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Objective:To translate the health literacy-sensitive communication scale into Chinese and examine its reliability and validity.Methods:Following Brislin′s translation principles, the HL-COM was translated and culturally adapted into Chinese. This cross-sectional study surveyed 434 outpatients and inpatients from three tertiary hospitals in Hubei Province using a questionnaire. Cronbach′s α coefficient and split half reliability were used to evaluate the reliability of the scale. Scale-level content validity index (S-CVI) and item-level content validity index (I-CVI) were used to evaluate the content validity. Exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis were used to test the structural validity, while measurement equivalence across gender was examined.Results:The Chinese version of HL-COM contains 9 items, which was consistent with the original English version. Reliability of the scale: Cronbach′s ɑ Coefficient=0.938, Spearman-Brown half coefficient=0.926; Content validity: Scale-level content validity index (S-CVI)=0.926, Item-level content validity index (I-CVI) was 0.833-1.000; only one factor was extracted based on exploratory factor analysis, with a cumulative variance contribution rate of 68.541%. Confirmatory factor analysis indicated a good fit, with the fitting indexes of ?χ2/df=2.794, Normed Fit Index (NFI)=0.974, Standardized Root Mean Square Residual (SRMR)=0.025, Goodness-of-Fit Index (GFI)=0.962, Root Mean Square Error of Approximation (RMSEA)=0.089, Comparative Fit Index (CFI)=0.983. Multigroup confirmatory factor analysis indicated measurement invariance of the Chinese version of HL-COM across gender. Conclusion:The Chinese version of HL-COM demonstrates good reliability and validity, and serves as a valuable tool for assessing health literate in health care organization in China.
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Objective:Take all hospitals in Hubei Province as an example to analyze the patent application and authorization status of hospitals, to make recommendations for hospital patent management.Methods:Use patentics platform to search domestic patent applications of all hospitals in Hubei Province, data regarding to the number and types of patents were classified and analyzed.Results:Hospitals in Hubei Province had 7 694 patent applications and 6 491 authorized patent. Patent applications showed a growth trend; the types of patents were mainly utility models, followed by invention patents; patent IPC classification was concentrated in technical fields such as A61 and G01; the effective patents accounted for relatively low, and the subsequent maintenance work was poor.Conclusions:Hospitals should improve the innovation ability of medical staff and mobilize the enthusiasm of patent applications; strengthen the process management of patent applications and focus on improving the quality of patents; increase investment in technology field with advantage and pay more attention to the identification and transformation of high-value patents; improve the services quality of hospital patent management departments, cultivate patent management talents.
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Objective To investigate the network information behavior characteristics of medical staff for improving the information service of hospital libraries.Methods The network information behaviors of medical staff were analyzed in aspects of the flow rate on Website, the number of off-station linkages, the times of page visiting, the time preference of users information behaviors, browsers, and access devices according to the Web log processed by Piwik analysis software.Results The information behaviors of medical staff were frequent.Their major objective was to use the electronic resources.The information behaviors of medical staff were focused on their working time.Conclusion Hospital libraries should strengthen the construction of their Website contents, optimize their Website design, update their information and improve their information service according to the time preference of their users information behaviors.
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AIM To compare liver-protective and anti-inflammatory effects of extracts from root,stem,leaf,and flower of Gentiana rigescens.METHODS The mouse model for the immunological liver injury induced by Concanavalin A,and mouse ear swelling model for inflammation caused by dimethylbenzene were used for the comparison of the liver-protective or anti-inflammatory effects of four parts individually.RESULTS Four aqueous extracts of Gentiana rigescens showed the dose-dependent decrease in the activity of ALT and AST in serum and liver index,and alleviation of hepatic tissue injury induced by Concanavalin A in mice.The effects of the extracts from the leaf and root were better than those from the stem and flower.These extracts presented dose-dependent inhibition against the ear swelling caused by dimethylbenzene in mice.The effects of the extracts from the leaf and stem were better than those from the flower and root.CONCLUSION Extracts from the root and leaf of G.rigescens have liver-protective effect,and parts from the stem and leaf have anti-inflammatory effect.