A Chinese Survey of Women's Use and Expectation of Pregnancy Applications.

This study aimed to explore the use and expectation of smartphone applications about pregnancy among pregnant women using a survey method. A total of five hundreds pregnant women from 3 hospitals in the city of Chengde in hebei province in China were randomly selected to conduct a questionnaire survey. The study found that 61.

Tai Chi Exercise for the Quality of Life in a Perimenopausal Women Organization: A Systematic Review.

Background: Improvement of the quality of life in perimenopausal women has recently become an important global health issue. Extensive research reports provide evidence of Tai Chi for the quality of life, but no systematic review has individually investigated Tai Chi as a main intervention on the quality of life in perimenopausal women.

Objective: To assess clinical evidence of Tai Chi for the quality of life in perimenopausal women.

The meaning of life and health experience for the Chinese elderly with chronic illness: a qualitative study from positive health philosophy.

Ageing and the concurrent prevalence of chronic disease in older adults produce a great burden and challenge for family, society and individuals. There is a definite need to build the science about caring for older Chinese adults from their perspective to inform health-care professionals. The aim of the study was to investigate the meaning of life and health experience of Chinese elderly with chronic illness and identify health potential from a positive perspective.

Potential oxidative stress in the bodies of electric arc welding operators: effect of photochemical smog.

Objective: To investigate whether photochemical smog emitted during the process of electric arc welding might cause oxidative stress and potential oxidative damage in the bodies of welding operators.

Methods: Seventy electric arc welding operators (WOs) and 70 healthy volunteers (HVs) were enrolled in a randomized controlled study design, in which the levels of vitamin C (VC) and vitamin E (VE) in plasma as well as the activities of superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT) and glutathione peroxidase (GPX), and the level of lipoperoxide (LPO) in erythrocytes were determined by spectrophotometry.

Results: Compared with the average values of the above experimental parameters in the HVs group, the average values of VC and VE in plasma as well as those of SOD, CAT and GPX in erythrocytes in the WOs group were significantly decreased (P < 0.