Publications by authors named "Mariko Niino"
Quality of care measurement for patients with ovarian cancer in Japan.
J Obstet Gynaecol Res
July 2024
Aim: Quality of care is important to reduce disease progression, and improve both survival and quality of life. The Japan Society of Gynecologic Oncology has published treatment guidelines to promote standardized high-quality care for ovarian cancer in Japan. We developed quality indicators based on the guideline recommendations and used them on large datasets of health service use to examine the quality of ovarian cancer care.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: This report investigates the applicability of nursing support for patients with cancer with a prognosis of months and weeks, and their families.
Objectives: To evaluate the applicability of nursing support for five symptoms (dyspnea, pain, nausea/vomiting, constipation, and delirium) in patients with cancer during the last weeks of life, and the caregiver burden on their families.
Design Setting: A Delphi study was used to determine the applicability of nursing support for patients with terminal cancer and their families.
The use of the National Database of Health Insurance Claims and Specific Health Checkups of Japan (NDB) for research has increased over time. Researchers need to understand the characteristics of the data to generate quality-assured evidence from the NDB. In this review, we mapped and characterized the limitations and related strategies using the NDB for research based on the descriptions of published NDB studies.
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- The study aimed to explore the nursing support available for patients with cancer suffering from breathlessness.
- Researchers conducted a scoping review, analyzing 2629 articles and ultimately including 27 that met criteria regarding nursing interventions and breathlessness assessments.
- The findings highlighted 12 effective nursing support methods, such as fan therapy, breathing techniques, and yoga, which could improve care for patients experiencing breathlessness due to cancer.
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- The study conducted a scoping review to systematically map how Japanese health insurance claims data has been utilized in healthcare research, highlighting a lack of comprehensive overviews in this area.
- Out of 1,493 studies analyzed, major disease categories studied included circulatory system diseases, diabetes, and neoplasms, with common research themes focusing on medical treatment status, intervention effects, and clinical epidemiology.
- The findings suggest that claims data play a crucial role in healthcare research and policy-making in Japan, emphasizing the need for shared methodologies and validation studies among researchers.
Background: Delay in the time to treatment initiation (TTI) may adversely affect the survival of patients, but its current status in Japan is unknown. This study aims to describe the TTI for six cancer types: lung, breast, colorectal, stomach, head and neck (H&N), and cervical. Data for this study were derived from a nationwide registry in Japan.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Terminally ill patients with cancer experience a variety of symptoms, and their families experience certain caregiver burdens. Most studies on this topic have focused on the symptoms experienced by patients with cancer. There is little established evidence to show how nursing support affects these symptoms and burdens.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFInternational comparison of skin cancers incidence by detailed sites.
Jpn J Clin Oncol
December 2019