Sex-specific in the association between depressive symptoms and risk of cognitive impairment in Chinese older adults.

Background: Many studies have focused on the relationship between depressive symptoms and cognitive impairment, but gender differences in this relationship are unclear, especially among Chinese older adults. Therefore, this study explores whether there are gender differences between depressive symptoms and risk of cognitive impairment based on a survey of a Chinese older adult population.

Study Design: This is a cross-sectional study.

A national study exploring the association between triglyceride-glucose index and risk of hyperuricemia events in adults with hypertension.

Background: The triglyceride-glucose (TyG) index has been recommended as a practical surrogate of insulin resistance (IR). However, the association between the TyG index and hyperuricemia among adults with hypertension remains to be elucidated.

Methods: We included and analyzed 3134 HTN patients and 4233 non-HTN participants from the cross-sectional 2013-2018 U.

Research on the supply and demand of elderly care service resources in China.

Purpose: This study aims to assess the current status and spatial distribution differences of elderly care service resources supply and demand in China.

Methods: Semi-structured qualitative interviews were utilized to gather participants' insights into the current demands for elderly care services, the status of resource allocation, and related indicators. The entropy weight method was employed to determine indicator weights, yielding objective demand and allocation indices for elderly care service resources.

Social integration and utilization of national basic public health services among China's internal migrants with chronic diseases: A structural equation modelling approach.

Internal migrants with chronic diseases (IMCDs) are a specific subgroup of the internal migrants, but few studies have focused on health service utilization among this group. Social integration is an essential element in the maintenance of health and well-being in migrants. However, the measurement of social integration remains inconsistent.

Predictive value of machine learning on fracture risk in osteoporosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Objectives: Early identification of fracture risk in patients with osteoporosis is essential. Machine learning (ML) has emerged as a promising technique to predict the risk, whereas its predictive performance remains controversial. Therefore, we conducted this systematic review and meta-analysis to explore the predictive efficiency of ML for the risk of fracture in patients with osteoporosis.

Couples' Cognition, Intimacy, and Activity Engagement: An Actor-Partner Interdependence Model Analysis.

Objectives: This study examines the actor and partner effects of cognition on activity engagement and the potential mediating role of intimate relationship in older couple dyadic context.

Methods: Data for this study were obtained from heterosexual couples who participated in the 2020 wave of the Health and Retirement Study. Constructing a dyadic model of couples' cognitions, activity engagement, and intimacy using structural equation modeling to analyze the relationship between variables and mediating effects.

The association between the Short Physical Performance Battery and longitudinal trajectories of depressive symptoms among Chinese older adults.

Background: In this study, the long-term trajectories of depressive symptoms in a 7-year prospective survey cohort of Chinese older adults were explored. Additionally, the study examined whether there was an independent association between scores on the Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB) and the different trajectories of depressive symptoms.

Methods: A total of 2177 elderly individuals had their depressive symptoms assessed based on the Center for Epidemiological Studies-Depression (CES-D) scale in the years 2011, 2013, 2015, and 2018.

Construction of predictive model for osteoporosis related factors among postmenopausal women on the basis of logistic regression and Bayesian network.

Osteoporosis is a prevalent chronic disease that often goes unnoticed in postmenopausal women. Early identification of risk factors for osteoporosis in postmenopausal women is essential. This study aimed to develop predictive models for osteoporosis-related factors among postmenopausal women in the U.

Prognostic models for breast cancer: based on logistics regression and Hybrid Bayesian Network.

Background: To construct two prognostic models to predict survival in breast cancer patients; to compare the efficacy of the two models in the whole group and the advanced human epidermal growth factor receptor-2-positive (HER2+) subgroup of patients; to conclude whether the Hybrid Bayesian Network (HBN) model outperformed the logistics regression (LR) model.

Methods: In this paper, breast cancer patient data were collected from the SEER database. Data processing and analysis were performed using Rstudio 4.

The role of cognitive function in the relationship between surrogate markers of visceral fat and depressive symptoms in general middle-aged and elderly population: A nationwide population-based study.

Background: The relationship between obesity and depressive symptoms is well documented, but not visceral fat, especially among Chinese adults are scarce. We aimed to investigate the association between visceral fat and depressive symptoms and the mediation of cognitive function.

Methods: A total of 19,919 and 5555 participants from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study were enrolled in the cross-sectional and follow-up analyses.

The association between longitudinal changes in depressive symptoms and cognitive decline among middle-aged and older Chinese adults.

Objective: Depression is associated with cognitive impairment and dementia, but few studies have been done on Chinese adults. This study evaluates the relationship between depressive symptoms status and cognitive function in middle-aged and elderly Chinese adults.

Methods: We included 7,968 participants from the Chinese Health and Retirement Longitudinal Survey (CHRALS) with a follow-up of 4 years.

Psychotherapy for advanced cancer patients: A meta-analysis of the quality of life and survival assessments.

Objectives: A meta-analysis has explored the effect of psychotherapy on the quality of life (QOL) but has not explored the effect on advanced cancer patients' survival, which is highly debated. Therefore, we consider the survival days and QOL as the primary outcomes in our analysis.

Methods: Eligible studies were collected from four databases (PubMed, Embase, Cochrane Library, and Web of Science) until February 20, 2021.

Longitudinal association between muscle strength and depression in middle-aged and older adults: A 7-year prospective cohort study in China.

Background: Evidence regarding the associations between muscle strength in different parts of the body and depression is lacking. This study examined whether poor muscle strength is associated with a higher incidence of depression in a large cohort of middle-aged and older adults.

Methods: In total, 5,228 middle-aged and older adults from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study without depression at baseline were followed for 7 years.

The association between pulmonary function and depression in middle-aged and elderly people in China: The role of cognitive ability and sleep time.

Background: Depression is a common mental disorder in middle-aged and elderly people, which seriously affects their physical health and life quality.So far, whether pulmonary function is a factor in depression has not been tested.The purpose of this study was to test whether pulmonary function was independently associated with depression and to assess the effects of cognitive ability and sleep time on this association.

The relationships between step count and all-cause mortality and cardiovascular events: A dose-response meta-analysis.

Background: A goal of 10,000 steps per day is widely advocated, but there is little evidence to support that goal. Our purpose was to examine the dose-response relationships between step count and all-cause mortality and cardiovascular disease risk.

Methods: Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, EMBASE, OVID, PubMed, Scopus, and Web of Science databases were systematically searched for studies published before July 9, 2021, that evaluated the association between daily steps and at least 1 outcome.

Prediction models for cardiovascular disease risk in the hypertensive population: a systematic review.

Objective: The aim of this study was to identify, describe, and evaluate the available cardiovascular disease risk prediction models developed or validated in the hypertensive population.

Methods: MEDLINE and the Web of Science were searched from database inception to March 2019, and all reference lists of included articles were reviewed.

Results: A total of 4766 references were screened, of which 18 articles were included in the review, presenting 17 prediction models specifically developed for hypertensive populations and 25 external validations.

The efficiency analysis and spatial implications of health information technology: A regional exploratory study in China.

The new adoption of healthcare information technology is costly, and effects on healthcare performance can be questionable. This nationwide study in China investigated the efficient performance of healthcare information technology and examined its spatial correlation. Panel data were extracted from the Annual Investigation Report on Hospital Information in China and the China Health Statistics Yearbook for 2007 through 2015 (279 observations).

Effect of community-based lifestyle interventions on weight loss and cardiometabolic risk factors in obese elderly in China: A randomized controlled trial.

Purpose: We aimed to assess the effect of community-based lifestyle interventions on weight loss and cardiometabolic risk factors among obese older adults, and to explore the potential factors that impede weight loss during lifestyle interventions.

Materials And Methods: A 2-arm parallel randomized controlled trial was conducted from 2013 through 2016 in the community health service centers in Nanjing, China. Four hundred and eighty obese older adults were randomly assigned to receive a 24-month lifestyle intervention (242 participants) or usual care (238 participants).

Group cognitive behavioural therapy of physical and psychological menopausal symptoms of Chinese women, delivered via Internet and mobile phone versus face to face: A protocol for a randomized non-inferiority trial.

Background: Menopause syndrome generally includes psychological problems. Group treatment delivered via the Internet and mobile phone (imGT) may improve women's physiological and psychological conditions.

Objective: To investigate the efficacy of group cognitive behavioural therapy of menopause-related mood swings and quality of life, delivered face to face or via the Internet and mobile phone.

An interactive nomogram to predict healthcare-associated infections in ICU patients: A multicenter study in GuiZhou Province, China.

Objective: To develop and validate an interactive nomogram to predict healthcare-associated infections (HCAIs) in the intensive care unit (ICU).

Methods: A multicenter retrospective study was conducted to review 2017 data from six hospitals in Guizhou Province, China. A total of 1,782 ICU inpatients were divided into either a training set (n = 1,189) or a validation set (n = 593).

Health status and associated factors among the community-dwelling elderly women in China.

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the health status and associated factors of the elderly women in China. A cross-sectional survey from cluster random sampling method was performed between March 2013 and December 2013. 1910 elderly people aged 60 years and over were selected in a community of Nanjing, China, including 977 elderly women.

The effect of older-person centered and integrated health management model on multiple lifestyle behaviors: A randomized controlled trial from China.

Objective: To investigate the effectiveness of the older-centered Integrated Health Management Model Project (OPCHMP) for multiple lifestyle behaviours in the elderly.

Methods: A 2-arm, parallel, randomized controlled trial was conducted in Nanjing. The elderly were recruited from multiple community health service centres.

The Impact of the National Essential Medicines Policy on Rational Drug Use in Primary Care Institutions in Jiangsu Province of China.

Background: Essential medicine policy is a successful global health policy to promote rational drug use. The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of the National Essential Medicines Policy (NEMP) on the rational drug use in primary care institutions in Jiangsu Province of China.

Methods: In this exploratory study, a multistage, stratified, random sampling was used to select 3400 prescriptions from 17 primary care institutions who implemented the NEMP before (Jan 2010) and after the implementation of the NEMP (Jan 2014).

Multimorbidity and health-related quality of life among the community-dwelling elderly: A longitudinal study.

Objectives: Multimorbidity is a growing public health problem. The objective of this study was to investigate the impact of multimorbidity on health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of the elderly.

Methods: A 24-month longitudinal study was conducted on the community-dwelling elderly.