The mediating roles of psychological resilience and psychological well-being of caregivers for the older adults.

Objective: This study aimed to investigate the mediating effects of psychological resilience and psychological well-being for caregivers at nursing homes on the relationship between insomnia and elder maltreatment. As the world is aging quickly and the number of older individuals cared for by formal caregivers has been increasing, this study's results could help create intervention programs to minimize the occurrence of older people's maltreatment.

Materials And Methods: A total of 431 care workers who met all criteria, from 21 care service centers for older adults in Fukuoka, Japan, completed the Conditions of Maltreatment Scale, Caregivers' Belief in Ideal Care, Insomnia Severity Index, WHO-5 Well-Being Index, and Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale-10.

The effects of yoga and mindful meditation on elderly care worker's burnout: a CONSORT-compliant randomized controlled trial.

This study aims to investigate the effects of mindful meditation and yoga on reducing burnout and stress in care workers who assist elderly individuals. Knowing how to reduce burnout is important because that of care workers is associated with the quality of client care, worker productivity, and job turnover. The participants included 44 care workers who worked for elderly care facilities in rural Fukuoka.

The mediating effect of resilience between family functioning and mental well-being in hemodialysis patients in Japan: a cross-sectional design.

Background: End-stage kidney disease is highly prevalent worldwide. Currently, one of the most effective treatment modalities is dialysis therapy, which leads to serious side effects. Furthermore, psychiatric illnesses are prevalent among dialysis patients.

The Mediating Effects of Resilience, Morale, and Sense of Coherence Between Physical Activity and Perceived Physical/Mental Health Among Japanese Community-Dwelling Older Adults: A Cross-Sectional Study.

The aim of this study was to examine the mediating effects of resilience, morale, and sense of coherence on the relationship between physical activity and respondents' perceived physical/mental health and depression among community-dwelling older adults in Japan. The study included 369 participants with an average age of 74 years from Kasuishimohara District in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. They completed a survey that included the Resilience Scale, the Sense of Coherence Scale, the Medical Outcomes Short Form 8, the Philadelphia Geriatric Center Morale Scale, the Geriatric Depression Scale (Short Form), and a demographic questionnaire.

Responses and Results to Ethical Problems by Psychiatric Nurses in Japan.

The aim of this study was to investigate the responses of Japanese psychiatric nurses to ethical problems, and the results of those issues. The participants were 130 nurses who worked in psychiatry wards in a hospital. The nurses answered the question "how did you respond when you faced an ethical problem and what results did you get?" in free description.

Relationships among moral distress, sense of coherence, and job satisfaction.

Background: Since moral distress affects psychological aspects of psychiatric nurses, it is an important theme. Previous studies showed relationships between moral distress and job satisfaction; however, there are few studies which investigate relationships between moral distress and other effective variables and then we highlighted relationships among these variables.

Objective: This study aimed to (1) examine relationships among moral distress, sense of coherence, mental health, and job satisfaction and (2) clarify the most predictive variable to job satisfaction.

Bereavement life review improves spiritual well-being and ameliorates depression among American caregivers.

Objective: The aim of our study was to investigate the utility of bereavement life review (BLR) to elevate spiritual well-being and alleviate depression among Hawaiian-American caregivers, and to identify changes that occur when caring for their loved ones up to the time of death.

Method: Bereavement life review therapy was provided for 20 bereaved Hawaiian Americans. In the first session, subjects reviewed memories of the deceased with a therapist, who recorded their narratives and collected them into a personal history book.

Difficulties in caring for a patient with cancer at the end of life at home and complicated grief.

The present study aimed to investigate difficulties in caring for a patient with cancer at the end of life at home and to examine relationships between difficulties with care and complicated grief. The 45 bereaved family members completed the Family Difficulty Scale (FDS) and the Inventory of Complicated Grief (ICG). The FDS score for "Patient's pain and condition" was the highest, followed by "Caregivers did not want home care" and "No support from others.

Changes experienced by and the future values of bereaved family members determined using narratives from bereavement life review therapy.

Objectives: The goals of this study were to investigate the changes experienced by bereaved family members in Japan and to determine what activities they would value in the future based on narratives from a bereavement life review, which is a type of psychotherapy used to treat depression and promote spiritual well-being.

Methods: The participants were 20 bereaved Japanese family members who underwent two sessions of bereavement life review over a period of two weeks.

Results: Using qualitative analysis, we identified four areas of changes ("learning from the deceased's death and self-growth," "healing process," "relating with others," "relating with society," and "performing new family roles") and five categories of valued activities ("continuing grief work," "living with a philosophy," "attaining life roles," "keeping good human relationships," and "enjoying life").

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.

A pilot study of adaptation of the transtheoretical model to narratives of bereaved family members in the bereavement life review.

This study aimed to examine the possibility of adaptation of the transtheoretical model (TTM) to narratives from the Bereavement Life Review. Narratives from 19 bereaved family members were recorded, transcribed into sentences, and allocated into stages based on the TTM criteria. Those who lived in fantasy were allocated to the precontemplation stage and who recognized the patient's death but could not adjust to the death were allocated to the contemplation stage.

Universality of bereavement life review for spirituality and depression in bereaved families.

The present study aimed to investigate the effects of the Bereavement Life Review on depression and spiritual well-being of bereaved families in a setting that does not specialize in palliative care. The participants were 20 bereaved family members who underwent the Bereavement Life Review over 2 sessions in 2 weeks. Beck Depression Inventory Second Edition scores significantly decreased from 14.

[Effects of a short-term life review on spiritual well-being, depression, and anxiety in terminally ill cancer patients].

Purpose: This study was done to evaluate the effects of a short-term life review on spiritual well-being, depression, and anxiety in patients with terminal cancer.

Methods: The study used a pre posttest quasi experimental design with a nonequivalent control group. Measurement instruments included the Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy-Spiritual scale (FACIT-Sp12) and the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS).

Factors in narratives to questions in the Short-Term Life Review interviews of terminally ill cancer patients and utility of the questions.

Objective: Although the Short-Term Life Review elevated the spiritual well-being of terminally ill cancer patients in our previous study, we have not examined what patients reviewed for each question item of it. We examined factors in narratives to questions in the Short-Term Life Review interviews of terminally ill cancer patients and utility of the questions.

Method: Thirty-four terminally ill cancer patients received the Short-Term Life Review interview in which there were two sessions.

Factors that influence the efficacy of bereavement life review therapy for spiritual well-being: a qualitative analysis.

Purpose: We have previously shown that bereavement life review therapy improves the spiritual well-being of a bereaved family, but the factors that influence the efficacy of this therapy have not been determined. Therefore, this study was performed to identify factors associated with improvement of spiritual well-being of bereaved families.

Methods: The participants were 21 bereaved family members who lost a relative who had been treated in a palliative care unit in Japan.

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.

Effects of bereavement life review on spiritual well-being and depression.

Context: Some bereaved families experience low spiritual well-being, such as lack of meaning of life or purpose and psychological distress like severe depression.

Objectives: The primary aim of this study was to investigate the effects of the Bereavement Life Review on the spiritual well-being of bereaved family members. The secondary aim was to investigate the effects of this therapy on depression.

Efficacy of short-term life-review interviews on the spiritual well-being of terminally ill cancer patients.

Context: There is a little information about effective psychotherapies to enhance the spiritual well-being of terminally ill cancer patients.

Objectives: The primary aim of the study was to examine the efficacy of a one-week Short-Term Life Review for the enhancement of spiritual well-being, using a randomized controlled trial. The secondary aim was to assess the effect of this therapy on anxiety and depression, suffering, and elements of a good death.

A qualitative study of mindfulness-based meditation therapy in Japanese cancer patients.

Purpose: The primary objective of the study was to examine mindfulness-based meditation therapy qualitatively. A secondary goal was to examine the differences in themes selected by Japanese and Western patients receiving this therapy.

Methods: The subjects were 28 patients who were undergoing anti-cancer treatment.

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.

A fragment-based approach to probing adenosine recognition sites by using dynamic combinatorial chemistry.

A new strategy that combines the concepts of fragment-based drug design and dynamic combinatorial chemistry (DCC) for targeting adenosine recognition sites on enzymes is reported. We demonstrate the use of 5'-deoxy-5'-thioadenosine as a noncovalent anchor fragment in dynamic combinatorial libraries templated by Mycobacterium tuberculosis pantothenate synthetase. A benzyl disulfide derivative was identified upon library analysis by HPLC.

International comparison study on the primary concerns of terminally ill cancer patients in short-term life review interviews among Japanese, Koreans, and Americans.

Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the primary concerns of terminally ill cancer patients in a Short-Term Life Review among Japanese, Koreans, and Americans to develop intervention programs to be tailored to patients in other countries.

Method: Twenty Japanese, 16 Korean, and 7 American terminally ill cancer patients who were in the hospice wards of general Christian hospitals in each country participated in this study. Medical staff members (nurses, social workers, clinical psychologists) performed Short-Term Life Review Interviews with each patient.

Value of religious care for relief of psycho-existential suffering in Japanese terminally ill cancer patients: the perspective of bereaved family members.

Objective: This study aimed to clarify the experience of bereaved family members of cancer patients regarding the usefulness of religious care (perceived usefulness). The value of this care to palliate psycho-existential suffering in future patients was also examined (predicted usefulness).

Methods: A questionnaire was sent to 592 bereaved family members of cancer patients who were admitted to certified palliative care units in Japan.

Religious care required for Japanese terminally ill patients with cancer from the perspective of bereaved family members.

The aim of this study was to explore the most suitable religious care for Japanese terminally ill patients with cancer based on the opinions of bereaved family members. A multicenter questionnaire survey on palliative care service was sent to 592 bereaved family members of patients with cancer who were admitted to palliative care units in Japan, and 430 responded by mail. In the section of the questionnaire about religious care, 382 responses were used for quantitative analysis, and 71 responses about religious care for qualitative analysis.