1.Prevalence of menopausal syndrome among postmenopausal women in Pan'an County
YING Huizhen ; JI Li ; KONG Wenjuan ; WANG Yuan ; CHEN Xiaoxia ; HU Caihong ; FU Haiying ; LU Yuanyuan ; CHE Xiuli
Journal of Preventive Medicine 2025;37(3):312-315
Objective:
To investigate the prevalence and influencing factors of menopausal syndrome among postmenopausal women in Pan'an County, Zhejiang Province, so as to provide the basis for guiding the health management of postmenopausal women.
Methods:
From May 2023 to April 2024, the postmenopausal women aged 40 to 69 years in Pan'an County were selected using the random cluster sampling method. Demographic information, lifestyle and prevalence of gynecological diseases were collected through questionnaire surveys. The prevalence of menopausal syndrome was assessed by modified Kupperman Score Scale. Factors affecting menopausal syndrome were analyzed by a multivariable logistic regression model.
Results:
A total of 816 postmenopausal women were surveyed, with an mean age of (57.63±2.92) years and a mean natural menopause age of (49.85±2.13) years. There were 574 cases with menopausal syndrome, with a prevalence of 70.34%. Flashes and sweating, insomnia and irritability were common symptoms, accounting for 62.87%, 47.43% and 41.18%, respectively. Multivariable logistic regression analysis showed that monthly personal income of ≤5 000 yuan (<3 000 yuan, OR=3.124, 95%CI: 1.829-5.335; 3 000-5 000 yuan, OR=2.399, 95%CI: 1.370-4.201) and having gynecological diseases (OR=1.970, 95%CI: 1.292-3.004) were associated with a higher risk of menopausal syndrome, while average (OR=0.141, 95%CI: 0.072-0.276) or sufficient sleep quality (OR=0.095, 95%CI: 0.049-0.185) were associated with a lower risk of menopausal syndrome.
Conclusion
The prevalence of menopausal syndrome among postmenopausal women in Pan'an County is relatively high, and is mainly influenced by personal economic status, sleep quality and the presence of gynecological diseases.
2.Electroacupuncture with different waveforms for primary dysmenorrhea: A randomized controlled trial
Xiaona Wu ; Jingxue Yuan ; Jinxia Ni ; Xiuli Ma ; Ziniu Zhang ; Yini Hua ; Juwei Dong ; Bob Peng Wang
Journal of Traditional Chinese Medical Sciences 2024;11(3):357-362
Objective:
To observe and compare the clinical effects of different electroacupuncture waveforms on primary dysmenorrhea.
Methods:
This was a prospective, randomized, three-group, parallel-controlled trial. Participants with primary dysmenorrhea were randomly divided into dense-sparse wave, continuous wave, and discontinuous wave groups in a 1:1:1 ratio. Two lateral Ciliao (BL 32) points were used. All three groups started treatment 3–5 days before menstruation, once a day for six sessions per course of treatment, one course of treatment per menstrual cycle, and three menstrual cycles. The primary outcome measure was the proportion with an average visual analog scale (VAS) score reduction of ≥50% from baseline for dysmenorrhea in the third menstrual cycle during treatment. The secondary outcome measures included changes in dysmenorrhea VAS scores, Cox Menstrual Symptom Scale scores and the proportion of patients taking analgesic drugs.
Results:
The proportion of cases where the average VAS score for dysmenorrhea decreased by ≥50% from baseline in the third menstrual cycle was not statistically significant (P > .05). Precisely 30 min after acupuncture and regarding immediate analgesia on the most severe day of dysmenorrhea, there was a statistically significant difference in the dense-sparse wave group compared with the other two groups during the third menstrual cycle (P < .05). Additionally, there was a statistically significant difference between the dense-sparse wave and discontinuous wave groups 24 h after acupuncture (P < .05).
Conclusions
Waveform electroacupuncture can alleviate primary dysmenorrhea and its related symptoms in patients. The three groups showed similar results in terms of short- and long-term analgesic efficacy and a reduction in the number of patients taking analgesic drugs. Regarding achieving immediate analgesia, the dense-sparse wave group was slightly better than the other two groups.
3.Poor sleep quality contributes to occurrence of posttraumatic stress disorder in trauma patients
Ping YUAN ; Xiuli HU ; Guojia QI ; Xiu DAI ; Xiangyuan CHU ; Weihang CHEN ; Xiuquan SHI
Journal of Southern Medical University 2024;44(6):1166-1172
Objective To evaluate the impact of poor sleep quality on occurrence of post-traumatic stress disorder(PTSD)in trauma patients.Methods We prospectively recruited 256 trauma patients hospitalized in 4 general hospitals in Zunyi during the period from October,2021 to November,2022,and 226 of the participants completed the PTSD survey and assessment.The patients'sleep quality within a month before trauma was estimated using Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index(PSQI),and their sleep quality within 7 days after admission was monitored by smart bracelet sleep monitoring;the PTSD Checklist-Civilian Version(PCL-C)was used to detect the occurrence of PTSD during the follow-up.Results The detection rate of PTSD in the patients was 19.47%at 1 month and 17.61%at 3 months after trauma.The patients who developed PTSD had poorer sleep quality before the trauma,as shown by significantly higher PSQI scale scores(P<0.001),than those without PTSD,and they showed a sleep abnormality rate as high as 72.73%prior to PTSD onset.Within 7 days after admission,the patients developing PTSD had lower sleep quality scores with more frequent night awakenings(P<0.05).A 1 month and 3 months after trauma,the patients with PTSD had significantly higher PSQI scores than those without PTSD(P<0.05).Conclusion PTSD is more likely to occur in trauma patients with poor sleep quality before trauma.
4.Poor sleep quality contributes to occurrence of posttraumatic stress disorder in trauma patients
Ping YUAN ; Xiuli HU ; Guojia QI ; Xiu DAI ; Xiangyuan CHU ; Weihang CHEN ; Xiuquan SHI
Journal of Southern Medical University 2024;44(6):1166-1172
Objective To evaluate the impact of poor sleep quality on occurrence of post-traumatic stress disorder(PTSD)in trauma patients.Methods We prospectively recruited 256 trauma patients hospitalized in 4 general hospitals in Zunyi during the period from October,2021 to November,2022,and 226 of the participants completed the PTSD survey and assessment.The patients'sleep quality within a month before trauma was estimated using Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index(PSQI),and their sleep quality within 7 days after admission was monitored by smart bracelet sleep monitoring;the PTSD Checklist-Civilian Version(PCL-C)was used to detect the occurrence of PTSD during the follow-up.Results The detection rate of PTSD in the patients was 19.47%at 1 month and 17.61%at 3 months after trauma.The patients who developed PTSD had poorer sleep quality before the trauma,as shown by significantly higher PSQI scale scores(P<0.001),than those without PTSD,and they showed a sleep abnormality rate as high as 72.73%prior to PTSD onset.Within 7 days after admission,the patients developing PTSD had lower sleep quality scores with more frequent night awakenings(P<0.05).A 1 month and 3 months after trauma,the patients with PTSD had significantly higher PSQI scores than those without PTSD(P<0.05).Conclusion PTSD is more likely to occur in trauma patients with poor sleep quality before trauma.
5.Stratified Treatment in Pediatric Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma: Result of a Prospective Open-Label Multiple-Institution Study
Tingting CHEN ; Chenggong ZENG ; Juan WANG ; Feifei SUN ; Junting HUANG ; Jia ZHU ; Suying LU ; Ning LIAO ; Xiaohong ZHANG ; Zaisheng CHEN ; Xiuli YUAN ; Zhen YANG ; Haixia GUO ; Liangchun YANG ; Chuan WEN ; Wenlin ZHANG ; Yang LI ; Xuequn LUO ; Zelin WU ; Lihua YANG ; Riyang LIU ; Mincui ZHENG ; Xiangling HE ; Xiaofei SUN ; Zijun ZHEN
Cancer Research and Treatment 2024;56(4):1252-1261
Purpose:
The risk stratification of pediatric anaplastic large cell lymphoma (ALCL) has not been standardized. In this study, new risk factors were included to establish a new risk stratification system for ALCL, and its feasibility in clinical practice was explored.
Materials and Methods:
On the basis of the non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma Berlin–Frankfurt–Munster 95 (NHL-BFM-95) protocol, patients with minimal disseminated disease (MDD), high-risk tumor site (multiple bone, skin, liver, and lung involvement), and small cell/lymphohistiocytic (SC/LH) pathological subtype were enrolled in risk stratification. Patients were treated with a modified NHL-BFM-95 protocol combined with an anaplastic lymphoma kinase inhibitor or vinblastine (VBL).
Results:
A total of 136 patients were enrolled in this study. The median age was 8.8 years. The 3-year event-free survival (EFS) and overall survival of the entire cohort were 77.7% (95% confidence interval [CI], 69.0% to 83.9%) and 92.3% (95% CI, 86.1% to 95.8%), respectively. The 3-year EFS rates of low-risk group (R1), intermediate-risk group (R2), and high-risk group (R3) patients were 100%, 89.5% (95% CI, 76.5% to 95.5%), and 67.9% (95% CI, 55.4% to 77.6%), respectively. The prognosis of patients with MDD (+), stage IV cancer, SC/LH lymphoma, and high-risk sites was poor, and the 3-year EFS rates were 45.3% (95% CI, 68.6% to 19.0%), 65.7% (95% CI, 47.6% to 78.9%), 55.7% (95% CI, 26.2% to 77.5%), and 70.7% (95% CI, 48.6% to 84.6%), respectively. At the end of follow-up, one of the five patients who received maintenance therapy with VBL relapsed, and seven patients receiving anaplastic lymphoma kinase inhibitor maintenance therapy did not experience relapse.
Conclusion
This study has confirmed the poor prognostic of MDD (+), high-risk site and SC/LH, but patients with SC/LH lymphoma and MDD (+) at diagnosis still need to receive better treatment (ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT03971305).
6.Effect of stress perception on depression in medical staff: the mediating role of resilience
Xiaoran LIU ; Yuan LIU ; Yongjie ZHOU ; Xiuli SONG
Chinese Journal of Behavioral Medicine and Brain Science 2023;32(6):558-563
Objective:To explore the impact of stress perception on depression and the potential mediating role of resilience in medical staff.Methods:A total of 606 medical staff were recruited and investigated by self-designed questionnaire, the perceived stress scale (PSS-10), the 10-item Connor-Davidson resilience scale (CD-RISC-10), and the patient health questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) from February to March, 2020.SPSS 26.0 software was used to execute Pearson or Spearman correlation analysis, common method biases test, and multicollinearity test.Model 4 in PROCESS 3.2 macro program and Bootstrap method were used for mediating effects analysis.Results:There was a positive correlation between stress perception score(16.93±6.65) and depression score (5.00(2.00, 9.00))( r=0.551, P<0.01), and a negative correlation between stress perception score and resilience score (27.08±8.68) ( r=-0.285, P<0.01) among 606 medical staff.There was a negative correlation between resilience score and depression score ( r=-0.474, P<0.01). Mesometric effect examination showed that resilience played a partial mediating role in the relationship between stress perception and depression, and the mediating effect accounted for 10.87% of the total effect. Conclusion:Stress perception can directly or indirectly influence depression scores, and resilience partially mediates the relationship between stress perception and depression.Depression can be reduced clinically by reducing stress perception or enhancing the resilience of medical personnel.
7.Reflection on the Current Situation of Inheritance, Protection and Development of Folk Traditional Chinese Medicine in Shaanxi Province
Yuan ZHANG ; Simin BAI ; Xiuli YANG ; Lingbo ZHAO ; Jing OUYANG ; Xue WANG
Chinese Medical Ethics 2023;36(3):314-319
In recent years, the State has intensified efforts to develop folk Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). Shaanxi Province is a large province with rich TCM resources. However, the certificate holding rate of folk TCM in Shaanxi is low, the inheritance of medical skills is not optimistic; the core skills of folk TCM are lack of protection; the traditional folk diagnosis and treatment technology is lack of corresponding standards, and the clinical promotion is difficult, which makes the advantages of folk TCM not fully play. It was suggested that strengthen the assessment of Shaanxi Province’s real expertise, take measures to promote the inheritance, enhance the intellectual property protection of folk TCM in the province, intensify the research and formulation of local folk TCM screening and evaluation standards, and vigorously promote the clinical application of folk TCM in the province, so as to promote the inheritance, protection and development of folk TCM in Shaanxi Province.
8.Improvement effect and mechanism of Baicao fuyanqing suppository on bacterial vaginitis in rats
Qi WANG ; Pengjiao WANG ; Xiaodong SUN ; Min ZHANG ; Minyan YUAN ; Xiaoxia MENG ; Yanni ZHAO ; Shuo ZHANG ; Xiuli GAO
China Pharmacy 2023;34(20):2476-2482
OBJECTIVE To explore the improvement effect and potential mechanism of Baicao fuyanqing suppository on bacterial vaginitis (BV) in rats. METHODS The female SD rats were randomly divided into normal group, model group, metronidazole group (positive control, 0.03 g/kg), Baicao fuyanqing suppository low-dose, medium-dose and high-dose groups (0.18, 0.36, 0.72 g/kg), with 8 rats in each group. Except for the normal group, the rats in other groups were injected subcutaneously with 0.2 g of Estradiol benzoate injection+20 μL of Escherichia coli suspension (2×108~3×108 cfu/mL) through the vaginal opening to establish the BV rat model. Administration groups were given relevant medicine vaginally, while the normal group and the model group were given normal saline, once a day, for 6 consecutive days. Twenty-four hours after the last administration, the vaginal appearance score and vaginal pH were measured for each group of rats. The levels of cytokines [interleukin-1β (IL-1β), IL-2, IL-13, immunoglobulin A (IgA)] in vaginal lavage fluid were determined. The morphology of the uterus and accessories, and pathological changes in the vaginal tissue were observed. The expressions of Toll-like receptor 2 (TLR2), TLR4 and nuclear factor-κB (NF-κB) in vaginal tissues were determined. RESULTS Compared with the normal group, the uterus edema, the irregular shape of uterus and accessories, the vaginal mucosa hyperplasia, and the massive desquamation of epithelial cells were observed in the model group, complicating with massive infiltration of inflammatory cells; vaginal opening redness and swelling score and secretion score, vaginal pH, the levels of proinflammatory cytokine IL-1β and IL-2, the protein expressions of TLR2, TLR4 and NF- κB were all increased or up-regulated, while the levels of IgA and anti-inflammatory cytokine IL-13 decreased significantly (P<0.05 or P<0.01). Compared with the model group, varying cn degrees of improvement in uterine and accessories, and vaginal tissue lesions in rats were observed in administration groups, and most of the quantitative indicators mentioned above showed significant improvement (P<0.05 or P<0.01). CONCLUSIONS Baicao fuyanqing suppository has a certain improvement effect on inflammatory symptoms in BV rats, and its mechanism may be related to the inhibition of the TLR/NF-κB signaling pathway.
9.Preliminary evaluation of immunogenicity and protective effect of multicomponent recombinant protein vaccine EPRHP014 against tuberculosis
Bin CAO ; Xueting FAN ; Ruihuan WANG ; Xiuli LUAN ; Chengyu QIAN ; Jinjie YU ; Haican LIU ; Machao LI ; Guilian LI ; Xiuqin ZHAO ; Xiuqin YUAN ; Kanglin WAN
Chinese Journal of Epidemiology 2023;44(10):1653-1660
Objective:To evaluate the immunogenicity and protective effect of a multicomponent recombinant protein vaccine EPRHP014 constructed independently and provide a scientific basis for developing new tuberculosis (TB) vaccine and effective prevention and control of TB.Methods:Three full-length Mycobacterium ( M.) tuberculosis protein antigens (EsxH, Rv2628, and HspX) and two epitope-predicted and optimized epitope-dominant protein antigens (nPPE18 and nPstS1) were selected, from which five protein antigens were used to construct a protein antigen composition EPRHP014, including a fusion expression multi-component protein antigen (EPRHP014f) and a multi-component mixed protein antigen (EPRHP014m) formed with the five single protein using clone, purification, and purification respectively. Multicomponent protein vaccines EPRHP014f and EPRHP014m were prepared with aluminum adjuvant, and the BCG vaccine was used as a control. ELISA detected the titer of serum-specific antibodies, the secretion of various cytokines was detected by ELISpot and Luminex, and immune protection was observed by the M.tuberculosis growth inhibition test in vitro. The results were statistically analyzed by t-test or rank sum test, and P<0.05 was considered a statistically significant difference. Results:Mice Immunized with EPRHP014m and EPRHP014f could produce highly effective IgG antibodies and their subtypes IgG1 and IgG2a, and the antibody titers were similar to those of mice immunized with BCG, with no statistical significance ( P>0.05). The number of spot-forming cells (SFC) secreting IFN-γ and IL-4 induced by EPRHP014f group was significantly higher than those by EPRHP014m group and BCG group ( P<0.05), but there was no significant difference in the number of SFC for IFN-γ and IL-4 induced between EPRHP014m group and BCG group ( P>0.05). The secretion levels of GM-CSF and IL-12p70 induced by the EPRHP014m group were higher than those of the BCG group ( P<0.05), but there was no significant difference in the levels of IL-6 and IL-10 induced between EPRHP014m group and BCG group ( P>0.05). There was no significant difference in the secretions of IL-6, IL-10, IL-12, and GM-CSF between the EPRHP014f and BCG groups ( P>0.05). EPRHP014m group, EPRHP014f group, and BCG group had obvious antibacterial effects in vitro, and the difference was insignificant ( P>0.05). Conclusion:Both EPRHP014f and EPRHP014m can induce strong humoral and cellular immune responses in mice after immunization, and have a strong ability to inhibit the growth of M. tuberculosis in vitro, indicating that the antigen composition EPRHP014 has good potential in the development and application of TB vaccine.
10.Q-marker analysis of Kanggongyan soft capsule
Minyan YUAN ; Min ZHANG ; Shuo ZHANG ; Siyuan CAO ; Jiacheng JI ; Pengjiao WANG ; Rongping ZHANG ; Xiuli GAO
China Pharmacy 2022;33(17):2082-2086
OBJECTIVE To analyze quality maker (Q-marker) of Ka nggongyan soft capsule (KSC). METHODS The fingerprints of 20 batches of KSC were established by ultra high performance liquid chromatography (UPLC)method. Similarity Evaluation System of TCM Chromatographic Fingerprint (2012 edition)were used to evaluate the similarity and confirm common peaks. The contents of norisoboldine ,leonurine hydrochloride ,forsythoside B ,acteoside,poliumoside and isoacteoside were determined by the same UPLC method. Targets and pathways related to KSC in the treatment of cervicitis were screened and analyzed by network pharmacology and molecular docking method to construct a “component-target-pathway”network,and analyze its potential Q-marker. RESULTS Twelve common peaks were identified in the fingerprints of 20 batches of KSC ,and the similarity was greater than 0.99. Six common peaks were identified ,including norisoboldine ,leonurine hydrochloride ,forsythoside B,acteoside,poliumoside and isoacteoside. The contents of the above 6 components were 1.336-1.774,0.093-0.143,4.970-5.888, 0.505-0.623,5.206-6.226 and 0.785-0.895 mg/g,respectively. By network pharmacology analysis ,14 key targets and 94 pathways were obtained ,and their binding energies to the core targets (protein kinase B 1,tumor necrosis factor )were all less than -6.4 kJ/cal. CONCLUSIONS Six components such as norisoboldine and leonurine hydrochloride are potential Q-marker of KSC.


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