What drives older men who have sex with men in China away from AIDS information?

A worrying phenomenon has emerged recently: more people are deliberately avoiding rather than seeking information regarding acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). This is the first study to explore behaviors related to AIDS information avoidance and the potential influential factors among older men who have sex with men (MSM). We enrolled 11 older MSM from Wuhan, the largest city in central China, from January to March 2023 using a phenomenological method.

Development of Prognostic Prediction Model to Estimate Mortality for Frail Oldest Old: Prospective Cohort Study.

Background: This study was performed to derive and validate a prognostic prediction model for individualized estimation of mortality risk among the frail oldest old (aged 80 years or older).

Methods: This analysis was based on the prospective open cohort study from the Chinese Longevity and Health Longitudinal Survey. A total of 14 118 frail oldest old were included from the 2002 wave to 2014 waves; the study outcome was all-cause mortality.

Nurses' Grief Counseling for Bereaved Family Members of COVID-19 Patients in Wuhan, China: A Cross-Sectional Survey.

This is the first study to assess nurses' attitudes and skills regarding grief counseling for bereaved family members of patients who died from coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Wuhan, China. Using a cross-sectional design, 412 nurses selected through convenience sampling completed a demographic characteristics survey, Attitudes of Grief Counseling Scale, (AGCS) and Skills of Grief Counseling Scale (SGCS). Average AGCS score was 32.

Cross-Sectional Survey to Assess Health-Care Workers' Grief Counseling for Bereaved Families of COVID-19 Victims in Wuhan, China.

Objective: This research aimed to examine health-care workers' grief counseling for bereaved families of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) victims in China. Our research may provide a new opportunity to stimulate development of grief counseling in China.

Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted with 724 health-care workers selected by convenience sampling from 7 hospitals in Wuhan.

Status of grief counseling for medical workers from coronavirus disease 2019 designated hospitals in Wuhan.

Objectives: To investigate the attitudes and skills of grief counseling in the front-line medical workers from coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) designated hospitals in Wuhan for the bereaved family members and to provide the basis for proper hospital management strategies.

Methods: The convenience sampling method was applied to select 422 medical workers who kept touch with the bereaved family members in five COVID-19 designated hospitals in Wuhan from January to February 2020. Questionnaire regarding grief counseling attitudes and questionnaire regarding grief counseling skills were used to evaluate the attitudes and skills of grief counseling in medical workers.

Incidence, Clinico-Radiological Features and Outcome of Skull Base versus Non-Skull Base Meningiomas Treated in Kuala Lumpur General Hospital: A Five-Year Experience.

Background: Meningiomas are the most common intracranial tumours; they account for 13%-26% of all the primary intracranial tumours. Skull base meningiomas make up 25% of all meningiomas and are one of the most difficult intracranial tumours to be managed surgically. This is due to the fact that it is difficult to approach the lesions which are also close to vital structures such as cranial nerves and major blood vessels.

Trends of Esophageal Cancer Mortality in Rural China from 1989 to 2013: An Age-Period-Cohort Analysis.

: Esophageal cancer is one of the most common cancers in rural China. The aim of this study was to describe the time trends of esophageal cancer mortality in rural China and to better elucidate the causes of these trends. : The mortality data were obtained from the World Health Organization Mortality Database and the China Health Statistical Yearbook Database.

Growth of gold bipyramids with improved yield and their curvature-directed oxidation.

The surface-plasmon properties of Au bipyramids are investigated using the finite-difference time-domain method. It is found that both the extinction cross sections and local electric-field enhancements of Au bipyramids are larger than those of Au nanorods that have longitudinal surface plasmon (LSP) wavelengths close to those of Au bipyramids. Following this result the growth of Au bipyramids using cationic surfactants of variously sized headgroups as stabilizing agents is carried out.