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Wang YH, Chien WC, Chung CH, Her YN, Yao CY, Lee BL, Li FL, Wan FJ, Tzeng NS. Acute Mountain Sickness and the Risk of Subsequent Psychiatric Disorders-A Nationwide Cohort Study in Taiwan. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2023; 20:2868. [PMID: 36833565 PMCID: PMC9957283 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph20042868] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2022] [Revised: 01/24/2023] [Accepted: 01/30/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
Abstract
We aim to explore if there is a relationship between acute mountain sickness (AMS) and the risk of psychiatric disorders in Taiwan by using the National Health Insurance Research Database for to the rare studies on this topic. We enrolled 127 patients with AMS, and 1270 controls matched for sex, age, monthly insured premiums, comorbidities, seasons for medical help, residences, urbanization level, levels of care, and index dates were chosen from 1 January 2000 to 31 December 2015. There were 49 patients with AMS and 140 controls developed psychiatric disorders within the 16-year follow-up. The Fine-Gray model analyzed that the patients with AMS were prone to have a greater risk for the development of psychiatric disorders with an adjusted sub-distribution hazard ratio (sHRs) of 10.384 (95% confidence interval [CI]: 7.267-14.838, p < 0.001) for psychiatric disorders. The AMS group was associated with anxiety disorders, depressive disorders, bipolar disorder, sleep disorders, posttraumatic stress disorder/acute stress disorder, psychotic disorder, and substance-related disorder (SRD). The relationship between anxiety, depression, sleep disorders, SRD, and AMS still persisted even after we excluded the psychiatric disorders within the first five years after AMS. There was an association between AMS and the rising risk of psychiatric disorders in the 16 years of long-term follow-up research.
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Affiliation(s)
- Ya-Hsuan Wang
- Department of Psychiatry, Tri-Service General Hospital, School of Medicine, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei City 11490, Taiwan
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- Department of Medical Research, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei City 11490, Taiwan
- School of Public Health, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei City 11490, Taiwan
- Taiwanese Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion Association, Taipei City 11490, Taiwan
- Graduate Institute of Life Sciences, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei City 11490, Taiwan
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- Department of Medical Research, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei City 11490, Taiwan
- School of Public Health, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei City 11490, Taiwan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Tri-Service General Hospital, School of Medicine, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei City 11490, Taiwan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Tri-Service General Hospital, School of Medicine, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei City 11490, Taiwan
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- Department of Plastic Surgery, Yonghe Cardinal Tien Hospital, New Taipei City 23148, Taiwan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Tri-Service General Hospital, School of Medicine, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei City 11490, Taiwan
- Department of Medical Research, Tri-Service General Hospital, Beitou Branch, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei City 11243, Taiwan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Tri-Service General Hospital, School of Medicine, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei City 11490, Taiwan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Tri-Service General Hospital, School of Medicine, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei City 11490, Taiwan
- Student Counseling Center, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei City 11490, Taiwan
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Tzeng NS, Chung CH, Chang CC, Chang HA, Kao YC, Chang SY, Chien WC. What could we learn from SARS when facing the mental health issues related to the COVID-19 outbreak? A nationwide cohort study in Taiwan. Transl Psychiatry 2020; 10:339. [PMID: 33024072 PMCID: PMC7538046 DOI: 10.1038/s41398-020-01021-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2020] [Revised: 09/10/2020] [Accepted: 09/22/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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There were several studies about the psychiatric and mental health issues related to the severe adult respiratory syndrome (SARS) outbreak in 2003, however, the association between SARS and the overall risk of psychiatric disorders and suicides has, as yet, to be studied in Taiwan. The aim of this study is to examine as to whether SARS is associated with the risk of psychiatric disorders and suicide. A total of 285 patients with SARS and 2850 controls without SARS (1:10) matched for sex, age, insurance premium, comorbidities, residential regions, level of medical care, and index date were selected between February 25 and June 15, 2003 from the Inpatient Database Taiwan's National Health Insurance Research Database. During the 12-year follow-up, in which 79 in the SARS cohort and 340 in the control group developed psychiatric disorders or suicide (4047.41 vs. 1535.32 per 100,000 person-years). Fine and Gray's survival analysis revealed that the SARS cohort was associated with an increased risk of psychiatric disorders and suicide, and the adjusted subdistribution HR (sHR) was 2.805 (95% CI: 2.182-3.605, p < 0.001) for psychiatric disorders and suicide. The SARS cohort was associated with anxiety, depression, sleep disorders, posttraumatic stress disorder/acute stress disorder (PTSD/ASD), and suicide. The sensitivity analysis revealed that the SARS group was associated with anxiety, depression, sleep disorders, PTSD/ASD, and suicide after the individuals with a diagnosis of psychiatric disorders and suicide were excluded within the first year, and with anxiety, depression, and sleep disorders, while those in the first five years were excluded. In conclusion, SARS was associated with the increased risk of psychiatric disorders and suicide.
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- Nian-Sheng Tzeng
- Department of Psychiatry, Tri-Service General Hospital, School of Medicine, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
- Student Counseling Center, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Medical Research, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
- School of Public Health, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
- Taiwanese Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion Association, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Tri-Service General Hospital, School of Medicine, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Tri-Service General Hospital, School of Medicine, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
- Student Counseling Center, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Tri-Service General Hospital, School of Medicine, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
- Department of Psychiatry, Tri-Service General Hospital, Song-Shan Branch, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Medicine, Department of Medicine, Tri-Service General Hospital, School of Medicine, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
- Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Medical Research, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan.
- School of Public Health, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan.
- Taiwanese Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion Association, Taipei, Taiwan.
- Graduate Institute of Life Sciences, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan.
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Zhang Y, Yang J, Chen Y, Lv J, Zhang J, Zhang Y, Zhao X, Fang H, Liu C, Zhang Q, Cui X, Wang X, Gao F. iTRAQ-Based Proteomics Analysis of Plasma of Myasthenia Gravis Patients Treated with Jia Wei Bu Zhong Yi Qi Decoction. EVIDENCE-BASED COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE : ECAM 2019; 2019:9147072. [PMID: 31915455 PMCID: PMC6930785 DOI: 10.1155/2019/9147072] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2019] [Revised: 09/04/2019] [Accepted: 10/01/2019] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Myasthenia gravis (MG) is an autoimmune disease. A proportion of MG patients did not get satisfactory results after treatment with pyridostigmine and prednisone. Jia Wei Bu Zhong Yi Qi (Jia Wei BZYQ) decoction, a water extract from multiple herbs, has been demonstrated to be effective in the treatment of multiple "Qi deficiency type" diseases including MG in China. In this text, we investigated protein alterations in the plasma from healthy volunteers (C), MG patients without any treatment (T1), MG patients with routine western medical treatment (T2), and MG patients with combined treatments of Jia Wei BZYQ decoction and routine western medicines (T3) and identified some potential proteins involved in the pathogenesis and treatment of MG. iTRAQ (isobaric tags for relative and absolute quantitation) and 2D-LC-MS/MS (two-dimensional liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry technologies) were employed to screen differentially expressed proteins. The identification, quantification, functional annotation, and interaction of proteins were analyzed by matching software and databases. In our project, 618 proteins were identified, among which 447 proteins had quantitative data. The number of differentially expressed proteins was 110, 117, 143, 115, 86, and 158 in T1 vs. C, T2 vs. C, T2 vs. T1, T3 vs. C, T3 vs. T1, and T3 vs. T2 groups, respectively. Functional annotation results showed that many differentially expressed proteins were closely associated with immune responses. For instance, some key proteins such as C-reactive protein, apolipoprotein C-III, apolipoprotein A-II, alpha-actinin-1, and thrombospondin-1 have been found to be abnormally expressed in T3 group compared to T1 group or T2 group. Interaction network analyses also provided some potential biomarkers or targets for MG management.
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- Yunke Zhang
- School of Rehabilitation Medicine, Henan University of Chinese Medicine, No. 156 Jinshui East Road, Zhengzhou City, Henan Province 450008, China
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- Department of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Henan University of Chinese Medicine, No. 19, Renmin Road, Zhengzhou City, Henan Province 450000, China
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- Department of Neurology, Pingdingshan Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, Henan No. 4 Courtyard, North Section of Zhongxing Road, Pingdingshan City 467000, China
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- Department of Neuroimmunology Research, Henan Institute of Medical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhengzhou University, Henan, No. 40, University Road, Zhengzhou City, Henan Province 450052, China
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- Department of Neuroimmunology Research, Henan Institute of Medical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhengzhou University, Henan, No. 40, University Road, Zhengzhou City, Henan Province 450052, China
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- Department of Neuroimmunology Research, Henan Institute of Medical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhengzhou University, Henan, No. 40, University Road, Zhengzhou City, Henan Province 450052, China
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- Department of Neuroimmunology Research, Henan Institute of Medical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhengzhou University, Henan, No. 40, University Road, Zhengzhou City, Henan Province 450052, China
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- Department of Neuroimmunology Research, Henan Institute of Medical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhengzhou University, Henan, No. 40, University Road, Zhengzhou City, Henan Province 450052, China
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- Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, No. 11, North Third Ring Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100029, China
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- Myasthenia Gravis Comprehensive Diagnosis and Treatment Center, Henan Provincial People's Hospital, No. 7, Weiwu Road, Zhengzhou City, Henan Province 450003, China
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- Myasthenia Gravis Comprehensive Diagnosis and Treatment Center, Henan Provincial People's Hospital, No. 7, Weiwu Road, Zhengzhou City, Henan Province 450003, China
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- Henan University of Chinese Medicine, No. 156 Jinshui East Road, Zhengzhou City, Henan Province 450008, China
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- Department of Neuroimmunology Research, Henan Institute of Medical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhengzhou University, Henan, No. 40, University Road, Zhengzhou City, Henan Province 450052, China
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Pinworm infections associated with risk of psychiatric disorders-A nationwide cohort study in Taiwan: Pinworm infections and psychiatric disorders. Compr Psychiatry 2019; 93:14-19. [PMID: 31280142 DOI: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2019.02.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2018] [Revised: 12/20/2018] [Accepted: 02/12/2019] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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AIM This study aimed to investigate the association between males with pinworm infections and the risk of developing psychiatric disorders. METHOD A total of 2044 enrolled patients, with 511 pinworm subjects and 1533 unexposed subjects (1:3) matched for sex, age and index year, from Taiwan's Longitudinal Health Insurance Database (LHID) from 2000 to 2015, selected from the National Health Insurance Research Database (NHIRD). After adjusting for confounding factors, the Cox regression model was used to compare the risk of developing psychiatric disorders during the 15 years of follow-up. RESULTS Of all the enrollees, 24 in the pinworm cohort and 18 in the unexposed cohort (343.10 vs 84.96 per 100,000 person-year) developed psychiatric disorders. The Cox regression model revealed that, after adjusting for sex, age, monthly income, urbanization level, geographic region, and comorbidities, the adjusted HR was 4.581 (95% CI: 2.214-9.480, p < .001, p < .001). Pinworm infections were associated with the increased risk in anxiety disorders, depressive disorders, and sleep disorders, respectively. CONCLUSION Patients who suffered from pinworm infections have a higher risk of developing psychiatric disorders, and this finding should be considered as a timely reminder for the clinicians to provide much more attention for these patients because of their mental health issues.
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