Preventive medicine
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Preventive medicine · Jul 2023
Application of a new nano-TiO2 composite antibacterial agent in nursing management of operating room: Based on real-time information push assistant system.
With the maturity of the hospital real-time information management system at this stage, the main nursing informatics of the hospital has also been fully developed. Based on the analysis of the application status of medical information technology and Internet technology, the real-time information management system is applied to mobile medical and its development status. This paper realizes the auxiliary system of real-time information push. ⋯ However, in the control group, the dissatisfaction rate of nurses' nursing care accounted for 14%, accounting for 34% of the basic satisfaction rate, 52% of the very satisfied rate. In the experimental group, the dissatisfaction rate was 4%, the basic satisfaction rate was 28%, and the very satisfied degree was 68%. The real-time information management system provides a wide range of medical potential space, and can help hospitals realize intelligent medical management, so as to have a great understanding of the digitalization of medical information, scientific medical operation process, human communication and services, and can provide more comprehensive nursing services for patients.
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Preventive medicine · Jul 2023
Racial disparities in cascade testing for cancer predisposition genes.
We sought to determine whether there are racial disparities in cascade testing rates and whether providing testing at no-charge impacts rates in Black and White at-risk-relatives (ARR). Probands with a pathogenic/likely pathogenic germline variant in a cancer predisposition gene were identified up to one year before and up to one year after cascade testing became no-charge in 2017. Cascade testing rates were measured as the proportion of probands who had at least one ARR obtain genetic testing through one commercial laboratory. ⋯ Rates of an ARR undergoing cascade testing were low overall, and significantly lower in Black versus White probands. The magnitude of difference in cascade testing rates between Blacks and Whites did not significantly change with no-charge testing. Barriers to cascade testing in all populations should be explored in order to maximize the benefits of genetic testing for both treatment and prevention of cancer.
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When the body damages its own tissues in response to an infection, sepsis develops. Medical treatments are limited. It's important to understand the molecular mechanism behind sepsis pathogenesis and identify potential molecular treatment targets. ⋯ In the end, ANKRD22 and VNN1 were singled out as crucial genes. This study used WGCNA to investigate sepsis-associated susceptibility modules and genes. Our study identified two modules and two key genes as essential components in sepsis etiology, which may improve our understanding of its molecular mechanisms.
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Preventive medicine · Jul 2023
Association of cancer information seeking behavior with cigarette smoking and E-cigarette use among U.S. adults by education attainment level: A multi-year cross-sectional analysis from a nationally representative sample in 2017-2020.
Little is known about the association of cancer information seeking behavior with cigarette smoking and e-cigarette use. A multi-year cross-sectional analysis using a pooled data of the Health Information National Trends Survey 5, Cycles 1-4 (2017-2020) was conducted. To examine the association of cancer information seeking behavior with current cigarette smoking (currently smoke every day/some days among individuals who smoked 100+ cigarettes in lifetime) and e-cigarette use (currently use every day/some days among lifetime users) in nationally representative U. ⋯ Cancer information seeking behavior might help to reduce cigarette smoking when seekers had ≥college education. However, cancer information seeking behavior might positively influence e-cigarette use in
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Preventive medicine · Jul 2023
Political variations in pandemic lifestyles and COVID-19 vaccination by age cohort in the United States.
While recent scholarship suggests that political affiliation is a robust predictor of pandemic behaviors and COVID-19 vaccination status, research has yet to examine whether the impact of political affiliation on these outcomes vary by age. Drawing on health lifestyles theory, we contribute to the social epidemiology of infectious disease behaviors by testing whether the impact of political affiliation on risky pandemic health lifestyles and COVID vaccination varies by age cohort. We employ data collected from the 2021 Crime, Health, and Politics Survey (CHAPS), a national study of adults from the United States, to formally assess this understudied association. ⋯ Further, the impact of political affiliation on vaccination status varied by age cohort, such that the impact of political affiliation was stronger among the oldest adults in our sample. Our analyses contribute to the growing study of politics and health lifestyles by challenging theoretical perspectives and cultural narratives that claim that older adults are less swayed by political influence when it comes to healthcare decisions. Our results help better our understanding of the ways in which political discourse shapes adopting public health recommendations.