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| Hirono IshikawaSummaryAffiliation: University of Tokyo Country: Japan Publications
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Patient health literacy and participation in the health-care processHirono Ishikawa
Department of Medicine and Culture, Shiga University of Medical Science, Shiga, and Department of Public Health, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
Health Expect 11:113-22. 2008..We discuss the role of health literacy (HL) in improving patient participation and propose future research in this field...- Measuring functional, communicative, and critical health literacy among diabetic patientsHirono Ishikawa
Department of Hygiene and Public Health, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
Diabetes Care 31:874-9. 2008..This study examined the psychometric properties of newly developed scales for measuring three different levels of HL (i.e., functional, communicative, and critical) in patients with diabetes... - Can nonverbal communication skills be taught?Hirono Ishikawa
Shiga University of Medical Science, Japan
Med Teach 32:860-3. 2010..While nonverbal communication (NVC) is an essential part of a physician's interpersonal skills, it has attracted relatively little attention in medical education... - Patient health literacy and patient-physician information exchange during a visitHirono Ishikawa
Department of Culture and Medicine, Shiga University of Medical Science, Seta tsukinowa cho, Otsu, Shiga 520 2192, Japan
Fam Pract 26:517-23. 2009..Health literacy (HL), the capacity of individuals to access, understand and use health information to make informed and appropriate health-related decisions, is recognized as an important concept in patient education and disease management... - Developing a measure of communicative and critical health literacy: a pilot study of Japanese office workersHirono Ishikawa
Department of Culture and Medicine, Shiga University of Medical Science, Shiga, Japan
Health Promot Int 23:269-74. 2008..These findings were generally as hypothesized, supporting the validity of the HL scale among office workers. Further research on HL is needed to explore the extent and impact of HL on health outcomes... - The relationship of patient participation and diabetes outcomes for patients with high vs. low health literacyHirono Ishikawa
Department of Health Communication, School of Public Health, The University of Tokyo, Japan
Patient Educ Couns 84:393-7. 2011..To examine whether patient participation in medical consultations have differing effects on self-efficacy and diabetes control by the level of patient communicative health literacy (CHL)... - Health literacy and health communicationHirono Ishikawa
Department of Health Communication, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, 7 3 1 Hongo, Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan
Biopsychosoc Med 4:18. 2010..The process underpinning HL involves empowerment, one of the major goals of health communication... - Patient contribution to the medical dialogue and perceived patient-centeredness. An observational study in Japanese geriatric consultationsHirono Ishikawa
Department of Hygiene and Public Health, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
J Gen Intern Med 20:906-10. 2005..Relatively few studies have directly addressed the interaction dynamics and consequences of a companion's presence in the medical visit, and their findings have been contradictory... - Patients' preferences for decision making and the feeling of being understood in the medical encounter among patients with rheumatoid arthritisHirono Ishikawa
Department of Hygiene and Public Health, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
Arthritis Rheum 55:878-83. 2006..To examine how patients' preferences for decision making in the medical encounter affect the association between their participation style and the feeling of being understood by the physician... - Evaluating medical students' non-verbal communication during the objective structured clinical examinationHirono Ishikawa
Department of Hygiene and Public Health, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
Med Educ 40:1180-7. 2006..This study aimed to assess the impact of medical students' NVC on interview evaluations by standardised patients (SPs)... - Patients' perceptions of visit companions' helpfulness during Japanese geriatric medical visitsHirono Ishikawa
Department of Hygiene and Public Health, Teikyo University School of Medicine, 2 11 1 Kaga, Itabashi, Tokyo 173 8605, Japan
Patient Educ Couns 61:80-6. 2006.... - Physician-elderly patient-companion communication and roles of companions in Japanese geriatric encountersHirono Ishikawa
Department of Health Sociology, School of Health Sciences and Nursing, The University of Tokyo, 7 3 1 Hongo, Bunkyo ku, Tokyo 113 0033, Japan
Soc Sci Med 60:2307-20. 2005..Further investigation is needed to explore the communication dynamics in triads and dyads, and its relation to patient outcomes... - Physician-patient communication and patient satisfaction in Japanese cancer consultationsHirono Ishikawa
Department of Health Sociology, School of Health Sciences and Nursing, The University of Tokyo, Hongo, Japan
Soc Sci Med 55:301-11. 2002..On the other hand, physician direction and encouragement was negatively associated with patient satisfaction. Also, patients who asked more questions were less satisfied with the consultation... - The association of the reporting of somatic symptoms with job stress and active coping among Japanese white-collar workersKyoko Nomura
Department of Hygiene and Public Health, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Japan
J Occup Health 49:370-5. 2007..Reporting somatic symptoms may be a simple indicator of job stress, and active coping could be used to alleviate somatization induced by job stress... - The impact of subjective and objective social status on psychological distress among men and women in JapanKeiko Sakurai
Department of Mental Health, School of Public Health, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Soc Sci Med 70:1832-9. 2010..In summary, SSS seems to be a stronger predictor of psychological distress among both men and women in the Japanese community than traditional measures of SES... - Patient autonomy preferences among hypertensive outpatients in a primary care setting in JapanKyoko Nomura
Department of Hygiene and Public Health, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Tokyo
Intern Med 46:1403-8. 2007..To investigate autonomy preferences and the factors to promote active patient participation in a primary care setting in Japan... - Predicting complete loss to follow-up after a health-education program: number of absences and face-to-face contact with a researcherMj Park
Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, 7 3 1 Hongo, Bunkyo ku, Tokyo 113 0033, Japan
BMC Med Res Methodol 11:145. 2011..abstract:.. - The interaction between physician and patient communication behaviors in Japanese cancer consultations and the influence of personal and consultation characteristicsHirono Ishikawa
Department of Health Sociology, School of Health Sciences and Nursing, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Patient Educ Couns 46:277-85. 2002..Further investigation is needed to confirm the causal relationships of these interactions... - Nurse-physician collaboration in pain management for terminally ill cancer patients treated at home in JapanHirono Ishikawa
Department of Hygiene and Public Health, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
J Palliat Care 23:255-61. 2007.... - The perceived need for Japanese nursing faculty members to learn English: issues related to career developmentRyoko Anazawa
Department of Social Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
J Contin Educ Nurs 43:188-91. 2012..Overall, the results indicated that Japanese nurses require continuing English language education. Further study of their need to learn English and ways to implement English education programs is required...