Objectives:To explore the level of active aging and correlates among rural elderly in Xiangtan County,China.Methods:A cross-sectional survey was conducted from July to November 2019.A total of 945 rural elderly from 3...Objectives:To explore the level of active aging and correlates among rural elderly in Xiangtan County,China.Methods:A cross-sectional survey was conducted from July to November 2019.A total of 945 rural elderly from 3 towns in Xiangtan County,China,were investigated by using the positive aging evaluation questionnaire(PAEQ),the activity of daily living scale(ADL),and the depression in old-age scale(DIA-S).Results:The average score in the PAEQ among the rural elderly of Xiangtan County was 72.81(range=21-105).A moderate negative correlation was found between the score in the PAEQ and those in the ADL(r=−0.361)and DIA-S(r=−0.495).Symptoms of depression(β:−0.321,P=0.001),number of chronic diseases(β:−0.281,P=0.001),subjective economic status(β:0.239,P=0.001),ADL(β:−0.196,P=0.001),education(β:0.126,P=0.001),number of children(β:0.097,P=0.001),and marital status(β:−0.060,P=0.001)were significantly associated with levels of active aging in rural elderly,whereas gender and age were not independently related to active aging.Conclusions:The level of active aging is at a moderately high level in the Chinese elderly in rural areas in Xiangtan County.The focus group of active aging in rural areas should be elderly people suffering from chronic diseases,physical decline,poor education and economic conditions,childlessness,and those without partners.展开更多
To the Editor: Endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS) has been utilized as a useful noninvasive diagnostic tool for mediastinal lymph nodes or masses.Recently, convex probe EBUS (CP-EBUS) has recently come to be used to diag...To the Editor: Endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS) has been utilized as a useful noninvasive diagnostic tool for mediastinal lymph nodes or masses.Recently, convex probe EBUS (CP-EBUS) has recently come to be used to diagnose central pulmonary embolism.[1-3] However, CP-EBUS cannot detect peripheral pulmonary embolism.It is here believed that the potential use of EBUS is still underestimated.Until now, there has been few reports showing whether radial probe EBUS (RP-EBUS) can detect peripheral pulmonary embolism.For this reason, we here report a case of a 60-year-old man admitted to our hospital because of enlarged mediastinal lymph nodes.展开更多
基金Hunan Social and Social Science Achievement Review Committee(No.XSP19YBC050)Hunan Provincial Health Commission(No.20200094).
文摘Objectives:To explore the level of active aging and correlates among rural elderly in Xiangtan County,China.Methods:A cross-sectional survey was conducted from July to November 2019.A total of 945 rural elderly from 3 towns in Xiangtan County,China,were investigated by using the positive aging evaluation questionnaire(PAEQ),the activity of daily living scale(ADL),and the depression in old-age scale(DIA-S).Results:The average score in the PAEQ among the rural elderly of Xiangtan County was 72.81(range=21-105).A moderate negative correlation was found between the score in the PAEQ and those in the ADL(r=−0.361)and DIA-S(r=−0.495).Symptoms of depression(β:−0.321,P=0.001),number of chronic diseases(β:−0.281,P=0.001),subjective economic status(β:0.239,P=0.001),ADL(β:−0.196,P=0.001),education(β:0.126,P=0.001),number of children(β:0.097,P=0.001),and marital status(β:−0.060,P=0.001)were significantly associated with levels of active aging in rural elderly,whereas gender and age were not independently related to active aging.Conclusions:The level of active aging is at a moderately high level in the Chinese elderly in rural areas in Xiangtan County.The focus group of active aging in rural areas should be elderly people suffering from chronic diseases,physical decline,poor education and economic conditions,childlessness,and those without partners.
基金This study was-supported by the grants from National Natural Science Foundation of China （No. 81100037 and 81360049） and Science and Technology Program for Public Wellbeing of Yunnan Province （No. 2014RA020）.
文摘To the Editor: Endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS) has been utilized as a useful noninvasive diagnostic tool for mediastinal lymph nodes or masses.Recently, convex probe EBUS (CP-EBUS) has recently come to be used to diagnose central pulmonary embolism.[1-3] However, CP-EBUS cannot detect peripheral pulmonary embolism.It is here believed that the potential use of EBUS is still underestimated.Until now, there has been few reports showing whether radial probe EBUS (RP-EBUS) can detect peripheral pulmonary embolism.For this reason, we here report a case of a 60-year-old man admitted to our hospital because of enlarged mediastinal lymph nodes.
