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| Yoshimi SuzukamoSummaryAffiliation: Kyoto University Country: Japan Publications
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Psychometric properties of the 25-item National Eye Institute Visual Function Questionnaire (NEI VFQ-25), Japanese versionYoshimi Suzukamo
Department of Epidemiology and Healthcare Research, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
Health Qual Life Outcomes 3:65. 2005..The purpose of this study is to develop and test a Japanese version of the National Eye Institute Visual Function Questionnaire (NEI VFQ-25)...- Psychological adjustment has a greater effect on health-related quality of life than on severity of disease in Parkinson's diseaseYoshimi Suzukamo
Department of Epidemiology and Health Care Research, Graduate School of Medicine and Public Health, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
Mov Disord 21:761-6. 2006..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... - Night-time frequency, sleep disturbance and general health-related quality of life: is there a relation?Koji Yoshimura
Department of Urology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
Int J Urol 16:96-100. 2009..We conducted a community-based study to determine the relationship among night-time frequency, sleep disturbance and general health-related quality of life (GHQL)... - Relation between sleep quality and quantity, quality of life, and risk of developing diabetes in healthy workers in Japan: the High-risk and Population Strategy for Occupational Health Promotion (HIPOP-OHP) StudyYasuaki Hayashino
Department of Epidemiology and Healthcare Research, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
BMC Public Health 7:129. 2007..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... - Effect of feedback in promoting adherence to an exercise programme: a randomized controlled trialMasaaki Shakudo
Department of Epidemiology and Healthcare Research, Kyoto University School of Public Health, Kyoto, Japan
J Eval Clin Pract 17:7-11. 2011..We investigated whether providing participants in an exercise programme with regular feedback on their exercise progress affected their adherence to the programme regimen... - Higher internality of health locus of control is associated with the use of complementary and alternative medicine providers among patients seeking care for acute low-back painRei Ono
Department of Epidemiology and Health Care Research, Graduate School of Medicine and Public Health, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
Clin J Pain 24:725-30. 2008..Here, we examined the relationship between CAM facility visits and internality of HLC in persons with LBP... - Development of a Japanese version of the Epworth Sleepiness Scale (JESS) based on item response theoryMisa Takegami
Department of Epidemiology and Healthcare Research, Graduate School of Medicine and Public Health, Kyoto University, Yoshida konoe cho, Sakyo ku, Kyoto 606 8501, Japan
Sleep Med 10:556-65. 2009..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)... - Lifestyle and work predictors of fatigue in Japanese manufacturing workersShin Yamazaki
Department of Epidemiology and Healthcare Research, Graduate School of Medicine and Public Health, Kyoto University, Yoshida Konoecho, Sakyo ku, Kyoto 606 8501, Japan
Occup Med (Lond) 57:262-9. 2007..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... - Differences between bothersome and non-bothersome night-time frequencyKoji Yoshimura
Department of Urology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
Neurourol Urodyn 26:1014-9. 2007..To determine the distributions of bothersome and non-bothersome nocturnal voiding and the differences between them using a community-based study... - Dialysis staff encouragement and fluid control adherence in patients on hemodialysisYoko Yokoyama
Department of Epidemiologyand Healthcare Research, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
Nephrol Nurs J 36:289-97. 2009..The authors examined the association between dialysis staff encouragement and fluid control adherence in patients on hemodialysis... - Validation of the Japanese version of the Roland-Morris Disability QuestionnaireYoshimi Suzukamo
Department of Epidemiology and Health Care Research, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine and Public Health, Yoshida Konoe-cho, Sakyo-ku, 606-8501, Kyoto, Japan
J Orthop Sci 8:543-8. 2003..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... - Development of a Japanese version of the Oral Impacts on Daily Performance (OIDP) scale: a pilot studyMariko Naito
Department of Preventive Medicine Biostatistics and Medical Decision Making, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
J Oral Sci 49:259-64. 2007..05). Based on the results, the questionnaire was re-evaluated. A back translation was produced and approved by the original author. Further assessment and validation of this scale is needed in a study with larger sample size... - Prospective evaluation of selection criteria for active surveillance in Japanese patients with stage T1cN0M0 prostate cancerYoshiyuki Kakehi
Department of Urology, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa University, 1750 1 Ikenobe, Miki cho, Kita gun, Kagawa 761 0793, Japan
Jpn J Clin Oncol 38:122-8. 2008..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... - Health related quality of life in Japanese men with localized prostate cancer treated with current multiple modalities assessed by a newly developed Japanese version of the Expanded Prostate Cancer Index CompositeYoshiyuki Kakehi
Department of Urology, Kagawa University Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa, Japan
J Urol 177:1856-61. 2007..We evaluated psychometric properties of the Japanese version of the Extended Prostate Cancer Index Composite... - [Validation of the Japanese SF-36 v2 acute form in patients with chronic kidney disease]Takeshi Hasegawa
Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Showa University Fujigaoka Hospital, Kanagawa, Japan
Nihon Jinzo Gakkai Shi 50:42-50. 2008..We evaluated the validity and reliability of the Japanese SF-36v2 acute form in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD)... - Linguistic adaptation and validation of the General Oral Health Assessment Index (GOHAI) in an elderly Japanese populationMariko Naito
Department of Preventive Medicine Biostatistics and Medical Decision Making, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, 65 Tsurumai Cho, Showa Ku, Nagoya 466 8550, Japan
J Public Health Dent 66:273-5. 2006..This study sought to develop a Japanese version of the General Oral Health Assessment Index (GOHAI) and validate its use in an elderly Japanese population... - Validation of the Japanese version of the Quality of Life-Assessment of Growth Hormone Deficiency in Adults (QoL-AGHDA)Yoshimi Suzukamo
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, 2 1 Seiryo cho, Aoba ku, Sendai 980 8575, Japan
Growth Horm IGF Res 16:340-7. 2006..To evaluate validity and reliability of the Japanese version of the Quality of Life-Assessment of Growth Hormone Deficiency in Adults (QoL-AGHDA)... - Development of Japanese version of the UCLA Prostate Cancer Index: a pilot validation studyYoshiyuki Kakehi
Department of Urology, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa Medical University, 1750 1 Ikenobe, Miki cho, Kagawa 761 0793, Japan
Int J Clin Oncol 7:306-11. 2002..The patients simultaneously responded to the Japanese version of the RAND 36-Item Health Survey (SF-36) and five representative questions from the International Index of Erectile Function (IIEF)... - Correlation of low back pain with functional status, general health perception, social participation, subjective happiness, and patient satisfactionYoshiaki Takeyachi
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Fukushima Medical University, School of Medicine, Fukushima City, Japan
Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 28:1461-6; discussion 1467. 2003..A cross-sectional and epidemiologic study investigated low back pain... - [Quality of life evaluation of age-related macular degeneration]Mitsuko Yuzawa
Department of Ophthalmology, Nihon University School of Medicine, Surugadai Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
Nippon Ganka Gakkai Zasshi 108:368-74. 2004..CONCLUSION: The VFQ-25-assessed QOL of AMD patients was lower than that of glaucoma or cataract patients. Visual acuity, absolute central scotoma and the existence of exudative AMD influenced the QOL in AMD patients... - A cross-sectional study of alcohol drinking and health-related quality of life among male workers in JapanIsao Saito
Department of Public Health, Nara Medical University
J Occup Health 47:496-503. 2005..Although light and moderate alcohol drinkers are likely to have better subjective health, the sub-scales for subjective health have not been well documented... - Japanese version of the Dermatology Life Quality Index: validity and reliability in patients with acneNatsuko Takahashi
Institute for Health Outcomes and Process Evaluation Research, Tokyo, Japan
Health Qual Life Outcomes 4:46. 2006..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... - Validation of the Burden Index of Caregivers (BIC), a multidimensional short care burden scale from JapanMitsunori Miyashita
Department of Adult Nursing Palliative Care Nursing, School of Health Sciences and Nursing, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Health Qual Life Outcomes 4:52. 2006..The results were used to finalize the feeling of care burden scale (BIC: burden index of caregivers), and verify its reliability and validity... - [Translation and adaptation of the UCLA prostate cancer index for use in Japan]Yoshimi Suzukamo
Department of Epidemiology and Health-Care Research, Kyoto University
Nippon Hinyokika Gakkai Zasshi 93:659-68. 2002..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... - Analysis linking UCLA PCI with Expanded Prostate Cancer Index Composite: an evaluation of health related quality of life in Japanese men with localized prostate cancerShunichi Namiki
Department of Urology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
J Urol 178:473-7; discussion 477. 2007..We evaluated the correspondence between UCLA PCI and the Extended Prostate Cancer Index Composite for Japanese patients with localized prostate cancer... - Development of a diabetes diet-related quality-of-life scaleEiko Sato
Department of Adult Nursing Terminal and Long Term Care Nursing, School of Health Science and Nursing, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, 7 3 1 Hongo, Bunkyo ku, Tokyo, 113 0033 Japan
Diabetes Care 27:1271-5. 2004..The purpose of this study was to assess the reliability and validity of the Diabetes Diet-Related Quality-of-Life (DDRQOL) scale, which is a measure of the influence of diet therapy on patients' quality of life (QOL)... - [The Japanese translation and cultural adaptation of Expanded Prostate Cancer Index Composite (EPIC)]Misa Takegami
Department of Outcome Research, Institute for Health Outcomes and Process Evaluation Research
Nippon Hinyokika Gakkai Zasshi 96:657-69. 2005..The original developed approved all revisions. CONCLUSION: We translated and adapted the original EPIC to the Japanese culture. The Japanese version of EPIC was found to be functional in the pretest... - Preparing a version of the Nottingham Adjustment Scale (for psychological adjustment) tailored to osteoarthritis of the hipYurie Koyama
Department of Adult Nursing/Palliative Care Nursing, School of Health Sciences and Nursing, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
J Orthop Sci 11:359-64. 2006..Furthermore, seven factors comprising 27 items with high internal consistency were incorporated into NAS-J-HIP. This scale can be used to assess the psychological adaptation of hip osteoarthritis patients... - [Validation of the Japanese version of the Parkinson's Disease Questionnaire]Junko Kohmoto
Department of Neurology, Wakayama Medical University
Rinsho Shinkeigaku 43:71-6. 2003..Results of comparison of PDQ-39 with other scales of the QOL such as NAS-J suggest the possibility that acceptance of the disease and feelings of self-achievement improve the QOL of patients with Parkinson's disease... - Relationship of health status and social support to the life satisfaction of older adultsChih Wen Wang
Department of Rehabilitation Medicine for People with Physical Disability, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai 980 8575, Japan
Tohoku J Exp Med 198:141-9. 2002..When preparing health promotion strategies for older adults, results of gender differences as they related to social support and life satisfaction should be applied in practice... - Effect of coaching on psychological adjustment in patients with spinocerebellar degeneration: a pilot studyShin Ichi Izumi
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
Clin Rehabil 21:987-96. 2007..To examine effect of coaching intervention on psychological adjustment to illness and health-related QOL (HRQOL) in patients with spinocerebellar degeneration... - Health-related quality of life in Japanese men with localized prostate cancer: assessment with the SF-8Mikio Sugimoto
Department of Urology, Kagawa University Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa, Japan
Int J Urol 15:524-8. 2008..To evaluate health related quality of life (HRQOL) using the Medical Outcomes Study 8-items Short Form Health Survey (SF-8) questionnaire in Japanese patients with early prostate cancer...