[Correlation between the SF-8 health status questionnaire and JRQLQ in patients with Japanese cedar pollinosis].

Background: It is reported that the health-related quality of life (HRQL) is an important outcome in the Japanese Cedar Pollinosis (JCP) treatment. In Japan, the disease-specific Japan Rhino-conjunctivitis Quality of Life Questionnaire (JRQLQ) and the generic SF-36 Health Survey (SF-36) has been used. The aim of this study is to investigate more profitable QOL by using both the disease-specific questionnaire and the non-disease-specific questionnaire together.

[Quality of life in patients with Japanese cedar pollinosis: using the SF-8 health status questionnaire (Japanese version)].

Background: The number of patients with Japanese cedar pollinosis (JCP) is increasing, and now, has extended up to about 15% of the Japanese. It is reported that the QOL is an important outcome in the JCP treatment. This study aimed to evaluate the QOL in patients with JCP by means of the SF-8 Health Survey (Japanese Version), a new, even shorter generic health survey.

[Willingness to pay for Japanese cedar pollinosis: comparison between pollination and non-pollination seasons].

Allergic rhinitis is not fatal illness, but its high prevalence and several symptoms result in substantial medical cost. There is increasing interest in the use of economic evaluations in healthcare; therefore, we investigated patients' willingness to pay (WTP) for prevention and cure from Japanese cedar pollinosis (JCP), and compared WTP values assessed in non-pollination season (June 1998) and pollination season (February-March 2003). Japanese economic woes got worse in 2003 than in 1998.

Measurement of quality of life during different clinical phases of Japanese cedar pollinosis.

Objective: To assess Quality of Life (QOL) scores in patients with Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica, CJ) pollinosis.

Methods: QOL was measured intraseasonally and extraseasonally in patients (n = 69) using the Medical Outcomes Study Short-Form Health Survey, and compared with healthy control subjects (n = 50). The differences in intraseasonal QOL scores between short and long disease duration groups were studied.

Tuberculous otitis media: clinical aspects of 12 cases.

The clinical features of tuberculous otitis media (TOM) have changed. This study was performed to evaluate changing trends in the clinical manifestations of TOM. We reviewed a series of 12 cases of TOM (13 ears) recently treated at Osaka Prefectural Habikino Hospital.

[Report of 2 cases of tuberculous retoropharygeal abscess in adults].

We report 2 cases of tuberculous retoropharyngeal abscess. Case 1 was a 21-year-old man with tuberculous cervical spondylitis and pulmonary tuberculosis and Case 2 was a 32-year-old woman with tuberculous lymph adenitis and military tuberculosis. Both reported sore throat and dysphagea.

[Willingness to pay and quality of life in patients with Japanese-cedar pollinosis].

Seasonal allergic rhinitis (SAR) is one of the world's most common health problems because it's a high-cost, high-prevalence disease. In this study, we investigated patients' willingness to pay (WTP) for prevention and cure from most common SAR, Japanese-cedar pollinosis. Two hundred and forty patients with Japanese-cedar pollinosis, who visited 4 clinics in Osaka and were measured QOL by the SF-36 Questionnaire (Japanese version) during pollen season, were mailed WTP questionnaire in off-season in 1998.

Laryngeal tuberculosis: a report of 15 cases.

Laryngeal tuberculosis is usually a complication of pulmonary tuberculosis. Recent studies have described a change in the clinical features of laryngeal tuberculosis. We present 15 cases of laryngeal tuberculosis treated at the Osaka Prefectural Habikino Hospital between 1993 and 2000.