Effects of interventions aimed at improving nurses' work engagement in the workplace: a systematic review and meta-analysis protocol.

Introduction: Work engagement enhances nurses' physical and mental health, well-being, job performance and satisfaction. This reduces turnover rates and improves patient care quality, making work engagement a crucial factor in the nursing workplace. However, no systematic review or meta-analysis has explored the effects of randomised controlled trial (RCT) interventions aimed at improving nurses' work engagement.

Ovarian carcinosarcoma of heterologous type occurring in an endometriotic cyst with 3-year recurrence-free survival: a case report and literature review.

A 41-year-old premenopausal woman presented to our hospital with lower abdominal distention and epigastralgia. An ovarian endometriotic cyst was noted when she was 30 years, and was only followed up until she was 36 years. Suspecting rupture of an ovarian tumor, left adnexectomy was performed.

Role of radiation emergency medicine: historical view-a perspective on the past, present, and future.

The more science progresses, the more life and society change. Medicine also changes with the times and the culture. This is also true for radiation emergency medicine, which includes dose-assessment leading to diagnosis, treatment, medical follow-up and prognosis of persons who have developed acute injury or illness due to radioactive contamination or radiation exposure.

The gut microbiota genus Blautia is associated with skeletal muscle mass reduction in community-dwelling older Japanese adults: the Wakayama Study.

Purpose: This cross-sectional study examined the gut microbiota species associated with skeletal muscle mass reduction in a community-based sample of older Japanese adults.

Methods: The study included 744 participants (320 men and 424 women) aged 65-89 years (mean age: 73 years) with no history of treatment for colorectal, chronic kidney, or liver diseases. Bioelectrical impedance analysis was performed to estimate the appendicular skeletal muscle mass (ASM) of each participant.

Factors affecting turnover intention of nurses in Japanese nursing homes for older adults-A cross-sectional study.

Aim: This study aimed to clarify factors that affect turnover intention of nurses in Japanese nursing homes (NHs).

Methods: Cross-sectional nationwide self-administered anonymous questionnaire survey was conducted among 2000 nurses and 1000 directors from 1000 NHs. Data were collected between December 2019 and January 2020.

Age- and sex-related reference values for central blood pressure parameters in middle-aged and older Japanese adults: the Wakayama study.

Central blood pressure (BP) is more strongly associated with cardiovascular events than brachial BP. Few studies have described age-related changes in central BP in the general Japanese population. This study aimed to provide reference values for central BP parameters according to the age and sex, using data from 2964 participants aged 40-89 years (mean age: 60 years) who had no history of overt cardiovascular or chronic kidney disease and had not received antihypertensive, lipid-lowering, or hypoglycemic treatments.

Psychological safety in enhancing the competence of nurse educators among early career nursing faculty in Japan: A cross-sectional study.

Background: Given the diverse roles and responsibilities expected of academic nurse educators, it is essential that they acquire relevant nursing educator competencies. Early career nursing faculty often struggle to engage in their tasks. Therefore, systematic support is crucial in developing the necessary capacities for early career nursing faculty.

A comparative study to elucidate factors explaining willingness to use home-care robots in Japan, Ireland, and Finland.

The implementation of home-care robots is sometimes unsuccessful. This study aimed to explore factors explaining people's willingness to use home-care robots, particularly among care recipients and caregivers. Surveys were conducted in Japan, Ireland, and Finland.

Analysis of Chromosome Test Results of 24,175 Miscarried Fetuses in Japan from 2000 to 2021.

Background: Fetal chromosome abnormalities, the most common cause of spontaneous abortion, were investigated pre-1980s. In recent years, chromosome testing has been outsourced to testing companies in Japan, and there have been few epidemiological studies of chromosome testing of miscarried fetuses on a nationwide scale.

Methods: We analyzed the chromosome test data of SRL Inc.

Development and verification of community development index for improving functioning of aged people in rural districts (third report): data collection and analysis system on social mutual aid are desired for community development for elderly persons living in rural districts.

Objective: The author conducted a survey on social mutual aid and the social stimulative effect of older adults living in a rural district, and compared young old and old-old persons to clarify the roles of public health nurses in promoting community development.

Materials And Methods: A cross-sectional study based on Andersen's Behavioral Model of Health Care Utilization was conducted with 2,500 residents aged 65 years or older of City A in Akita Prefecture. The study was conducted from April 8 to May 15, 2017.

Dementia Care Nursing for Apathetic Older Patients: A Qualitative Study.

The number of patients hospitalized with dementia is increasing, but one symptom, apathy, tends to be overlooked and unaddressed. Thus, this study determines how nurses certified in dementia nursing engage with older patients with dementia who exhibit apathy during hospitalization. A qualitative study using semi-structured interviews with 10 dementia care nurses in Japan was conducted.

Facility wastewater monitoring as an effective tool for pandemic infection control: An experience in COVID-19 pandemic with long-term monitoring.

Introduction: Since the first report of a novel coronavirus infection caused by SARS-CoV-2 in late 2019, the infection has spread rapidly and had a significant impact on our lives. In the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, there was no adequate testing system in place, despite an urgent need for infection control measures in student dormitories.

Methods: We have been monitoring SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater as part of our infection control efforts in the university facilities since fall 2020.

Examining the content validity of the Comprehensive Assessment of Functioning for Mental Illness-Subjective Version (CAMI-S) with reference to the framework of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health (ICF).

Aim: To support the achievement of life goals and social participation of persons with mental illness, based on the World Health Organization's International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health (ICF), we generated items, identified domains, and examined the content validity of the Comprehensive Assessment of Functioning for Mental Illness-Subjective Version (CAMI-S). The purpose was to assess patients' strengths and weaknesses by incorporating the patient and public involvement perspective.

Methods: Focus group interviews on the items to be included were conducted with Group A.

A questionnaire survey of infection control measures during the coronavirus infectious disease 2019 pandemic era.

Objective: To clarify the infection control measures required in the event of a new infectious disease outbreak, we conducted a questionnaire survey on the infection control measures implemented against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).

Methods: An invitation to participate in this survey was sent to the heads of 2689 facilities affiliated with the members of the Japanese Society for Infection Prevention and Control in February 2023, requesting responses to the online survey using Google Forms by March 2023.

Results: Six hundred and forty-five facilities, including 20 clinics and 625 hospitals, participated in the survey.

Intensive care unit interventions to improve quality of dying and death: scoping review.

Background: Intensive care units (ICUs) have mortality rates of 10%-29% owing to illness severity. Postintensive care syndrome-family affects bereaved relatives, with a prevalence of 26% at 3 months after bereavement, increasing the risk for anxiety and depression. Complicated grief highlights issues such as family presence at death, inadequate physician communication and urgent improvement needs in end-of-life care.

Trial of Converting Nursing Records into Simplified and Structured Information Utilizing ChatGPT-3.5.

In Japan, the excessive length of time required for nursing records has become a social problem. A shift to concise "bulleted" records is needed to apply speech recognition and to work with foreign caregivers. Therefore, using 96,000 descriptively described anonymized nursing records, we identified typical situations for each information source and attempted to convert them to "bulleted" records using ChatGPT-3.

Effects of educational methods using extended reality on pre-registration nursing students' knowledge, skill, confidence, and satisfaction: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Aims: This study examined whether educational methods utilizing extended reality (XR) improve pre-registration nursing students' knowledge, skills, confidence, and satisfaction compared with traditional methods.

Design: We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of the effectiveness of XR in nursing education based on the Cochrane methodology.

Data Sources: Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) were searched in MEDLINE, CINAHL, ERIC, Web of Science, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, and Igaku Chuo Zasshi from inception of each database to March 21, 2024.

Comparing health care outcomes before and after employing nurse practitioners in cardiovascular hospitals in Japan: A retrospective chart review.

Background: There are approximately 872 certified nurse practitioners (NPs) in Japan as of April 2024. However, research on the results of their specific activities is still scarce.

Purpose: This study aimed to compare health care outcomes before (i.

Establishment and activity of the planning and acting network for low dose radiation research in Japan (PLANET): 2016-2023.

The Planning and Acting Network for Low Dose Radiation Research in Japan (PLANET) was established in 2017 in response to the need for an all-Japan network of experts. It serves as an academic platform to propose strategies and facilitate collaboration to improve quantitative estimation of health risks from ionizing radiation at low-doses and low-dose-rates. PLANET established Working Group 1 (Dose-Rate Effects in Animal Experiments) to consolidate findings from animal experiments on dose-rate effects in carcinogenesis.

Development of management indicators of nursing for minimizing physical restraints focused on older adult patients hospitalized in acute care settings: A Delphi consensus study.

Nursing management activities are important in influencing staff nurses' action to prevent or withdraw physical restraints. However, limited studies have been conducted empirically to determine the nursing management activities required for minimizing physical restraints. Therefore, there is a need for basic standards of nursing management activities to minimize physical restraints in acute care settings.