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{"title":"Quality of life and physical/psychosocial factors in children and adolescents with orthostatic intolerance.","authors":"Yoshie Shigeyasu,&nbsp;Ayumi Okada,&nbsp;Chikako Fujii,&nbsp;Chie Tanaka,&nbsp;Akiko Sugihara,&nbsp;Makiko Horiuchi,&nbsp;Takashi Yorifuji,&nbsp;Hirokazu Tsukahara","doi":"10.1186/s13030-023-00278-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s13030-023-00278-1","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Orthostatic intolerance (OI), which is common in children and adolescents, negatively impacts their quality of life (QOL) due to physical symptoms that limit work, school, and daily activities. The purpose of this study is to explore the association of physical and psychosocial factors with QOL scores in children and adolescents with OI.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A cross sectional observational study was conducted. The study participants included 95 Japanese pediatric patients of age 9-15 years who were diagnosed with OI from April 2010 to March 2020. The QOL scores and the QOL T-scores of children with OI assessed using the KINDL-R questionnaire at the initial visit were compared with conventional normative data. The associations of physical and psychosocial factors with the QOL T-scores were examined using multiple linear regression.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Pediatric patients with OI had significantly lower QOL scores than healthy children in both elementary (50.7 ± 13.5 vs. 67.9 ± 13.4, p < 0.001) and junior high schools (51.8 ± 14.6 vs. 61.3 ± 12.6, p < 0.001). This finding was observed in the physical, mental, self-esteem, friends, and school domains. Total QOL scores were significantly associated with school nonattendance (β =  - 3.2, 95% confidence interval [CI] =  - 5.8 to - 0.5, p = 0.022) and poor relationship with school (β =  - 5.0, 95% CI =  - 9.8 to - 0.4, p = 0.035).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>These results suggest that the assessment of QOL, including both physical and psychosocial aspects, especially school factors, needs to be implemented earlier in children and adolescents with OI.</p>","PeriodicalId":9027,"journal":{"name":"BioPsychoSocial Medicine","volume":"17 1","pages":"23"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2023-06-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10258988/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9635169","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Systematic review and meta-analysis of calculating degree of comorbidity of irritable bowel syndrome with migraine.","authors":"Tatvan S Todor,&nbsp;Shin Fukudo","doi":"10.1186/s13030-023-00275-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s13030-023-00275-4","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and migraines are often comorbid each other. These disorders are likely to be bidirectionally linked through the gut-brain axis and share several underlying mechanisms including central nervous system sensitization. However, quantitative analysis of comorbidity was not reported enough. The aim of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to calculate the present degree of comorbidity of these two disorders.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A literature search was performed searching for articles describing IBS or migraine patients with the same inverse comorbidity. Pooled odds ratios (ORs) or hazard ratios (HRs) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were then extracted. The total effect estimates were determined and presented by random effect forest plots for the group of articles with IBS patients with migraine and the group of articles on migraine sufferers with comorbid IBS separately. The average results of these plots were compared.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The literature search resulted in initial 358 articles and final 22 articles for the meta-analysis. The total OR values obtained were 2.09 [1.79 - 2.43] in IBS with comorbid migraine or headache, 2.51 [1.76 - 3.58] for migraineurs with comorbid IBS and an overall HR of 1 .62 [1.29 - 2.03] was found for cohort studies of migraine sufferers with comorbid IBS. A similar expression of a selection of other comorbidities was found in IBS and migraine patients, especially for depression and fibromyalgia a strong similarity was found in their expression rate.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>This systematic review with meta-analysis was the first to combine data on IBS patients with comorbid migraine and migraineurs with comorbid IBS. The fact that closely related existential rates were observed between these two groups should be used as motivation for future research to further investigate these disorders for why this similarity occurs. Mechanisms involved in central hypersensitivity such as genetic risk factors, mitochondrial dysfunction and microbiota are particularly good candidates. Experimental designs in which therapeutic methods for these conditions can be exchanged or combined may also lead to the discovery of more efficient treatment methods.</p>","PeriodicalId":9027,"journal":{"name":"BioPsychoSocial Medicine","volume":"17 1","pages":"22"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2023-06-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10251688/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9608593","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A nationwide questionnaire survey of physicians regarding the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on patients and treatment system of psychosomatic medicine.","authors":"Yukari Yamanaka,&nbsp;Kazuhiro Yoshiuchi,&nbsp;Chiharu Kubo,&nbsp;Shin Fukudo","doi":"10.1186/s13030-023-00279-0","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s13030-023-00279-0","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has affected the treatment system of medical institutions across the world. Studies of the populations and patients have reported mental health problems caused by the pandemic. However, there are few large-scale studies that have examined the effects of the COVID-19 on diseases from the perspective of psychosomatic medicine. The purpose of this study was to examine changes made to the psychosomatic treatment system of Japan during the COVID-19 pandemic and the impact of the pandemic on patients with diseases treated in psychosomatic medicine.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We conducted a nationwide questionnaire survey of members of the Japanese Society of Psychosomatic Medicine and the Japanese Society of Psychosomatic Internal Medicine from December 24, 2021 to January 31, 2022.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Of the 325 respondents, 23% reported restrictions in initial outpatient admissions, 66% implemented telemedicine, 46% reported a decrease in outpatient admissions, and 31% working in facilities with inpatient units reported decreased inpatient admissions. To reduce in-person visits, 56% of the respondents decreased the frequency of patient visits and 66% introduced telemedicine. Seventy-eight percent of the respondents reported that the COVID-19 pandemic affected the onset or exacerbation of diseases treated in psychosomatic medicine, including psychosomatic disorders, anxiety disorders, mood disorders, adjustment disorders, and eating disorders.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>This study revealed that the COVID-19 pandemic might have affected the practice of psychosomatic treatment in Japan and that various alternative measures were taken to prevent infection. In addition, although the items in this study were not compared to pre-pandemic data, the COVID-19 pandemic, it could have significant psychosocial effects on Japanese patients requiring psychosomatic care. Furthermore, respondents believed that numerous psychosocial factors were behind the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on patients with diseases treated in psychosomatic medicine.</p>","PeriodicalId":9027,"journal":{"name":"BioPsychoSocial Medicine","volume":"17 1","pages":"21"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2023-06-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10248960/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9612474","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A multi-center, randomized, parallel-group study to compare the efficacy of enhanced cognitive behavior therapy (CBT-E) with treatment as usual (TAU) for anorexia nervosa: study protocol.","authors":"Nobuhiro Nohara,&nbsp;Yukari Yamanaka,&nbsp;Mikiko Matsuoka,&nbsp;Tadahiro Yamazaki,&nbsp;Keisuke Kawai,&nbsp;Shu Takakura,&nbsp;Nobuyuki Sudo,&nbsp;Tetsuya Ando,&nbsp;Yutaka Matsuyama,&nbsp;Susan Byrne,&nbsp;Riccardo Dalle Grave,&nbsp;Zafra Cooper,&nbsp;Kazuhiro Yoshiuchi","doi":"10.1186/s13030-023-00277-2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s13030-023-00277-2","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The superiority of Enhanced Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT-E) with regard to weight gain and improvement of psychopathology of eating disorders for patients with anorexia nervosa (AN) over other psychotherapies and treatment as usual (TAU) has not been demonstrated in randomized controlled trials (RCTs). However, a previous RCT showed that patients with AN whose baseline body mass index (BMI) was less than 17.5 kg/m² gained more weight when treated with CBT-E than with other psychotherapies. The aim of the study is to compare the efficacy of CBT-E and TAU for patients with AN. It was hypothesized that CBT-E would be superior to TAU, at least in terms of weight gain, as most patients with AN are likely to have a BMI lower than 17.5 kg/m².</p><p><strong>Methods/design: </strong>A randomized parallel-group multicenter trial will be conducted in three teaching hospitals in Japan between January 2023 and March 2026. Patients with DSM-5 AN, aged 16 years and older, with a BMI equal to or above 14.0 and below 18.5 will be eligible to participate. 56 patients will be randomly and evenly assigned to two intervention groups (CBT-E and TAU). Those assigned to CBT-E will be offered 25-40 sessions in accordance with their initial BMI. Patients assigned to TAU will have at least one session every 2 weeks, with the number of sessions and treatment period not fixed in advance. The primary outcome is BMI at 40 weeks after treatment initiation. The secondary outcomes are the results from the Japanese version of the Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire and Clinical Impairment Assessment questionnaire to measure eating disorder psychopathology and psychological impairment. The follow-up assessment will be performed 6 months after the 40-week assessment.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>This multi-center randomized controlled study will probably evaluate the efficacy of CBT-E compared with TAU for patients with more severe AN than in previous studies since Japanese patients are likely to have a lower BMI than those in Western countries. While it may be difficult to generalize the results of a study conducted in Japan, it would be valuable to clarify the efficacy of CBT-E as a treatment package.</p><p><strong>Trial registration: </strong>UMIN, UMIN000048847. Registered 12 Sep 2022.</p>","PeriodicalId":9027,"journal":{"name":"BioPsychoSocial Medicine","volume":"17 1","pages":"20"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2023-05-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10226199/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9955124","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Perceived benefit of yoga among adults who have practiced yoga for a long time: a qualitative study.","authors":"Şengül Akdeniz,&nbsp;Özlem Kaştan","doi":"10.1186/s13030-023-00276-3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s13030-023-00276-3","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Previous quantitative studies have shown many of the perceived benefits of yoga practice on the mind and body. Although there are many quantitative studies in the international literature on yoga, the number of qualitative studies showing the experience of yoga practice is insufficient. An accurate demonstration of yoga participents experiences, opinions, and judgments on this subject requires a qualitative, rather than a quantitative approach.</p><p><strong>Purpose: </strong>This study was to explore the benefit perceived by adults who have practiced yoga for a long time.</p><p><strong>Design and method: </strong>This qualitative study is based on a hermeneutic-phenomenological approach. The research sample consisted of 18 adults who volunteered to participate in the research and regularly joined yoga practice. The study data were collected through individual and focus group interviews with the participants who practise yoga and analyzed by content analysis method.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>We created five themes. Themes coded by researchers: meaning of the concept of yoga (theme 1), physical, mental, and social state before starting yoga (theme 2), reasons for practising yoga (theme 3), the participants' experiences related to their physical and mental health and social relationships (theme 4), and difficulties of doing yoga (theme 5). In addition, individuals in the study reported their perceptions of the concept of \"yoga\" through the creation of metaphors that completed the following sentence \"yoga is like ……\". These metaphors were used to give insight into the participants deep feelings about yoga.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Both in their individual and focus group interviews, almost all of the participants described that doing yoga has positive benefits on the mind and body. The positive experiences of the participants in the study included decrease in pain and flexibility, increase in sleep quality, development of positive personality traits, increase in self-esteem, and coping with anxiety and stress more effectively. Because the study was qualitative and long-term, it was able to evaluate the beliefs, attitudes and behaviors of individuals in a realistic, systematic, and detailed manner.</p>","PeriodicalId":9027,"journal":{"name":"BioPsychoSocial Medicine","volume":"17 1","pages":"19"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2023-05-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10184339/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9476398","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The short- and long-term effects of cognitive behavioral therapy on the glycemic control of diabetic patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis.","authors":"Na Dong,&nbsp;Xiaowei Wang,&nbsp;Liu Yang","doi":"10.1186/s13030-023-00274-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s13030-023-00274-5","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Glycemic control is an important issue in the treatment of diabetic patients. However, traditional methods, such as medication (the usual treatment), have limitations. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) might be a useful option to help control the glycemic condition. The effects can be revealed by systemic review or meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials (RCT).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A systematic search and a meta-analysis for the RCT were done of the short- and long-term effects of CBT on the glycemic control of diabetic patients in a comparison with the usual treatment. Nineteen RCT studies and 3,885 diabetic patients were enrolled in this meta-analysis. Subgroup analyses of types 1 and 2 diabetes and individual and group CBT were also performed.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Patients treated with CBT showed no significant difference in HbA1c when compared to the usual treatment within six months. However, CBT was more effective in reducing HbA1c when compared to usual treatment with at least six months of treatment duration [standardized mean difference: -0.44 (95% confidence interval (CI): -0.63 ~ -0.25), Z = 4.49]. Subgroup analysis of type 1 and 2 diabetic patients supported a long-term effect of CBT on glycemic control [standardized mean difference: -0.85 (95% CI: -1.19 ~ -0.10), Z = 2.23, standardized mean difference: -0.33 (95% CI:-0.47 ~ -0.19), Z = 4.52, respectively].</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>CBT would be a useful option for improving the glycemic control of diabetic patients undergoing long-term treatment. The advantages of the long-term effects of CBT should be considered by clinicians and staff.</p>","PeriodicalId":9027,"journal":{"name":"BioPsychoSocial Medicine","volume":"17 1","pages":"18"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2023-05-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10165773/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9790975","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Differences in the presentation of COVID-19-related psychosocial stress and general psychological distress and the relation between the number of care days and these symptoms among Japanese ward staff working exclusively with COVID-19 and support staff.","authors":"Tomoe Nishihara,&nbsp;Kazufumi Yoshihara,&nbsp;Ayako Ohashi,&nbsp;Mika Kuroiwa,&nbsp;Nobuyuki Sudo","doi":"10.1186/s13030-023-00272-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s13030-023-00272-7","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Psychological distress has been frequently observed in frontline healthcare workers under stress during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) epidemic; however, it is unclear if there are differences in the stress and symptoms experienced by staff members who work exclusively in a COVID-19 ward and support staff temporarily deployed to a COVID-19 ward. The present study investigated psychosocial stress specific to the care for patients with COVID-19 and psychological distress among ward staff working exclusively with COVID-19 and temporary support staff.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The participants were full-time nurses and doctors working in COVID-19 wards or the ICU who provided face-to-face care to patients with COVID-19 during the COVID-19 outbreak in February of 2021. The data of 67 staff members (21 exclusively working with Covid-19 patients (group A) and 46 in the temporary support group (group B)) was available for study. Psychosocial stress specific to healthcare professionals during this COVID-19 outbreak (Tokyo Metropolitan Distress Scale for Pandemic [TMDP]) and general psychological distress (K6) were assessed.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The K6 score was significantly lower in group B than in group A (p = .006), but no significant difference was found in the total score of TMDP or its subscales. Positive correlations were found between TMDP and K6 for group B (p = .011), as was the number of days of care on TMDP-social (rs = .456, p = .001).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Even though support staff members experienced lower psychological distress than staff working exclusively with COVID-19, COVID-19-related psychosocial stress specific to HCWs was comparable. The support staff also presented psychological distress associated with psychosocial stress specific to healthcare professionals during this COVID-19 outbreak, and the COVID-19-related social stress was enhanced as the number of working days increased. Our results show that all staff, not only those working exclusively with COVID-19 patients but also other support staff should be provided with care focusing on COVID-19-related psychosocial occupational stress.</p>","PeriodicalId":9027,"journal":{"name":"BioPsychoSocial Medicine","volume":"17 1","pages":"17"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2023-04-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10147353/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9448438","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Triggers of self-focused attention: an ecological momentary assessment study.","authors":"Mao Nanamori,&nbsp;Nozomi Tomita,&nbsp;Chiaki Kametani,&nbsp;Naomi Matsuda,&nbsp;Hiroaki Kumano","doi":"10.1186/s13030-023-00273-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s13030-023-00273-6","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Self-focused attention (SFA) is a major maintenance factor of social anxiety disorder. The two types of SFA, the observer perspective and self-focus on body sensation, increase anxiety in individuals with high levels of social anxiety. However, the triggers of each SFA remain unclear. This study used ecological momentary assessment to identify the factors that elicit SFA in real-life social scenarios.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The study obtained 316 samples from 22 Japanese university students (4 male:18 female) with high social anxiety who completed momentary measures of stimulus perception and two types of SFA for 10 days. Links to online questionnaires were sent to the participants via e-mails 3 times a day. First, multilevel single regression analyses were used to identify the stimuli that induced the two types of SFA. Between-level interaction with gender was done to determine the effect of gender biasing on the female participants. Next, for the variables that were significantly predictive in these analyses, multilevel multiple regression analyses were conducted with fear of each stimulus as a control variable.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Perception of gaze, evaluation, and authority predicted SFA from the observer perspective. Perception of gaze also predicted self-focus on body sensation. In addition, the perception of positive response and that of stranger predicted self-focus on body sensation depended on gender, implying that the positive response perception of female participants predicted self-focus on body sensation. After controlling for corresponding fear, gaze perception predicted both SFAs, and the perception of authority predicted SFA from the observer perspective. In addition, after controlling for relevant fear, the perception of positive response of female participants predicted self-focus on body sensation. In contrast, the fear of evaluation but not the perception of evaluation predicted SFA from the observer perspective.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The perception of gaze is the most powerful trigger of the two types of SFA, even after controlling for fear of gaze in real-life social scenarios for individuals with social anxiety. SFA from the observer perspective is also triggered by the perception of authority and fear of evaluation. The role of perception of positive responses or strangers should be re-evaluated after correcting for gender imbalance. (350 words / 350 words).</p>","PeriodicalId":9027,"journal":{"name":"BioPsychoSocial Medicine","volume":"17 1","pages":"16"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2023-04-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10122821/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9422997","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Reliability and validity of the English, Chinese, Korean, Indonesian, and Vietnamese versions of the public health research foundation stress checklist short form.","authors":"Yoko Hayashi,&nbsp;Yoshie Imazu,&nbsp;Sixin Deng,&nbsp;Masato Murakami","doi":"10.1186/s13030-023-00271-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s13030-023-00271-8","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Foreign nationals residing in Japan account for approximately 2% of the total population (i.e., approximately 2.6 million people). Of these, 12% are not proficient in speaking Japanese and 25% experience difficulty reading Japanese. Therefore, a simple, convenient, and accurate scale in the native language of foreign nationals is required to support their mental health. In this study, the Public Health Research Foundation Stress Checklist Short Form (PHRF-SCL (SF)) was translated into five languages and the reliability and validity of the translations were confirmed.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The five translated versions of the PHRF-SCL (SF) have been reverse-translated into the original language, Japanese. The creator confirmed that there were no inconsistencies between the Japanese and reverse-translated versions. A total of 777 adults aged 18-64 years participated in the study. They were asked to complete the native language versions of the PHRF-SCL (SF) and Depression Anxiety Stress Scale 21 (DASS 21) online.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>An exploratory factor analysis yielded the same four-factor structure as the original. Internal consistency was confirmed by the alpha coefficients of the subscales. Participants were classified into two groups on the basis of the severity classification obtained from each subscale of the DASS 21. Scores of PHRF-SCL (SF) are significantly higher in groups classified as symptomatic by DASS 21, thereby confirming construct validity. Concomitant validity was confirmed based on correlations with the DASS 21.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>English, Chinese, Korean, Indonesian, and Vietnamese versions of the PHRF-SCL(SF) have been prepared. Although these versions are subject to further statistical analysis, the results were sufficiently substantiated for practical use. This scale is expected to contribute to the promotion of mental health services for people from these countries.</p>","PeriodicalId":9027,"journal":{"name":"BioPsychoSocial Medicine","volume":"17 1","pages":"15"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2023-04-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10077708/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9260917","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Changes in the sleeping habits of Japanese university students during the COVID-19 pandemic: a 3-year follow-up study.","authors":"Reiko Hori,&nbsp;Eiji Shibata,&nbsp;Iwao Okajima,&nbsp;Masahiro Matsunaga,&nbsp;Tomohiro Umemura,&nbsp;Akihiko Narisada,&nbsp;Kohta Suzuki","doi":"10.1186/s13030-022-00257-y","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s13030-022-00257-y","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has greatly changed our daily life. Owing to the imposed restrictions, many educational facilities have introduced remote teaching. This study aims to clarify the association between remote teaching and Japanese university students' sleeping habits.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The participants were medical students at Aichi Medical University. We used data from an ongoing longitudinal sleeping habits survey. For the participants who enrolled in the university during 2018-2020, multilevel analyses of sleep duration during weekdays and weekends across 3 years were conducted, adjusting for sex, grade, place of stay, sleep problems and lifestyle habits.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Among the students enrolled in the university, the data of 677 in 2018, 657 in 2019, and 398 in 2020 was available for analysis. The mean sleep duration during weekdays (in minutes) was 407.6 ± 60.3 in 2018, 406.9 ± 63.0 in 2019, and 417.3 ± 80.9 in 2020. The mean sleep duration during weekends (in minutes) was 494.5 ± 82.5 in 2018, 488.3 ± 87.9 in 2019, and 462.3 ± 96.4 in 2020. Multilevel analysis conducted for the 684 participants who enrolled during 2018-2020 showed that sleep duration during weekdays was associated with the place of stay and survey year. Moreover, students reported significantly longer sleep duration during weekdays in 2020 than in 2019, but no significant difference in sleep duration was found between 2018 and 2019. The other multilevel analysis found sleep duration during weekends to be associated with the survey year, sex and always doing something before going to bed. Sleep duration during weekends was shorter in 2020 than in 2019 and longer for male students and students who always do something before going to bed. Ten students were reported to have a delayed sleep phase in 2020.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Students' sleep duration increased during weekdays and decreased during weekends in 2020. This difference could be explained by the COVID-19 pandemic and the introduction of remote teaching.</p>","PeriodicalId":9027,"journal":{"name":"BioPsychoSocial Medicine","volume":"17 1","pages":"14"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2023-04-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10071235/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9250414","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}