Differences in the risk of severe falls between patients aged <65 years and patients aged ≥65 years at a psychiatric hospital based on 12-year incident reports.

Purpose: This study compared age differences in risk factors for falls requiring treatment in psychiatric patients.

Design And Methods: An incident database was used to compare fall incidents in patients aged less than 65 years and those aged greater than or equal to 65 years.

Findings: Approximately 30% of fallers were less than 65 years.

Familial caregivers' experiences with home-visit nursing for persons with dementia who live alone.

Aim: The Japanese Comprehensive Strategy to Accelerate Dementia Measures, known as the New Orange Plan, aims to support people with dementia living in their communities. Home-visit nurses (HVN) are expected to play an important role in this comprehensive support system. In this preliminary study, we explored caregivers' experiences before and after implementation of HVN care for persons with dementia who lived alone.

Analysis of inedible substance ingestion at a Japanese psychiatric hospital.

Background: Inedible substance ingestion increases the risk of ileus, poisoning, and suffocation. Prevention is especially important in a psychiatric setting. This study aimed to analyze the incidence of inedible substance ingestion in a Japanese psychiatric hospital.

A cross-sectional study on the relationship of job stress with natural killer cell activity and natural killer cell subsets among healthy nurses.

The present study investigated the effects of job stress on cellular immune function, such as NK cell activity and NK cell subsets. The participants were 61 female nurses aged 23-59, who worked in a public psychiatric hospital in Ishikawa, Japan. Each subject completed the Nursing Job Stressor Scale (NJSS) and their NK cell activity and lymphocyte surface antigens (CD16+56+) were evaluated as immune system parameters.