综合提醒系统对脑卒中患者出院6个月知信行和临床结局的效果

目的 探讨健康信念综合提醒系统对脑卒中患者出院后6个月健康知识、信念、行为、卫生服务利用情况及临床结局的效果。方法 2015年2月至2016年3月,方便抽样广州市3家综合医院高血压并发缺血性脑卒中出院患者174例,分为对照组(n = 87)和干预组(n = 87)。对照组予常规健康教育;干预组在此基础上采用“基于健康信念模式的综合提醒系统”进行健康教育和延续护理。出院6个月后,采用脑卒中健康知识问卷(SKQ)、脑卒中患者健康信念简表(SF-HBMS-SP)和脑卒中健康行为量表(HBS-SP)进行调查,并记录临床结局(急诊就诊、再住院、复发和死亡)。结果 对照组75例、干预组76例完成调查。干预组SKQ (U = 903.000)、SF-HBMS-SP (t = -9.099)和HBS-SP (t = -7.786)总分均显著高于对照组(P < 0.001)。干预组门诊复诊率(97.37%)显著高于对照组(76.00%) ( P <0.001);两组急诊就诊数和再住院数无显著性差异(P > 0.05),死亡和复发率无显著性差异( P > 0.05)。 结论 健康信念综合提醒系统能提高脑卒中患者出院后健康知识、信念、行为和门诊复诊率,但尚未对临床结局产生明显效果。     

Mejora del sistema de urgencias médicas: resultados de un cuestionario multi-profesional

ObjectiveThis study aimed to identify ways to improve the Medical Emergency System (MES) in its different components and infer Medical Emergency Team (MET) activation failure causes.MethodsA questionnaire regarding opinions and attitudes towards the MES was conducted, targeting all professionals at the hospital, which has an implemented MES with Basic Life Support (BLS) since 1998.ResultsThirty two percent (n=585) of hospital professionals answered, from these 37.8% were neither doctors nor nurses. In mean six years passed since the BLS certification, yet 102 professionals (17.4%) had not done it. A relevant percentage admitted to not being familiarized with the different components of the MES (activation criteria 16.4%, telephone number 4.1%, content of the resuscitation trolleys 42.4% and defibrillator-monitor 47.4%), percentages lessened among those had taken the BLS course. The majority highly valued MET, however 83 (23%) could not confirm that debriefingand 17 (4.4%) that allocation of tasks happened after and during activation, respectively. When activating MET 52 (18.1%) admitted fear of criticism and 38 (13.3%) agreed that they needed validation by another professional, factors not influenced by BLS course completion. Excessive workload as a barrier to recognize ill patients was pointed by 127 (45.7%) of the respondents.ConclusionDespite educational and auditing efforts, the MES is not fully integrated into hospital culture. BLS certification for all professionals and non-technical skills of MET were identified has major areas for MES improvement. Unfamiliarity with activation criteria, fear of criticism and excessive workload were identified as failure of activation causes.     

General practice pharmacists in England: Integration,mediation and professional dynamics

BackgroundA number of key publications in recent years have advocated a more integrated vision of UK primary care involving increased multi-professional communication and understanding. This has resulted in a marked change in the roles being undertaken by pharmacists. Community pharmacists have traditionally provided a medicine supply function and treated minor ailments in addition to delivering a suite of locally commissioned services; however these functions have not necessarily been part of a programme of care involving the other clinicians associated with the patient. An integrated model of care would see much closer working between pharmacy and general practice but also with pharmacists not only working with, but in the practice, in an enhanced patient-facing role, trained as independent prescribers. This has implications for the dynamics amongst professionals in this environment.ObjectivesThis exploratory multiple case study attempts to explore these changing dynamics across ten GP surgeries throughout the South-East of England.MethodsSemi-structured, in-depth interviews were conducted with one nurse, one pharmacist and one physician from each clinic, and survey data was collected from 38 patients who had appointments with a pharmacist.ResultsThe data suggested that the pharmacists who had enhanced roles perceived some uncertainty about their professional role and identity, which resulted in instability and insecurity and that this uncertainty led to both professional and interprofessional tension with their primary care colleagues. The survey data revealed that n = 35 (92%) patients stated they were ‘very satisfied’ or ‘satisfied’ with their appointment. And n = 37 (97%) were ‘very comfortable’ or ‘comfortable’ discussing their medications with the pharmacist. In addition, 36 patients (95%) reported that they strongly agreed or agreed with the clinical recommendations made by the pharmacist.ConclusionsThese findings are discussed in relation to role expansion and professional/interprofessional relations before key practical suggestions are offered.     

Severe developmental disability and the transition to adulthood

BackgroundDevelopmental disabilities are serious and long-lasting. There are few studies of developmental disability in the transition to adulthood, when the programs that provided support in childhood may no longer be available.ObjectiveWe studied associations of long-lasting developmental disabilities with health, behaviors, and well-being in adulthood.MethodsWe used the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (1968–2017), its Child Development Supplement (CDS, 1997, 2002, 2007), and its Transition into Adulthood Supplement (TAS, every-other year, 2005–2017) (n = 2702) following a national sample from childhood through age 28, defining serious developmental disabilities using diagnoses and reports from parents, teachers, schools, children, and young adults. We tested differences in proportions using Chi-square tests, estimated differences in least squares means, and used logistic regression to compare results for those with and without developmental disabilities. We adjusted results for age, sex, race, immigrant status, family income, region, metropolitan statistical area, educational attainment, and employment status, accounting for sampling weights and survey design.ResultsAt ages 18–21, 8.2% had serious developmental disability (95% confidence interval, CI 6.6–9.8). They were more likely to report: no high school graduation (19.3% vs. 4.3%), being assaulted physically (32.1% vs. 20.4%) or sexually (14.4% vs. 6.6%), serious criminal arrests (25.7% vs. 13.2%), smoking (30.8% vs. 12.8%), sedentariness (5.8% vs. 1.1%), obesity (39.2% vs. 23.4%), diabetes (9.1% vs. 2.1%), and work disability (18.7% vs. 4.3%) (all p < 0.01) compared to peers without developmental disability.ConclusionsResults indicate opportunities to promote education, self-direction, safety, and well-being for people transitioning to adulthood with serious developmental disabilities.     

基于中医传承辅助平台探讨侯炜教授辨治脑胶质瘤用药规律＊

目的 基于中医传承辅助平台（V2.5）总结侯炜教授治疗脑胶质瘤遣方用药的规律，传承侯炜教授诊治脑胶质瘤的经验。方法 提取侯炜教授治疗脑胶质瘤患者的门诊电子病历数据，采用关联规则、复杂系统熵聚类分析等方法进行数据挖掘和可视化分析，总结药物的性味、归经、应用频次、药对组合，结合深度访谈剖析侯炜教授对脑胶质瘤病因病机、治则治法的认识，明确核心用药，探索辨治规律。结果 共纳入病历249份，处方中用药频次较多的有白花蛇舌草、天麻、钩藤、川芎、丹参，用药性味偏平、甘，归经多为肝、脾经，挖掘强关联的药物组合20条，新处方4首。结论 侯炜教授治疗脑胶质瘤以“培本固元，祛除伏邪”为治疗原则，在天麻钩藤饮的基础上加减化裁，以平肝熄风、补益肝肾、健补脾气为主要治法，兼以化痰、祛瘀、抗癌解毒。     

Unique sleep‐stage transitions determined by obstructive sleep apnea severity,age and gender

In obstructive sleep apnea, patients’ sleep is fragmented leading to excessive daytime sleepiness and co‐morbidities like arterial hypertension. However, traditional metrics are not always directly correlated with daytime sleepiness, and the association between traditional sleep quality metrics like sleep duration and arterial hypertension is still ambiguous. In a development cohort, we analysed hypnograms from mild (n = 209), moderate (n = 222) and severe (n = 272) obstructive sleep apnea patients as well as healthy controls (n = 105) from the European Sleep Apnea Database. We assessed sleep by the analysis of two‐step transitions depending on obstructive sleep apnea severity and anthropometric factors. Two‐step transition patterns were examined for an association to arterial hypertension or daytime sleepiness. We also tested cumulative distributions of wake as well as sleep‐states for power‐laws (exponent α) and exponential distributions (decay time τ) in dependency on obstructive sleep apnea severity and potential confounders. Independent of obstructive sleep apnea severity and potential confounders, wake‐state durations followed a power‐law distribution, while sleep‐state durations were characterized by an exponential distribution. Sleep‐stage transitions are influenced by obstructive sleep apnea severity, age and gender. N2 → N3 → wake transitions were associated with high diastolic blood pressure. We observed higher frequencies of alternating (symmetric) patterns (e.g. N2 → N1 → N2, N2 → wake → N2) in sleepy patients both in the development cohort and in a validation cohort (n = 425). In conclusion, effects of obstructive sleep apnea severity and potential confounders on sleep architecture are small, but transition patterns still link sleep fragmentation directly to obstructive sleep apnea‐related clinical outcomes like arterial hypertension and daytime sleepiness.