A5046658407- Workplace Health and Well-being
- Health, psychology, and well-being
- Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout
- Homelessness and Social Issues
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research
- Sleep and related disorders
- Sleep and Work-Related Fatigue
- Intimate Partner and Family Violence
- Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
- Employment and Welfare Studies
- Work-Family Balance Challenges
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Health and Wellbeing Research
- School Health and Nursing Education
- Resilience and Mental Health
- Asthma and respiratory diseases
- Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression
- Occupational Health and Safety Research
- Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
- Therapeutic Uses of Natural Elements
- Workplace Violence and Bullying
- Youth Substance Use and School Attendance
- Ethics in medical practice
University of Tsukuba
2015-2024
Tsukuba International University
2023
Otsuka (Japan)
2019
Suzuki (Japan)
2019
YKK (Japan)
2019
Bando Chemical Industries (Japan)
2008
This study was designed to investigate how the interaction between ability of medical residents (doctors in postgraduate training) cope with stress and their working conditions might affect level job-related stress.A self-administered questionnaire distributed 549 first-year at 38 education hospitals Japan, 1-2 months after start clinical training. The questionnaires contained 29-item Sense Coherence (SOC) Scale, Brief Scales for Job Stress (BSJS), 12-item General Health Questionnaire...
<sec> <title>BACKGROUND</title> Long working hours are a risk factor for short sleep duration among workers, suggesting that high stress under long is associated with sleep. Sense of coherence (SOC) dispositional orientation allows individuals to be more resilient stressors in daily life. High SOC can maintain hours. </sec> <title>OBJECTIVE</title> This study aimed investigate the interaction between and on total time Japanese workers. We hypothesized higher would less susceptible reduction...
Mental health management in the workplace has attracted increasing attention recent years. As sleep is an essential physiological function that strongly related to mental condition, easy and daily considered for maintaining good health. In this paper, we detected roll-over movements during using a wearable armband-shaped sensor, SenseWear Pro<inf>2</inf> Armband. We then classified depth into two stages, light deep sleep, based on frequency. also propose new index designated Sleep Quality...
The rapid introduction of teleworking due to the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic has led concerns about increases in cyberbullying (CB) worldwide. However, little is known workplace CB non-Western countries. first objective was clarify prevalence and characteristics regarding victimization Japan. second demonstrate psychological outcomes combination with traditional bullying (TB).We conducted an anonymous, cross-sectional, Internet-based survey targeting regular employees Japan (N = 1200)...
Abstract Background Flourishing, defined as the coexistence of hedonic and eudaimonic well-being, is most favorable end mental health spectrum. A growing body evidence has demonstrated association between flourishing work-related outcomes. However, epidemiology scarce in Japan. Moreover, relationship occupational stress not been elaborated. Therefore, aim this study was to elucidate (1) prevalence (2) among Japanese workers. Methods The present survey conducted from February March 2017 via...
Previous studies have reported an association between family relationships and suicidal behavior, found that people with high ideation are not likely to consult others about their distress. An effective consulting service is therefore necessary for such individuals. Crisis hotlines reducing suicide risk, but associated rate odds ratio of problems children remain unclear. The present study investigated the callers under 20 years age (N = 24,333) Japanese crisis hotline in 2012. There were...
A growing body of evidence has demonstrated the associations between social capital and health. In residential or geographical areas, attracted attention for its protective effects against suicide. However, to this date, relationship suicidal ideation is not fully elaborated in occupational setting. Therefore, aim present study was examine association workplace past year among employees Japan.A cross-sectional, web-based survey conducted February/March 2017 via an anonymous self-administered...
Hotline callers do not always have suicidal ideation and previous studies noted that the rate of such is limited. Crisis hotline counselors must be able to identify high‐risk in order provide appropriate support. This study investigated characteristics Japanese crisis 2012 ( N = 541,694) first analyze data for all parts Japan over 1 year. About 14% had 6% a history attempted suicide. The odds ratio among those with suicide was 15.5. much smaller compared other countries. There psychological...
The aim of this study was to examine potential differences the associations between mental health and lifestyle factors across a wide range age.In August/September 2011, data were collected from 4693 males (age 51.6 ± 19.5) 5678 females 52.4 19.4) living in Kanazawa, Japan. A cross-sectional community-based survey conducted with self-administered questionnaire including General Health Questionnaire (GHQ) 12-item version, sociodemographic, factors. Associations GHQ scores other variables...
Background It remains unclear how fear of COVID-19 and resilience are related to psychological distress based on occupations among healthcare workers (HCWs) in hospitals treating patients with COVID-19. We conducted a survey the mental health HCWs during pandemic determine relationship between factors such as well each occupation HCWs. Methods web-based at seven Japan from December 24, 2020 March 31, 2021. A total 634 participants were analyzed, information regarding their socio-demographic...
Via a large scale cross-sectional study among Japanese white color workers, the authors aimed to elucidate: (1) distributions of Sense Coherence (SOC), which reflect stress coping abilities, (2) Brief Scale for Coping Profile (BSCP) profiles stressors; (3) and association between SOC BSCP. Anonymous self-administered questionnaires were sent 20,742 employees at educational research institutions in Tsukuba Research Park City. A total 12,009 (57.9%) workers completed returned questionnaire;...
Tsuchiya and Kaneko1) had isolated a substance exhibiting ultraviolet absorption maxima (in heptane) at 231, 290, 315mμ from rice bran oil named it oryzanol. Utilizing the fact that oryzanol is phenolic substance, removed of free fatty acids by sodium carbonate in dichloroethane solution was passed through an alumina column adsorbed eluted. This as ether solution, purified transiting to potassium hydroxide further recrystallized crystalline acetylated fractionally ethyl acetate, separating...
Overweight and poor psychological well-being are becoming serious health issues in the Japanese workplace. Concurrence of those physical mental conditions has been pointed out, especially middle-aged workers. Therefore, we tried to determine common risk factors for body weight gain deterioration male office workers using a five-year follow-up study.We administered General Health Questionnaire-12 (GHQ-12) as an indicator 110 with ages ranging from 40-59 years, analyzed influence several...
Enhancement of a Sense Coherence and Natural Killer Cell Activity which Occurred in Subjects who Improved their Exercise Habits through Health Education the Workplace: Hiroyuki Nakamura, et al. Department Environmental Preventive Medicine, Graduate School Medical Science, Kanazawa University — We have previously demonstrated that sense coherence (SOC), candidate for mediating stress factor, is involved natural killer cell activity (NKCA) reduced smokers, whereas relationship among exercise,...
An online survey examined the effects of parental bonding during childhood on adult workers’ stress-coping ability (Sense Coherence) and stress reactions (General Health Questionnaire Self-Rating Depression Scale). Participants who completed questionnaire were grouped into optimal poor groups. Analyses covariance by gender with age as a covariate conducted for Sense Coherence, General Questionnaire, Scale scores 9525 participants. For both genders, group significantly lower Coherence higher...
Study objectives Although associations between sleep quality and environmental factors nutrient intake have been reported, interactions these not elucidated in detail. Therefore, this cross-sectional study examined the effects of regular exercise on using Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), which is most frequently used index for evaluation. Methods The participants included 378 individuals aged 40 years or older living Shika Town, Ishikawa Prefecture. Of individuals, 185 met inclusion...
Whole genome scan analyses have revealed that the chromosomal region 3p21.3, which contains a gene cluster of CC chemokine receptor, is possibly critical for pathogenesis allergic inflammation. Japanese cedar pollinosis mediated by type I allergy and induces seasonal rhinitis conjunctivitis in humans as most common form hay fever spring Japan, although candidate genes remain to be elucidated. We sequenced CCR1, CCR2, CCR3, CCR5, CCXCR1 using PCR restriction fragment length polymorphism...
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought to light the prevalence of mental health issues among nurses. Work engagement (WE) is a concept that describes work-related positive psychological states and importance within measures. There is, however, lack research on factors associated with WE nurses during pandemic.We aimed determine which are using job demands-resources (JD-R) model as framework.A web-based cross-sectional survey was conducted working in acute care psychiatric institutions prefectures...
Non-regular employment is increasing and its mental health impact a globally important problem. In Japan, non-regularly employed researchers are increasing, especially within young age groups, because quotas were not sufficiently expanded against rapid number of doctorate holders. It therefore to understand the relationship between non-regular health. The significance our research contribute improvement researchers' by clarifying influence status on psychological distress. We conducted...
The objective of this study was to clarify the relationship between sickness presenteeism and degree awareness company regulations regarding financial compensation for absenteeism.An Internet-based survey 258 full-time workers who had more than 28 days absence due mental health problems conducted. Workers were categorized as having either low or high presenteeism, presence systems return work duration compared groups.The following factors significantly related based on logistic regression...