Analysis on syphilis test results in 12 757 employees in public places / 国际检验医学杂志

Objective To understand the infection situation of syphilis among the employees in public places in Nanning city and its epidemiological features.Methods 12 757 hematological specimens from the employees in public places in Nanning city were collected.The toluidine red unheated serum test(TRUST)was adopted for screening syphilis and the syphilis infectors confirmed by the positive result in treponema pallidum particle agglutination assay(TPPA)were analyzed.Results Among 12 757 research subjects,253 cases were confirmed the syphilis positive with the positive rate of 1.98%.By means of the χ2-test for the comparison among groups,4 319 cases were males with the positive the rate of 2.92%,while 8 438 cases were females with the positive the rate of 1.51%,the difference between them was statistical significance(χ2 =29.925,P <0.01);the research subjects were divided into 4 age groups,in the age 7-29 years,9 209 cases were positive with the positive rate of 0.90%;the age 30-<40 years,2480 cases were positive with the positive rate of 4.84%;the age 40-<50 years,890 cases were positive with the positive rate of 5.17%;the age 50-<70 years,178 cases were positive with the positive rate of 2.25%,the differences among the various age groups had sta-tistical significance(χ2 =205.9966,P <0.01).The age 40-<50 years group had the highest syphilis positive rate,followed by the age 30-<40 years group,and the age 17-29 years group had the lowest syphilis positive rate.Conclusion The persons aged 30-49 years are the highest risk population of syphilis infection.The comprehensive measures should be taken to prevent the syphilis infection and transmission.

Investigation of Unexpected Injuries during Hospitalization in Old Patients / 中国慢性病预防与控制

Objective To understand the current status and related factors of unexpected injuries during hospitalization in old patients in Shaoxing city. Methods By way of convenient sampling methods, 850 old patients aged over 65 years were chosen from five of grade 3 hospitals in Shaoxing city. The status and consequence of unexpected injuries during their hospitalization in past one year were retrospectively investigated with face to face questionnaire at patients home. Results The occurrence of unexpected injuries in 850 hospitalization old patients were 54(6.35%) during their hospitalization in past one year. The occurrence rate in female (9.27%) was significantly higher than that in male (4.25%) (?2=7.57, P