Yasuaki Hayashino

..This study evaluates the statistical and discriminatory powers of three statistical test methods (Begg's, Egger's, and Macaskill's) to detect publication bias in meta-analyses...

..The present study aims to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of screening and determine acceptable strategies...

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

..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...

..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...

..It is not clear whether these guidelines apply to the Japanese population with a different epidemiology of CAD. This study evaluates the applicability of the U.S. guidelines to Japan, taking account of cost-effectiveness...

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

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

..Self-perceived medical errors showed a strong association with physicians' hope, and hope modified the association between physicians' burnout and self-perceived medical errors...

..Blue collar occupation and middle household income were found to be associated with high prevalence of diabetes mellitus...

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

..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...

..We investigated whether providing participants in an exercise programme with regular feedback on their exercise progress affected their adherence to the programme regimen...

..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...

..The objective of this study is to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of using AST-120 to treat patients with type 2 diabetes and advanced-stage CKD...

..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...

..We assessed whether the accuracy of pediatrician recognition of maternal depression during the one-month well-child visit could be improved by an educational intervention using the two-item screening tool...

..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...

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..The impact of preexisting cardiovascular disease (CVD) on glycemic control-improved survival in hemodialysis patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) was investigated. Glycoalbumin (GA) was used as a glycemic marker...

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..Urinary antigen assays offer simplicity and rapidity in diagnosing Legionnaires' disease, though studies report a range of sensitivities. We conducted a systematic review to assess the test characteristics of Legionella urinary antigen...

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..De novo AIH may arise from alloimmunologic injury, marked by clinically obvious episodes of acute rejection...

..To evaluate the joint association of Problem Areas in Diabetes (PAID) Scale scores and glycemic control with diabetes therapy...

..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...

..Epidemiologic data on aspirin use and the risk of diabetes are limited. The Physician's Health Study has accumulated 22 years of follow-up data, including 5 years of randomized data, from 22,071 apparently healthy men...

..To our knowledge, no objective criterion has been identified for the diagnosis of lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS) and no study has evaluated the predictive value of self-reported patient information for the identification of LSS...

..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...

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..To prevent the development of IPTH, appropriate adjustment of immunosuppression and close follow-up is necessary for patients who suffer repeated episodes of rejection...

..3%) were smaller and that of case reports was similar (5.7%). Although the overall contribution from Japan in the field of cardiovascular disease is satisfactory, high-quality clinical research is as meager as in other clinical fields...

..0% in the top quartile (12 to 16). We developed a simple clinical diagnostic support tool to identify patients with LSS. Further studies are needed to validate this tool in primary care settings...

..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...

..Our data suggest that it should be recognized that there are more FMF patients in Japan than previously expected and that the frequency of the E148Q/M694I mutation may be significant in Japanese FMF patients...