Impact of oral health management by nurses and dental professionals on oral health status in inpatients eligible for the Nutrition Support Team: A longitudinal study.

Objective: As the participation of dental professionals in multidisciplinary care is often limited, instructions on oral health management provided by dental professionals to other professionals are important to achieve transdisciplinary oral health management; however, the effectiveness of such instructions remains unclear. In this longitudinal study, we aimed to determine the impact of oral health management provided by dental professionals and nurses instructed on oral health management by dental professionals on the oral health of inpatients eligible for a Nurition Support Team (NST).

Methods: The study participants were 117 patients (66 men and 51 women, mean age: 71.

Elucidation of the needs for telecritical care services in Japan: a qualitative study.

Objective: To clarify the reasons for consultation, advice sought by frontline physicians and relationship between the patient's pathology and the type of advice provided to guide the future development of telecritical care services.

Design: Secondary analysis of transcripts of telephone calls originally recorded for quality control purposes was conducted using a thematic content analysis. The calls were conducted between December 2019 and April 2021 (total cases: 70; total time: ~15 hour).

Factors influencing the selection of oral healthcare providers in multidisciplinary Nutrition Support Team for malnourished inpatients: A cross-sectional study.

Background: Oral health management involving dental professionals in a multidisciplinary Nutritional Support Team (NST) is effective collaborative care. However, the indicators for the triage of oral health management requirements and selection of oral healthcare providers remain unclear.

Objective: This cross-sectional study included inpatients with malnutrition and aimed to investigate the factors associated with determining the need for oral health management involving dental professionals and selecting primary oral healthcare providers when needed.

Association between Grit and depressive symptoms at the timing of job start among medical residents during the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan: a cross-sectional study.

Introduction: The COVID-19 pandemic had an additional negative impact on the mental health of healthcare workers, including residents. Previous studies revealed that grit, which is an individual trait to achieve long-term goals unrelated to intelligence quotient, is not only positively associated with academic achievement and career success but also negatively correlated with depression. This study aimed to examine the association between grit and depressive symptoms among residents at the time of job start during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in Japan.

Factors associated with liver injury and prognosis in advanced cancer patients treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors.

Aim: The use of immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) has increased remarkably, and immune-related adverse events (irAEs) have also increased. This study aimed to identify factors associated with immune-related liver injury (irLI), and the relationship between the grades of irLI and overall survival (OS) in patients treated with ICIs.

Methods: A total of 571 patients who had been treated for advanced malignancies with ICIs between January 2015 and March 2022 were retrospectively recruited.