A5039946010- Cancer survivorship and care
- Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
- Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life
- Family Support in Illness
- Ethics and Legal Issues in Pediatric Healthcare
- Music Therapy and Health
- Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders
- Anesthesia and Pain Management
- Family Caregiving in Mental Illness
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research
- Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
- Psychometric Methodologies and Testing
- Pharmacy and Medical Practices
- Cancer-related cognitive impairment studies
- Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare
- Anesthesia and Sedative Agents
National Cancer Center
2012-2017
National Cancer Center Hospital East
2015
It is known that depression and anxiety occur more frequently in pancreatic cancer patients than those with other malignancies. However, few studies have assessed using reliable psychiatric diagnostic tools. The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence among before 1 month after start anticancer treatment tools, identify factors predict their occurrence.Pancreatic were consecutively recruited. Structured clinical interviews used presence affective disorders, disorders adjustment...
Objectives: To clarify the duration required for dyspnea to return baseline severity after fan therapy, evaluate whether fan-to-legs therapy or no would be a suitable control and investigate changes in patients’ face surface temperature therapy. Methods: In this pilot study, all participants received 3 interventions following order: fan, legs, face. Participants used 5 minutes, they scored their at 10-minute intervals 60 minutes until score had returned its value, whichever occurred first....
End-of-life discussions with patients can be one of the most difficult and stressful tasks for oncologist. However, little is known about that healthcare providers have in such situations difficulties they face. The primary end points this study were to describe contents end-of-life discussion pediatric setting barriers patients, as perceived by providers.Participants 10 providers. Semi-structured interviews conducted, KJ method was performed analyze data.We found 23 against cancer patients....
Abstract Objective The quality‐adjusted life year, which is usually calculated from the health utility value, now a standard measurement used in political decision‐making health. Although depression leading cause of decrement general population, impact comorbid among cancer patients has not been studied sufficiently. Therefore, this study aimed to measure on patients' score, according severity depression. Methods Impact (measured by Patient Health Questionnaire) score EuroQoL‐5 scale) was...
Yokukansan (YKS), a Japanese traditional herbal medicine for neurosis and insomnia, is speculated to be useful perioperative psychiatric symptoms in cancer patients, but there exists little empirical evidence. This study provides preliminary data about the efficacy, feasibility, side effects of YKS treatment preoperative anxiety postoperative delirium patients.We retrospectively reviewed medical records colorectal patients who took anxiety, evaluating following: (1) patient characteristics,...
Background Nondisclosure of a poor prognosis to patients with advanced cancer remains typical practice in Asia. Although the importance prognostic communication has increasingly been recognized worldwide, little is known about whether explicit disclosure positively affects Asian cancer. The objective this study was examine effects on recurrence. Methods In randomized, video‐vignette study, Japanese women breast who had undergone curative surgery viewed videos between patient recurrent,...
Objective The aim of this qualitative study was to explore allogeneic haematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT) survivors' perspectives stresses and their coping strategies, in order attain a deeper understanding experience. Methods We conducted semi-structured interviews with 20 Japanese allo-HSCT survivors about the they experienced how coped. then content-driven thematic analysis interview results. questions probed strategies related allo-HSCT. Results identified 74 across 7...
Guidelines for supportive care in cancer patients have recommended routine psychological screening clinical practice, and a Japanese national project has depression using the Distress Impact Thermometer. However, previous study advocating validity of Thermometer may overestimated its effectiveness, as included already-treated who were not targets. This re-evaluated performance usefulness an adequate sample size appropriate design.Patients consecutively recruited at two highly specialized...
Abstract The usefulness of depression scales for patients with cancer based on item response theory (IRT) and computer adaptive testing (CAT) has not yet been fully explored. This study thus aimed to develop an IRT-based tool measuring in cancer. We analyzed data from 393 four tertiary centers Japan who had received psychiatric treatment. They answered 62 questions across five categories regarding their status over the previous week. selected 28 items that satisfied assumptions IRT, fitted a...
e18221 Background: We first introduced an educational program delivered in a classroom environment for patients with pancreatic and biliary cancers their caregivers 2007. Physicians, pharmacists, nurses, clinical psychotherapists, dietitians, medical social workers attended talked about specialties. conducted prospective observational study from Jan. 2016 through Dec. to assess the efficacy of this program. Methods: This was approved by our institutional review board informed consent...