The disparity in hesitancy toward COVID-19 vaccination between older individuals in nursing homes and those in the community in Taizhou, China.

Purpose: Older individuals are priority coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine recipients. Our aim was to investigate the prevalence of and factors influencing vaccine hesitancy in older individuals living in nursing homes and communities.

Methods: A self-administered COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy survey was conducted from September 2021 to December 2021 among people aged ≥ 60 years in eight nursing homes (382 participants) and the community (112 participants) in Taizhou, China.

Effect and mechanism of needleless transcutaneous neuromodulation on gastrointestinal function after pancreaticoduodenectomy.

Background: Gastrointestinal motility disorders tend to develop after pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD). The objectives of this study were: (1) to investigate the impact of needleless transcutaneous neuromodulation (TN) on the postoperative recuperation following pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD), and (2) to explore the underlying mechanisms by which TN facilitates the recovery of gastrointestinal function after PD.

Methods: A total of 41 patients scheduled for PD were randomized into two groups: the TN group ( = 21) and the Sham-TN group ( = 20).