Objective To analyze the rehabilitation needs and characteristics of patients injured in Jiuzhaigou earthquake, and provide early rehabilitation guidance for the wounded. Methods A total of 42 patients injured in " 8·8” Jiuzhaigou earthquake who were admitted to West China Hospital from August 9th to 16th 2017 for treatment were recruited in this study. Early survey and evaluation were conducted among them by using a self-made questionnaire. Results The top 2 common causes of injury were falling (23 cases, 54.8%) and flying stone (16 cases, 38.1%). The top 2 common injury sites were lower extremity (18 cases, 42.9%) and head (10 cases, 23.8%). Twenty-two cases (52.4%) left the hospital after treatment, 6 (14.3%) went to the Department of Orthopedics, and 6 (14.3%) went to the Department of Neurosurgery. The functional limitations included sensory function in 42 cases (100.0%), mental function in 28 (66.7%), motor function restriction in 24 (57.1%), balance physical limitation in 22 (52.4%), respiratory function in 5 (11.9%), and cardiac function in 1 (2.4%). A total of 37 cases (88.1%) had restricted activities of daily living capacities, mainly including 24 (57.1%) in stair climbing, 24 (57.1%) in walking and 22 (52.4%) in bathing. All the 42 cases needed functional evaluation: 22 (52.4%) needed rehabilitation treatment, and 19 (45.3%) needed rehabilitation aids. Conclusions The injury and function limitation of Jiuzhaigou earthquake victims has its own characteristics. According to the limitation of function, the direction of rehabilitation plan after the earthquake focuses on structural function, psychological function, daily activities and function rehabilitation, so as to bring patients back to the family and society as early as possible.
Objective To investigate the injury types, dysfunction situation and rehabilitation deamnd of the Lushan earthquake victims. Methods The rehabilitation demand of 208 Lushan earthquake victims in the West China Hospital of Sichuan University were investigated using a questionnaire. Results Bone fractures accounted for the largest proportion of injury types, followed by combined injuries, soft tissue injuries, pulmonary contusion, and amputation. Most victims suffered from the motor dysfunction, balance disorder and restrictions in activities of daily living. More than 80% of victims had pain. A few victims had paresthesia and respiratory disorder. Most victims needed rehabilitation assistant devices and hospitalization treatment. Conclusion The injury types and dysfunction situation of Lushan earthquake victims are associated with the demand of rehabilitation assistant device. The tailored rehabilitation regimen can be made in combination with victim’s rehabilitation demand. The early intervention of rehabilitation medicine is extremely beneficial to the recovery of earthquake victims.
Objective To explore the common rehabilitation techniques involved in early rehabilitation, early rehabilitation period, and the access conditions of medical institutions for early rehabilitation on the basis of the early rehabilitation data of Chengdu, investigation on some domestic rehabilitation institutions, and expert consultation opinions, to provide a scientific basis for the early rehabilitation of relevant medical institutions. Methods We extracted the data of 130 medical insurance designated institutions in Chengdu for the whole year of 2014 (from January 1st to December 31st), and used the investigation method to study eight common types of clinical rehabilitation diseases (except stroke); went out to investigate the data of eight common types of clinical rehabilitation diseases (except burns) of five hospitals; using expert consultation method, collected 15 experts’ opinions on the early treatment of common clinical rehabilitation, intervention time, rehabilitation costs and so on. Results Common techniques for early rehabilitation included: rehabilitation assessment, acupuncture/electroacupuncture treatment, low-intermediate frequency pulse electrotherapy, pneumatic limb blood circulation promotion treatment, joint loosening training, other massage training, aerobic training, exercise therapy, and occupational therapy. In addition, each disease type also corresponded to special rehabilitation techniques. The early rehabilitation period was 13–14 days for persistent vegetative state (hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy), 11–18 days for fractures, 12–14 days for joint and soft tissue injury, 31–47 days for spinal cord injury, 11–18 days for brain injury, 14–19 days for burn (chemical, electric shock), 10–12 days for hand injury, 9–20 days for peripheral nerve injury, and 13–21 days for stroke. The access conditions for early rehabilitation included: general hospitals above the second level, with independent rehabilitation treatment rooms and rehabilitation wards, with early rehabilitation equipment, qualified full-time rehabilitation physicians and therapists. Conclusions In the common technical aspects of early rehabilitation, each disease has a common technology and also corresponds to special rehabilitation techniques. The early rehabilitation period for most diseases is 2–3 weeks. In order to ensure the quality and safety of early rehabilitation, it is recommended to include the hospital level and professional rehabilitation talent qualifications into the access conditions for early rehabilitation.
Objective To investigate the application effect of remote Teach-back method on the precise management of elderly patients with osteoporosis (OP). Methods From June to September 2016, the elderly outpatients with OP were selected and randomly divided into the conventional treatment group and the remote Teach-back comprehensive treatment group. The remote Teach-back comprehensive treatment group was given the mobile Internet (WeChat) on the basis of conventional treatment to guide patients with remote OP treatment. The OP knowledge, OP self-efficacy, activities of daily living (ADL), bone mineral density (BMD) and other indicators were compared between the two groups after 12 months of treatment. Results A total of 80 elderly patients with OP were included, with 40 patients in each group. The comparison of the improvement values of the two groups showed that the remote Teach-back comprehensive treatment group was superior to the conventional treatment group in terms of exercise knowledge, calcium knowledge, exercise performance, ADL and BMD (P<0.05). Among them, the improvement in exercise knowledge intervention in the remote Teach-back group and the conventional treatment group were 1.870 (1.098, 2.870) and 0.670 (0.043, 1.283); the improvement values of calcium knowledge intervention in the two groups were 2.495 (1.860, 3.455) and 0.250 (–0.810, 0.705); the improvement values after exercise intervention in the two groups were 15.015 (10.490, 26.175) and 6.045 (1.405, 13.545); the improvement of ADL in the two groups were 13.565 (4.053, 23.768) and 2.245 (–4.953, 7.872); the improvement of lumbar 1-waist 4 BMD in the two groups were 0.155 (0.010, 0.313) g/cm2 and 0.045 (–0.095, 0.160) g/cm2; the hip BMD improvement values of the two groups were 0.130 (–0.023, 0.245) g/cm2 and 0.035 (–0.043, 0.165) g/cm2. There was no significant difference in OP knowledge between the two groups (P>0.05). Conclusions Remote Teach-back online education makes OP management more effective. Relying on the characteristics of rehabilitation education and rehabilitation training, we will establish an advantageous management model to prevent the occurrence of OP and fragility fractures and improve the quality of life.
Objective To explore the impact of gender difference in 90-day outcomes after mechanical thrombectomy for acute cerebral infarction. Methods A prospective registration, observational, and retrospective analysis study was carried out. Patients with acute cerebral infarction who were admitted to the Department of Neurology of the First Affiliated Hospital of Chengdu Medical College and the Department of Neurology of Nanjing First Hospital between June 2015 and June 2019 were collected. Patients were divided into two groups based on gender. The detailed demographic, laboratory examination, imaging examination and clinical data were collected. Then, the data were analyzed using univariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses. Results A total of 298 patients were included. Among them, there were 185 males and 113 females. The differences in age, smoking, atrial fibrillation, using antiplatelet drugs before stroke, TOAST classification, and involved cerebrovascular sites between the two groups were statistically significant (P<0.05), and there was no statistically significant difference in other baseline data between the two groups (P>0.05). The results of univariate logistic regression analysis showed that the rate of 90-day favourable outcome of female patients was lower than that of male patients [odds ratio (OR)=0.462, 95% confidence interval (CI) (0.275, 0.775), P=0.030]. The results of multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that, after adjusting for confounding factors, there was no independent correlation between gender and the 90-day favourable outcome of patients with acute cerebral infarction who underwent mechanical thrombectomy [OR=1.511, 95% CI (0.745, 3.066), P=0.253]. Conclusion The gender has no significant effect on the 90-day favourable outcome of acute cerebral infarction patients treated with mechanical thrombectomy.
The implementation of the medical alliance has promoted the effective integration of medical resources in China. However, with the increase in the demand for rehabilitation medical care, the construction of rehabilitation medical alliance will provide a new strategy for the development of rehabilitation medicine. The rehabilitation medical alliance will promote the subsidence of high-quality rehabilitation resources, enhance the service capacity of grass-roots rehabilitation, and achieve the hierarchical rehabilitation diagnosis and treatment. The rehabilitation medical alliance combines four alliance models to construct a three-tier system, forming a three-level alliance of administration and classification. Regarding rehabilitation clinical pathway, rehabilitation evaluation system, rehabilitation treatment system and the homogenization guarantee of rehabilitation nursing as its main content, intelligent rehabilitation medicine alliance could be established by means of technical means such as artificial intelligence and big data cloud platform.