Effectiveness of Xiaoyao capsule on sleep disorders and mood disturbance in patients in recovery from coronavirus disease 2019: a randomized controlled trial.

OBJECTIVE: To study the efficacy of Xiaoyao capsule in improving the clinical symptoms of sleep and mood disorders during recovery from coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). METHODS: The study cohort comprised 200 patients with sleep and mood disorders during recovery from COVID-19. Patients were randomized into the control group and the experimental group in a 1:1 ratio by blocked randomization. The patients received either Xiaoyao capsule (experimental group) or a placebo Xiaoyao capsule (control group) for 2 weeks. The improvements in the Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) syndrome scales, total effective rates, and disappearance rates of irritability, anxiety, and poor sleep were compared between the two groups. RESULTS: The TCM syndrome pattern scales, total effective rates, and disappearance rates of irritability, anxiety, and poor sleep did not significantly differ between the experimental group versus the control group in the full analysis set and the per protocol set after 1 and 2 weeks of treatment ( > 0.05). CONCLUSIONS: Xiaoyao capsule do not significantly improve the clinical symptoms of sleep and mood disorders in patients in recovery from COVID-19.

Application of nursing intervention based on leadership life cycle theory in patients with swallowing dysfunction after acoustic neuroma surgery / 中国实用护理杂志

Objective:To explore the effect of nursing intervention based on leadership life cycle theory in patients with swallowing dysfunction after acoustic neuroma surgery.Methods:From February 2017 to March 2020, 100 patients with swallowing dysfunction after acoustic neuroma surgery in our hospital were selected as the research object. According to a random number table, a randomized controlled study was used to divide all patients into an observation group and a control group, 50 cases in each group. Patients in the control group received routine postoperative rehabilitation nursing, and the observation group adopted nursing intervention based on the leadership life cycle theory. After the intervention, the Water swallow test was used to evaluate the recovery of swallowing dysfunction in the two groups. A swallowing dysfunction rehabilitation training compliance questionnaire was used to evaluate rehabilitation compliance. The Swallowing Quality of Life scale (SWAL-QOL) was used to evaluate the quality of life of patients. At the same time the occurrence of aspiration pneumonia was recorded.Results:After the intervention, the result of drinking water test rating was better in the observation group compared the control group, the difference was statistically significant ( Uc=2.053, P <0.05). The participation in compliance, monitoring compliance and learning compliance scores were 16.94±2.46, 6.96±1.24, 5.66±2.11 in the observation group, significantly higher than in the control group (12.36±2.59, 4.80±1.20, 4.48±1.49), the difference was statistically significant ( t value was 9.058, 8.851, 3.236, P <0.05). After a one-month follow-up, the scores of psychological burden, eating time, appetite, swallowing symptom frequency, food choice, language communication, eating fear, mental health, social interaction, fatigue sleep were 8.06±1.39, 7.14±1.76, 10.92±1.79, 58.26±6.41, 6.38±1.81, 7.00±1.07, 15.82±2.41, 21.86±1.81, 16.80±1.81, 18.96±3.24, significantly higher than those of the control gorup (6.76±2.17, 4.80±1.83, 7.84±1.74, 37.30±5.07, 3.72±1.23, 4.98±1.33,12.06±2.97, 16.96±1.67, 11.00±1.76, 1.84±3.05), the differences were statistically significant ( t value was 6.945-18.142, P <0.05). The incidence of aspiration pneumonia in the observation group were 6.00% (3/50), lower than that in the control group 20.00% (10/50), the difference was statistically significant ( χ2 value was 4.332, P<0.05). Conclusions:Nursing intervention based on the leadership life cycle theory is beneficial to promote the recovery of swallowing dysfunction in patients with swallowing dysfunction after acoustic neuroma surgery, improve the compliance of rehabilitation training, improve the quality of life of patients, and reduce the occurrence of aspiration pneumonia.

Constitution and related factors analysis of 5058 cases of glaucoma inpatients / 眼科

Objective To investigate the proportion of different types, distribution of genders, ages as well as the relative factors in inpatient with glaucoma. Design Retrospective case series. Participants 5058 cases of inpatients in Xingtai Eye Hospital, Hebei province from June 2004 to May 2009 were included. Methods Statistical analysis was conducted for 5058 cases of inpatients with glausoma. Main outcome Measures The type of glaucoma, age, gender and their percentages. Results In all 5058 cases, the patients with primary glaucoma, secondary glaucoma and congenital glaucoma accounted for 59.07%, 37.92% and 3.01% respectively. Primary angle-closure glaucoma (PACG) accounted for 88.65% in primary glaucoma, and primary open angle glaucoma (POAG) accounted for 11.35%. In PACG, acute PACG accounted for 53.15%, chronic PACG 46.85%;The female over forty accounted for 69.54%, male 26.95%. In POAG, the female over forty accounted for 69.54%, male 28.02%. From June 2004 to May 2005, POAG accounted for 11.32% in primary glaucoma, 12.44% from June 2008 to May 2009. There was no statistically significant difference. Conclusion In the central part of China, the majority of inpatients with glaucoma was PACG. It may relate to the regional,economic and cultural conditions.