Publications by authors named "Yoriko Hara"
Introduction/aims: It is important to reduce psychological stresses for glycemic control in diabetes. We investigated the factors affecting psychological impact, which was involved in the disease conditions in 378 patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.
Materials And Methods: Patients' self-assessed symptoms and four subscales of psychological impacts on diabetes - impact from diabetes (S1), anxiety from having a chronic disease (S2), expectation of worsening conditions (S3) and obstacles to life planning (S4) - were analyzed.
We report a case in which antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody- (ANCA-) associated glomerulonephritis and membranous glomerulopathy (MGN) were detected concurrently. The patient showed rapidly progressive renal deterioration. A renal biopsy showed crescentic glomerulonephritis, together with marked thickening and spike and bubbling formations in the glomerular basement membranes.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Patient empowerment has recently been proposed as an important concept in self-management for effective glycemic control. A concise self-completed questionnaire for patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus was created to comprehensively evaluate their empowerment on the basis of self-managed dietary/exercise behaviors, psychological impact, and family support. The reliability and validity of this short questionnaire were tested and factors relating to patient empowerment were analyzed.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: We previously found that the empowerment of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus can be strongly affected by gender and age in addition to self-managed diet and exercise behaviors and treatment. This study was to examine the effects of gender, age, family support, and treatment on the perceived stress and coping of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus living with family.
Methods: A survey was conducted of 140 adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus who were living with family.
Background: The prevalence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is similar in Japan and China and is increasing due to high rates of smoking in these countries. Reducing COPD is an important public health issue. The goals of this study were to verify the reliability and validity of the Japanese version of the COOP/WONCA charts, a tool for measuring health status, and to examine the qualitative differences in health status between Japanese and Chinese patients with COPD and between these patients and healthy subjects.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAims: An appropriate questionnaire for assessing family support of self-management behavior of Japanese Type 2 diabetes patients has yet to be developed. We produced a Japanese version of the Diabetes Family Behavior Checklist (DFBC) and tested its reliability and validity.
Methods: The study enrolled Japanese patients with Type 2 diabetes mellitus who were living with their families: 158 patients in the Insulin Group and 169 in the Oral Hypoglycemic Agents Group.
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- * Researchers examined 116 IgAN patients and found that both 24-hour urinary protein excretion (UPE) and estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) were significant indicators of ESRD progression.
- * The study established threshold values for UPE and eGFR to enhance predictive accuracy and classified patients into four risk grades, showing a clear increase in ESRD risk from grade I to IV.
Aims: An appropriate questionnaire for measurement of the psychological burden of self-management or behavior modification in type-2 diabetes patients has yet to be developed in Japan. This study was conducted to test the reliability and validity of the Japanese version of the Appraisal of Diabetes Scale (ADS).
Methods: the study enrolled 346 Japanese patients with type 2 diabetes: 200 men and 146 women who were 63.