Objective To explore the burden situation among caregivers of stroke survivors, and analyze the association between burden and the quality of life among caregivers. Method In this cross-sectional study, a total of 230 stroke survivor-caregivers were investigated with basic demographic information, Zarit Burden Interview (ZBI) and the World Health Organization Quality of Life Instrument-Short Form (WHOQOL-BREF) from May 2015 to November 2015. Results The mean age of the caregivers of stroke survivors was (66.7±11.7) years, and the caregiver burden was in the mild level with the mean ZBI score of 21.11±6.96. The multiple linear regression analysis showed that the influencing factors of caregiver burden were the complications, self-care ability, residence of stroke survivors, and the self-rating health status of caregivers (P<0.05). And the total ZBI score was negatively correlated with the total WHOQOL-BREF scores (P<0.01), physiological dimensional scores (P<0.01), social dimensional scores (P<0.01), and environmental dimensional scores of caregivers (P<0.01). Conclusions The caregivers of stroke survivors suffer from general caregiver burden, and the heavier caregiver burden is, the poorer the quality of life of the caregivers is. According to the different conditions between urban and rural areas of China, it is reasonable to formulate a targeted program with the consideration of requirements referring to stroke survivors and their caregivers. It should involve physiological, psychological, social, environmental factors and so on to improve the caregivers’ quality of life finally.
Objective To explore the clinicopathological features of bilateral primary breast cancer (BPBC) at different ages. Methods Clinical data of 105 BPBC patients admitted to the Department of Breast Surgery in The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University from January 2017 to January 2020 were collected and divided into young group (≤40 years old) and middle-old group (>40 years old) according to age. The characteristics and differences of bilateral tumor lesions in pathological type, molecular type, tumor diameter, histological grade, clinical stage, lymph node metastasis, recurrence or distant metastasis, immunohistochemical indexes expression characteristics, consistency and difference, and overall prognosis between the two groups were retrospectively analyzed. Results There were statistically significant differences between the two groups in the size of the first primary cancer, lymph node metastasis, the high expression rate of Ki-67 in the second primary cancer, clinical stage of double primary cancer and recurrence or distant metastasis (P<0.05). In the young group, the proportion of the first primary cancer with T3–T4 stage was higher, the incidence of lymph node metastasis was higher, the proportion of high expression of Ki-67 in the second primary cancer was higher, and the proportion of patients with double primary cancer at first diagnosed as stage Ⅳ were higher than those in the middle-old group, and were prone to recurrence or distant metastasis. The expression of immunohistochemical indexes in bilateral cancer foci was consistent between the two groups (P<0.05). The expression consistency of ER and Ki-67 in the young group was better, and the expression consistency of PR and HER-2 in the middle-old group was better. The histological grade of the first primary cancer, TNM stage of bilateral primary cancer and recurrence or metastasis were independent factors affecting the prognosis of patients (P<0.05). Conclusions The BPBC patients of different ages have different clinicopathological features, and the expression of immunohistochemical indexes in bilateral cancer foci is consistent. Tumor histological grade of the first primary cancer may affect the prognosis of patients with BPBC, and the prognosis of patients with early bilateral TNM stage is better.
The aging of the population is grim, and the functional disability of older adults is increasing, bringing heavy burden to society. Previous studies have shown that rehabilitation is beneficial to improve the various functional disorders of the functional disability of older adults, and help them recover their activities of daily living and improve their quality of life. However, the multi-disciplinary comprehensive management model is still in its infancy in China, and there is a lack of multi-disciplinary full-period comprehensive rehabilitation management exploration for the functional disability of older adults. Therefore, based on the relevant literature, this experts consensus summarizes the rehabilitation evaluation and intervention of the functional disability of older adults from nine functional dimensions: movement, vision, hearing, cognition, swallowing, cardiopulmonary, defecation, psychology and activities of daily life, in order to provide reference for the comprehensive rehabilitation management of the functional disability of older adults.