Short message service usage may improve the public's self-health management: A community-based randomized controlled study.

Background And Aims: The last decade has witnessed unprecedented growth in mobile phone use. It links millions of previously unconnected people. The ubiquity of mobile phones, which allows for use of the short message service (SMS), offers new and innovative opportunities for disease prevention and health education.

Mahjong Playing and Leisure Physical Activity Alleviate Cognitive Symptoms in Older Community Residents.

Leisure activities, particularly physically and cognitively stimulating leisure activities, mitigate cognitive decline. The present study aimed to examine the relationship between mahjong playing, leisure physical activity, and mild cognitive impairment (MCI). Older adults with and without MCI were recruited (n = 489, healthy group; and n = 187, MCI group).

COMPARISON OF INTRAVITREAL INJECTION OF RANIBIZUMAB VERSUS LASER THERAPY FOR ZONE II TREATMENT-REQUIRING RETINOPATHY OF PREMATURITY.

Purpose: To compare the efficacy of intravitreal injection of ranibizumab (IVR) monotherapy and laser therapy for treatment-requiring retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) in Zone II.

Methods: A prospective, randomized, controlled single-center trial was applied from January 2014 to December 2014; infants who were diagnosed as Zone II treatment-requiring ROP (i.e.

Cell phone-based health education messaging improves health literacy.

Background: The ubiquity of cell phones, which allow for short message service (SMS), provides new and innovative opportunities for disease prevention and health education.

Objective: To explore the use of cell phone-based health education SMS to improve the health literacy of community residents in China.

Methods: A multi-stage random sampling method was used to select representative study communities and participants ≥ 18 years old.

Prevalence of depressive symptoms and work-related risk factors among nurses in public hospitals in southern China: a cross-sectional study.

Poor mental health among nurses not only hinders professional performance but also affects the quality of healthcare provided. To improve the prevention and management of depression among nurses in mainland China, we investigated the association between working conditions and depressive symptoms using a cross-sectional study with a sample of 3474 nurses with more than 1 year of work experience in public hospitals in Shenzhen in southern China. Participants completed a structured questionnaire and a validated measure of depressive symptoms.

[The status and risk factors of self-health management among community residents in Shenzhen].

Objective: To analyze the risk factors of the self-health management among Shenzhen's community residents by surveying the status of the self-health management.

Methods: Multi-stage cluster random sampling was used in this study. The estimated sample size was 6 400 of the study, and the actual number of the subjects was 6 413, who were from 32 communities in Shenzhen.

Prevalence of anxiety and depressive symptoms and related risk factors among physicians in China: a cross-sectional study.

Background: Physicians' poor mental health not only hinders their professional performance and affects the quality of healthcare provided but also adversely affects patients' health outcomes. Few studies in China have evaluated the mental health of physicians. The purposes of this study are to quantify Chinese physicians' anxiety and depressive symptoms as well as evaluate associated risk factors.

[Studies on direct and indirect economic burden of disease and related factor in countryside of Qingdao city in 2001].

Objective: To study the condition of economic burden of disease in the countryside and to explore the related factors.

Methods: Human capital method and two-step method were used in the calculation of economic burden of disease.

Results: The total economic burden of disease among 3359 persons was 3072 225 Yuan.