Factors affecting the duration required for meal intake among postgastrectomy patients.

Background & Aims: Patients who had undergone gastrectomy often feel tired during meals as it takes longer for them to consume their meals, as compared to the length preoperatively. We aimed to clarify the factors affecting the duration required for food intake in this population.

Methods: Participants enrolled in the study were patients who underwent total gastrectomy (TG) or distal gastrectomy (DG) within the past 5 years.

Factors Affecting the Risk of Diabetes Development among Brazilian Residents in Japan.

This study aimed to uncover the risk of diabetes and its associated factors among Brazilian residents in Japan. An anonymous questionnaire survey was conducted among Brazilians living in Japan who were aged >40 years. The questionnaire collected data on the participants’ Finnish Diabetes Risk Score (FINDRISC), basic demographics, and health conditions.

Comparison of unpalatable meal contents between patients who underwent total and distal gastrectomies.

Background: Unpalatable meal contents have several impacts on the dietary life of patients who undergo gastrectomy. However, few studies have focused on the unpalatable meal contents according to surgical procedure. This study aims to clarify the differences in the unpalatable meal contents between the patients who underwent total and distal gastrectomies (TG and DG, respectively).

Psychometric evaluation of the Nurse Competence Scale: A cross-sectional study.

Measuring nurses' competence for practice is critical for quality and safety improvement in nursing care and patient outcomes. While the Nurse Competence Scale is a widely used international measure of the generic nursing competence of nurses in various career stages, it has not been used in Thailand. This study involved the forward-backward translation of the scale into Thai and evaluation of its psychometric properties with 571 nurses at one public and one private hospital in Chiang Mai, Thailand.

[Cell-Free Ascites Reinfusion Therapy(CART)Modified by Keisuke Matsusaki(KM-CART)at Our Hospital].

Refractory ascites causes distress in patients with cancer. Cell-free and concentrated ascites reinfusion therapy(CART)is an option for the treatment of ascites. Conventional CART had drawbacks in terms of the volume of ascites it could treat and the complications it caused.

Quality of life of patients with osteonecrosis of the femoral head: a multicentre study.

Purpose: Quality-of-life (QOL) assessments in patients with osteonecrosis of the femoral head (ONFH) have rarely been reported. This multicentre study aimed to elucidate the relationship between disease severity, including necrotic lesion type and radiological staging, and QOL, as well as between patients' characteristics and QOL.

Methods: Two hundred seventy-four patients with ONFH (108 females, 166 males; median age, 46 years) were asked to complete self-assessment QOL questionnaires including the Japanese Orthopaedic Association Hip Disease Evaluation Questionnaire, Oxford Hip Score, and SF-12v2.

Validity and responsiveness of the Oxford hip score in a prospective study with Japanese total hip arthroplasty patients.

Background: With the increasing need for disease-specific health outcome measurements, the Oxford hip score was developed to measure health-related quality of life of total hip arthroplasty (THA) patients in the United Kingdom. The Oxford hip score comprises 12 items pertaining to pain and physical function, which are increasingly used to measure health outcomes of patients who have undergone THA. The purpose of this study was to establish the validity and responsiveness of the Oxford hip score in a prospective study of Japanese patients.

In vivo observations of a case of chlorpromazine deposits in the cornea using an HRT II Rostock corneal module.

Purpose: In vivo study of corneal deposits in a patient receiving chlorpromazine therapy was done by using a confocal microscope, the HRT II Rostock corneal module (RCM).

Methods: A 23-year-old woman who had been on chlorpromazine therapy for 5 years complained of bilateral photophobia and was referred to our clinic. She had suffered from light sensitivity for 4 years.

Long-term follow-up for bullous keratopathy after sato-type anterior-posterior corneal refractive surgery.

Purpose: To evaluate cases of bullous keratopathy resulting from anterior-posterior radial corneal keratotomy (Sato-type operation) performed from 1951 to 1959.

Design: Observational case series.

Methods: Records for a total of 220 eyes of 139 patients with follow-up examinations were examined.