1.Network structure analysis of the association between physical fitness indicators and anxiety and depressive symptoms among college students
BAI Jianfei, CHEN Wenjia, CAO Chunxia, LI Jianhui, CUI Shuang, ZHAI Feng
Chinese Journal of School Health 2026;47(7):966-970
Objective:
To explore the micro associations and key bridge nodes between physical fitness indicators and anxiety/depressive symptoms among college students using network analysis, so as to provide a theoretical foundation for promoting physical and mental health of college students.
Methods:
From September to October 2025, a combination of purposive sampling and cluster sampling was employed to select 2 158 college students from three universities in Xuzhou City. Seven physical fitness indicators were measured and standardized according to the National Student Physical Health Standard. The Generalized Anxiety Disorder Scale-7 (GAD-7) and the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) were used to assess anxiety and depressive symptoms. Independent samples t-test was used for intergroup comparisons of physical fitness indicators and psychological symptom scores. A gaussian graphical model (GGM) was constructed to calculate node and bridge strength, followed by stability analyses.
Results:
The detection rates of anxiety and depressive symptoms among college students were 21.3% and 24.5%, respectively. Male participants demonstrated superior performance in physical fitness indicators such as vital capacity, 50 meter sprint, and standing long jump compared to female participants, whereas females exhibited better results in the sit and reach test ( t =48.35, -44.82 , 70.21, -16.51, all P <0.01). Regarding psychological indicators, female participants showed higher scores of anxiety and depressive symptoms than males ( t =-4.15, -4.46, both P <0.01). Physical fitness and psychological symptoms were predominantly negatively correlated. "feeling tired" and "not being able to stop or control worrying" were the symptoms with the highest centrality in the network of physical fitness and phychological symptoms among college students (standardized strengths were 2.15 and 1.98, respectively). Among the bridge indicators, the "1 000 m (male)/800 m (female) run" exhibited the highest strength (0.85), outperforming "vital capacity" (0.35); it was linked to the symptom cluster primarily by negatively predicting "feeling tired" (edge weight=-0.38). The network stability was excellent of physical fitness and phychological symptoms among college students (correlation stability coefficient= 0.60 ).
Conclusions
Endurance capacity serves as the most critical bridge connecting physical and mental health, and its decline is closely related to intensified feelings of fatigue. Colleges should prioritize endurance training as a core target for promoting college students mental health.
2.Research progress of mindfulness based stress reduction in patients with chronic low back pain
Danping ZHENG ; Wenjia ZHAI ; Qian LIU
Chinese Journal of Modern Nursing 2018;24(16):1980-1984
Chronic low back pain is a common worldwide high disabling physical and mental problem. The mindfulness based stress reduction (MBSR), a psychotherapy based on mindfulness, is widely recommended for chronic low back pain as a non-drug therapy. This article reviews the basic concepts, training methods of MBSR and the effects related to the improvement of pain related physiological and reactive behavior in patients with chronic low back pain, and analyses the problems that exist in the process of implementation in order to provide a basis for future clinical application.
3.Prognostic value of lymph node status evaluated by computed tomography for patients with cervical cancer treated with radical chemoradiation therapy
Wenjia XIE ; Liya ZHOU ; Yanfeng GAO ; Tiantian ZHAI ; Lili WU ; Liangxi XIE
Cancer Research and Clinic 2014;26(5):306-309,314
Objective To investigate the prognostic value of lymph node status evaluated by computed tomography (CT) in cervical carcinoma treated with radical chemoradiation therapy.Methods 209 patients with FIGO stage Ⅰ B-ⅣA uterine cervical carcinoma treated with radical chemo radiation therapy were enrolled.Lymph node status was evaluated based on site,number and size respectively by CT.Kaplan-Meier method was used to analyze the impact of lymph node status as well as other pathoclinical factors on overall survival (OS).Cox regression model was used to explore the relationship between independent prognostic factors and OS.Results Lymph node metastasis rates for stage Ⅰ B,Ⅱ,Ⅲ and ⅣA patients were 16.7 % (1/6),48.2 % (68/141),57.4 % (31/54) and 87.5 % (7/8),respectively.Variate analysis showed that FIGO stage,anemia before treatment,para-aortic lymph node metastasis,and the number (≥3) and size (maximum diameter ≥ 2.0 cm) of CT positive lymph node were significant unfavorable prognostic factors for OS (P < 0.05).FIGO stage,the number of lymph nodes metastasis,pathologic diagnosis and treatment regimen were identified to be independent prognostic factors in multivariate analysis.Conclusion Under current therapeutic strategy of concomitant chemoradiotherapy,lymph node metastatic status evaluated by pretreatment CT is still a significant and independent prognostic factor for cervical cancer.


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