Relationship among the nursing practice environment, occupational career, and work engagement of Chinese nurses employed in Japan: A cross-sectional study.

Background: Work engagement is a positive, fulfilling, work-related state of mind characterized by vigor, dedication, and absorption, and it affects the quality of care nurses give. Chinese nurses working in Japan experience differences in nursing practice and difficulties in career development. Therefore, the nursing practice environment and occupational career may affect their work engagement.

Interprofessional collaboration in the cardiovascular management of Marfan syndrome: A qualitative study based on interviews with professionals.

Background And Aim: Patients with Marfan syndrome, who present with a variety of symptoms and complex psychosocial problems, require interprofessional collaboration in their care. However, it is unclear how health care providers contribute to interprofessional collaboration for these patients. The purpose of this study was to determine the characteristics of interprofessional collaboration for patients with Marfan syndrome in the cardiovascular field.

Working Conditions Among Chinese Nurses Employed in Japan: A Cross-Sectional Survey-Based Study.

Introduction: Although the number of Chinese nurses employed in Japan is increasing, the situation regarding their work conditions has not been clarified. It is necessary to understand such conditions to consider support for Chinese nurses in Japan.

Objective: This study examined the professional nursing practice environment, occupational career, and work engagement of Chinese nurses in Japan.

Outpatient nursing support for self-monitoring in patients with chronic heart failure.

Background: Early symptoms of worsening heart failure are difficult for patients to detect and manage, contributing to the high readmission rate for worsening heart failure. Thus, it is important to promote self-monitoring and to support patients in recognizing and interpreting their symptoms. This study aimed to explore the ways in which specialized nurses in the outpatient setting provide support for self-monitoring in patients with chronic heart failure in Japan.

Association between subjective well-being and perception of medical care system among patients with Marfan syndrome: A cross-sectional study.

Background: This study investigated the association between subjective well-being and perception for collaboration among clinical departments of adult Marfan syndrome (MFS) patients.

Methods: We performed a self-administered questionnaire survey to ask about current medical treatment and support systems and subjective well-being for 114 patients with MFS aged 18-64 years. It was hypothesized that patients' perception of collaboration between clinical departments would raise their subjective well-being.

Characteristics of Diabetes Self-Care Agency in Japan Based on Statistical Cluster Analysis.

Introduction: Considering the situation where the number of people with diabetes is increasing, we need to find ways to support more efficient and effective outpatient clinics. Therefore, it is necessary to develop effective support methods and to elaborate a strategy as a system for support after grasping the characteristics of the entire population of people with diabetes.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to identify the characteristics of the diabetes population in outpatient settings by differences in self-care agency and to examine how to support them based on the recognized characteristics.

Employment factors associated with daily time management in working people with type 2 diabetes.

Aim: To determine the employment factors associated with daily time management in working people with type 2 diabetics.

Methods: A questionnaire survey was administered to 277 working people with type 2 diabetes. It included a daily time management scale, and questions about age, gender, hemoglobin A1c levels, shift work, managerial position, and average working hours.

Difficulties in daily life and the association with self-care ability in adults with type 1 diabetes mellitus in Japan: A cross-sectional study.

Aim: To identify the unique contents of difficulties experienced in daily life among adult type 1 diabetes mellitus patients and to determine how basic characteristics and diabetic-related self-care agency are associated with difficulties in daily life.

Methods: This study used two surveys: "Difficulties in Daily Life," which was a questionnaire developed for this survey and "Instrument of Diabetes Self-Care Agency." These two measures were then used with demographic information for cross-sectional analysis.

How visiting nurses detect symptoms of disease progression in patients with chronic heart failure.

: Chronic heart failure patients are often rehospitalized because they fail to seek appropriate, timely care. However, both patients and nurses experience difficulties in detecting signs of heart failure exacerbation. We aimed to qualitatively investigate how visiting nurses detect symptoms of disease progression in chronic heart failure patients in their homes.

Development of the Daily Time Management Scale for Use by Working People with Type 2 Diabetes.

Aim: The purpose of this study was to develop a scale to assess daily time management capabilities among working patients with diabetes and to test this scale's reliability and validity.

Methods: A self-administered questionnaire survey was conducted among 277 diabetes outpatients, and data from 220 participants (mean age = 54.3 ± 10.

Involvement of Recipient Transplant Coordinators in Transplant Outpatient Clinics in Japan.

Context: Transplant recipients require long-term immunosuppressive therapy, so continued medical follow-up is necessary for long-term survival.

Objective: To investigate the current role of recipient transplant coordinators (RTCs) in the outpatient care of organ transplant recipients in Japan.

Methods: We sent a questionnaire survey to doctors in transplant facilities affiliated with the Japan Society for Transplantation probing attitudes on the role of RTCs in outpatient clinics.

Structural model of self-care agency in patients with diabetes: A path analysis of the Instrument of Diabetes Self-Care Agency and body self-awareness.

Aim: The aim of this study was to examine a causal model of self-care agency by exploring the relationship between the structure of "body self-awareness" and the structure of the Instrument of Diabetes Self-Care Agency (IDSCA).

Methods: The participants were 353 patients with diabetes. The internal consistency of the six items for body self-awareness was examined by calculating the factor structure using principal factor analysis and Cronbach's alpha.

Classification of Support Needs for Elderly Outpatients with Diabetes Who Live Alone.

Objectives: To investigate the support needs of elderly patients with diabetes and to classify elderly patients with diabetes living alone on the basis of support needs.

Methods: Support needs were derived from a literature review of relevant journals and interviews of outpatients as well as expert nurses in the field of diabetes to prepare a 45-item questionnaire. Each item was analyzed on a 4-point Likert scale.

Reliability and Validity of a Shortened Version of an Instrument for Diabetes Self-Care Agency.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to develop a shortened version of the Instrument of Diabetes Self-Care Agency (IDSCA).

Methods: In the development of the shortened version of IDSCA, intraclass correlation coefficient 2 (ICC2) analysis was done to determine items to be deleted. However, the 7 subscales were retained.

Issues experienced while administering care to patients with dementia in acute care hospitals: a study based on focus group interviews.

Objective: Dementia is a major public health problem. More and more patients with dementia are being admitted to acute care hospitals for treatment of comorbidities. Issues associated with care of patients with dementia in acute care hospitals have not been adequately clarified.

Development of a support skill scale in insulin therapy: a nationwide study in Japan.

The aim of this cross-sectional, nationwide study in Japan was to develop a support skill scale for insulin therapy (IT-SSS) and to evaluate its validity and reliability. The sample consisted of 1604 nurses at 123 hospitals throughout the country. The factor validity, known-group validity, convergent validity, discriminant validity and internal consistency of IT-SSS were assessed.

Beneficial effects of foot care nursing for people with diabetes mellitus: an uncontrolled before and after intervention study.

Aim: The aim of this study was to assess the effectiveness of a preventative foot care nursing programme for diabetic patients.

Background: Foot complications are common in diabetic patients and prevention of such complications requires foot care. However, there is little information on the effectiveness of foot care nursing on the incidence and recurrence of diabetic foot.

Writers' award winner experiences of family members acting as primary caregivers for patients with traumatic brain injury.

Research on caregiving experiences of families of patients with traumatic brain injuries has been limited to studies emphasizing negative aspects of care. During this study, families caring for patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI) shared their experiences, allowing us to collect basic data about factors related to their psychosocial adjustment. Fifteen primary caregivers were interviewed using semistructured interviews, and content analysis was performed on obtained data.

Analysis of causal models of diet for patients with head and neck cancer receiving radiation therapy.

Purpose: This study seeks to establish causal models of diet which maintain the appetite of head and neck cancer patients receiving radiation therapy.

Sample And Methods: We collected data from 208 patients at two radiation doses, 30/50 Gy, using a questionnaire on appetite and analyzed the items using structural equation modeling.

Results: In the causal model for 30 Gy, we established a path using the four intervening variables "ease of consuming foods in smooth forms," "ease of consuming foods with a chewable texture and suitable temperature," "ease of consuming lightly seasoned foods with a flavorful smell," and "overall ease of consuming a given meal" from the temporal relationship between "dietary preferences" and "maintaining appetite while caring for the oral cavity.

Psychosocial adjustment process of mothers caring for young men with traumatic brain injury: focusing on the mother-son relationship.

This study focuses on the mother-son relationship of 13 mothers caring for single sons between the ages of 15 and 30 years who have higher brain dysfunction due to a traumatic brain injury. We aimed to elucidate the psychosocial adjustment process of mothers for 5 years following the injury to facilitate the social rehabilitation of both mother and son. Data obtained through a semistructured interview method were analyzed using a modified grounded theory approach.

Appetite and adverse effects associated with radiation therapy in patients with head and neck cancer.

Purpose: The relationship between radiation treatment and adverse effects resulting in changes in appetite was studied in patients with head and neck (H&N) cancer.

Methods And Sample: Path analysis was used to evaluate the following factors in 117 patients receiving radiation therapy for H&N cancer: daily fluctuations in saliva production, analgesic use, frequency of oral care, subject characteristics, and appetite.

Results: At 20 Gy of radiation, appetite was affected by Brinkman index value, age, and sensitivity to taste (R2=0.

A programme to encourage participation of haemodialysis patients in an exercise regimen.

Recent research has reinforced the idea that haemodialysis (HD) patients should exercise to maintain their physical functioning and improve their quality of life. Some effective exercise programmes are available for HD patients. However, these programmes are not always completed by the patients who enrol in them, and therefore, these patients do not maintain long-term physical activity.

Seasonality in the infection and invasion of Marteilioides chungmuensis in the Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas.

The protozoan parasite Marteilioides chungmuensis causes irregular enlargement of the ovary in the Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas. The parasite invades the oyster through the epithelial tissue of the labial palp, replicates in the connective tissue, and then moves to the gonad, producing spores inside the oocytes. In this study the seasonality and invasion period of the parasite into the host was investigated over a 1 yr cycle.

A cross-cultural comparison of the developmental evolution of expertise in diabetes self-management.

Aims: The authors compare the findings of two research studies, one conducted in Japan and the other in Canada, about the developmental evolution of self-management of diabetes. In this article, the authors identify the similarities and differences that exist in the research data, proposing that the differences are situated in the different cultural perspectives of self-management that exist in both countries.

Background: Researchers have acknowledged that self-management has cultural dimensions.

Pathogenicity of the protozoan parasite Marteilioides chungmuensis in the Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas.

Marteilioides chungmuensis is an ovarian parasite that causes nodule-like structures to appear on the gonads of female Pacific oysters, Crassostrea gigas. It is known that the prevalence of infection increases in summer and decreases from autumn to spring. To investigate the decrease in prevalence of infection and pathogenicity of the parasite, a biopsy method was developed to detect infected oysters, which were then monitored to calculate the mortality rate.