Association between Dietary Acid Load and Chronic Kidney Disease in the Chinese Population: A Comprehensive Analysis of the China Health and Nutrition Survey (2009).

Background: Dietary acid load (DAL) is closely related to several chronic diseases. However, the link between DAL and chronic kidney disease (CKD) remains scarce and without data from the Chinese populations whose diet is quite different from people in Western countries.

Methods: This study evaluated DAL by potential renal acid load (PRAL) and net endogenous acid production (NEAP).

Home-based exercise in dialysis patients with end-stage renal disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.

Background: Lack of exercise may reduce the quality of life, physical capability, and functional capability of dialysis patients. Home-based exercise seems to be a desirable form of low-cost intervention. But the effectiveness of this intervention in the dialysis population is still unclear.

Global prevalence of self-harm during the COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Background: COVID-19 and its transmission mitigation measures have caused widespread mental health problems. Previous studies have suggested that psychological, economic, behavioral, and psychosocial problems associated with the COVID-19 pandemic may lead to a rise in self-harm. However, little is known about the prevalence of self-harm worldwide during COVID-19.

Mediating effects of ageism and knowledge on the relationship between contact with older adults and attitudes toward older adults' sexuality among nursing students.

Background: Healthcare professionals often ignore sexuality in aging and avoid discussing related topics, especially in China. Nursing students, as future professionals, can address the sexuality of older adults encountered in clinical practice by establishing positive attitudes toward aging sexuality. Previous studies have demonstrated that contact has positive impacts on nursing students' attitudes toward aging sexuality.

Impact of the nurse-related information through social media use on undergraduate nursing students' professional identity in nursing: A mixed-methods study.

Aim: To understand the impact of nurse-related information, through social media usage on undergraduate nursing students' professional identity.

Background: Previous research has addressed professional knowledge and practice that affect the development of undergraduate nursing students' professional identities. As an increasingly crucial factor in the internet age, social media needs to be explored in-depth for its influence on the professional identity in nursing.

[Obstacles in the Practice of Palliative Care Consultation Services in Grade A Tertiary Hospitals].

Objective To explore the obstacles in palliative care consultation services and put forward the suggestions for improving the services in grade A tertiary hospitals. Methods A semi-structured interview was conducted with 17 medical workers who had requested palliative care consultation services in Peking Union Medical College Hospital. Results The palliative care consultation services were hindered by five obstacle factors including insufficient knowledge of patients and their families about palliative care,unsound understanding of medical workers about palliative care,poor implementation of consultation opinions,limited labor of palliative care team,and poor economic benefits from palliative care.

Circ_0110940 Exerts an Antiapoptotic and Pro-Proliferative Effect in Gastric Cancer Cells via the miR-1178-3p/SLC38A6 Axis.

Circular RNAs (circRNAs) are essential regulators in human cancers, including gastric cancer, by the miRNA/mRNA axis. A previous study identified the upregulation of circ_0110940 in human gastric cancer tissues. The present study performed assays to reveal the functions of circ_0110940 and its downstream miRNA/mRNA axis in gastric cancer cells.

[International Research Status and Trend of Community Palliative Care:A Study Based on Cite Space].

Objective To systematically analyze the international progress of community palliative care and to provide reference for promoting the development of community palliative care in China.Methods We searched the Web of Science core collection of the English-language papers associated with community palliative care published from January 1,2014 to November 1,2021 and then used CiteSpace 5.8.

Identification of four patterns for self-management behaviors in clients with schizophrenia: A cross-sectional study.

This study aimed to describe different patterns of self-management behaviors among clients with schizophrenia in China. Two hundred twenty-eight clients with schizophrenia living in eight communities of Beijing were investigated using the Self-Management Instrument for Persons with Schizophrenia and a Demographic and Clinical Characteristics Questionnaire. Cluster analysis was performed to categorize the data.

[Effects of Palliative Care Consultation on Medicals in Peking Union Medical College Hospital].

Objective To explore the effects of palliative care consultation on medical professionals who have requested it in Peking Union Medical College Hospital. Methods Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 17 medical professionals who had requested palliative care consultation.Results Palliative care consultation had the following positive effects:building a bridge for doctor-patient communication,providing psychological support to reduce the sense of occupational exhaustion for medical professionals,providing technical support for medical professionals to help patients relieve symptoms,helping medical professionals in the multidisciplinary learning of palliative care,adding humanistic care and neglected ethical concerns.

The prevalence of child maltreatment among Chinese primary and middle school students: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to provide an estimate of the prevalence of child maltreatment among Chinese primary and middle school students. An attempt was also made to explore the causes of heterogeneity by analyzing stratified variables and other potentially related factors included in the study.

Methods: Literature retrieval has been carried out in the databases, including Pubmed, Embase, Web of Science, Cochrane Library, China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), Wanfang database and China Biology Medicine disc (CBMdisc), for relevant published studies up to October 2019.

[Qualitative Study on Survival Stressors of 15 Community-dwelling People with Mental Illness].

To understand the survival stress of community-dwelling people with mental disorder. Fifteen cases were selected by purposive sampling and received semi-structured individualized interviews.The data were analyzed by Colaizzi framework and themes were extracted.

Violence against primary caregivers of people with severe mental illness and their knowledge and attitudes towards violence: A cross-sectional study in China.

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to investigate the current situation of violence on primary caregivers of people with severe mental illness outside the hospital and the cognition of primary caregivers about violence among mental patients.

Methods: A self-designed questionnaire was used to investigate the primary caregivers (N = 208) of people with severe mental illness in a psychiatric hospital in Beijing.

Results: The incidence rate of violence suffered by primary caregivers was 74.

Puerarin alleviates liver fibrosis via inhibition of the ERK1/2 signaling pathway in thioacetamide-induced hepatic fibrosis in rats.

Liver fibrosis is a complex pathological process and an early step in the progression of liver cirrhosis, which can eventually develop into hepatocellular carcinoma. Currently, there is no effective treatment for liver fibrosis. Puerarin is a traditional Chinese herb, which is commonly used in the treatment of various diseases.

Self-management in Chinese people with schizophrenia and their caregivers: a qualitative study on facilitators and barriers.

The purpose of this study was to explore facilitators and barriers of self-management from the viewpoint of Chinese people with schizophrenia and their caregivers. A qualitative study using the individual interview method was used. Twenty-one people with schizophrenia and 14 caregivers were interviewed.

Self-management among Chinese people with schizophrenia and their caregivers: a qualitative study.

This study explores the practice of self-management in Chinese people with schizophrenia and their caregivers. Twenty-one patients and 14 caregivers were interviewed. Four themes were identified, reflecting the practice of self-management from both the patients' and caregivers' perspective: managing medication, monitoring and dealing with symptoms, maintaining social relations, and seeking health information and maintaining medical appointments.

Self-management education interventions for persons with schizophrenia: a meta-analysis.

Although self-management education programs for persons with schizophrenia are being developed and advocated, uncertainty about their overall effectiveness remains. The purpose of this meta-analysis was to examine outcomes of self-management education interventions in persons with schizophrenia. Six electronic databases were searched.

Graduate nursing education in China.

Despite the relatively long history of nursing education, the development of graduate nursing education in the People's Republic of China is slow compared to western countries. Yet, rapid social changes call for higher quality nursing care. Consequently, the Chinese government has acknowledged the need to upgrade nursing education in China.