Development and evaluation of a self-care assessment inventory for workers.

Aim: To develop and evaluate a self-care assessment inventory for workers (SCAI-W).

Methods: A study using a self-care assessment inventory for workers consisting of 27 self-care items, the Japanese version of the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), and the Japanese version of the University of Wales Institute of Science and Technology Mood Adjective Checklist (JUMACL) was conducted. These questionnaires were distributed to 2297 workers.

Development of a Japanese Benefit Finding scale (JBFS) for patients with cancer.

The primary aim of this study was to develop a scale to evaluate benefits for patients with cancer under treatment in Japan (the Japan Benefit Finding scale [JBFS]). The participants were 98 patients with cancer who completed the JBFS, which has 26 items, the General Health Questionnaire short version (GHQ 12). Factor analysis, structural equation modeling (SEM), and correlation analysis were performed.

Recognition of asymmetric alterations to pictures of cats: effects of method of alteration and type of change in elderly subjects.

Recognition of environmental changes is essential in everyday life. In this study, recognition of animate objects by elderly people was examined with various methods (introduction, restoration) and types (addition, deletion) of change. For restoration, deletions and additions were produced by eliminating features from pictures and reintroducing the deleted features, respectively.