Masato Kitano

ORCID: 0000-0003-0608-7170
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Research Areas
  • Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout
  • Resilience and Mental Health
  • Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
  • Foot and Ankle Surgery
  • Diabetic Foot Ulcer Assessment and Management
  • Empathy and Medical Education
  • Migration, Health and Trauma
  • Workplace Health and Well-being
  • Mental Health Research Topics
  • Robotic Mechanisms and Dynamics
  • Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
  • Disaster Response and Management
  • Stress and Burnout Research
  • Mental Health Treatment and Access
  • Health, psychology, and well-being
  • Nutrition, Health and Food Behavior
  • Cognitive and psychological constructs research
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • COVID-19 and Mental Health
  • Urban and spatial planning
  • Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation
  • Hepatitis B Virus Studies
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Occupational Health and Performance
  • Suicide and Self-Harm Studies

National Defense Medical College
2021-2025

Kindai University
2015-2017

Healthcare providers frequently help traumatized people and are regularly exposed to indirect trauma from their work, resulting in negative psychological responses, such as secondary traumatic stress. Empathy has been associated with patient's quality of care stress among healthcare providers. However, the relationship between dispositional empathy not fully elucidated. This study used person- variable-centered approaches explore nature this relationship.A total 1,006 Japanese public health...

10.1186/s12888-023-05198-6 article EN cc-by BMC Psychiatry 2023-10-02

Burnout and secondary traumatic stress (STS), also referred to as compassion fatigue, are undeniable negative consequences experienced by healthcare professionals when working with patients. As frontline essential communities, it is crucial understand their mental health how they cope psychological responses. This study investigated the relationships between burnout, STS, satisfaction, dispositional empathy, management among Japanese students taking care of patients in clinical practice. The...

10.3390/bs14050400 article EN cc-by Behavioral Sciences 2024-05-11

Background: After the Great East Japan Earthquake [GEJE], approximately 70,000 Ground Self Defense Force [JGSDF] personnel were deployed, risking Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder [PTSD]. The network approach to psychopathology suggests that symptoms may cause and exacerbate each other, resulting in emergence maintenance of disorders, including PTSD. It is therefore important further explore temporal interplay between symptoms. Most studies assessing factor structure Impact Event Scale-Revised...

10.1080/20008066.2023.2241732 article EN cc-by-nc European journal of psychotraumatology 2023-08-10

Peacekeepers in United Nations missions experience potentially traumatic events, resulting increased risk for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Understanding the course and factors of PTSD symptom severity is crucial to ensure personnel safety.

10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.24388 article EN cc-by-nc-nd JAMA Network Open 2024-07-24

Abstract Aim This study assessed the validity and reliability of Secondary Traumatic Stress Scale‐Japanese Version. Methods The original Scale was translated into Japanese, Japanese items were back‐translated to English confirm accuracy translation. A total 870 public health nurses from Tohoku region in Japan completed An exploratory factor analysis conducted identify number components. Moreover, 351 Saitama prefecture also scale. confirmatory performed with structure identified analysis....

10.1002/npr2.12207 article EN cc-by-nc Neuropsychopharmacology Reports 2021-10-01

Abstract Aim Work engagement is critical in both occupational and mental health contexts. However, no studies have compared the usefulness of nine‐, three‐, two‐item measures from Utrecht Engagement Scale (UWES). Therefore, this study aimed to examine internal consistency convergent validity measure compare its with nine‐item three‐item versions for assessing at work among Japan Self‐Defense Forces (JSDF) personnel. Methods This cross‐sectional included 229,383 participants who underwent an...

10.1002/pcn5.70002 article EN cc-by Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences Reports 2024-08-21

The "healthy warrior effect" (HWE), in which deployed military personnel are healthier than those not deployed, is known to be associated with deployment. However, the HWE deployment United Nations (UN) peacekeeping operations (PKO) has been examined. This study examined UN PKO by examining impact of pre-deployment mental health on likelihood and whether this difference persisted after

10.1093/milmed/usae449 article EN Military Medicine 2024-09-23

Physical inactivity and sedentary time can worsen mental health; however, their relationship remains elusive, related evidence among workers with overseas assignments is limited. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the between changes in physical activity explored subsequent risk of psychological distress Japan Self-Defense Forces personnel.

10.1093/joccuh/uiae069 article EN cc-by-nc-nd Journal of Occupational Health 2024-11-16

In meal support of care field, spoon is mainly used for nursing home users. this study, we tested the purpose identifying factors in relation to easy eating by spoons order improve quality meals and reduce stresses. our experiment, fed 10 subject using 13 kinds investigated questionnaire about easiness eat. Also examine shape data every spoon. We carried out sensory evaluation eat Friedman's test, try variables which affect factor analysis. suppose that maximum depth has a great influence...

10.1299/jsmemecj.2016.j0200105 article EN The Proceedings of Mechanical Engineering Congress Japan 2016-01-01

According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications Fire Disaster Management Agency, there were more than 28,000 victims in Tohoku Earthquake disaster. More 60% those elderly people. One causes is considered fail escape. Since evacuation drills using hand-drawn cart have been performed about this situation, we focused on carts as a transport instrument. Therefore, it was experiments slope by that commonly sold. The experimental method tow with 60 kg weight under an incline 5...

10.1299/jsmemecj.2016.j0200203 article EN The Proceedings of Mechanical Engineering Congress Japan 2016-01-01

We developed mechanical load acting on the Plastic Ankle Foot Orthosis (PAFO) from sole of foot analyzing system during walking and standing up motion. Using this system, we compared kinetic in toilet seat between hemiplegic patients (patients) healthy volunteers (volunteers). As a result, there are some significant differences for time, ground reaction force calf volunteers. The patient's time is about 2 times larger than that volunteers, 0.7 smaller Also, range bigger 1.75 times. In...

10.1299/jsmemecj.2017.s1210102 article EN The Proceedings of Mechanical Engineering Congress Japan 2017-01-01
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