 was significantly down-regulated, and the protein expression levels of Bax and caspase-3 were significantly up-regulated (all P<0.001). Compared with the stress group, the numbers of Nissl bodies in CA1, CA3, and DG area were significantly increased in the probiotic group offspring rats (P<0.001, P<0.01, P<0.05), the number of activated microglia in the DG area of hippocampus was significantly reduced (P<0.05), and the TNF-α and IL-1β levels in peripheral blood were significantly decreased (both P<0.05), the protein expression level of Bcl-2 was significantly up-regulated, and the protein expression levels of Bax and caspase-3 were significantly down-regulated (all P<0.001).
CONCLUSIONS
Probiotic intervention partially ameliorated anxiety and cognitive impairment in rats offspring of pregnancy stress, and the mechanism may be related to increasing the number of neurons, inhibiting the activation of hippocampal microglia, and reducing inflammation and apoptosis.
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Caspase 3/metabolism*
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Female
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Hippocampus/physiopathology*
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Humans
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Pregnancy
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Probiotics/therapeutic use*
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Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2/metabolism*
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Rats
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Stress, Psychological/therapy*
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Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha/metabolism*
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bcl-2-Associated X Protein/metabolism*
10.Prevalence of non-suicidal self-injury behavior among Chinese adolescents with depression: a Meta-analysis
Ziyao XU ; Yaling HUANG ; Guangqiang ZHU ; Xu WANG ; Fang WANG
Sichuan Mental Health 2022;35(4):331-336
ObjectiveTo analyze the prevalence rate of non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) behavior in Chinese adolescents with depression, so as to provide references for the intervention of NSSI behavior in adolescents with depression. MethodsThe literature databases such as CNKI, VIP, Wanfang, China Biology Medicine Disc, PubMed, Web of Science, Cochrane Library and Embase were searched via computer for the cross-sectional studies related to the prevalence of NSSI behavior in adolescents with depression published from inception to February, 2020. Then the eligibility assessment, data extraction and assessment of methodological quality were performed independently by two reviewers, and the Meta-analysis was performed by using RevMan 5.4. ResultsA total of 2 238 adolescents in 10 studies were included. Meta-analysis yielded that the prevalence rate of NSSI behavior in Chinese adolescents with depression was 51% (95% CI: 43%~59%). Subgroup analysis of NSSI behavior in adolescents with depression implied that the prevalence rate was 36% (95% CI: 22%~50%) in female adolescents, which was higher than 18% (95% CI: 12%~24%) in male adolescents. The prevalence rate of NSSI behavior was 57% (95% CI: 38%~77%) in depression adolescents with suicidal ideation, which was higher than 4% (95% CI: 0~8%) in those without suicidal ideation. The prevalence rate of NSSI behavior was 54% (95% CI: 41%~67%) in depression adolescents diagnosed with Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, fifth edition (DSM-5), which was higher than 46% (95% CI: 40%~51%) in those diagnosed with the International Classification of Diseases, tenth edition (ICD-10). The prevalence rate of NSSI behavior was 52% (95% CI: 41%~63%) in depression adolescents in the literatures with quality score of 7, which was close to 50% (95% CI: 44%~55%) in depression adolescents in the literatures with quality score of 6. The comparison of above subgroups all had statistical differences (P<0.05 or 0.01). ConclusionChinese adolescents with depression suffer a high prevalence rate of NSSI behavior, with higher prevalence in females than in males, and in those with suicidal ideation than in those without suicidal ideation.


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