The Trends of Medical Care Expenditure with Adjustment of Lifestyle Habits and Medication; 10-Year Retrospective Follow-Up Study.

In Japan, the prevention of lifestyle-related diseases is the most important issue for the optimization of medical expenditure. This study aimed to analyze the impact of lifestyle and medication status on medical expenditure. Health checkup data and medical expenditure records of a retrospective cohort of 1463 people aged between 40 and 65 years old who underwent specific health checks at least three times between 2008 and 2017 were analyzed.

Road Centerline Data Accumulation for Rescue Workers Whose Expertise Is Not GIS.

Objectives: The objective of this study is to provide road centerline data for professionals of disaster medicine areas who are often beginners in GIS use.

Methods: Newly developed vector tile format data were converted into shapefile format data, then were organized as second level medical districts to which medical professionals are accustomed.

Results: Road centerline data in Japan is being prepared to release from Association for Promotion of Infrastructure Geospatial Information Distribution free of charge.

[Vitalizing public health activities through community assessment: A report of the Committee on Public Health Nursing 2014-2017].

Objectives　This report aims to present the community assessment model developed by the Committee on Public Health Nursing (6th term) of the Japanese Association of Public Health. This new model was designed such that it could be applied to a broad range of public health activities. It aims at theorizing public health nurses' practice-based knowledge and sharing it among other public health professionals.

Association between Municipal Health Promotion Volunteers' Health Literacy and Their Level of Outreach Activities in Japan.

Objectives: To explore the association between health literacy and levels of three types of core activities among health promotion volunteers (developing a healthy lifestyle, outreach to family, and outreach to community members).

Study Design: A cross-sectional, anonymous, self-administered postal survey of registered health promotion volunteers in the Konan area in Shiga Prefecture in Japan, conducted in January 2010. The study sample was 575 registered health promotion volunteers.

Airborne particulate matter (PM2.5) and the prevalence of allergic conjunctivitis in Japan.

Objective: Exposure to particulate matter less than 2.5 μm in diameter (PM2.5) is associated with asthma and respiratory symptoms, but little is known about the influence of PM2.

Identification of the need for home visiting nurse: development of a new assessment tool.

Objective: To develop a Home Visiting Nursing Service Need Assessment Form (HVNS-NAF) to standardize the decision about the need for home visiting nursing service.

Methods: The sample consisted of older adults who had received coordinated services by care managers. We defined the need for home visiting nursing service by elderly individuals as the decision of the need by a care manager so that the elderly can continue to live independently.

Effects of airway exposure to di-(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate on allergic rhinitis.

Recent epidemiological studies have suggested a positive link between atopy morbidity and exposure to phthalate esters, which are environmental chemicals mainly involved in house dust. Nevertheless, experimental studies applying several allergic in vivo models (in addition to epidemiological studies) are needed to prove the precise correlation between phthalates and facilitation of the allergic response/pathophysiology. Among the phthalate esters, di-(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) has been widely used in flexible polyvinyl chloride products, including vinyl flooring and wall covering, and has been widely suggested to have immunomodulating potential.

Longitudinal comparison study of pelvic floor function between women with and without stress urinary incontinence after vaginal delivery.

Purpose: To compare the pelvic floor function between women with and without stress urinary incontinence after vaginal delivery.

Methods: Seventeen women (age 35.5 ± 3.

Diagnosis of anal sphincter defects by three-dimensional transperineal ultrasound in women with anal incontinence.

Purpose: To assess the utility of transperineal three-dimensional (3D) ultrasound for diagnosing anal sphincter defects and evaluating the function of the anal canal in women with anal incontinence.

Methods: The study subjects were 13 women with anal incontinence. Symptoms of fecal incontinence were assessed by Wexner score.

Stress assessment in acute care department nurses by measuring interleukin-8.

Background: Cytokines, such as interleukin (IL)-8, have been shown to be related to depressive symptoms or inflammatory diseases and may be useful as stress biomarkers.

Aim: This study was to assess whether urinary IL-8 levels were reliable indicators of stress among acute care department (AD) nurses.

Methods: A total of 118 nurses participated in the study.

TNF-alpha employs a protein-tyrosine phosphatase to inhibit activation of hepatocyte growth factor receptor and hepatocyte growth factor-induced endothelial cell proliferation.

TNF-alpha impairs endothelial cell growth and angiogenesis. The anti-angiogenic effects of TNF-alpha have mainly been explained by its modulating vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)-specific angiogenic pathway. Hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) also promotes the growth of vascular endothelial cells and the development of new blood vessels through interaction with its specific receptor, c-met.

The relationship between job stress and urinary cytokines in healthy nurses: a cross-sectional study.

Cytokines such as angiogenin (ANG) and interleukin (IL-8) have been shown to be related to depressive symptoms and inflammatory diseases like coronary heart disease. They may thus be used as stress biomarkers to identify and prevent health problems. To investigate the relationship between cytokines and nurses' job-related stress, levels of urinary ANG and IL-8 were measured in healthy female hospital nurses in Japan.

Cross-sectional survey on risk factors for insomnia in Japanese female hospital nurses working rapidly rotating shift systems.

A cross-sectional survey was carried out for the purpose of examining the association of work stress with insomnia among nurses working rotating shift systems. A self-administered questionnaire on sleep and mental health was distributed to 875 nurses at five hospitals in Japan. Out of the data from 785 (89.