Introduction: Although the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on people's mental health has been well documented in many studies, the schizotypal personality features in the general population have not received sufficient attention.
Methods: Study 1 is a longitudinal study tracking changes in schizotypal personality features among college students during the COVID-19 pandemic. A total of 153 Chinese college students were assessed using the Schizotypal Personality Questionnaire.
Background: Adequate bowel preparation is essential for the detection of pathological lesions during colonoscopy. However, it has been found to be inadequate in approximately 20% to 30% of colonoscopy examinations. Educational interventions focused on health staff, such as physicians and nurses, may improve the patients' understanding of the bowel preparation instructions, and consequently, increase the quality of bowel preparation.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Previous studies showed difference results about the effect of nurse in improvement of the colonoscopy detection rate. This meta-analysis aims to investigate whether nurse participation during colonoscopy can help in improving the detection rate of polyps and adenomas.
Methods: Original studies in English were searched from the MEDLINE database, PubMed, Web of Science, and the Cochrane Library database.
Zhonghua Yi Xue Za Zhi
November 2015
Objective: To compare the difference between the different perfusional regions in solid thyroid nodules.
Methods: From October 2013 to May 2015, CEUS was performed in 59 patients who hospitalizated in Zhoushan Hospital with solid thyroid nodules before operation. The time-intensity curve (TIC) of normal thyroid tissue, tumor edge and tumor center was drawn to collect perfusion index like the peak intensity (PI), time to peak (TP), area under the curve (AUC), mean transit time (MTT).