Clinical Observation on Effect of Yiqi Huoxue Recipe (益气活血方) in Comprehensive Treatment on Advanced Stage of Esophageal Cancer

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缺血后处理改善前壁急性心肌梗死患者再灌注心肌长轴的收缩功能

目的：探讨缺血后处理(ischemic postconditioning,IPTC)是否能改善左心室受损的局部或整体长轴的收缩功 能。方法：试验分为PCI组、PCI+IPTC组及对照组。PCI组为前壁急性ST段抬高型心肌梗死患者(ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction,STEMI)患者32例,行首次急诊经皮冠状动脉介入治疗(percutaneous coronary intervention,PCI) 术;PCI+IPTC组为前壁急性STEMI患者28例,行急诊PCI联合IPTC术;对照组为30例,行冠状动脉造影术。采集术 前,术后0.5 h,1 d,3 d,1周,1个月和6个月二维动态超声心动图。对比研究PCI组、PCI+IPTC组与对照组各时间点 局部与整体长轴应变参数。结果：PCI+IPTC组PCI术后1周内左心室梗死节段长轴应变高于PCI组(P<0.05),左心室整 体长轴应变较PCI组有增高趋势,但差异无统计学意义(P>0.05);PCI+IPTC组术后远期左心室局部及整体长轴应变与 PCI组比较,差异均无统计学意义(均P>0.05)。结论：IPTC可改善前壁急性STEMI患者PCI术后早期左心室再灌注心肌 的长轴收缩功能。     

大学生心理健康状况及其影响因素的研究

目的：调查大学生心理健康状况及其影响因素。方法：采用问卷调查,进行单因素分析和多元线性回归分析,筛选影响心理健康的因素。结果：有心理问题者占１０．４％,有严重心理问题者占３．７％。影响大学生心理健康的因素有研究对象年级、母亲文化程度、父母关系、家族居住地区。结论：大学生中存在心理问题应引起家长、学校和社会的关注。     

行为干预及生物反馈治疗对老年高血压患者降压疗效的影响

目的 研究应用行为干预治疗及生物反馈治疗对老年高血压患者降压药物的影响。方法 在应用降压药物的基础上,增加行为干预及生物馈治疗,观察综合性行为干预措施对降压疗效的影响。结果 增加行为干预及生物反馈治疗后,降压和情绪障碍矫正的效果比单用药物明显改善。结论 老年高血压患者给予综合性行为干预措施可增加降压药物的疗效。     

Delivering a psychosocial program for older people living in retirement homes during the Covid-19 pandemic: A process evaluation and recommendations for community interventions

The Covid-19 pandemic lockdown regulations caused retirement homes to temporarily ban in-person visitation potentially increasing the mental health risks of older people. An opportunity arose for a multistakeholder community collaboration to design a mental health program for older people. To evaluate the process of delivering a 12-week psychosocial program aimed at preventing loneliness, countering boredom, and providing older people in restricted settings with education about Covid-19 during the lockdown, in Durban, South Africa. A qualitative retrospective design was used. Data from two focus groups and six semistructured individual interviews conducted with stakeholders (volunteers, social workers, and residents) postproject were analyzed using reflexive thematic analysis. Stakeholders had varied experiences of the project, in terms of content, processes of engagement, and implementation, resulting in five themes. The study concluded with recommendations. A strong need exists for multistakeholder community collaborations when implementing a program where the context restricts physical access.     

Mother and clinician experiences of a trial of a video feedback parent–infant intervention for mothers experiencing difficulties consistent with ‘personality disorder’: A qualitative interview study

Objectives

We explored mothers' and clinicians' experiences of a video feedback intervention adapted for perinatal ‘personality disorder’ (VIPP-PMH) and the acceptability of a randomised controlled trial (RCT) examining its effectiveness.

Design

In-depth qualitative interviews with participants from a two-phase feasibility study of the VIPP-PMH intervention. Participants were mothers experiencing enduring difficulties in managing emotions and relationships, consistent with a ‘personality disorder’, and their 6- to 36-month-old children.

Methods

Forty-four qualitative interviews were conducted, including all nine mothers receiving VIPP-PMH during the pilot phase, 25 of the 34 mothers participating in the RCT (14 allocated to the VIPP-PMH arm and 9 from the control arm), 11 of the 12 clinicians delivering VIPP-PMH and one researcher. Interview data were thematically analysed.

Results

Mothers described feeling motivated to take part in the research and understood the need for randomisation. Research visits were largely experienced positively, with some suggestions for improvement in questionnaire timing and accessibility. Almost all mothers initially felt anxious about being filmed, but reported positive experiences of the intervention, particularly valuing its non-judgemental, positive and child-focussed nature, their supportive relationship with the therapist and the insights they gained on their child.

Conclusions

The findings indicate the likely feasibility and acceptability of undertaking a future definitive RCT of the VIPP-PMH intervention in this population. In designing a future trial, a positive and non-judgemental therapeutic relationship will be important to allay mothers' anxieties about being filmed, and careful consideration should be given to the timing and accessibility of questionnaires used.     

Evidence that implementation intentions reduce self-harm in the community

Objectives

Implementation intentions are ‘IF-THEN’ plans that encourage goal-intended behaviour. This study was designed to test whether an intervention encouraging the formation of implementation intentions can reduce self-harm in the community.

Design

A randomized controlled design was used.

Methods

At pre-intervention, outcome variables (self-harm in both specified and unspecified critical situations and suicidality) and potential moderators of implementation intentions (goal intention, mental imagery, and exposure to self-harm) were measured using self-report questionnaires. The participants (N = 469, aged 18–66 years, 86.4% female, 6.8% male and 6.7% other) were then randomized to either an experimental (implementation intention) or control task. At three-months post-intervention, self-report questionnaires were used again to measure the outcome variables.

Results

There were no overall differences between the conditions at post-intervention. However, goal intention and mental imagery, but not exposure to self-harm, moderated the effects of condition on self-harm in specified critical situations. At high (mean + 1SD) levels of both goal intention and mental imagery, the experimental condition reported self-harming less frequently in the situations specified in their implementation intentions.

Conclusions

Implementation intentions therefore represent a useful intervention for reducing self-harm in specified critical situations for people in the community who wish to avoid self-harm and those who frequently experience self-harm and suicide related mental imagery.     

Psychological intervention with couples after mastectomy

Cancer is a family affair. Clinical work and research studies have shown that cancer does indeed invade the entire family, and that family members, especially spouses, are often highly distressed individuals. The familiy in general and the spouse in particular cannot, therefore, be looked on as natural supporters for cancer patients, but rather as a system that is itself in need of help and support.Presented at the Symposium Psychotherapeutic Interventions in Cancer Patients, Flims, Switzerland, 12–14 January 1995     

High balloon dilatation pressures in percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty are not associated with higher rate of significant complications

To examine the results of high balloon dilatation pressures during percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA), we retrospectively reviewed 482 angioplasty cases from our institution and divided them into three groups by the peak inflation pressure used during the procedure. Group one was defined by inflation pressures of 1–6 atmospheres (atm), group two by 7–12 atm, and group three by 13–20 atm. There were 166 patients in group 1 (34.4%), 235 in group 2 (48.8%), and 81 (16.8%) in group 3. The success rates were not statistically different; 90% in group 1, 96% in group 2, and 95% in group 3. Large dissections occurred in 27 patients in group 1 (16.3%), 19 in group 2 (8.1%), and 4 (4.9%) in group 3 (P > 0.006). There were no differences in the rates of death (1.2% vs. 0.9% vs. 1.2%), myocardial infarction (3.0% vs. 1.3% vs. 3.7%), or in-hospital CABG (3.0% vs. 1.7% vs. 1.2%) in groups 1, 2, and 3, respectively. Six-mo target vessel revascularization rates also were not different: 19% vs. 13% vs. 18%. In summary, selectively using high balloon pressures during PTCA does not result in increased complications. © 1995 Wiley-Liss, Inc.

1 This article is a US Government work and, as such, is in the public domain in the United States of America.