Chronic diseases have become one of the major threats to human health. Health information-seeking behavior plays a positive role in effectively managing the health status of chronic disease patients and enhancing their self-management capabilities. This article summarizes the concept, assessment tools, current status, and influencing factors of health information-seeking behavior among chronic disease patients. It provides strategies and suggestions to offer references for developing intervention strategies for chronic disease patients' health information-seeking behavior.

Chronic diseases have become one of the major threats to human health. Health information-seeking behavior plays a positive role in effectively managing the health status of chronic disease patients and enhancing their self-management capabilities. This article summarizes the concept, assessment tools, current status, and influencing factors of health information-seeking behavior among chronic disease patients. It provides strategies and suggestions to offer references for developing intervention strategies for chronic disease patients' health information-seeking behavior.

[Abstract] [Objective] To assess the effect of a centrifugal haemocyte separator on platelet counts in patients with neurological immune-mediated disorders during/after therapeutic plasma exchange (TPE). [Methods] This study included 189 patients (108 females and 81 males) who were treated in the department of neurology at Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, from March 2021 to March 2022. A total of 820 TPE treatments were carried out. Each patient received 2 to 5 TPEs, with each TPE amounting to the patient's plasma volume. The peripheral blood cell counts of the patients were evaluated before TPE and after 2 to 5 TPEs. [Results] The duration of a single TPE in this study was 94(84,107) minutes, and the actual volume of a single TPE replacement was 2 456(2 142, 2 785) mL. The number of patients who underwent TPE for 2, 3, 4, and 5 sessions was 17, 28, 18, and 126, respectively. The platelet (PLT) counts of the patients before and after the TPE were 195×10⁹/L (range:150 to 245) and 220×10⁹/L (range:170 to 270), respectively (P<0.05). Consequently, the overall PLT counts exhibited a significant decrease from baseline following TPE, yet the PLT counts remained within the normal range after TPE. Spearman's correlation analysis indicated that platelet loss did not correlate with the duration of TPE (ρ=0.037), the age of the patient (ρ=0.015), or the volume of the single replacement fluid (ρ=0.034), P>0.05, weakly correlated with the number of TPE sessions (ρ=0.017), and moderately correlated with the PLT counts before TPEs (ρ=0.446). [Conclusion] The TPE procedure exhibited a measurable impact on the patients' platelet levels, but the platelet counts remained within the normal range, therefore did not interfere with the patients' subsequent treatment protocols. The decrease in platelet level was correlated with the baseline platelet level before treatment and the number of TPE sessions.

BACKGROUND: Existing evidence suggests that fruit consumption is a significant influencing factor for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), but this is unclear in the Chinese population. We examined the association of fresh fruit consumption with the risk of COPD-related hospitalization and death in a nationwide, population-based prospective cohort from China. METHODS: Between 2004 and 2008, the China Kadoorie Biobank recruited >0.5 million adults aged 30 to 79 years from ten diverse regions across China. After excluding individuals diagnosed with major chronic diseases and prevalent COPD, the prospective analysis included 421,428 participants. Cox regression was used to calculate the hazard ratios (HRs) for the association between fresh fruit consumption and risk of COPD-related hospitalization and death, with adjustment for established and potential confounders. RESULTS: During a mean follow-up of 10.9 years, 11,292 COPD hospitalization events and deaths were documented, with an overall incidence rate of 2.47/1000 person-years. Participants who consumed fresh fruit daily had a 22% lower risk of COPD-related hospitalization and death compared with non-consumers (HR = 0.78, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.71-0.87). The inverse association between fresh fruit consumption and COPD-related hospitalization and death was stronger among non-current smokers and participants with normal body mass index (BMI) (18.5 kg/m 2 ≤ BMI < 24.0 kg/m 2 ); the corresponding HRs for daily fresh fruit consumption were 0.78 (95% CI: 0.68-0.89) and 0.69 (95% CI: 0.59-0.79) compared with their counterparts, respectively. CONCLUSIONS High-frequency fruit consumption was associated with a lower risk of COPD in Chinese adults. Increasing fruit consumption, together with cigarette cessation and weight control, should be considered in the prevention and management of COPD.

Background::Familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) is underrecognized, and its association with coronary artery disease (CAD) remains limited, especially in China. We aimed to investigate the prevalence of FH and its relationship with CAD in a large Chinese cohort.Methods::FH was defined using the Make Early Diagnosis to Prevent Early Death (MEDPED) criteria. The crude and age-sex standardized prevalence of FH were calculated based on surveys of the Prediction for Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Risk in China (China-PAR) project during 2007-2008. The associations of FH with incident CAD and its major subtypes were estimated with the cohort-stratified multivariate Cox proportional hazard models based on the data from the baseline to the last follow-up (2018-2020).Results::Among 98,885 included participants, 190 participants were defined as FH. Crude and age-sex standardized prevalence and 95% confidence interval (CI) of FH were 0.19% (0.17%–0.22%) and 0.13% (0.10%–0.16%), respectively. The prevalence varied across age groups and peaked in the group of 60–<70 years (0.28%), and the peak prevalence (0.18%) in males was earlier, yet lower than the peak crude prevalence in females (0.41%). During a mean follow-up of 10.7 years, 2493 cases of incident CAD were identified. After multivariate adjustment, FH patients had a 2.03-fold greater risk of developing CAD compared to non-FH participants.Conclusions::The prevalence of FH was estimated to be 0.19% in the participants, and it was associated with an elevated risk of incident CAD. Our study suggests that early screening of FH has certain public health significance for the prevention of CAD.

Background::Familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) is underrecognized, and its association with coronary artery disease (CAD) remains limited, especially in China. We aimed to investigate the prevalence of FH and its relationship with CAD in a large Chinese cohort.Methods::FH was defined using the Make Early Diagnosis to Prevent Early Death (MEDPED) criteria. The crude and age-sex standardized prevalence of FH were calculated based on surveys of the Prediction for Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Risk in China (China-PAR) project during 2007-2008. The associations of FH with incident CAD and its major subtypes were estimated with the cohort-stratified multivariate Cox proportional hazard models based on the data from the baseline to the last follow-up (2018-2020).Results::Among 98,885 included participants, 190 participants were defined as FH. Crude and age-sex standardized prevalence and 95% confidence interval (CI) of FH were 0.19% (0.17%–0.22%) and 0.13% (0.10%–0.16%), respectively. The prevalence varied across age groups and peaked in the group of 60–<70 years (0.28%), and the peak prevalence (0.18%) in males was earlier, yet lower than the peak crude prevalence in females (0.41%). During a mean follow-up of 10.7 years, 2493 cases of incident CAD were identified. After multivariate adjustment, FH patients had a 2.03-fold greater risk of developing CAD compared to non-FH participants.Conclusions::The prevalence of FH was estimated to be 0.19% in the participants, and it was associated with an elevated risk of incident CAD. Our study suggests that early screening of FH has certain public health significance for the prevention of CAD.

This article reviews the application of patient-reported outcome measures in symptom measurement, quality of life measurement, adverse event reporting and clinical decision-making in breast cancer patients, so as to provide a reference for the application and development of related measures.

Objective To observe the effect of body temperature protection on enhanced recovery after surgery of patients undergoing laparotomy radical gastrectomy.Methods Sixty of patients ASA physical status Ⅰ or Ⅱ,aged 45-76 years,scheduled for elective radical gastrectomy were ran domly divided into 2 groups (n=30 each):heating blanket group and control group.In the heating blanket group,patients were warmed up during the whole perioperative period using the warmblanket until discharge from PACU;exposed skin as covered with clean surgical dressing;infusion,irrigation fluids and blood transfusions were warmed to 40℃;the bacteriological and viral filters were placed between the Y-piece of the breathing circuit and the tracheal tube.In the control group,patients were not given special heat preservation measures.For temperature measurements,an infrared tympanic ear thermometer was used.The core temperature of two groups were recorded at the pre-operative period (T1),before induction (T2),1 h after induction (T3),closing (T4),extubation （T5),discharging from PACU (T6).The dosage of anesthetic drug,volume of fluids infused,peritoneal fluid flushing volume,operation time,anesthesia time,ambient temperature,amount of bleeding,intrao perative blood transfusion,shivering,extubation time,incision infection and hospitalization time were recorded.Results There was no statistical difference in terms of temperature at T1 between the two groups.Compared with the T1,the core temperature of two groups of patients in T2-T6 were signifi cantly decreased (P ＜0.05).The perioperative core body temperature at T2-T6 was significantly higher in the heating blanket group than in the control group.The amount of bleeding and blood transfusion in perioperative period was significantly less that in the heating blanket group (P＜0.05).The incidence of shivering and surgical-wound infection were significantly lower in the heating blanket group (P＜0.05).The extubation time and hospitalization time were shorter in the heating blanket group (P＜0.05).Conclusion Combined body temperature protection measures can significantly reduce the incidence of inadvertent perioperative hypothermia (IPH) and improve postoperative outcomes for patients undergoing laparotomy radical gastrectomy.

Objective To investigate the clinical efficacy of multidisciplinary integrated treatment and management model in the medical management of elderly patients.Methods 226 elderly patients treated in our hospital from October 2014 to December 2015 were randomly divided into observation group and control group,113 cases in each group.Patients in the control group were treated with traditional medical management model,while patients in the observation group were treated with multidisciplinary integrated treatment and management model.The therapeutic effect,hospital stay,incidence of complications,treatment satisfaction,MMSE score,FCA score and Tinetti score between the two groups were compared.Results The total effective rate (95.58%) in the observation group was significantly higher than that in the control group (79.65%) (χ2=13.21,P=0.000).The mortality rate in the observation group (1.77%) was significantly lower than 7.96% in the control group (χ2=4.68,P=0.004).The satisfaction rate of the observation group (92.04%) was significantly higher than 77.88% of the control group (χ2=8.86,P=0.003).The MMSE score[(25.17±4.43)points],FCA score[(77.35±8.35)points]and Tinetti score[(26.45±4.25)points]of the observation group were significantly higher than those in the control group[(20.13±3.07) points,(65.32±8.88) points and (21.03±3.30) points,t=-2.93,-3.11,-3.18;P=0.025,0.014,0.006].Conclusion Multidisciplinary integrated treatment management model can significantly increase the therapeutic effect,shorter hospital stay,reduce the incidence of complications,improve patients' satisfaction,and improve the quality of life,so it is a new type of efficient and rational therapeutic management model and worthy of clinical promoting.

Objective To investigate the treatment of noninvasive ventilator in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease merge chronic type Ⅱ respiratory failure and to analysis its clinical efficacy and safety.Methods According to the random number table,115 cases were randomly divided into two groups,the observation group (n =59)and the control group(n =56).The control group received conventional symptomatic treatment,while the observation group therapy was combined with non -invasive ventilation in the basis of the control group.The changes of HR,RR, PaCO2 ,PaO2 ,Forced expiratory volume in one second 1 (FEV1 ),Forced expiratory volume in one second 1 (Forced expiratory volume in one second 1,FEV1 /FVC)were compared between the two groups before and after treatment 48h.Results Before treatment,there were no significant differences in HR,PaCO2 ,RR,FEV1 ,PaO2 ,FEV1 /FVC (P >0.05).After the treatment,in the control group,HR,RR,PaCO2 ,PaO2 ,FEV1 and FEV1 /FVC were respectively (90.16 ±4.15)beats/min,(23.17 ±1.63)beats/min,(59.68 ±5.85)mmHg,(69.16 ±5.26)mmHg,(2.65 ± 0.25)L and(65.47 ±1.97)%.In the observation group,HR,RR,PaCO2 ,PaO2 ,FEV1 and FEV1 /FVC were respectively (82.93 ±3.76)beats/min,(19.02 ±1.57)beats/min,(50.82 ±6.53)mmHg,(78.06 ±5.48)mmHg,(2.96 ± 0.31)L and (72.38 ±2.15)%.The difference was statistically significant(t =9.800,13.907,7.649,8.877,5.917, 17.942,all P <0.05).No adverse reactions occurred during the treatment.Conclusion The clinical efficacy of non-invasive ventilator in the treatment of COPD associated with chronic type Ⅱ respiratory failure is significant,safe and reliable,which has important research value,and is worthy of further application.