Japanese Patient Engagement Promotion Training (J-PEPT): Learning course on the implementation strategy of patient engagement.

Patient engagement for patient safety is emphasized in recent years. Therefore, the Committee on Quality and Patient Safety of the Japan Primary Care Association developed a Japanese Patient Engagement Promotion Training (J-PEPT) course. J-PEPT promotes to facilitate the implementation of PE strategies and contributes to nationwide dissemination for patient safety.

Patient factors affecting decision regret in the medical treatment process of gynecological diseases.

Background: To ensure that patients continue treatment, it is essential that the patient is satisfied with the decision-making process of the treatment. One way to address this is to assess the healthcare quality using the concept of regret, which can measure "Being convinced in decision-making." This study aimed to elucidate patient factors affecting regret using the Japanese version of the Decision Regret Scale (DRS).

Validation of a Japanese Version of the Decision Regret Scale.

Background And Purpose: In Japanese health care, no current index measures patient satisfaction with decision making during the treatment process. Our research aimed to test a Japanese version of the Decision Regret Scale (DRS) for this purpose.

Methods: We distributed a Japanese version of the DRS twice, 3 weeks apart, to 80 postoperative patients younger than the age of 85 years with inguinal hernias, cholelithiasis, cholecystitis, and gallbladder polyps.