老年2型糖尿病肌少症患者的中医体质类型及其与并发症、生活习惯的关系研究

目的:调查老年2型糖尿病肌少症患者的中医体质分布情况,探讨其与合并慢病及生活习惯的关系。方法:采用中医体质量表对229名老年2型糖尿病肌少症患者进行中医体质辨识,同时调查其人口社会学特征、慢病合并情况及饮食、运动、睡眠等生活习惯。结果:229名患者中平和质22人(9.61%),偏颇体质207人(90.39%)。肌少症老年糖尿病患者中医体质类型排序为气郁质(占22.71%),阳虚质(22.27%),气虚质(13.97%),血瘀质(13.97%),平和质(9.61%),湿热质(9.17%),特禀质(4.80%),阴虚质(3.49%)。老年患者是否合并慢病与体质间存在统计学意义,P均0.05,如高血压中医体质类型以气郁质(32.84%)、阳虚质(20.90%)、气虚质(17.91%)为主;甲减以湿热质(25.00%)、血瘀质(22.73%)、气郁质(22.73%)为主;胃下垂以阳虚质(29.52%)、气郁质(27.62%)、气虚质(21.90%)为主;冠心病和心梗以血瘀质(30.61%)、气虚质(22.45%)为主;脑卒中以血瘀质(26.92%)、阳虚质(21.15%)、气虚质(19.23%)为主。偏颇体质的老年患者与平和质老年患者在摄食量、运动习惯、睡眠习惯方面存在差异,P均0.05。结论:老年2型糖尿病肌少症患者的体质类型与合并慢病及生活习惯有关,慢性病防治要兼顾其体质特征进行调养防护。     

Life expectancy in elderly patients following burns injury

Introduction

Burn injuries commonly occur in vulnerable age and social groups. Previous research has shown that frailty may represent a more important marker of adverse outcome in healthcare rather than chronological age (Roberts et al., 2012). In this paper we determined the relationship between burn injury, frailty, co-morbidities and long-term survival.

多方式下延续性护理对慢性非萎缩性胃炎患者出院后健康素养、生活质量和复诊率的影响

目的研究多方式下延续性护理对慢性非萎缩性胃炎(CNAG)患者出院后健康素养、生活质量和复诊率的影响。方法选择本院2018年10月至2019年6月诊治的94例CNAG患者作为研究对象,采用信封随机法将患者均分为延续组和常规组,各47例,前者给予多方式下延续性护理,后者给予常规护理。均干预6个月,比较两组患者健康素养、生活质量以及复诊率。结果干预后两组患者健康素养分值均较干预前显著上升,延续组患者上升幅度较常规组更显著(P<0.05);延续组患者生理功能、生理职能、活力、精神健康、躯体疼痛、总体健康评分均显著高于常规组(P<0.05),而情感职能、社会功能与常规组相比差异不显著(P>0.05);延续组患者复诊率显著高于常规组,但再就诊率与常规组相比差异不显著(P>0.05)。结论多方式延续性护理可有效提高CNAG患者的健康素养和生活质量,提高复诊率。     

Screening for ADHD in adults with cystic fibrosis: Prevalence,health-related quality of life,and adherence

Background

International guidelines recommend depression and anxiety screening in individuals with cystic fibrosis (CF), but Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) remains understudied.

Measuring anxiety after spinal cord injury: Development and psychometric characteristics of the SCI-QOL Anxiety item bank and linkage with GAD-7

ObjectiveTo develop a calibrated item bank and computer adaptive test to assess anxiety symptoms in individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI), transform scores to the Patient Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) metric, and create a statistical linkage with the Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD)-7, a widely used anxiety measure.DesignGrounded-theory based qualitative item development methods; large-scale item calibration field testing; confirmatory factor analysis; graded response model item response theory analyses; statistical linking techniques to transform scores to a PROMIS metric; and linkage with the GAD-7.SettingFive SCI Model System centers and one Department of Veterans Affairs medical center in the United States.ParticipantsAdults with traumatic SCI.ResultsSeven hundred sixteen individuals with traumatic SCI completed 38 items assessing anxiety, 17 of which were PROMIS items. After 13 items (including 2 PROMIS items) were removed, factor analyses confirmed unidimensionality. Item response theory analyses were used to estimate slopes and thresholds for the final 25 items (15 from PROMIS). The observed Pearson correlation between the SCI-QOL Anxiety and GAD-7 scores was 0.67.ConclusionsThe SCI-QOL Anxiety item bank demonstrates excellent psychometric properties and is available as a computer adaptive test or short form for research and clinical applications. SCI-QOL Anxiety scores have been transformed to the PROMIS metric and we provide a method to link SCI-QOL Anxiety scores with those of the GAD-7.     

Measuring positive affect and well-being after spinal cord injury: Development and psychometric characteristics of the SCI-QOL Positive Affect and Well-being bank and short form

ObjectiveTo develop an item response theory (IRT)-calibrated spinal cord injury (SCI)-specific Positive Affect and Well-being (PAWB) item bank with flexible options for administration.DesignQualitative feedback from patient and provider focus groups was used to expand on the Neurological Disorders and Quality of Life (Neuro-QOL) positive affect & well-being item bank for use in SCI. New items were created and revised based on expert review and patient feedback and were then field tested. Analyses included confirmatory factor analysis, graded response IRT modeling and evaluation of differential item functioning (DIF).SettingWe tested a 32-item pool at several rehabilitation centers across the United States, including the University of Michigan, Kessler Foundation, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, the University of Washington, Craig Hospital and the James J. Peters/Bronx Department of Veterans Affairs hospital.ParticipantsA total of 717 individuals with SCI answered the PAWB questions.ResultsA unidimensional model was observed (Confirmatory Fit Index = 0.947; Root Mean Square Error of Approximation = 0.094) and measurement precision was good (reliability in theta of –2.9 to 1.2 is roughly equivalent to classical reliability of 0.95 or above). Twelve items were flagged for DIF, however, after examination of effect sizes, the DIF was determined to be negligible and would have little practical impact on score estimates. The final calibrated item bank resulted in 28 retained itemsConclusionsThis study indicates that the Spinal Cord Injury – Quality of Life PAWB bank represents a psychometrically robust measurement tool. Short form items are also suggested and a computer adaptive test is available.     

Quality of life after high-dose-rate brachytherapy monotherapy for prostate cancer

Purpose

There is little information in the literature on health-related quality of life (HRQOL) changes due to high-dose-rate (HDR) brachytherapy monotherapy for prostate cancer.

Materials and Methods

We conducted a prospective study of HRQOL changes due to HDR brachytherapy monotherapy for low risk or favorable intermediate risk prostate cancer. Sixty-four of 84 (76%) patients who were treated between February 2011 and April 2013 completed 50 questions comprising the Expanded Prostate Cancer Index Composite (EPIC) before treatment and 6 and/or 12 months after treatment.

Results

Six months after treatment, there was a significant decrease (p<0.05) in EPIC urinary, bowel, and sexual scores, including urinary overall, urinary function, urinary bother, urinary irritative, bowel overall, bowel bother, sexual overall, and sexual bother scores. By one year after treatment, EPIC urinary, bowel, and sexual scores had increased and only the bowel overall and bowel bother scores remained significantly below baseline values.

Conclusions

HDR brachytherapy monotherapy is well-tolerated in patients with low and favorable intermediate risk prostate cancer. EPIC urinary and sexual domain scores returned to close to baseline 12 months after HDR brachytherapy.