1.Effect of digital health management on the management of essential hypertension patients with somatization symptom disorder in the community
Lingyan NI ; Jialiang MAO ; Ning QIN ; Xia CHEN ; Jing GONG
Chinese Journal of General Practitioners 2025;24(4):434-440
Objective:To explore the effectiveness of digital health management in the management of community patients with essential hypertension comorbid with somatization symptom disorder.Methods:This was an intervention-controlled study. Patients with essential hypertension comorbid with somatization symptom disorder who visited the outpatient clinic of Jiangwan Town Community Health Service Center in Hongkou District, Shanghai from January to December 2022 were enrolled. Based on the time of initial diagnosis, patients were divided into a digital health management group (initial diagnosis from January to June 2022) and a control group (initial diagnosis from July to December 2022). Baseline clinical data were collected. The control group received conventional interventions, while the digital health management group utilized the Health Cloud APP 5.3.11 platform for online digital health management without altering the original medication regimen. The intervention lasted for 24 weeks. Before and after the intervention, the Somatization Symptom Scale (SSS), 9-item Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9), and 7-item Generalized Anxiety Disorder Scale (GAD-7) were used to assess somatization symptoms, depression, and anxiety, respectively. The reduction rate in SSS scores was calculated, and blood pressure and heart rate were measured. The evaluation criteria for somatization symptom intervention effectiveness were as follows: at the endpoint of the intervention, SSS ≤29 or a reduction rate of SSS ≥ 75% was considered "cured"; a reduction rate of 50% to <75% was considered "markedly effective"; a reduction rate of 25% to <50% was considered "effective"; and a reduction rate of <25% was considered "ineffective".The overall effectiveness rate=(number of cured patients + number of markedly effective patients + number of effective patients)/total number of patients × 100%.Results:A total of 62 patients in the digital health management group and 65 patients in the control group were included in the final analysis. The mean age of the digital health management group was (50.5±3.5) years, with 30 males (48.4%), while the mean age of the control group was (50.2±3.2) years, with 31 males (47.7%). There were no statistically significant differences in the age or gender distribution between the two groups (both P>0.05). Before the intervention, there were no significant differences between the two groups in SSS sub-item scores, total SSS scores, PHQ-9 scores, GAD-7 scores, blood pressure, or heart rate (all P>0.05). After 24 weeks of intervention, all scores decreased in both groups, and did blood pressure and heart rate (all P<0.05). The differences in SSS sub-item scores, total SSS scores, PHQ-9 scores, GAD-7 scores, blood pressure, and heart rate before and after the intervention were greater in the digital health management group than in the control group (all P<0.05). The proportion of patients with effective intervention for somatization symptom was higher in the digital health management group than in the control group (57 cases (91.9%) vs. 38 cases (58.5%), P<0.001). Conclusion:Digital health management can improve somatization symptom disorder, blood pressure, and heart rate in patients with hypertension.
2.Effect of digital health management on the management of essential hypertension patients with somatization symptom disorder in the community
Lingyan NI ; Jialiang MAO ; Ning QIN ; Xia CHEN ; Jing GONG
Chinese Journal of General Practitioners 2025;24(4):434-440
Objective:To explore the effectiveness of digital health management in the management of community patients with essential hypertension comorbid with somatization symptom disorder.Methods:This was an intervention-controlled study. Patients with essential hypertension comorbid with somatization symptom disorder who visited the outpatient clinic of Jiangwan Town Community Health Service Center in Hongkou District, Shanghai from January to December 2022 were enrolled. Based on the time of initial diagnosis, patients were divided into a digital health management group (initial diagnosis from January to June 2022) and a control group (initial diagnosis from July to December 2022). Baseline clinical data were collected. The control group received conventional interventions, while the digital health management group utilized the Health Cloud APP 5.3.11 platform for online digital health management without altering the original medication regimen. The intervention lasted for 24 weeks. Before and after the intervention, the Somatization Symptom Scale (SSS), 9-item Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9), and 7-item Generalized Anxiety Disorder Scale (GAD-7) were used to assess somatization symptoms, depression, and anxiety, respectively. The reduction rate in SSS scores was calculated, and blood pressure and heart rate were measured. The evaluation criteria for somatization symptom intervention effectiveness were as follows: at the endpoint of the intervention, SSS ≤29 or a reduction rate of SSS ≥ 75% was considered "cured"; a reduction rate of 50% to <75% was considered "markedly effective"; a reduction rate of 25% to <50% was considered "effective"; and a reduction rate of <25% was considered "ineffective".The overall effectiveness rate=(number of cured patients + number of markedly effective patients + number of effective patients)/total number of patients × 100%.Results:A total of 62 patients in the digital health management group and 65 patients in the control group were included in the final analysis. The mean age of the digital health management group was (50.5±3.5) years, with 30 males (48.4%), while the mean age of the control group was (50.2±3.2) years, with 31 males (47.7%). There were no statistically significant differences in the age or gender distribution between the two groups (both P>0.05). Before the intervention, there were no significant differences between the two groups in SSS sub-item scores, total SSS scores, PHQ-9 scores, GAD-7 scores, blood pressure, or heart rate (all P>0.05). After 24 weeks of intervention, all scores decreased in both groups, and did blood pressure and heart rate (all P<0.05). The differences in SSS sub-item scores, total SSS scores, PHQ-9 scores, GAD-7 scores, blood pressure, and heart rate before and after the intervention were greater in the digital health management group than in the control group (all P<0.05). The proportion of patients with effective intervention for somatization symptom was higher in the digital health management group than in the control group (57 cases (91.9%) vs. 38 cases (58.5%), P<0.001). Conclusion:Digital health management can improve somatization symptom disorder, blood pressure, and heart rate in patients with hypertension.
3.Implementation of teaching clinic in the standardized training of general practice residents: current situation and implications
Xinyan YU ; Lingyan WU ; Lingna MAO ; Ming NI ; Zhizhi JIANG ; Yuling TONG ; Yi GUO ; Zhenya SONG ; Zhijie XU
Chinese Journal of Medical Education Research 2024;23(9):1281-1285
Teaching clinics represent a unique form of outpatient training of resident physicians and serve as a crucial instrument and core component of standardized training of general practice residents. This article reviews the common model and innovations of teaching clinics of general practice in China, and analyzes their reported effectiveness in enhancing the capabilities of consultation of resident physicians, the teaching capabilities of general practice trainers, as well as satisfaction levels of involved participants. It outlines the challenges encountered in implementing teaching clinics, including inadequate teaching facilities and equipment, incomplete incentive system for teaching, difficulties in patient recruitment, and weaknesses in the teaching capabilities of trainers. To address these challenges, this article proposes corresponding strategies based on realistic needs, including the improvement of facilities and equipment in teaching clinics, the establishment of incentive systems for teaching clinics, the expansion of patient recruitment channels for teaching clinics, and the enhancement of training for trainers' teaching capabilities. This is envisaged to provide both theoretical bases and practical guidance for the effective execution and standardized development of teaching clinics in general practice residency training bases.
4.The impact of bilateral asynchronous discharges on cognitive functions in temporal lobe epilepsy patients
Yang CAI ; Xiaoling WU ; Lingyan MAO ; Wenyi LUO ; Jing DING ; Xin WANG
Chinese Journal of Neurology 2024;57(10):1090-1100
Objective:To investigate the cognitive functions of temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) patients with bilateral asynchronous interictal discharges.Methods:A total of 162 TLE patients who were treated at Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, from June 2021 to December 2023 were collected. According to the interictal scalp electroencephalogram, TLE patients were classified to the TLE with bilateral temporal asynchronous interictal epileptiform discharges ( n=51) and TLE with unilateral temporal epileptiform discharges ( n=111). Unilateral TLE patients were divided into TLE with right ( n=48) and left ( n=63) temporal epileptiform discharges. The Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE), Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA), Digital Span (DS), Verbal Fluency Test (VFT), the third part of Color Word Test (CWT-C), Trail Making Test-B (TMT-B), Symbol Digit Modalities Test (SDMT), Auditory Verbal Learning Test (AVLT), Rey-Osterrieth Complex Figure (ROCF), and Similarity Comprehension Test were performed for the participants. The differences of cognitive functions between patients with bilateral and unilateral temporal discharges were compared. Univariate and multivariate Logistic regression models were used to analyze the risk factors for patients with bilateral temporal asynchronous discharges. Spearman analysis was used to explore the correlation between cognitive function and clinical indicators. Results:In the group of TLE patients with bilateral asynchronous discharges compared to those with unilateral discharges, the completion time of CWT-C [67 (55, 103) s vs 59 (50, 71) s, Z=-2.904, P=0.004], TMT-B [159 (108, 219) s vs 129 (95, 180) s, Z=-2.361, P=0.018] was longer. Additionally, TLE patients with bilateral asynchronous discharges got lower scores of MMSE [28 (26, 29) vs 29 (28, 30), Z=3.098, P=0.002], MoCA [23 (19, 28) vs 27 (23, 28), Z=3.175, P=0.001], AVLT1+2+3 [16.843±6.482 vs 19.162±5.526, t=-2.347, P=0.020], AVLT6 [6 (3, 10) vs 8 (5, 10), Z=3.275, P=0.001], ROCF2 [15 (8, 22) vs 20 (12, 25), Z=2.870, P=0.004], ROCF3 [14 (8, 22) vs 20 (11, 25), Z=2.634, P=0.008], and Similarity Test [13 (8, 18) vs 16 (12, 20), Z=2.387, P=0.017] as well as lower VFT-vegetable and fruit count [15 (13, 19) vs 18 (15, 21), Z=2.402, P=0.016] and SDMT completion count [41 (30, 53) vs 51 (40, 60), Z=3.089, P=0.002]. The multivariate Logistic regression analysis showed that the decrease in AVLT6 scores ( OR=1.546, 95% CI 1.150-2.078, P=0.004) and longer TMT-B time ( OR=1.013, 95% CI 1.001-1.025, P=0.035) were independent risk factors for TLE patients with bilateral asynchronous discharges. Conclusions:Compared to the patients with TLE characterized by unilateral temporal lobe discharges, those with asynchronous discharges in bilateral temporal lobes show statistically significant declines in all domains of cognitive functions, including executive function, memory, and language abilities. Decreased cue recall ability in language memory and prolonged trail-making test in executive function are independent cognitive impairment risk factors for bilateral temporal asynchronous discharges.
5.Clinical application of the 25 electrodes electroencephalogram system in detecting temporal epileptiform discharges in patients with epilepsy
Yu FENG ; Qianqian ZHANG ; Minzhi LYU ; Kuidong WU ; Yijun ZHANG ; Lingyan MAO ; Jing DING ; Xin WANG
Chinese Journal of Neurology 2021;54(1):9-15
Objective:To compare the difference of epileptiform discharges detection in patients with epilepsy between the 25 electrodes electroencephalogram (EEG) system proposed by the International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology in 2017 and the previous 19 electrodes EEG system.Methods:Patients suspected of epilepsy or with confirmed epilepsy who need a follow-up EEG were collected in Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University from March 2018 to November 2019, and conventional video-EEG recording was performed on all patients for two hours with the standard 25 electrodes EEG system. Two neurophysiologists reviewed the recordings blindly using the 19 electrodes system and the 25 electrodes system, marking the epileptiform discharges and their amplitudes. Finally, the data were statistically analyzed.Results:A total of 403 patients were included in the study, in which 263 cases were diagnosed as epilepsy, including 129 cases of generalized epilepsy, 115 cases of temporal lobe epilepsy, 13 cases of frontal lobe epilepsy, two cases of parietal lobe epilepsy and four cases of occipital lobe epilepsy. In 115 temporal lobe epilepsy patients, 76 (66.09%) and 100 (86.96%) records were detected epileptiform discharges by the 19 or 25 electrodes EEG system respectively, and the difference was statistically significant (χ2=13.939, P<0.001). While in patients with non-temporal lobe epilepsy, there was not statistically significant difference between the two systems. In 76 patients whose temporal epileptiform discharges were detected by the two systems, the amplitudes of epileptiform discharges in the newly-added inferior temporal electrodes (F9/F10, T9/T10, P9/P10) and the original temporal electrodes (F7/F8, T7/T8, P7/P8) were (61.53±22.64) μV and (48.25±20.90) μV, respectively, with statistically significant difference between the two groups ( t=5.486, P<0.001). In patients with abnormal [79.59% (39/49) vs 61.22% (30/49), χ2=3.967, P=0.046] and normal [95.45% (42/44) vs 70.45% (31/44), χ2=9.724, P=0.003] imaging, the ability of the 25 electrodes EEG system to detect epileptiform discharges was higher than that of the 19 electrodes EEG system. Conclusion:The 25 electrodes EEG system can significantly improve the detection ability of temporal epileptiform discharges in patients with epilepsy, which is recommended for regular use to increase the detection ability of temporal area abnormal wave and assist the diagnosis and treatment of epilepsy.
6.Interictal personality change and its related factors in epilepsy patients
Lingyan MAO ; Jing DING ; Weifeng PENG ; Yuhao ZHANG ; Yu MA ; Wei FAN ; Xin WANG
Chinese Journal of Neurology 2012;45(4):224-228
Objective To explore the personality change in patients with epilepsy during the interictal period and the correlation between clinical features and personality change. Methods One hundred and fifteen patients with idiopathic or cryptogenic epilepsy were chosen as the epileptic group and 42 age- and sex-matched healthy subjects served as controls. All participants were evaluated by Mini Mental Status Examination and Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale to ensure the normality of cognition and mental state.Personality was evaluated by adult version of Eysenck Personality Questionnaire (EPQ)in interictal epilepsy patients and healthy controls.Scores of psychoticism (P),extraversion (E),neuroticism (N) and lie (L)were obtained using computer software. Pearson correlation analysis and logistic regression were used to investigate the scores of EPQ and influential factors.Results P and N scores were significantly elevated in epilepsy patients compared with controls ( P scores:50.48 ± 9.55 vs 46.59 ± 7.28,N scores:51.13 ±12.89 vs 46.83 ± 9.40 ; t =2.374,2.266,both P < 0.05 ),while E scores were significantly decreased (51.74 ± 10.74 vs 60.37 ± 9.84;t =- 4.511,P < 0.01 ).There were no significant differences in L scores.Multivariate analysis showed that disease duration was independently correlated to P scores (β =0.043,P<0.05),while education was correlated to E scores (β =0.109,P < 0.05 ).There were no significant correlations between personality scores,patient age,gender,age of onset,frequency,seizure type,National Hospital Seizure Severity Scale scores,family history,history of status epilepticus and antiepileptic drugs usage.Conclusions High psychoticism and neuroticism and low cxtraversion scores are correlated to patients with epilepsy during the interictal period.Disease duration is an independent risk factor for psychoticism personality,and education level is an independent risk factor for extraversion personality in epilepsy patients.

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