S Fukuhara

..Patient-reported quality of life is strongly affected by some dermatologic conditions. We developed a Japanese version of the Dermatology Life Quality Index (DLQI-J) and used psychometric methods to examine its validity and reliability...

..The purpose of this study is to develop and test a Japanese version of the National Eye Institute Visual Function Questionnaire (NEI VFQ-25)...

..Removing the 2 anxiety-related items from the MHI-5 yields the MHI-3. We assessed the performance of the Japanese versions of the MHI-5 and MHI-3 in detecting depressive symptoms in the general population of Japan...

..In this study, we bibliographically analyze the reporting of randomized controlled trials (RCT) conducted in Japan that used a QOL instrument...

..The results were used to finalize the feeling of care burden scale (BIC: burden index of caregivers), and verify its reliability and validity...

..The objective of this study is to investigate the effect of self-reported sleep duration and sleep quality on the risk of developing diabetes in a prospective cohort in Japan...

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..COPD treatment guidelines are available worldwide, yet it is not known how widely they are followed. This study evaluated the clinical care of COPD patients in Japan as compared to guideline recommendations...

..Dialysis is widely available, but reimbursement rates have recently been reduced. Clinical outcomes of dialysis are better in Japan than in other countries, but this may change given recent ESRD cost containment policies...

..The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of treatment with prostaglandin E1, Liple, on both the physical and emotional health-related quality of life (QOL) of patients with arteriosclerosis obliterans (ASO)...

..Vitality increased significantly only in those patients with the greatest increases in Hb concentration and in those with higher final Hb concentrations...

..27, 95% CI, 1.01-1.59). Hemodialysis patients in Japan with symptoms of depression are given not antidepressants but benzodiazepines, a practice associated with higher mortality...

..The experiences of other countries provide the opportunity for Japan to learn how utility scores may be used in cost-utility analyses of healthcare technologies...

..However, no study has examined the likelihood of developing severe pruritus in patients on HD with depressive symptoms...

..We investigated the impact of HRQoL on mortality risk in patients with diabetes on haemodialysis...

..Acute administration of oolong tea decreases blood glucose levels. We investigated the association between long-term oolong tea intake and subsequent risk of developing diabetes among men of working age...

..Objective. To evaluate the longitudinal association between depressive symptoms and subsequent risk of developing severe bodily pain in dialysis patients. Design. Prospective cohort study...

..There are few data on the target level of glycaemic control among patients with diabetes on haemodialysis. We investigated the impact of glycaemic control on mortality risk among diabetic patients on haemodialysis...

..We investigated changes in SF-36 over 1 year and examined associations between clinical parameters and SF-36 in predialysis CRF patients...

..The aim of this study was to evaluate the relation between pre-nephrology visit (PNV) and 1-yr patient survival after hemodialysis (HD) induction...

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..726). In conclusion, higher fasting glucose level was associated with the risk of diabetes, and we found a threshold in the association between fasting blood glucose levels and risk of diabetes in an Asian population...

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..To examine the responsiveness of quality of life (QoL) associated with changes in clinical indices relevant to GH deficiency (GHD) in Japanese hypopituitary adults...

..Fatigue is one of the most common symptoms encountered in medical practice. However, little is known about the causal relationship between change in lifestyle and fatigue...

..Physical activity is associated with health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in the general population, but the effects may be different between sexes. In addition, the effects on resource utilization are not well elucidated...

..The time period of such treatment sufficient to lower BP in OSA patients is also not known. We investigated compliance with long-term nCPAP therapy and its effects on BP...

..These factors should be considered as balancing variables for randomization in future clinical studies...

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..The prevalence of OSA in Mets subjects has not been established, although the converse (i.e., the prevalence of Mets in OSA subjects) has been investigated several times...

..Pre-dialysis early referral is associated with improved survival in patients on dialysis. Here, we examined the association between pre-dialysis early referral and post-dialysis Mental Health (MH) in hemodialysis patients...

..Our goal was to document international differences in HRQOL among dialysis patients and to identify possible explanations of those differences...

..This finding suggests that, in addition to any suppression of the progression of symptoms, psychological intervention may also be effective in enhancing the HRQL of patients with PD...

..We investigated the response shift in Epworth Sleepiness Scale scores before and after nCPAP...

..The purpose of the present paper was to evaluate the performance of a concise, two-question screening tool in the detection of mothers with postpartum depressive symptoms who had a high EPDS score...

..Building up a better and equal patient-doctor relationship based on trust is a key issue in medical research, and it is mandatory to fill the gap in perception regarding medical research between them through fully informed debates...

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..Various Japanese versions of the Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS) have been used, but none was developed via standard procedures. Here we report on the construction and testing of the developer-authorized Japanese version of the ESS (JESS)...

..To overcome these information barriers in Japan, progress may be aided by the adoption of approaches used in other countries for data collection and guideline development...

..We explored the effects of this calcium concentration on health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in hemodialysis patients...

..We expect this study to provide evidence regarding factors that affect outcomes in hemodialysis patients with secondary hyperparathyroidism...

..It is still unclear whether patients with diabetes feel excessive daytime sleepiness or dose/sleep during driving in patients more frequently...

..The authors examined the association between dialysis staff encouragement and fluid control adherence in patients on hemodialysis...

..To aid in the identification of patients with moderate-to-severe sleep-disordered breathing (SDB), we developed and validated a simple screening tool applicable to both clinical and community settings...

..To evaluate the relationship between frequency of pruritic symptoms experienced over a 1-month period and psychological stress...

..Daytime sleepiness estimated by ESS differs with the sex and age, possibly related to bio-medical and socio-medical factors. Further research is need to detail this problem...

..These results suggest that the current system for treating leukemic diseases of children in Japan should also include close monitoring of mothers' mental health, and provision of appropriate treatment and psycho-social support...

..To examine the association of hourly time lagged concentration of ambient particulate matter and death due to stroke...

..Here, we examined the relationship between CAM facility visits and internality of HLC in persons with LBP...

..There have been no studies of the relationship between violent behavior by older patients and the physical and mental health of caregivers...

..Plasma ghrelin is decreased in obese and increased in lean individuals. Of the two circulating forms of ghrelin, acylated and unacylated, the former is thought to be essential for the biological activity of ghrelin...

..The effect of the presence of pressure ulcers on burden of caregivers is unknown. We investigated the relationship between the state of pressure ulcers in vulnerable elderly patients and the burden on their informal caregivers...

..0002). The adiponectin level, but not the TRX level, was correlated with the BMI (n = 53; p = 0.02). Plasma TRX may be a unique marker for evaluating oxidative stress and monitoring the effectiveness of nCPAP in OSA patients...

..We investigated the impact of active smoking and exposure to passive smoke on the risk of developing diabetes...

..The present study aimed to clarify whether the effectiveness may be extrapolated to IgAN with minor urinary abnormalities, and whether the effectiveness may depend on the histological severity with minor urinary abnormalities...

..The Japanese version of the RDQ is a useful scale that is easy to use with reliability, validity, and responsiveness when assessing patients with low back pain...

..Although sleep problems are a serious public concern, it is not clear if the presence of depression or multiple comorbid conditions has an additive or multiplicative effect on sleep quality...

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..The results suggested that individuals may use medical information for different purposes according to the types of health-related attribution beliefs...

..Responsiveness was comparable to that of the SF36. CONCLUSIONS: This Japanese version of the IBDQ is reliable, valid, and responsive for assessing disease-specific quality of life in patients with Crohn's disease...

..The relationship between aspirin use and arteriovenous fistula (AVF) survival has been lacking. The aim of this study was to evaluate the association between AVF survival and aspirin use...

..CES-D can help identify hemodialysis patients who are at higher risk of death and hospitalization. Interventions should target these patients with the goal to improve survival and reduce hospitalizations...

..CONCLUSIONS: The beneficial effects of IVAA on erythropoiesis and HRQOL were not demonstrated in unselected HD patients. Indication of IVAA for HD patients leaves room for further study...

..Three months after discharge, mean scores of all SF-36 subscales had returned to baseline levels. These data show that the adverse effects of BMH on donors' HRQOL are transient and can be minimized by better management of pain...

..Female gender and high information requirement may be associated with high preoperative anxiety...

..05, p < 0.05, respectively). In conclusion, physical activity is associated with the nocturnal dip in blood pressure. Moreover, physical activity correlates with some of the factors of HRQOL...

..More research is needed to assess whether interventions to improve quality of life lower these risks among hemodialysis patients...

..CONCLUSION: We conducted translation and cross-cultural adaptation of the Japanese version of UCLA PCI. Pilot testing proved to be useful in refining items and response choices...

..However, small but encouraging steps are now being taken towards the introduction of economic evaluations in Japanese medicine...

..Few studies and no international comparisons have examined the impact of multiple chronic conditions on populations using a comprehensive health-related quality of life (HRQL) questionnaire...

..Considerable controversy exists over the impact of the biocompatibility and flux characteristics of dialyzer membranes on anemia in chronic hemodialysis patients...

..To evaluate validity and reliability of the Japanese version of the Quality of Life-Assessment of Growth Hormone Deficiency in Adults (QoL-AGHDA)...

..We evaluated psychometric properties of the Japanese version of the Extended Prostate Cancer Index Composite...

..To identify modifiable factors associated with health-related quality of life (HRQOL) among chronic hemodialysis patients...

..Ambient air pollution may affect the health related quality of life (HRQOL) of people, as assessed by the vitality (VT) and mental health (MH) domains of the SF-36 health survey (SF-36)...

..These findings have important therapeutic implications for Japanese HD patients...

..It has been believed that patient preferences are understood intuitively by family and caregivers. However, there are no data to support this assumption...

..Health locus of control influences health-related behaviour, but its association with healthcare use is unclear...

..The relationship between medication prescription and sexual dysfunction (SD) in dialysis patients is unclear...

..Although light and moderate alcohol drinkers are likely to have better subjective health, the sub-scales for subjective health have not been well documented...

..Poor sleep quality (SQ) affects many haemodialysis (HD) patients and could potentially predict their morbidity, mortality, quality of life (QOL) and patterns of medication use...

..Worldwide statistics on practice patterns regarding "do not resuscitate" (DNR) orders and patient withdrawal from hemodialysis have not been uniformly collected or analyzed...

..Our aim was to analyze the incidence of new onset chest symptoms for the period of a month and to evaluate the possible association of these chest symptoms with demographic, socioeconomic or clinical characteristics...

..Selection criteria for active surveillance (AS) program of localized prostate cancer remain to be standardized. The purpose was to evaluate the validity of selection criteria and investigate the feasibility of this AS program...

..We evaluated the validity and reliability of the Japanese SF-36v2 acute form in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD)...

..This study suggests that the HRQOL is an effective tool for evaluating the many impacts of road transportation on aspects of health...

..This study evaluated the effect of self-reported 1-way travel time to hemodialysis on mortality, health-related quality of life (HR-QOL), adherence, withdrawal from dialysis therapy, hospitalization, and transplantation...

..International results consistently showed higher transplantation rates for younger, healthier, better-educated, and higher income patients...

..Hypercalcaemia and high parathyroid hormone (PTH) levels are aetiological factors of psychological disorders. We examined the association between mineral metabolism abnormalities and mental health in Japanese-DOPPS patients...