Publications by authors named "Ritsuko Shirabe"
Background: Over the past 2 years, researchers have used various medical licensing examinations to test whether ChatGPT (OpenAI) possesses accurate medical knowledge. The performance of each version of ChatGPT on the medical licensing examination in multiple environments showed remarkable differences. At this stage, there is still a lack of a comprehensive understanding of the variability in ChatGPT's performance on different medical licensing examinations.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: This study reviewed studies of the anticipated affect related with COVID-19 vaccination to understand gaps in currently available studies and practice implications.
Methods: We systematically searched MEDLINE, CINAHL, and other multiple databases for English language articles of studies that investigated COVID-19 vaccination related anticipated affects.
Results: We identified seventeen studies.
Tools to evaluate pregnancy-specific anxiety are lacking in Japan. This study aimed to develop a Japanese version of the Pregnancy-Related Anxiety Questionnaire-Revised-2. After scale translation and cognitive interviews, we conducted a cross-sectional study among 120 ≥18-year-old, singleton (pregnant with one baby) Japanese women before 15 weeks of pregnancy, recruited from four facilities.
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- The Patient Education Materials Assessment Tool (PEMAT) was adapted to Japanese to assess how well patients can understand and act on health education materials.
- Experts evaluated various healthcare materials for reliability, while laypeople reacted to high-scoring vs. low-scoring PEMAT materials regarding their understandability and ability to take action.
- Results indicated that the Japanese version of PEMAT is reliable, and higher-rated materials significantly increased both understandability and self-efficacy among laypeople compared to lower-rated materials.
The stigma of infertility negatively affects health, resulting in mental distress and poor quality of life. An appropriate scale is essential to examine the stigma experienced by infertile women and provide adequate interventions. Therefore, we developed a Japanese version of the Infertility Stigma Scale (ISS).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: Public health institutions have alerted consumers about advertising for dietary supplements with false claims of preventing or treating COVID-19. We quantitatively and qualitatively examined newspaper advertisements for dietary supplements before and after the COVID-19 spread.
Design: Content analysis.
Background: The changing pattern of anxiety and stress experienced by pregnant women during the COVID-19 pandemic is unknown.
Objective: We aimed to examine the sources of anxiety and stress in pregnant women in Japan during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Methods: We performed content analysis of 1000 questions posted on the largest social website in Japan (Yahoo! Chiebukuro) from January 1 to May 25, 2020 (end date of the national state of emergency).
Background: Although preclinical studies suggest that fermented soy foods may have a protective effect against breast cancer, no prospective cohort studies have examined this association.
Objective: Our study examined the association between fermented and nonfermented soy food intake and breast cancer risk using a population-based prospective cohort study in Japan.
Methods: We included a total of 47,614 women aged 45-74 years in an analysis of the Japan Public Health Center-based Prospective Study (JPHC Study).