Development of a Japanese Version of the Daily Record of Severity of Problems for Diagnosing Premenstrual Syndrome.

Premenstrual syndrome (PMS) causes physical and mental symptoms in women during the luteal phase of the menstruation cycle. To confirm the relationship between symptoms and the menstruation cycle, daily symptom records are essential for diagnosing PMS. The daily record of severity of problems (DRSP) is currently the most validated tool for tracking symptoms to confirm and scale the severity of PMS, but there has been no validated Japanese version of this instrument.

[Overcoming Fear of Death in Home Caregiving].

This study aimed to clarify the factors for reducing the burden of caregivers caring for terminal patients. We conducted semi-structured interviews with bereaved caregivers, seeking those who had felt neither fear nor anxiety during caregiving; their responses were analyzed using the Steps for Coding and Theorization. The one caregiver who showed neither fear nor anxiety(1)believed in an afterlife,(2)sought a physician who would respect her belief,(3)sought respect for her medical decisions, and(4)found distance to the clinic to be a critical factor.

[Family caregivers' burden and marital satisfaction].

The purpose of this study is to determine the correlation between home-based elder care and marital satisfaction. Care managers distributed a questionnaire to home caregivers in order to assess the items such as annual income, marital satisfaction, Zarit caregiver burden, sleeping hours and how often they have to get up in the night to take care of the elder. A total of 149 caregivers completed the questionnaire.