Disaster Preparedness Among Nurses in China: A Cross-Sectional Study.

Background: Increasingly frequent global disasters such as coronavirus disease 2019 pose a threat to human health and life. The World Health Organization has called on countries to formulate detailed plans to prepare for disasters. It is critical to investigate and evaluate the disaster preparedness of nurses.

Relationship between Vitamin D levels and pain and disease activity in patients with newly diagnosed axial spondyloarthritis.

Objectives: To explore the relationship between Vitamin D levels and pain and disease activity in patients with newly diagnosed axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA).

Methods: A convenience sample of 131 newly diagnosed axSpA patients and 60 healthy controls was recruited from July 2016 to December 2018. Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] was measured to assess vitamin D levels.

Associations Between Pain Patterns and Self-Reported Clinical Outcomes in Patients with Knee Osteoarthritis.

Objectives: To study pain locations and patterns in knee osteoarthritis (OA) and determine associations between knee pain patterns and pain characteristics, functional status, and psychological status.

Design: A cross-sectional study.

Setting And Subjects: A convenience sample of 203 patients with knee OA was recruited from two university-affiliated hospitals from July 2016 to July 2017.

Inflammatory or Neuropathic Pain: Characteristics and Their Relationships with Disease Activity and Functional Status in Axial Spondyloarthritis Patients.

Objective: To assess inflammatory back pain (IBP) and neuropathic pain (NP) in patients with axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) and explore their relationships with disease activity and functional status.

Design: Descriptive, cross-sectional study.

Setting And Subjects: A convenience sample of 132 patients with axSpA was recruited from a university-affiliated hospital in China.