Barriers and facilitators for stroke patients' adherence to rehabilitation in China: a qualitative study based on medical experts.

Stroke is a neurological condition characterized by prolonged rehabilitation, requiring long-term patient cooperation for effective recovery. Rehabilitation adherence plays an important role in the prognosis. This study aimed to identify the patient-, doctor-, hospital-, and society-level factors influencing rehabilitation adherence.

Weighted 10-year survival and neurological outcomes after zone 2 thoracic endovascular aortic repair for acute type B aortic dissection.

Objective: The long-term benefits of left subclavian artery (LSA) revascularization during thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR) for patients with acute type B aortic dissection (aTBAD) remain controversial. This study aimed to evaluate the impact of LSA revascularization during TEVAR on short- and long-term survival and neurologic outcomes in patients with aTBAD.

Methods: We retrospectively analyzed data from consecutive patients with aTBAD undergoing zone 2 TEVAR between 2010 and 2020 at one Chinese national aortic center.

Economic burden of patients with leading cancers in China: a cost-of-illness study.

Background: China accounts for 24% of newly diagnosed cancer cases and 30% of cancer-related deaths worldwide. Comprehensive analyses of the economic burden on patients across different cancer treatment phases, based on empirical data, are lacking. This study aims to estimate the financial burden borne by patients and analyze the cost compositions of the leading cancers with the highest number of new cases in China.

Alcohol Consumption Patterns for Excessive Drinkers in a Multi-Ethnic Society Short Running Title: Drinking Patterns and Health Education.

Objective: Culture and eating habits, which vary greatly across different ethnic groups, have a substantial impact on drinking behavior. This study aimed to examine whether the drinking patterns and reasons differ by ethnic groups, and provide useful insights for multi-ethnic areas that seek to cut down alcohol intake.

Methods: We recruited excessive drinkers and collected the drinking patterns and motivations by questionnaire in a multi-ethnic society.

Association between air temperature and emergency admission for esophagogastric variceal bleeding: a case-crossover study in Beijing, China.

Background And Aims: Studies concerning the impact of air temperature on esophagogastric variceal bleeding (EGVB) have yielded conflicting results. Our study aimed to evaluate the correlation between air temperature and EGVB.

Methods: A time-stratified case-crossover study design was performed.

A review on ergonomics evaluations of virtual reality.

Background: Virtual reality (VR) is a combination of technologies that allow the user to interact with a computer-simulated environment with the experience of immersion, interactivity, and imagination. However, ergonomic problems related to virtual reality have adverse effects on the health and experience of users, which restrict the application of virtual reality technology.

Objective: The paper aims to provide an overview of the ergonomics evaluation of VR for further development of software and hardware of VR.

Effect of a brief intervention with small financial incentives on alcohol consumption in China: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial.

Introduction: Alcohol consumption is the seventh leading risk factor for disability-adjusted life years in the world, according to the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017. As the largest developing country, China has a substantial population of alcohol consumers who suffer from related health risks. Despite having made significant advancements in eradicating absolute poverty, many people still live in relative poverty, which suggests that the adverse health effects caused by alcohol consumption among vulnerable populations in China warrant more attention.

The burden of sulfur dioxide pollution on years of life lost from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: A nationwide analysis in China.

Background: Sulfur dioxide (SO) is one of the major gaseous pollutants in China and other developing countries. Few multicity studies have been done to examine the short-term effect of SO on cause-specific years of life lost (YLL). This study was designed to investigate the burden of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) associated with SO exposure.

Ambient sulfur dioxide and years of life lost from stroke in China: a time-series analysis in 48 cities.

Background And Objectives: Sulfur dioxide (SO) is a ubiquitous air pollutant and its concentration in China remains at a higher level in the world. However, evidence regarding short-term effect of SO on years of life lost (YLL) from stroke is scarce. We aim to estimate the short-term association between SO pollution and YLL for stroke and the related excess life years and economic loss.

Early estimation of the case fatality rate of COVID-19 in mainland China: a data-driven analysis.

Background: An ongoing outbreak of pneumonia caused by a novel coronavirus [severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV)-2], named COVID-19, hit a major city of China, Wuhan in December 2019 and subsequently spread to other provinces/regions of China and overseas. Several studies have been done to estimate the basic reproduction number in the early phase of this outbreak, yet there are no reliable estimates of case fatality rate (CFR) for COVID-19 to date.

Methods: In this study, we used a purely data-driven statistical method to estimate the CFR in the early phase of the COVID-19 outbreak.

Attributable risk and economic cost of hospital admissions for mental disorders due to PM in Beijing.

Background: Few studies have estimated the attributable risk and economic cost of mental disorders (MDs) due to particulate matters with aerodynamic diameter of <2.5 μm (PM) exposure in Beijing.

Objectives: This study aims to identify the possible correlation between PM and risk of hospital admissions (HAs) for MDs in Beijing and calculate the attributable risk and economic cost.

Spatial patterns and effects of air pollution and meteorological factors on hospitalization for chronic lung diseases in Beijing, China.

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), lung cancer (LC) and tuberculosis (TB) are common chronic lung diseases that generate a large disease burden and significant health care resource use in China. The aim of this study was to quantify spatial patterns and effects of air pollution and meteorological factors on hospitalization of COPD, LC and TB in Beijing. Daily counts of hospitalization for 2010 were obtained from the Beijing Urban Employees Basic Medical Insurance (UEBMI) system.

Satellite-based short- and long-term exposure to PM and adult mortality in urban Beijing, China.

Severe and persistent haze accompanied by high concentrations of fine particulate matter (PM) has become a great public health concern in urban China. However, research on the health effects of PM in China has been hindered by the lack of high-quality exposure estimates. In this study, we assessed the excess mortality associated with both short- and long-term exposure to ambient PM simultaneously using satellite-derived exposure data at a high spatiotemporal resolution.

The effects of interaction between particulate matter and temperature on mortality in Beijing, China.

Background: the effects of interaction between temperature and inhalable particulate matter (aerodynamic diameter < 10 μm, PM) on mortality have been examined in some previous studies, but the results were inconsistent. This study aims to explore whether the effects of PM on daily non-accidental, cardiovascular and respiratory mortality were modified by temperature levels in Beijing from 2006 to 2009.

Methods: we applied a bivariate response surface model and temperature-stratified model based on time-series Poisson generalized additive models (GAMs) to examine the interactive effects in single- and two-pollutant models.

The association between ambient inhalable particulate matter and the disease burden of respiratory disease: An ecological study based on ten-year time series data in Tianjin, China.

There is limited evidence available worldwide about the quantitative relationship between particulate matter with an aerodynamic diameter of less than 10µm (PM) and years of life lost (YLL) caused by respiratory diseases (RD), especially regarding long-term time series data. We investigated the quantitative exposure-response association between PM and the disease burden of RD. We obtained the daily concentration of ambient pollutants (PM, nitrogen dioxide and sulphur dioxide), temperature and relative humidity data, as well as the death monitoring data from 2001 to 2010 in Tianjin.