1.Development and validation of a risk prediction model for sleep disorder in special operations forces during parachute training
Miao YU ; Meisheng HUANG ; Zaixiong DING ; Yu CHEN ; Tao JIANG
Journal of Army Medical University 2024;46(10):1068-1074
Objective To investigate the influencing factors for sleep disorder during parachute training in special operations forces from a unit of the army,and to develop and validate a prediction model.Methods A total of 349 special operations officers and soldiers undergoing parachute training from October to November 2022 were recruited as research objects.Self-made questionnaires,Self-Rating Anxiety Scale(SAS)and Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index(PSQI)Scale were used to collect their baseline data and assess sleep quality.According to their PSQI score,the participants were divided into sleep disorder group and non-sleep disorder group,and then assigned into a training set(n=228)and a validation set(n=97)in a ratio of 7∶3.Based on the training set,univariate analysis and multivariate logistic regression analysis were used to screen out the factors influencing the risk of sleep disorders.Then R language was employed to draw a nomogram model,and receiver operating characteristic(ROC)curve was plotted to evaluate the discrimination of the model.Calibration curve analysis and Hosmer-Lemeshow goodness-of-fit test were applied to evaluate the accuracy of the model,and decision curve analysis(DCA)was conducted to evaluate the validity of the model.The validation set was used for internal validation.Results There were totally 325 participants with valid data,and all of them were male.They had a total PSQI score of 4.26±3.30,and 62 of them(19.1%)had sleep disorders,including 46(14.1%)of mild,14(4.3%)of moderate,and 2(0.6%)of severe sleep disorders.Based on the 228 participants in the training set,the results of univariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses showed the number of parachute jumping(OR=0.390,95%CI:0.185~0.811),smoking(OR=2.980,95%CI:1.352~7.028),anxiety state(OR=3.280,95%CI:1.434~7.570),and chronic pain(OR=4.090,95%CI:1.952~8.690)were independent influencing factors of sleep disorder in these parachute officers and soldiers.A risk prediction model for sleep disorder was constructed,and the area under the curve(AUC)value was 0.778,with an optimal threshold of 0.163,a specificity of 63.6%and a sensitivity of 84.1%,with good discrimination.The quasi-curve and Hosmer-Lemeshow goodness-of-fit test(Chi-sqaure=8.789,P=0.456)showed that the model had good accuracy,and the clinical decision curve indicated that the prediction model had good clinical applicability.The model was confirmed to be valid with internal verification based on the validation set of 97 participants.Conclusion Special operations forces with parachute training have different degrees of sleep disorders.Number of parachute jumping,smoking,anxiety and chronic pain will aggravate sleep disturbances.
2.Analysis and enlightenment of the current situation of medical psychology undergraduate education in China and foreign countries
Meisheng HU ; Yilai WANG ; Quanhui LIU ; Zhengqi LI ; Xiaoxia WANG ; Ying ZHANG ; Guangqing JIN ; Peng HUANG
Journal of Xi'an Jiaotong University(Medical Sciences) 2023;44(1):66-70
With the economic development of China and transformation of medical model, people pay more attention to their spiritual world and psychological health, and medical psychology has become a major in urgent need of construction. Foreign medical/clinical psychology education was established earlier and has become relatively mature, thus making its experience valuable for reference. This paper compares and analyzes the current situation of undergraduate medical psychology education, and puts forward optimization strategies from the aspects of college planning, curriculum training scheme and teachers’ teaching philosophy, hoping to provide some ideas for the construction of undergraduate medical psychology education in China.
3.Androgen receptor in primary hepatocellular carcinoma and its clinical significance
Xiaofei ZHANG ; Luowen HE ; Yifan LU ; Meisheng LIU ; Xinfu HUANG
Chinese Medical Journal 1998;(12):1083-1086
Objective To assess retrospectively the clinical value of androgen receptor (AR) levels in primary hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) as a prognostic factor of the disease. Methods Fresh HCC tissue and the surrounding liver tissue were obtained surgically from 32 patients with HCC, and preserved in liquid nitrogen. The levels of AR in all specimens were determined by radio-ligand binding assay.Results The median level of AR was 42.8 fmol/mg protein in the cancerous tissue and 48.3 fmol/mg protein in the surrounding non-cancerous liver tissue. The overall survival rate of the patients with AR<30 fmol/mg protein in either HCC or the non-cancerous liver was significantly higher than that of the patients with AR≥30 fmol/mg protein (P<0.05 and P<0.01, respectively). The relative risk on prognosis was 3.27 (P<0.01) for AR level in HCC and 6.06 (P<0.001) for AR level in the non-cancerous tissue. The main prognostic factors except the tumor size were not different between the group with higher AR level and that with lower AR level in HCC. The AR level in HCC had a positive correlation with the tumor size (r=0.44, P<0.05). Conclusions AR can be detected in HCC and the AR status might be a prognostic parameter that provides additional predictive information on the survival. Different AR status might define a real difference of biological characteristics between HCCs.

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