1.Dietary nutrition status and nutritional intervention strategy of 1302 patients with Alzheimer's disease
Yufang WANG ; Yuanfang ZHAO ; Xiaomei HAO ; Yining LIANG
Journal of Public Health and Preventive Medicine 2025;36(2):47-51
Objective To explore the dietary nutrition status and nutritional intervention strategy of patients with Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Methods Among the 1 332 patients with AD diagnosed at Xijing Hospital from January 2021 to December 2023 were enrolled as the study subjects. The dietary intake data of patients were collected through questionnaire surveys and dietary reviews. During the study period, 30 patients did not complete the intervention due to withdrawal or loss of follow-up. Based on the actual number of people who completed the intervention, AD patients were randomly divided into intervention group (n=651, individualized nutritional intervention strategy) and control group (n=651, routine nutritional intervention), and both groups were intervened for 3 months. The cognitive function (MMSE score and MoCA score), nutritional status (MNA scale, NRS-2002 scale), and quality of life (GQOL-74) of the two groups of AD patients were compared to evaluate the effectiveness of the intervention strategies. Results A total of 1 332 questionnaires were distributed, and 1 302 valid questionnaires were finally recovered, with an effective recovery rate of 97.75% (1 302/1 332). The survey results showed that there were no statistical differences in baseline characteristics and dietary nutrition status between the two groups of AD patients before intervention (P>0.05). After nutritional intervention, the cognitive function, quality of life, and nutritional status of patients in the intervention group were significantly improved. The MMSE score, MoCA score, MNA score, and GQOL-74 score of the intervention group were significantly higher than those of the control group, while the NRS-2002 score was lower than that of the control group (P<0.05). Conclusion Nutritional intervention strategy has a significant effect on improving nutritional status, cognitive function, and quality of life of AD patients.
2.Methodology for Developing Patient Guideline (3):Reporting Frameworks and Presentation
Lijiao YAN ; Ning LIANG ; Haili ZHANG ; Nannan SHI ; Ziyu TIAN ; Ruixiang WANG ; Xiaojia NI ; Yufang HAO ; Wei CHEN ; Yingfeng ZHOU ; Dan YANG ; Shuyu YANG ; Yujing ZHANG ; Ziteng HU ; Jianping LIU
Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine 2024;65(22):2304-2309
Standardized reporting is a crucial factor affecting the use of patient guidelines (PGs), particularly in the reporting and presentation of recommendations. This paper introduced the current status of PG reporting, including the research on PG content and presentation formats, and provided comprehensive recommendations for PG reporting from aspects such as overall framework, recommendations, presentation format, and readability. First, the presentation of PG recommendations should include clearly defined clinical questions, recommendations and their rationale, and guidance on how patients should implement the interventions; for specific content in the PG, such as level of evidence, level of recommendation, it is recommended to explain in text the reasons for giving different levels of recommendation, i.e., to present the logic behind giving the level of recommendation to the patient; additional information needed in the recommendation framework should be supplemented by tracing references or authoritative textbooks and literature that support the recommendations. Subsequently, the PG text should be written based on the Reporting Checklist for Public Versions of Guidelines (RIGHT-PVG) reporting framework. Finally, to enhance readability and comprehension, it is recommended to refer to the Patient Education Materials Assessment Tool (PEMAT) for translating PG content. To enhance the readability of PGs, it is suggested to present the PG content in a persona-lized and layered manner.
3.Methodology for Developing Patient Guideline(1):The Concept of Patient Guideline
Lijiao YAN ; Ning LIANG ; Ziyu TIAN ; Nannan SHI ; Sihong YANG ; Yufang HAO ; Wei CHEN ; Xiaojia NI ; Yingfeng ZHOU ; Ruixiang WANG ; Zeyu YU ; Shuyu YANG ; Yujing ZHANG ; Ziteng HU ; Jianping LIU
Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine 2024;65(20):2086-2091
Since the concept of patient versions of guidelines (PVGs) was introduced into China, several PVGs have been published in China, but we found that there is a big difference between the concept of PVG at home and abroad, and the reason for this difference has not been reasonably explained, which has led to ambiguity and even misapplication of the PVG concept by guideline developers. By analyzing the background and purpose of PVGs, and the understanding of the PVG concept by domestic scholars, we proposed the term patient guidelines (PGs). This refers to guidelines developed under the principles of evidence-based medicine, centered on health issues that concern patients, and based on the best available evidence, intended for patient use. Except for the general attribute of providing information or education, which is typical of common health education materials, PGs also provide recommendations and assist in decision-making, so PGs include both the patient versions of guidelines (PVG) as defined by the Guidelines International Network (GIN) and "patient-directed guidelines", i.e. clinical practice guidelines resulting from the adaptation or reformulation of recommendations through clinical practice guidelines.
4.Methodology for Developing Patient Guideline (2):Process and Methodology
Lijiao YAN ; Ning LIANG ; Nannan SHI ; Sihong YANG ; Ziyu TIAN ; Dan YANG ; Xiaojia NI ; Yufang HAO ; Wei CHEN ; Ruixiang WANG ; Yingfeng ZHOU ; Shibing LIANG ; Shuyu YANG ; Yujing ZHANG ; Ziteng HU ; Jianping LIU
Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine 2024;65(21):2194-2198
At present, the process and methodology of patient guidelines (PGs) development varies greatly and lacks systematic and standardised guidance. In addition to the interviews with PG developers, we have sorted out the relevant methodology for the adaptation and development of existing clinical practice guideline recommendations and facilitated expert deliberations to achieve a consensus, so as to finally put forward a proposal for guidance on the process and methodology for the development of PGs. The development of PGs can be divided into the preparation stage, the construction stage, and the completion stage in general, but the specific steps vary according to the different modes of development of PGs. The development process of Model 1 is basically the same as the patient version of the guideline development process provided by the International Guidelines Network, i.e., team formation, screening of recommendations, guideline drafing, user testing and feedback, approval and dissemination. The developer should also first determine the need for and scope of translating the clinical practice guideline into a patient version during the preparation phase. Model 2 adds user experience and feedback to the conventional clinical practice guideline development process (forming a team, determining the scope of the PG, searching, evaluating and integrating evidence, forming recommendations, writing the guideline, and expert review). Based on the different models, we sort out the process and methods of PG development and introduce the specific methods of PG development, including how to identify the clinical problem and how to form recommendations based on the existing clinical practice guidelines, with a view to providing reference for guideline developers and related researchers.
5.Dexmedetomidine affects alveolar macrophage polarization through JAK2/STAT3 signaling pathway
Liang GE ; Yufang LENG ; Peng ZHANG ; Lingguo KONG ; Xudong HAN
Chinese Journal of Immunology 2024;40(10):2076-2082
Objective:To investigate the effect of dexmedetomidine(DEX)on the polarization of alveolar macrophages in-duced by lipopolysaccharide(LPS)and to explore the related mechanisms.Methods:Rat alveolar macrophages NR8383 were cul-tured in vitro.Experiment one was divided into control group,model group(1 μg/ml LPS),DEX low,medium and high dose groups(1,5,10 mg/kg DEX+10 mg/kg LPS).Experiment two was divided into DEX high dose group(10 mg/kg)and DEX high dose+Colive-lin(JAK2/STAT3 signaling pathway activator)group(10 mg/kg DEX+0.5 μmol/L Colivelin).The morphological changes of rat alveo-lar macrophages NR8383 were observed by inverted microscope;RT-PCR method was used to detect the expression levels of iNOS and Arg1 mRNA in NR8383 cells,and flow cytometry was used to detect the expression levels of CD86 and CD163 proteins in NR8383 cells;Western blot was used to detect the expression levels of surface marker proteins TNF-α,iNOS,SOCS,Arg1,TGF-β and JAK2/STAT3 signaling pathway related proteins in NR8383 cells.Results:Compared with control group,there were a lot of cell debris in the intercellular space of NR8383 in the model group,the proportions of iNOS mRNA,CD86 positive cells,and the expression levels of TNF-α,p-JAK2/JAK2,p-STAT3/STAT3 were significantly increased,the proportions of Arg1 mRNA,CD163 positive cells,and the expression levels of SOCS and TGF-β were significantly reduced(P<0.05);compared with the model group,the NR8383 intercellular cell debris in the DEX low,medium,and high dose groups were decreased,the proportions of iNOS mRNA,CD86 positive cells,and the expression levels of TNF-α,p-JAK2/JAK2,p-STAT3/STAT3 were significantly reduced,the proportions of Arg1 mRNA,CD163 positive cells,and the expression levels of SOCS and TGF-β were significantly increased(P<0.05).The reactivation of the JAK2/STAT3 signal pathway by Colivelin could weaken the role of DEX in LPS induced NR8383 cell polarization.Conclusion:DEX can inhibit the M1 polarization of NR8383 cells induced by LPS,which may be achieved by inhibiting the JAK2/STAT3 signaling pathway.
6.Chinese consensus on diagnosis and treatment of intestinal Beh?et′s disease
Hong YANG ; Yao HE ; Yufang WANG ; Jie LIANG ; Qing ZHENG ; Wei LIU ; Weixun ZHOU ; Qingli ZHU ; Minhu CHEN ; Kaichun WU ; Jiaming QIAN
Chinese Journal of Digestion 2022;42(10):649-658
Beh?et′s syndrome is a kind of chronic systemic vasculitis with involvement of multiple organs. Intestinal involvement of Beh?et′s syndrome is presently named as intestinal Beh?et′s syndrome. Recently, there is considering another kind of disease type with only typical intestinal ulcers. Since it is difficult to differentiate intestinal Beh?et′s syndrome from Crohn′s disease, intestinal tuberculosis, intestinal lymphoma, and intestinal manifestations of many other autoimmune diseases, and there is limited evidence for the therapy of intestinal Beh?et′s syndrome, proposing diagnosis and treatment recommendations for intestinal Beh?et′s syndrome through evidence-based judgment will be of great significance for clinical practice.
7.Application of routine laboratory data in combination with machine learning in the differential diagnosis of lung tuberculosis
Yan WANG ; Huarong ZHENG ; Yifei LUO ; Jing ER ; Qingtao WANG ; Rui ZHOU ; Yufang LIANG ; Biao SONG ; Dawei HUANG
Chinese Journal of Laboratory Medicine 2022;45(12):1201-1206
Objective:To investigate the application value of establishing the differential diagnosis model of pulmonary tuberculosis using routine laboratory data.Methods:The retrospective study was conducted. The routine laboratory data of newly diagnosed patients with pulmonary tuberculosis and other pulmonary diseases in Beijng Jishuitan Hospital and Beijing Hepingli Hospital from May 2015 to November 2021were collected. According to the random numbers showed in the computer, all the 11516 patients were divided into training dataset and test dataset with a ratio of 9∶1. Four machine learning algorithms, Support Vector Machine, Random Forest, K-Nearest Neighbor and Logistic Regression, were used to build models and select features. The diagnostic accuracy of each model was verified by using the 10-fold cross-validation method and the performance of each model was evaluated by using the receptor operator of characteristic (ROC) curve.Results:Random Forest was selected as the optimal machine learning algorithm to build the best feature model in the study. According to importance scale of factors, the differential diagnosis model of pulmonary tuberculosis consisting of 37 non-specific test indexes. In the validation set and test set the accuracy and area under curve (AUC) of the models were 0.747 and 0.736, the sensitivity, specificity and accuracy were 68.03% and 68.75%, 70.91% and 67.90%, 70.30% and 68.12%, respectively.Conclusion:A key tool in the differential diagnosis model of pulmonary tuberculosis was established by routine laboratory data in combination with machine learning. The results of this study need to be further verified by more data from medical institutions.
8.Establishment and evaluation of a method for identifying the random error in the quantitative measurement procedure based on back propagation neural network
Yufang LIANG ; Huarong ZHENG ; Zhe WANG ; Xiang FENG ; Zewen HAN ; Biao SONG ; Huali CHENG ; Qingtao WANG ; Rui ZHOU
Chinese Journal of Laboratory Medicine 2022;45(5):543-548
Objective:To establish and evaluate a new real-time quality control method that can identify the random errors by using the backpropagation neural network (BPNN) algorithm and taking blood glucose test as an example.Methods:A total of 219 000 blood glucose results measured by Siemens advia 2 400 analytical system from January 2019 to July 2020 and derived from Laboratory Information System of Beijing Chaoyang Hospital Laboratory Department was regarded as the unbiased data of our study. Six deviations with different sizes were introduced to generate the corresponding biased data. With each biased data, BPNN and MovSD algorithms were used and tested, and then evaluated by traceability method and clinical method.Results:For BPNN algorithm, the block size was pre-set to 10 and the false-positive rate in all biases was within 0.1%. For MovSD, however, the optimal block size and exclusive limit were 150 and 10% separately and its false-positive rate in all biases was 0.38%, which was 0.28% higher than BPNN. Especially, for the least two error factors of 0.5 and 1, all the random errors were not detected by MovSD; for the error factor larger than 1, random errors could be detected by MovSD but the MNPed was higher than that of BPNN under all deviations. The difference was up to 91.67 times. 460 000 reference data were produced by traceability procedure. The uncertainty of BPNN algorithm evaluated by these reference data was only 0.078%.Conclusion:A real-time quality control method based on BPNN algorithm was successfully established to identify random errors in analytical phase, which was more efficient than MovSD method and provided a new idea and method for the identification of random errors in clinical practice.
9. Chinese Consensus on Diagnosis and Treatment of Intestinal Behçet’s Syndrome
Hong YANG ; Wei LIU ; Weixun ZHOU ; Qingli ZHU ; Jiaming QIAN ; Yao HE ; Minhu CHEN ; Yufang WANG ; Jie LIANG ; Kaichun WU ; Qing ZHENG
Chinese Journal of Gastroenterology 2022;27(12):723-733
Behçet’s syndrome is a kind of chronic systemic vasculitis with involvement of multiple organs. Intestinal involvement of Behçet’s syndrome is presently named as intestinal Behçet’s syndrome (disease). Recently, there is considering another kind of disease type with only typical intestinal ulcers. Since it is difficult to differentiate intestinal Behçet’s syndrome from Crohn’s disease, intestinal tuberculosis, intestinal lymphoma, as well as intestinal manifestations of many other autoimmune diseases, and there is limited evidence for the therapy of intestinal Behçet’s syndrome, proposing diagnosis and treatment recommendations for intestinal Behçet’s syndrome through evidence-based judgment will be of great significance for clinical practice.
10.Analysis of life quality of primary angle-closure glaucoma patients and its influencing factors in Baotou region, Inner Mongolia
Liang LI ; Yufang SU ; Hui ZHANG ; Hui WANG ; Yingru LIU ; Kai CAO ; Chunyan QIAO
Chinese Journal of Experimental Ophthalmology 2021;39(10):898-905
Objective:To investigate vision-related quality of life, anxiety and depression in patients with primary angle-closure glaucoma (PACG) and the influencing factors in Baotou, Inner Mongolia.Methods:A cross-sectional study was conducted.One hundred and eighty-two consecutive PACG patients (364 eyes) with intraocular pressure ≤20 mmHg (1 mmHg=0.133 kPa) at 3 random times after treatment were enrolled in Baotou Chaoju Ophthalmic Hospital from September 2018 to January 2020.Gender, age, marital status, education level, monthly income, total treatment cost, glaucoma treatment time, surgery and drug treatment history, best corrected visual acuity (BCVA), Humphrey visual field index (VFI) and scores of the National Eye Institute Visual Function Questionnaire-25 (NEI-VFQ-25) and Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) of patients were recorded.Pearson correlation analysis was used to analyze the correlation between age and composite VFQ-25 score.Spearman rank correlation analysis was used to analyze the correlation between other statistical data.Stepwise multivariate linear regression was used to analyze the correlation between composite VFQ-25 score, HADS score and statistically significant influencing factors above.This study protocol adhered to the Declaration of Helsinki, and was approved by an Ethics Committee of Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University (No.TRECKY2015-30). Written informed consent was obtained from each subject.Results:The mean age of subjects was (59.75±8.43) years.The mean composite VFQ-25 score was (68.59±14.43) points.The mean HADS, HADS-Anxiety (HADS-A) and HADS-Depression (HADS-D) scores were 16.00 (12.00, 20.00), 8.00 (6.00, 10.00), 8.00 (6.00, 10.00) points, respectively.The proportion of anxious (HADS-A score>10 points) and depressd (HADS-D score >10 points) patients was 18.1% (33/182) and 13.7% (25/182), respectively.Age was positively correlated with BCVA in eyes with better and worse vision ( rs=0.36, 0.29; both at P<0.01), and it was negatively correlated with mean deviation (MD) of Humphrey visual field in the better-MD and worse-MD eyes, VFI of Humphrey visual field in the better-VFI and worse-VFI eyes ( rs=-0.21, -0.23, -0.30, -0.23; all at P<0.01). The composite VFQ-25 score was negatively correlated with age, BCVA in the eyes with better and worse vision ( rs=-0.32, -0.34, -0.48; all at P<0.01), and it was positively correlated with MD in the better-MD and worse-MD eyes, VFI in the better-VFI and worse-VFI eyes ( rs=0.37, 0.45, 0.38, 0.46; all at P<0.01). The HADS-A score was negatively correlated with MD in the better-MD eye ( rs=-0.20, P<0.01). The HADS-D score was positively correlated with BCVA in the eyes with worse vision ( rs=0.26, P<0.01) and negatively correlated with MD in the better-MD and worse-MD eyes, and VFI in the worse-VFI eyes ( rs=-0.21, -0.22, -0.22; all at P<0.01). The HADS score was positively correlated with BCVA in the eyes with worse vision ( rs=0.22, P<0.01), and negatively correlated with MD in the better-MD and worse-MD eyes, and VFI in the worse-VFI eyes ( rs=-0.20, -0.20, -0.21; all at P<0.01). The composite VFQ-25 score was negatively correlated with mean HADS-A, HADS-D and HADS scores ( rs=-0.41, -0.41, -0.45; all at P<0.01). According to the multivariate analysis, the composite VFQ-25 score was related to age ( P<0.01), education level ( P<0.01), total treatment cost ( P<0.05), BCVA in the eyes with better vision ( P<0.05) and MD in the worse-MD eyes ( P<0.01). The HADS score was related to gender ( P<0.05) and the composite VFQ-25 score ( P<0.01). Conclusions:The vision-related quality of life and incidence of anxiety and depression are low in patients with PACG in Baotou region, Inner Mongolia.With age increasing, PACG patients suffer from declined visual function, increased visual field damage, reduced vision-related quality of life and raised anxiety and depression.The vision-related quality of life is poorer in patients with lower education level and higher total treatment cost.Female glaucoma patients are more likely to suffer from anxiety and depression.


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