1.Associations between sleep and executive function development in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
Dongqing KUANG ; Feilong ZHU ; Baohua XU ; Shengqi LIN ; Xiaoyu BI ; Xiaotong ZHU ; Yuanchun REN
Chinese Mental Health Journal 2025;39(12):1043-1049
Objective:To investigate the sleep characteristics and executive function development in children aged 6-12 years with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder(ADHD),and to examine the relationship between them.Methods:A total of 112 children diagnosed with ADHD according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders,Fourth Edition(DSM-Ⅳ),and 45 age-and gender-matched typically developing children were recruited.Sleep characteristics were assessed with the Chinese version of Children's Sleep Habits Questionnaire(CSHQ)and ActiGraph GT9X Link Three-axis acceleration body dynamometert.Core ADHD symptoms and multi-ple dimensions of executive function were evaluated withthe Swanson,Nolan,and Pelham scale,Fourth Edition(SNAP-Ⅳ)assessment scale,Stroop Color-Word Test(SCWT),Rey-Osterrieth Complex Figure Test(ROCFT),and Trail Making Test(TMT).Results:Compared with controls,children with ADHD showed significantly higher total CSHQ scores,sleep resistance,sleep anxiety,and sleep maintenance time(P<0.05),and had significantly lower sleep efficiencies measured by ActiGraph GT9X Link(P<0.05).In the SCWT,children with ADHD re-quired more time in the word interference and color interference tests(P<0.05).In the ROCFT,the scores of im-mediate details,delayed details,immediate structure,and delayed structure were lower in the children with ADHD(P<0.05).In the TMT,the number of errors in the digit connection and the time and number of errors in the digit-letter connection were higher in the children with ADHD(P<0.05).The total CSHQ scores of ADHD children were negatively correlated with the working memory scores and positively correlated with the core symptom scores.Conclusion:Children with ADHD exhibit notable sleep disturbance and underdeveloped executive func-tion.the sleep problems,as measured by CSHQ are associated significantly with deficits in executive function.
2.The impact of aerobic calisthenics exercise on sleep quality in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
Dongqing KUANG ; Feilong ZHU ; Xiaoyu BI ; Xiaotong ZHU ; Fangyuan YAO ; Yuanchun REN
Chinese Journal of Sports Medicine 2025;44(6):435-441
Objective To explore the effect of aerobic calisthenics on sleep quality in children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder(ADHD).Methods Forty children with ADHD(aged 9~11 years;mean age 9.83±0.76 years)were recruited from the pediatric outpatient department of some class-3 grade-A hospital in Beijing.They were randomized into an intervention group(n=21)and a control group(n=19).Both groups participated in standard school physical education programs,while the intervention group underwent 60-minute aerobic calisthenics exercise sessions three times weekly for 8 weeks.Before and after the intervention,the sleep condition was measured using the children's sleep habits questionnaire(CSHQ)and the three-axis acceleration recorder.The inter-group differenc-es in sleep dimensions were analyzed using independent samples t-tests,while the intra-group ones were evaluated using paired t-tests.Results(1)Inter-group comparison:Before the experiment,no sig-nificant differences were detected between the two groups in sleep characteristics.After the experi-ment,in comparison with the control group,there was a significant decrease in awakening time,aver-age awakening time,and sleep latency time of the intervention group,but a significant increase in sleep efficiency(P<0.05).Moreover,the total score of CSHQ,as well as the sleep resistance and sleep delay scores,were significantly lower in the intervention group(P<0.05).(2)Intra-group com-parison:In the intervention group,after the experiment,there were significant reductions in awakening time and sleep latency time,and a significant enhancement in sleep efficiency(P<0.05).Moreover,the total score of CSHQ,along with the scores of sleep resistance,sleep delay,and daytime sleepi-ness,decreased significantly(P<0.05).In the control group,the daytime sleepiness score decreased af-ter the experiment(P<0.05).Conclusion An 8-week aerobic calisthenics exercise(60 minutes/session,3 sessions/week)significantly improves overall sleep quality in children with ADHD.Therefore,it is worth application in the clinical practice.
3.Based on data mining and network pharmacology,explore the medication patterns and mechanisms of action for functional dyspepsia in children
Dongqing CHEN ; Yiwei WU ; Jiaping FAN ; Yindi ZHU ; Jie CHEN
China Modern Doctor 2025;63(22):63-68
Objective The medication pattern of doctor Chen Jie in treating functional dyspepsia(FD)in children and the potential mechanism of action of core drug group were explored through data mining and network pharmacology methods.Methods The prescriptions for pediatric FD treated by doctor Chen Jie in the outpatient department of Second Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University from January 2020 to December 2024 were collected to establish a prescription database.Excel 2019 and SPSS software were applied to statistically analyze the nature,taste,meridian tropism and frequency of drugs included in the prescriptions,and association rule analysis and cluster analysis were conducted.The potential mechanism of action of the core drug group was explored by using the network pharmacology method.Results A total of 603 prescriptions were included,involving 160 kinds of drugs,with a cumulative frequency of medication reaching 5012 times.Among them,the medicinal nature and flavour were mainly warm and sweet,and channel tropism were mainly the spleen,stomach and lung meridians.The core drug group obtained through association rules and cluster analysis was"Fuchao Baizhu-Fuling-Chenpi".Network pharmacological analysis was conducted on the core drug group,and it was found that its main components included naringenin,atractylenolide Ⅰ,atractylone,and hederagenin,as well as core genes such as AKT1,TNF,IL-6,ESR1,and IL-1β.The main enrichment pathways were lipids and atherosclerosis,advanced glycation end product-advanced glycation end product receptor signaling pathway,cancer pathway,etc..Conclusion Doctor Chen Jie's medication for treating FD in children mainly focuses on invigorating spleen and replenishing qi,regulating qi-flowing for eliminating dampness.The core drug group,"Fuchao Baizhu-Fuling-Chenpi",exerts its effects through multiple components,multiple targets and multiple pathways.
4.The impact of aerobic calisthenics exercise on sleep quality in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
Dongqing KUANG ; Feilong ZHU ; Xiaoyu BI ; Xiaotong ZHU ; Fangyuan YAO ; Yuanchun REN
Chinese Journal of Sports Medicine 2025;44(6):435-441
Objective To explore the effect of aerobic calisthenics on sleep quality in children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder(ADHD).Methods Forty children with ADHD(aged 9~11 years;mean age 9.83±0.76 years)were recruited from the pediatric outpatient department of some class-3 grade-A hospital in Beijing.They were randomized into an intervention group(n=21)and a control group(n=19).Both groups participated in standard school physical education programs,while the intervention group underwent 60-minute aerobic calisthenics exercise sessions three times weekly for 8 weeks.Before and after the intervention,the sleep condition was measured using the children's sleep habits questionnaire(CSHQ)and the three-axis acceleration recorder.The inter-group differenc-es in sleep dimensions were analyzed using independent samples t-tests,while the intra-group ones were evaluated using paired t-tests.Results(1)Inter-group comparison:Before the experiment,no sig-nificant differences were detected between the two groups in sleep characteristics.After the experi-ment,in comparison with the control group,there was a significant decrease in awakening time,aver-age awakening time,and sleep latency time of the intervention group,but a significant increase in sleep efficiency(P<0.05).Moreover,the total score of CSHQ,as well as the sleep resistance and sleep delay scores,were significantly lower in the intervention group(P<0.05).(2)Intra-group com-parison:In the intervention group,after the experiment,there were significant reductions in awakening time and sleep latency time,and a significant enhancement in sleep efficiency(P<0.05).Moreover,the total score of CSHQ,along with the scores of sleep resistance,sleep delay,and daytime sleepi-ness,decreased significantly(P<0.05).In the control group,the daytime sleepiness score decreased af-ter the experiment(P<0.05).Conclusion An 8-week aerobic calisthenics exercise(60 minutes/session,3 sessions/week)significantly improves overall sleep quality in children with ADHD.Therefore,it is worth application in the clinical practice.
5.Associations between sleep and executive function development in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
Dongqing KUANG ; Feilong ZHU ; Baohua XU ; Shengqi LIN ; Xiaoyu BI ; Xiaotong ZHU ; Yuanchun REN
Chinese Mental Health Journal 2025;39(12):1043-1049
Objective:To investigate the sleep characteristics and executive function development in children aged 6-12 years with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder(ADHD),and to examine the relationship between them.Methods:A total of 112 children diagnosed with ADHD according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders,Fourth Edition(DSM-Ⅳ),and 45 age-and gender-matched typically developing children were recruited.Sleep characteristics were assessed with the Chinese version of Children's Sleep Habits Questionnaire(CSHQ)and ActiGraph GT9X Link Three-axis acceleration body dynamometert.Core ADHD symptoms and multi-ple dimensions of executive function were evaluated withthe Swanson,Nolan,and Pelham scale,Fourth Edition(SNAP-Ⅳ)assessment scale,Stroop Color-Word Test(SCWT),Rey-Osterrieth Complex Figure Test(ROCFT),and Trail Making Test(TMT).Results:Compared with controls,children with ADHD showed significantly higher total CSHQ scores,sleep resistance,sleep anxiety,and sleep maintenance time(P<0.05),and had significantly lower sleep efficiencies measured by ActiGraph GT9X Link(P<0.05).In the SCWT,children with ADHD re-quired more time in the word interference and color interference tests(P<0.05).In the ROCFT,the scores of im-mediate details,delayed details,immediate structure,and delayed structure were lower in the children with ADHD(P<0.05).In the TMT,the number of errors in the digit connection and the time and number of errors in the digit-letter connection were higher in the children with ADHD(P<0.05).The total CSHQ scores of ADHD children were negatively correlated with the working memory scores and positively correlated with the core symptom scores.Conclusion:Children with ADHD exhibit notable sleep disturbance and underdeveloped executive func-tion.the sleep problems,as measured by CSHQ are associated significantly with deficits in executive function.
6.Based on data mining and network pharmacology,explore the medication patterns and mechanisms of action for functional dyspepsia in children
Dongqing CHEN ; Yiwei WU ; Jiaping FAN ; Yindi ZHU ; Jie CHEN
China Modern Doctor 2025;63(22):63-68
Objective The medication pattern of doctor Chen Jie in treating functional dyspepsia(FD)in children and the potential mechanism of action of core drug group were explored through data mining and network pharmacology methods.Methods The prescriptions for pediatric FD treated by doctor Chen Jie in the outpatient department of Second Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University from January 2020 to December 2024 were collected to establish a prescription database.Excel 2019 and SPSS software were applied to statistically analyze the nature,taste,meridian tropism and frequency of drugs included in the prescriptions,and association rule analysis and cluster analysis were conducted.The potential mechanism of action of the core drug group was explored by using the network pharmacology method.Results A total of 603 prescriptions were included,involving 160 kinds of drugs,with a cumulative frequency of medication reaching 5012 times.Among them,the medicinal nature and flavour were mainly warm and sweet,and channel tropism were mainly the spleen,stomach and lung meridians.The core drug group obtained through association rules and cluster analysis was"Fuchao Baizhu-Fuling-Chenpi".Network pharmacological analysis was conducted on the core drug group,and it was found that its main components included naringenin,atractylenolide Ⅰ,atractylone,and hederagenin,as well as core genes such as AKT1,TNF,IL-6,ESR1,and IL-1β.The main enrichment pathways were lipids and atherosclerosis,advanced glycation end product-advanced glycation end product receptor signaling pathway,cancer pathway,etc..Conclusion Doctor Chen Jie's medication for treating FD in children mainly focuses on invigorating spleen and replenishing qi,regulating qi-flowing for eliminating dampness.The core drug group,"Fuchao Baizhu-Fuling-Chenpi",exerts its effects through multiple components,multiple targets and multiple pathways.
7.Characteristics and relationship between the development of gross motor skills and executive function in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
Yiling SONG ; Yuanchun REN ; Feilong ZHU ; Dongqing KUANG ; Qingjiu CAO ; Yang LIN ; Fang WANG
Chinese Journal of Rehabilitation Theory and Practice 2024;30(1):1-9
ObjectiveTo investigate the developmental characteristics of gross motor skills and executive functions, and the correlation between them in school-age children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). MethodsFrom November, 2020 to May, 2021, 90 children with ADHD were recruited from Peking University Sixth Hospital and Beijing Haidian Wanquan Primary School, and other 90 children with normal development from this primary school were recruited matched their age and gender. Gross motor skills were assessed with the Test of Gross Motor Development in Children, Third Edition (TGMD-3), and inhibitory control, working memory, and cognitive flexibility were assessed with Stroop Color Words Test (SCWT), Rey-Osterrich Complex Figure Test (ROCFT) and Trail Making Test (TMT), respectively. ResultsThe TGMD-3 score was significantly lower in children with ADHD than in normal children (t = -6.275, P < 0.001), while the test results of SCWT, ROCFT and TMT were worse (|t| ≥ 1.986, P ≤ 0.05). The TGMD-3 score of children with ADHD was negatively correlated with the word sense reaction time (r = -0.261), the number of word sense errors (r = -0.404) and the number of color errors (r = -0.326) (P < 0.05), positively correlated with the delayed structural memory scores (r = 0.228) (P < 0.05), and negatively correlated with the TMT-A reaction time (r = -0.255), the number of TMT-A errors (r = -0.329), TMT-B reaction time (r = -0.214) and the number of TMT-B errors (r = -0.474) (P < 0.05). Stratified linear regression analyses showed that the TGMD-3 score of children with ADHD was significant only in predicting test results for inhibitory control and cognitive flexibility (P < 0.05), with explanations of 8.7% and 22.5%, respectively. ConclusionDevelopments of both gross motor skills and executive function delay in children with ADHD, and there is a relation between them, especially the level of gross motor skills relating to the developments of inhibitory control and cognitive flexibility.
8.Longitudinal associations between smartphone multitasking and depressive symptoms in college students
ZHU Dongqing, TAO Shuman, XIE Yang, WAN Yuhui, WU Xiaoyan, ZOU Liwei, TAO Fangbiao
Chinese Journal of School Health 2024;45(4):465-469
Objective:
To explore the longitudinal correlation between smartphone multitasking and depressive symptoms, so as to provide an evidence based basis for promoting the mental health of college students.
Methods:
A total of 967 college students were recruited from one university in Taiyuan, Chongqing, and Shenzhen cities, China, by using multi stage randomized cluster sampling from October to December 2021 at baseline, and a follow up survey was conducted in May 2022. Smartphone multitasking behaviors were assessed by means of the Assessment of Smartphone Multitasking for Adolescents (ASMA), and depressive symptoms were assessed using the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) among college students. Chi square tests were performed to compare the differences in depressive symptoms between different groups of demographic characteristics, and binary Logistic regression models were employed to analyze the associations between smartphone multitasking and depressive symptoms among college students.
Results:
The rates of depressive symptoms among college students at baseline and follow up were 35.2% and 42.3%, respectively. Compared to the low level smartphone multitasking index group at baseline, the moderate and high level groups were more likely to experience depressive symptoms at baseline (moderate level group: OR=1.74, 95%CI =1.22-2.50, high level group: OR=2.77, 95%CI =1.94-3.95) and followup (moderate level group: OR=1.41, 95%CI =1.01-1.95, high level group: OR=1.64, 95%CI =1.17-2.29) ( P <0.05). In addition, compared to the persistently low smartphone multitasking index, increased risk of depressive symptoms was associated with maintaining a moderate to high ( OR=2.94, 95%CI =1.83-4.71), and a higher ( OR=2.07, 95%CI =1.31-3.27) or lower smartphone multitasking index ( OR=2.02, 95%CI =1.27-3.19) ( P <0.05). Moreover, higher smartphone multitasking index scores were positively associated with the risk of new-onset depressive symptoms at follow up ( OR=1.87, 95%CI=1.07-3.27, P <0.05).
Conclusions
Smartphone multitasking behaviors are find to be associated with an increased risk of depressive symptoms in college students. There is a need to reduce smartphone multitasking in order to decrease depressive symptoms and promote students mental health.
9.Traditional Chinese Medicine Syndromes in Depressive Episodes of Bipolar Disorder Based on Cluster Analysis and Bayesian Network:A Cross-sectional Study
Xinzi LIU ; Ziyan LI ; Sisi ZHENG ; Mingkang SONG ; Hong ZHU ; Dongqing YIN ; Hongxiao JIA
Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine 2024;65(1):79-85
ObjectiveTo explore the elements, distribution and characteristics of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) syndromes in depressive episodes of bipolar disorder (BD). MethodsBasic information, along with the four examination information, the Hamilton Depression Scale and Young Mania Rating Scale scores, were collected from 293 outpatients with BD at Beijing Anding Hospital, Capital Medical University. The four examination information with an occurrence rate greater than 12% were retained. The R language “dist” function was used to calculate the distances between samples using the Euclidean distance method. The hierarchical clustering of the four examination information was performed using the “hclust” function and the squared Euclidean distance method. A team of five researchers was formed to determine the nature and location of the essential elements of TCM syndrome in BD based on the clustering results. The PC algorithm was used to construct a Bayesian network model of the essential elements. The working group combined the essential elements of TCM syndromes in the Bayesian network according to the reference model results, and then extracted common TCM syndromes. The score of each patient based on the essential elements was matched with the common TCM syndromes to determine the syndrome type of each patient. The working group then performs conformity and revision based on this, obtaining the final distribution of TCM syndromes for the patients. ResultsThere were 77 common TCM symptoms in BD with a frequency greater than 12%. The top 15 symptoms with higher frequencies were slippery pulse, mental fatigue and lack of strength, wiry pulse, excessive rumination, preference for solitude, vexation, agitation and irritability, dry mouth, palpitations, profuse dreaming, unwarranted worries, chest oppression, thin white coating, amnesia, frequent sighing, and poor appetite. TCM syndrome elements of BD can be grouped into 11 categories. The nature of disease-related essential elements included fire, qi deficiency, blood deficiency, qi counterflow, yin deficiency, dampness, heat, fire from constraint, and phlegm. The location of disease-related essential elements included heart, liver, spleen, stomach, kidney, bladder channel, and gallbladder. By constructing a Bayesian network model and considering the opinions from the experts, six common syndromes of BD were identified, among which the highest proportion was heart-stomach heat accumulation, accounting for 27.99% (82 cases), followed by heart-spleen deficiency (55 cases, 18.77%), non-interaction between the heart and the kidney (49 cases, 16.72%), liver constraint and blood deficiency (42 cases, 14.33%), heart qi deficiency (37 cases, 12.63%), and damp-heat in the liver and gallbladder (28 cases, 9.56%). ConclusionsThe nature of disease-related elements of BD are predominantly fire and heat, while the location of disease-related essential elements are primarily associated with the heart, liver, and spleen. The most common TCM syndromes are heart-stomach heat accumulation and heart-spleen deficiency.
10.Effects of cooling on the amplitude of vibration-induced sensory nerve action potentials
Fang LIU ; Dongqing ZHU ; Ming ZENG ; Meifang SHI ; Yu ZHU ; Xudong GU
Chinese Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 2024;46(2):145-149
Objective:To observe any effect of cooling on the amplitude of vibration-induced sensory nerve action potentials (SNAPs) in human digits.Methods:The middle fingers of 15 healthy adults were either cooled to about 22℃ using an ice pack or kept at about 32℃. A vibrator was applied to the joint connecting the middle finger and the palm vibrating with an amplitude of 2mm at a frequency of 60Hz. The amplitudes of middle finger SNAPs before, during and right after the vibration were recorded.Results:The SNAP amplitude at a given temperature was lower during vibration than before it, but it immediately returned to the pre-vibration level after the vibration ceased. The middle finger SNAP amplitudes at 22℃ were significantly higher than those at 32℃ throughout. The decrease in amplitude at 32℃ (61.7±15.1%) was significantly greater than that at 22℃ (24.1±7.0%).Conclusions:Cooling significantly reduces the effect of vibration on the amplitude of digital SNAPs. That suggests a way to protect the sensory nerves in hand-arm vibration syndrome.


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