The Association of Central Sensitisation with Depression, Anxiety, and Somatic Symptoms: A Cross-Sectional Study of a Mental Health Outpatient Clinic in Japan.

For patients with chronic pain and persistent physical symptoms, understanding the mechanism of central sensitisation may help in understanding how symptoms persist. This cross-sectional study investigated the association of central sensitisation with depression, anxiety, and somatic symptoms. Four hundred and fifteen adults attending an outpatient psychosomatic clinic were evaluated.

Effectiveness of mobile applications in improving insomnia symptoms among adults from multi-community: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Objective/background: To clarify whether mobile sleep applications alleviate insomnia symptoms among adults from multi-community.

Patients/methods: A literature search was conducted using the PubMed, Cochrane, PsycINFO, and Web of Science databases for articles related to mobile technology and sleep interventions published between database inceptions and March 27, 2023. We pooled relevant data using a random-effects model, and a meta-analysis was performed using a web version of the Cochrane Review Manager.

Association Between Ego-Resilience and Social Isolation Among Urban Older People.

Social isolation among older adults affects their physical and mental health. Ego-resilience is associated with flexible adaptation to various environments and acceptable behaviors. However, its association with social isolation among older people is unclear.

Sex differences in the association between smoking and central sensitization: A cross-sectional study.

Introduction: Despite the acknowledged interconnection between smoking and pain, research on the relationship between smoking and central sensitization (CS) is scarce; this pain mechanism has attracted recent research attention. Considering potential sex differences, this cross-sectional study aimed to investigate the association between smoking and CS.

Methods: Overall, 415 adult participants from an outpatient clinic underwent evaluation.

Association of illness perception and alexithymia with fatigue in hemodialysis recipients: a single-center, cross-sectional study.

Fatigue in hemodialysis recipients interferes with daily activities and renal rehabilitation, and its underlying causes and treatment remain unclear. Psychological factors, like illness perceptions and alexithymia, cause fatigue in other diseases; however, their contribution to hemodialysis-related fatigue is unknown. This cross-sectional study included 53 hemodialysis recipients.

Psychosomatic symptoms related to exacerbation of fatigue in patients with medically unexplained symptoms.

Background: Medically unexplained symptoms (MUS) are common conditions that cause various somatic complaints and are often avoided in primary care. Fatigue frequently occurs in patients with MUS. However, the somatic and psychiatric symptoms associated with fatigue in patients with MUS are unknown.

Utility and optimal cut-off point of the Somatic Symptom Scale-8 for central sensitization syndrome among outpatients with somatic symptoms and related disorders.

Background: Central sensitization syndrome (CSS) involves severe functional symptoms due to central sensitization. for patients with severe somatic symptoms and related disorders (SSRDs), central sensitization may be responsible for their functional symptoms. We hypothesized that screening for CSS in patients with SSRDs would identify those with severe disease.

Effect of central sensitization on dizziness-related symptoms of persistent postural-perceptual dizziness.

Background: Persistent postural-perceptual dizziness (PPPD) is a chronic functional dizziness symptom triggered by psychological stress, but its pathophysiology is unknown. Central sensitization is considered the cause of functional diseases, such as medically unexplained symptoms, and is a psychosocially affected condition. However, the association between dizziness symptoms in PPPD and central sensitization remains unclear.

Effect of relaxation therapy on benzodiazepine use in patients with medically unexplained symptoms.

Background: The change in the benzodiazepine (BZD) use of patients with medically unexplained symptoms (MUS) following the application of relaxation therapy were examined.

Methods: Of the 221 outpatients with MUS using BZD, 42 received relaxation therapy. Change in BZD use was compared using a relaxation group ( = 42) and a control group that had 84 MUS patients whose baseline was matched by optimal matching algorithms.

Alexithymia and Somatosensory Amplification Link Perceived Psychosocial Stress and Somatic Symptoms in Outpatients with Psychosomatic Illness.

Background: Psychosomatic patients often complain of a variety of somatic symptoms. We sought to clarify the role of clinical predictors of complaints of somatic symptoms.

Methods: We enrolled 604 patients visiting a psychosomatic outpatient clinic.

Clinical features of outpatients with somatization symptoms treated at a Japanese psychosomatic medicine clinic.

Background: Somatization is produced due to the summation of psychological factors, irrespective of the presence or absence of physical factors. A group of diseases with severe pain and other disorders exhibit so-called Medically Unexplained Symptoms (MUS), and the characteristics of patients with MUS are largely unexplained. In this paper, the characteristics of a series of new patients with somatization treated in a Japanese university hospital are discussed.

Pre-pregnancy body mass index as a predictor of low birth weight infants in Japan.

Background And Objectives: The prevalence of low birth weight (LBW) infants in Japan has doubled in the last several decades. The objective of this study was to examine the effects of pre-pregnancy body mass index (BMI) and gestational weight gain (GWG) on LBW infants of Japanese women.

Methods And Study Design: This retrospective study was conducted using data on 1,336 mothers (mean age, 34.

Behavioral medicine in Teikyo University and Toho University.

Behavioral medicine has increased in importance to become a promising field in medical education. The Teikyo University Graduate School of Public Health and Toho University School of Medicine were evaluated in terms of their educational emphasis on behavioral medicine. The Teikyo University Graduate School of Public Health has the following five core requirements, as in the global standards: behavioral medicine, biostatistics, epidemiology, occupational health, and health policy management.

Clinical Characteristics and Referral Patterns of Outpatients Visiting a Japanese Psychosomatic Medicine Clinic.

Background: The definition of psychosomatic medicine is not consistent across countries.

Purpose: The study purpose was to clarify the applicability of the definition of psychosomatic illness issued by the Japanese Society of Psychosomatic Medicine to different types of referral in a university hospital.

Methods: The sample consisted of 1067 outpatients visiting a psychosomatic clinic.

Association of metabolic syndrome with atypical features of depression in Japanese people.

Aim: It has been controversial whether metabolic syndrome (MetS) is associated with depression. We aimed to clarify the correlation between MetS and depression, considering atypical features of depression.

Methods: Participants were 1011 Japanese men aged 20-59 years.

An overview of the China National Tobacco Corporation and State Tobacco Monopoly Administration.

Objectives: China is facing a serious public health problem in active and passive smokers. Confronted with this, China has taken some measures to control tobacco. However, this information has not been surveyed at academic level.

Job stress strengthens the link between metabolic risk factors and renal dysfunction in adult men.

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is an important risk factor for cardiovascular disease. The metabolic risk factors obesity, hypertension, diabetes, and dyslipidemia are closely associated with renal dysfunction. As psychosocial stress affects these risk factors, here, we examined relationships between metabolic risk factors and renal function, and their association with job stress.

Association between insomnia symptoms and hemoglobin A1c level in Japanese men.

Background: The evidence for an association between insomnia symptoms and blood hemoglobin A(1c) (HbA(1c)) level has been limited and inconclusive. The aim of this study was to assess whether each symptom of initial, middle, and terminal insomnia influences HbA(1c) level in Japanese men.

Methods: This cross-sectional study examined 1,022 male workers aged 22-69 years with no history of diabetes at a Japanese company's annual health check-up in April 2010.

Relationship between smoking and family history of smoking in schizophrenia patients.

Background: The rate of smoking is known to be high in patients with schizophrenia. The purpose of this study was to quantitatively examine the relationship between smoking and family history of smoking in patients with schizophrenia.

Methods: The sample consisted of 172 patients (mean age: 54 years, 55% male) hospitalized in a general psychiatric hospital.

Lack of leisure-time physical activity in non-obese Japanese men with components of metabolic syndrome.

A focus exclusively on waist circumference, the main component used in the diagnosis of metabolic syndrome (MetS), may lead to ignoring non-obese individuals with other MetS components, including high levels of blood pressure, fasting blood glucose, and triglycerides and low levels of high-density lipoprotein. This study investigated lifestyles and eating behaviors among non-obese individuals with components of MetS. Of the 918 Japanese male workers, 151 subjects (16.

Validity of the self-reported smoking status of schizophrenia patients, taking gender-related differences into consideration.

Abstract Objective. It is unclear whether self-reported smoking status reflects the true smoking status in schizophrenia patients. This study aims to evaluate the consistency in smoking status in schizophrenia patients, as determined using self-reported questionnaires and objective measurements, while considering gender-related differences.