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Objective@#To investigate the changes of environmental sanitation, health knowledge and behavior of students and diarrhea in rural schools in Henan and Sichuan Provinces from 2016 to 2018, and to provide data for improving environmental sanitation, health literacy, as well as reducing diarrhea and other infectious diseases among rural students.@*Methods@#Based on the "Community Approach to Total Sanitation (CATS)", a total of 13 rural primary schools were selected in 2016 and 2018 respectively, including 8 in Henan and 5 in Sichuan. One class of fourth grade students was selected from each school. Totally 450 students were surveyed in 2016 and 2018, respectively. The drinking water, environmental hygiene, students personal hygiene and behavior, and the incidence of diarrhea in recent 3 months were investigated by interview, observation, inquiry and questionnaire.@*Results@#Between 2016 and 2018, the number of schools providing safe drinking water for students increased from 6 to 8, the number of schools with proper hand washing facilities increased from 9 to 12, the number of schools with hand washing facilities equipped with soap or hand sanitizer increased from 2 to 9, and the number of schools with sanitary toilet type increased from 9 to 12. The awareness rate of students total health knowledge increased from 58.74% (793/1 350) to 64.96% (877/1 350), the formation rate of students total health behavior increased from 67.78% (1 220/1 800) to 75.28 % (1 355/1 800), the proportion of diarrhea in recent 3 months decreased from 36.89% (166/450) to 21.11% (95/450), the differences were statistically significant( χ 2=11.08, 24.86, 27.20, P <0.05).@*Conclusion@#The basic environmental sanitation facilities of rural schools in Henan and Sichuan has improved substantially, together with increased students health knowledge and hygiene behavior, and decreased incidence of students diarrhea.
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Objective To explore the clinical effect of Weifuchun tablet combined with chemotherapy on patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).Methods Sixty-eight patients with advanced NSCLC was randomly divided into control group (n =34) treated with cisplatin + gemcitabine and treatment group (n =34) treated with Weifuchun tablet (1.436g × 2/d) and cisplatin + gemcitabine.After two treatment cycles,the clinical effect in both groups were evaluated.Results The clinical efficacy in the treatment group was 52.94％ (18/34),which in the control group was 41.18％ (14/34),there was no statistically significant difference between the two groups(x2 =0.94,P ＞ 0.05).The quality of life and the level of T lymphocytes were markedly improved,and the reduction of hemoglobin,leucocyte,and platelet,and nausea reaction were all significantly inhibited in treatment group compared with that in control group after two treatment cycles (x2 =4.12,4.66,5.96,4.12,5.90,all P ＜ 0.05).Conclusion Weifuchun tablet combined with chemotherapy effectively ameliorates the clinical symptoms of the patient with advanced NSCLC,reduces the toxic and side effects caused by chemotherapy,and improves the quality of life,which is worthy in the clinic.
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BACKGROUND: There have been some prospective, randomized, controlled studies regarding the feasibility and safety of laparoscopic gastrectomy for gastric cancer, but controversy exists.OBJECTIVE: To systemically assess the feasibility and safety of laparoscopic gastrectomy for gastric cancer.METHODS: A computer-based online research of prospective, randomized, controlled studies addressing laparoscopic gastrectomy versus open gastrectomy published between January 1994 and December 2009 was performed in PubMed, Ovid Medline, Web of Knowledge, EMbase, Chinese Journal Full-text Database and Wanfang Database. Meta analysis of acquired data was performed through the use of RevMan 5.0 software. The inverse variance method was used to test the significance of continous data, while the Mantel-Haenszel method was used for dichotomous data. The chi-square test was used for evaluation of data heterogeneity. Homogenous data was calculated using the fixed effect model, and heterogeneous data was calculated using freedom model. Statistical data was expressed as 95% confidence interval. Funnel plot was used for sensitivity analysis to show potential publication bias.RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: Five papers that corresponded to inclusion criteria were included in this study. Among 326 cases included, 164 underwent laparoscopic gastrectomy and 162 received open gastrectomy. Meta analysis revealed that laparoscopic gastrectomy took longer operating time and removed fewer lymph nodes than open gastrectomy (both P ＜ 0.01), but for early-stage gastric cancer, laparoscopic gastrectomy was superior to open gastrectomy in terms of blood loss and hospital stay (P ＜ 0.01). But there was no significant difference in terms of time to resumption of oral intake, postoperative complications,postoperative morbidity rate, and tumor recurrence. Sensitive analysis demonstrated that publication bias existed in all indices to different extents with the exception of lymph node. The five papers adopted two different modes to remove lymph nodes, so subgroup analysis was also used. Results showed that for D1 lymph node dissection, laparoscopic gastrectomy took significantly reduced blood loss than open gastrectomy. All these findings indicate that laparoscopic gastrectomy for early stage gastric cancer is feasible and safe.