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Kino S, Ueno K, Nishioka D, Kondo N, Aida J. Prevalence of dental visits in older Japanese adults receiving public assistance. Community Dent Oral Epidemiol 2024; 52:68-75. [PMID: 37555616 DOI: 10.1111/cdoe.12902] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2023] [Revised: 05/25/2023] [Accepted: 07/28/2023] [Indexed: 08/10/2023]
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OBJECTIVES Exemption from paying dental care costs among recipients of public assistance contributes to universal health care coverage. Although this system might reduce the financial barriers to dental care among patients, there are still several other barriers for public assistance recipients. Therefore, this study examined whether receiving public assistance was associated with a higher prevalence of dental visits for any reason, treatment and prevention. METHODS Data were obtained from 16 366 respondents from the 2019 wave of a nationwide cohort study on older adults in Japan. Poisson regression analyses with robust error variance were used to examine the associations between receiving public assistance and dental visits, adjusting for number of teeth, dental pain, periodontal conditions, age, sex, number of family members, education, equivalent household income, working status, instrumental activities of daily living, medical conditions, depressive symptoms, instrumental support and geographical variations. RESULTS More than half of the non-recipients of public assistance visited a dentist for some reason in the past 6 months. Meanwhile, only 37% of the recipients visited a dentist. In addition, almost half of the non-recipients had treatment visits, while only 34% of the recipients visited. Furthermore, 46% of the non-recipients had dental visits for prevention, while 32% of the recipients had preventive visits. In the fully adjusted models, compared to non-recipients, public assistance recipients were 24% (Prevalence Ratio [PR]: 0.76, 95% Confidence Intervals [CI]: 0.64, 0.90), 23% (PR: 0.77, 95% CI: 0.65, 0.92) and 21% (PR: 0.79, 95% CI: 0.65, 0.95) less likely to have dental visits for any reason, treatment, and prevention, respectively. CONCLUSIONS Although recipients were exempted from dental treatment fees, receiving public assistance was associated with a lower prevalence of dental visits for any reason, treatment and prevention. Future studies should identify the barriers to accessing dental care among public assistance recipients to improve dental visits.
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- Shiho Kino
- Department of Oral Health Promotion, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan
- Department of Social Epidemiology, Graduate School of Medicine and School of Public Health, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Social Epidemiology, Graduate School of Medicine and School of Public Health, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Social Epidemiology, Graduate School of Medicine and School of Public Health, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
- Department of Medical Statistics, Research & Development Centre, Osaka Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Social Epidemiology, Graduate School of Medicine and School of Public Health, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
- Department of Health and Social Behaviour, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Institute for Future Initiatives The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Japan Agency for Gerontological Evaluation Study (JAGES Agency), Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Oral Health Promotion, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan
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Ueno K, Teramoto C, Nishioka D, Kino S, Sawatari H, Tanabe K. Factors associated with prolonged on-scene time in ambulance transportation among patients with minor diseases or injuries in Japan: a population-based observational study. BMC Emerg Med 2024; 24:10. [PMID: 38185622 PMCID: PMC10773094 DOI: 10.1186/s12873-023-00927-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2023] [Accepted: 12/28/2023] [Indexed: 01/09/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Prolonged prehospital time is a major global problem in the emergency medical system (EMS). Although factors related to prolonged on-scene times (OSTs) have been reported in patients with trauma and critical medical conditions, those in patients with minor diseases or injuries remain unclear. We examined factors associated with prolonged OSTs in patients with minor diseases or injuries. METHODS This population-based observational study used the ambulance transportation and request call record databases of the Higashihiroshima Fire Department, Japan, between January 1, 2016, and December 31, 2022. The participants were patients with minor diseases or injuries during the study period. We performed a multivariable logistic regression analysis with robust error variance to examine the association between patient age, sex, severity, accident type, date and time of ambulance call, and the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic with prolonged OSTs. Prolonged OST was defined as ≥ 30 min from the ambulance arrival at the scene to departure. RESULTS Of the 60,309 people transported by ambulance during the study period, 20,069 with minor diseases or injuries were included in the analysis. A total of 1,241 patients (6.2%) experienced prolonged OSTs. Fire accidents (adjusted odds ratio [aOR]: 7.77, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 3.82-15.79), natural disasters (aOR: 28.52, 95% CI: 2.09-389.76), motor vehicle accidents (aOR: 1.63, 95% CI: 1.30-2.06), assaults (aOR: 2.91, 95% CI: 1.86-4.53), self-injuries (aOR: 5.60, 95% CI: 3.37-9.32), number of hospital inquiries ≥ 4 (aOR: 77.34, 95% CI: 53.55-111.69), and the COVID-19 pandemic (aOR: 2.01, 95% CI: 1.62-2.50) were associated with prolonged OSTs. Moreover, older and female patients had prolonged OSTs (aOR: 1.18, 95% CI: 1.01-1.36 and aOR: 1.12, 95% CI: 1.08-1.18, respectively). CONCLUSIONS Older age, female sex, fire accidents, natural disasters, motor vehicle accidents, assaults, self-injuries, number of hospital inquiries ≥ 4, and the COVID-19 pandemic influenced prolonged OSTs among patients with minor diseases or injuries. To improve community EMS, we should reconsider how to intervene with potentially modifiable factors, such as EMS personnel performance, the impact of the presence of allied services, hospital patient acceptance systems, and cooperation between general emergency and psychiatric hospitals.
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- Keiko Ueno
- Department of Social Epidemiology, Graduate School of Medicine and School of Public Health, Kyoto University, Floor 2, Science Frontier Laboratory, Yoshidakonoe-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto-shi, 606-8315, Kyoto, Japan.
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- Department of Perioperative and Critical Care Management, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Department of Social Epidemiology, Graduate School of Medicine and School of Public Health, Kyoto University, Floor 2, Science Frontier Laboratory, Yoshidakonoe-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto-shi, 606-8315, Kyoto, Japan
- Department of Medical Statistics, Research & Development Center, Osaka Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Social Epidemiology, Graduate School of Medicine and School of Public Health, Kyoto University, Floor 2, Science Frontier Laboratory, Yoshidakonoe-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto-shi, 606-8315, Kyoto, Japan
- Department of Oral Health Promotion, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Perioperative and Critical Care Management, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Department of Perioperative and Critical Care Management, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
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Ishimaru M, Zaitsu T, Kino S, Taira K, Inoue Y, Takahashi H, Tamiya N. Dental Utilization Stratified by the Purpose of Visit: A Population-Based Study in Japan. Int Dent J 2023; 73:896-903. [PMID: 37414691 PMCID: PMC10658419 DOI: 10.1016/j.identj.2023.06.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2023] [Revised: 05/30/2023] [Accepted: 06/16/2023] [Indexed: 07/08/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND This study aimed to provide a stratified description of dental visit utilisation by Japanese residents based on patient age, sex, prefecture, and the purpose of the visits. METHODS This cross-sectional study used the National Database of Health Insurance Claims of Japan to identify participants visiting dental clinics in Japan (April 2018-March 2019). Dental care utilisation by populations stratified by age, sex, and prefecture was assessed. We estimated the slope index of inequality (SII) and relative index of inequality (RII) to evaluate regional differences based on regional income and education. RESULTS Amongst the Japanese population, 18.6% utilised preventive dental care visits; 59,709,084 participants visited dental clinics, with children aged 5 to 9 years having the highest proportion. SII and RII were higher for preventive dental visits than those for treatments in all settings. The largest regional differences for preventive care were observed in SII of children aged 5 to 9 years and in RII of men in their 30s and women aged 80 years and older. CONCLUSIONS This nationwide population-based study revealed that the proportion of people utilising preventive dental care in Japan was low, with regional differences. Preventive care needs to be more easily accessible and available to improve the oral health of residents. The above findings may provide an important basis for improving policies related to dental care for residents.
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- Miho Ishimaru
- Department of Oral Health Promotion, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan; Department of Health Services Research, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.
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- Department of Oral Health Promotion, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Oral Health Promotion, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Health Services Research, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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- Department of Oral Health Promotion, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Health Services Research, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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Mikame M, Tsuno NH, Miura Y, Kitazaki H, Uchimura D, Miyagi T, Miyazaki T, Onodera T, Ohashi W, Kameda T, Ohkawa R, Kino S, Muroi K. Anti-A and anti-B titers, age, gender, biochemical parameters, and body mass index in Japanese blood donors. Immunohematology 2023; 39:155-165. [PMID: 38179781 DOI: 10.2478/immunohematology-2023-023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2024]
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It has been reported that anti-A and anti-B (ABO antibody) titers decrease with age, but little is known about the association between ABO antibody titers and physiologic/biochemical parameters such as body mass index (BMI), gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase (GGT), and total cholesterol (T-Cho). We investigated the present situation of ABO antibody titers among healthy blood donors in Japan and the physiologic/biochemical factors that may be associated with changes in ABO antibody titers. Plasma from 7450 Japanese blood donors was tested for ABO antibody titers using ABO reverse typing reagents by an automated microplate system; donor samples were classified into low, middle, and high titers according to the agglutination results obtained with diluted plasma samples. Multivariate regression analysis was performed to analyze the association between ABO antibody titers and age, gender, biochemical parameters (alanine transaminase [ALT], GGT, globulin, T-Cho, and glycosylated albumin [GA]), and BMI according to the ABO blood groups. A significant correlation between ABO antibody titers and age/gender, except for gender in anti-A of blood group B donors, was observed. BMI showed significant but negative correlations with anti-A and anti-B (β = -0.085 and -0.062, respectively; p < 0.01) in blood group O donors. In addition, significant but negative correlations between GGT and T-Cho with anti-B of blood group A donors (β = -0.055 and -0.047, respectively; p < 0.05) were observed. Although differences existed among the ABO blood groups, ABO antibody titers seem to be associated with physiologic and biochemical parameters of healthy individuals.
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- M Mikame
- Development Researcher, Japanese Red Cross Kanto-Koshinetsu Block Blood Center, and Central Blood Institute, Clinical Bioanalysis and Molecular Biology, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU), 2-1-67, Tatsumi, Koto-ku, Tokyo, 135-8521, Japan
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- Deputy General Manager, Japanese Red Cross Kanto-Koshinetsu Block Blood Center, and Central Blood Institute, Tokyo, Japan
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- Clinical Laboratory Staff, Japanese Red Cross Hokkaido Block Blood Center, Hokkaido, Japan
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- Clinical Laboratory Staff, Japanese Red Cross Hokkaido Block Blood Center, Hokkaido, Japan
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- Clinical Laboratory Staff, Japanese Red Cross Hokkaido Block Blood Center, Hokkaido, Japan
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- Section Head, Japanese Red Cross Kanto-Koshinetsu Block Blood Center, and Central Blood Institute, Tokyo, Japan
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- Section Head, Japanese Red Cross Central Blood Institute, Tokyo, Japan
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- Head of Department, Japanese Red Cross Kanto-Koshinetsu Block Blood Center, Tokyo, Japan
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- Head of Department, Japanese Red Cross Hokkaido Block Blood Center, Hokkaido, Japan
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- Senior Lecturer, Department of Clinical Laboratory Science, Teikyo University, and Clinical Bioanalysis and Molecular Biology, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU), Tokyo, Japan
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- Professor, Clinical Bioanalysis and Molecular Biology, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU), Tokyo, Japan
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- General Manager, Japanese Red Cross Hokkaido Block Blood Center, Hokkaido, Japan
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- General Manager, Japanese Red Cross Kanto-Koshinetsu Block Blood Center, Tokyo, Japan
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Ishimaru M, Zaitsu T, Kino S, Inoue Y, Taira K, Takahashi H, Tamiya N. Recent dental visits and family caregiving among individuals with dental symptoms: A nationwide cross-sectional study in Japan. Community Dent Oral Epidemiol 2023. [PMID: 37916539 DOI: 10.1111/cdoe.12926] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2022] [Revised: 10/04/2023] [Accepted: 10/20/2023] [Indexed: 11/03/2023]
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OBJECTIVES With the increasing number of family caregivers due to the ageing population, physical and mental health problems among caregivers are of concern. However, few studies have evaluated their oral health. This study aimed to evaluate the association between being a family caregiver and recent dental visits for dental symptoms in Japan, with consideration of gender. METHODS A cross-sectional study was conducted using the 2016 Comprehensive Survey of Living Conditions (CSLC) in Japan. Participants with dental symptoms were included in this study. The primary outcome was recent dental visits. The exposure variable of interest was being a primary caregiver for a family member requiring long-term care. A logistic regression analysis was conducted adjusting for contributing factors such as age, gender, marital status, working hours per week, education, household expenditure per month, self-rated health and the interaction between gender and caregiving. A stratified analysis by gender was also performed. RESULTS Of the 5100 eligible participants, 233 (4.6%) were family caregivers. Of all participants, 2746 (53.8%) reported dental visits. The adjusted odds ratio (aOR) of family caregivers having recent dental visits was 0.83 (95% confidence interval [CI], 0.64-1.09). In a gender stratified analysis, family caregivers were less likely to visit dental clinics than were non-family caregivers in the male subsample (aOR: 0.56, 95% CI: 0.34-0.92) but not in the female subsample (aOR: 0.99, 95% CI: 0.72-1.38). CONCLUSIONS The findings indicate that family caregivers, especially male caregivers, had fewer dental visits than non-family caregivers. These findings suggest the need to improve the accessibility of dental clinics to family caregivers with dental symptoms.
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- Miho Ishimaru
- The Institute of Education, Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU), Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Oral Health Promotion, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU), Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Oral Health Promotion, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU), Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Oral Health Promotion, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU), Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Health Services Research, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
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- Department of Health Services Research, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
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Kino S, Aida J, Kondo K, Kawachi I. Do disasters exacerbate socioeconomic inequalities in health among older people? Int J Disaster Risk Reduct 2023; 98:104071. [PMID: 37982017 PMCID: PMC10655846 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijdrr.2023.104071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2023]
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Disasters can exacerbate socioeconomic health disparities because of differential exposure (e.g., socioeconomically disadvantaged groups are more likely to be exposed to disaster-related trauma) and differential vulnerability (disadvantaged groups are more likely to suffer health consequences of exposure to trauma). We sought to test whether health disparities among older adults widened in the area which was directly affected by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake & Tsunami compared to areas which largely escaped tsunami damage. We used data from a cohort of community-dwelling older adults who were directly affected by the 2011 disaster (the Iwanuma Study) and municipalities that were not directly affected (the JAGES parent cohort excluding Iwanuma city). The Iwanuma Study gathered pre-disaster information from participants in 2010 (seven months before the disaster) as well as post-disaster information in 2013, 2016 and 2019 (2.5, 5.5 and 8.5 years after the disaster). Our outcomes were depressive symptoms (GDS) and instrumental activities of daily living (IADL). We examined the pre- versus post-disaster trends in socioeconomic health disparities using the slope index and relative index of inequality. We then conducted a difference-in-difference analysis comparing the pre/post disaster change in health disparities in the "exposed" city (Iwanuma) compared to "control" cities. We found clear pre-disaster socioeconomic inequalities in both GDS and IADL in both the exposed and control cities. However, the magnitude of these inequalities did not change after the disaster on either the absolute or relative scales. The 2011 disaster in northeastern Japan did not exacerbate pre-existing patterns of health inequalities in the older population.
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- Shiho Kino
- Department of Oral Health Promotion, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Oral Health Promotion, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Social Preventive Medical Sciences, Chiba University, Center for Preventive Medical Sciences, Chiba, Japan
- Department of Gerontological Evaluation, Center for Gerontology and Social Science, National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Aichi, Japan
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- Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, USA
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Kino S, Tamada Y, Takeuchi K, Nakagomi A, Shiba K, Kusama T, Yamamoto T, Aida J. Exploring the relationship between oral health and multiple health conditions: An outcome-wide approach. J Prosthodont Res 2023:JPR_D_23_00091. [PMID: 37574274 DOI: 10.2186/jpr.jpr_d_23_00091] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/15/2023]
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PURPOSE A growing body of evidence suggests that oral health is associated with a wide range of health outcomes; however, opinions tend to vary because of inconsistent findings. This study aimed to simultaneously examine the association between oral health status and multiple health and well-being indicators using outcome-wide epidemiology. METHODS Data were obtained from the Japan Gerontological Evaluation Study. Oral health status was categorized as: ≥20 teeth, 10-19 teeth with dental prosthesis, 0-9 teeth with prosthesis, 10-19 teeth without prosthesis, and 0-9 teeth without prosthesis. We examined the associations between oral health status in 2013 and 35 health and well-being outcomes in 2019, including physical/cognitive health, psychological distress, subjective health, social well-being, prosocial/altruistic behaviors, and health behaviors, using two databases (n=32,827 and 15,905). RESULTS Compared to individuals with ≥20 teeth, those with <20 teeth had a 10-33% higher risk of mortality and a 7-10% higher risk of functional disability six years later. Additionally, individuals with fewer than 20 teeth tended to go out less frequently and eat fewer vegetables and fruits. Furthermore, individuals with 0-9 teeth without a prosthesis were more likely to have severe functional disability (risk ratio (RR):1.17, 95% confidence interval (CI):1.05-1.31), engage in fewer intellectual activities (standardized difference: 0.17, 95% CI: 0.10-0.24), and feel more hopeless (RR: 1.21, 95% CI: 1.04-1.41). CONCLUSIONS The prevention of tooth loss and prosthodontic treatment may be associated with reduced mortality and functional disability, as well as maintenance of intellectual ability, frequency of going out, and improvements in dietary lifestyle.
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- Shiho Kino
- Department of Oral Health Promotion, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
- Department of International and Community Oral Health, Tohoku University Graduate School of Dentistry, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
- Department of International and Community Oral Health, Tohoku University Graduate School of Dentistry, Sendai, Japan
- Division of Statistics and Data Science, Liaison Center for Innovative Dentistry, Tohoku University Graduate School of Dentistry, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Social Preventive Medical Sciences, Center for Preventive Medical Sciences, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Epidemiology, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, the United States
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- Department of International and Community Oral Health, Tohoku University Graduate School of Dentistry, Sendai, Japan
- Division of Statistics and Data Science, Liaison Center for Innovative Dentistry, Tohoku University Graduate School of Dentistry, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of International and Community Oral Health, Tohoku University Graduate School of Dentistry, Sendai, Japan
- Department of Health Promotion, National Institute of Public Health, Saitama, Japan
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- Department of Oral Health Promotion, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan
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Ueno K, Nishioka D, Saito J, Kino S, Kondo N. Identifying meaningful subpopulation segments among older public assistance recipients: a mixed methods study to develop tailor-made health and welfare interventions. Int J Equity Health 2023; 22:146. [PMID: 37537561 PMCID: PMC10401839 DOI: 10.1186/s12939-023-01959-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2022] [Accepted: 07/11/2023] [Indexed: 08/05/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Public assistance recipients have diverse and complex needs for health and social support in addition to financial support. Segmentation, which means dividing the population into subgroups (segments) with similar sociodemographic characteristics, is a useful approach for allocating support resources to the targeted segments. Clustering is a commonly used statistical method of segmentation in a data-driven marketing approach. This explanatory sequential mixed methods study applied a clustering technique, aiming to identify segments among older public assistance recipients quantitatively, and assess the meaningfulness of the identified segments in consultation and support activities for older recipients qualitatively. METHODS We identified the segments of older recipients in two municipalities using probabilistic latent semantic analysis, a machine learning-based soft clustering method. Semi-structured interviews were subsequently conducted with caseworkers to ask whether the identified segments could be meaningful for them in practice and to provide a reason if they could not think of any older recipients from the segment. RESULTS A total of 3,165 older people on public assistance were included in the analysis. Five distinct segments of older recipients were identified for each sex from 1,483 men and 1,682 women. The qualitative findings suggested most of identified segments reflected older recipients in practice, especially two of them: female Cluster 1 (facility residents aged over 85 years with disability/psychiatric disorder), and female Cluster 2 (workers). Some caseworkers, however, did not recall older recipients in practice when working with certain segments. CONCLUSIONS A clustering technique can be useful to identify the meaningful segments among older recipients and can potentially discover previously unrecognized segments that may not emerge through regular consultation practices followed by caseworkers. Future research should investigate whether tailored support interventions for these identified segments are effective.
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- Keiko Ueno
- Department of Social Epidemiology, Graduate School of Medicine, School of Public Health, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
- Department of Health and Social Behavior, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Social Epidemiology, Graduate School of Medicine, School of Public Health, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
- Department of Medical Statistics, Research & Development Center, Osaka Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Osaka, Japan
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- Division of Behavioral Sciences, National Cancer Center Institute for Cancer Control, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Social Epidemiology, Graduate School of Medicine, School of Public Health, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
- Department of Oral Health Promotion, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Social Epidemiology, Graduate School of Medicine, School of Public Health, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
- Department of Health and Social Behavior, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
- Institute for Future Initiatives, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
- Japan Agency for Gerontological Evaluation Study (JAGES Agency), Tokyo, Japan.
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Aida J, Ishimaru M, Kino S. Reconsidering economic interventions to reduce oral health inequalities. Community Dent Oral Epidemiol 2023; 51:600-605. [PMID: 37282745 DOI: 10.1111/cdoe.12883] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2022] [Revised: 05/25/2023] [Accepted: 05/29/2023] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Despite the general recognition of economic factors as fundamental upstream social determinants of health inequalities, interventions to improve health and reduce inequalities tend to focus on proximal health determinants. However, recent socioeconomic crises have increased the focus on economic factors. Health-related approaches to address economic factors can be divided into two categories: (1) indirect approaches, such as financial support for obtaining dental care and fiscal policies targeting unhealthy commodities and (2) direct approaches, such as cash transfers or provision of a universal basic income. For indirect approaches, policies reducing out-of-pocket payments for dental care appear to improve access to services and reduce oral health inequalities. Price policies targeting tobacco and sugar through taxation are associated with declines in periodontal disease and caries, and sugar taxation appears to reduce oral health inequalities. As regards direct approaches, studies on cash transfers to low-income individuals have found no positive impact on dental visits, while results in relation to caries prevention were inconclusive. No dental studies examined the effect of a population approach to income security, such as basic income. Research on economic interventions for oral health inequalities is scarce, and studies using causal inference methods and natural experiments are urgently needed.
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- Jun Aida
- Department of Oral Health Promotion, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Oral Health Promotion, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Oral Health Promotion, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan
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Shimada S, Zaitsu T, Oshiro A, Kino S, Aida J. Association of oral health with various work problems: a cross-sectional study of Japanese workers. BMC Oral Health 2023; 23:488. [PMID: 37454055 PMCID: PMC10349489 DOI: 10.1186/s12903-023-03196-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2023] [Accepted: 07/02/2023] [Indexed: 07/18/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Oral diseases affect quality of life and known to decrease productivity. We examined the impact of oral health status on various types of work problems. METHODS This cross-sectional study used data from an internet-based self-report questionnaire survey administered to workers in Japan. Responses to the questionnaire regarding seven types of oral health-related work problems (1. Stress; 2. Lack of focus; 3. Lack of sleep; 4. Lack of energy; 5. Lack of communication due to halitosis; 6. Lack of communication due to appearance; 7. Lack of ability due to dental-related pain) were investigated and statistically analyzed. Explanatory variables were self-reported oral health status, number of teeth, and gum bleeding. To examine the association of oral health with the presence of work problems, logistic regression analysis was used to estimate the odds ratio (OR) and 95% confidence interval (CI). Age, sex, educational attainment, income, the presence of diabetes, and industrial classifications were used as the covariates. RESULTS A total of 3,930 workers (mean age: 43.3 (SD = 11.7), 2,057 males and 1,873 females) were included. Overall, a total of 6.2% of workers reported having at least one oral health-related work problem in the past year, whereas 21.8% of those with poor self-reported oral health reported work problems. Workers with poor self-reported oral health were 3.58 (95% CI (1.70-7.56) times higher odds of reporting work problems than those with excellent self-reported oral health. CONCLUSIONS Oral health was found to be associated with various work problems. Oral health promotion policies are needed in the workplace.
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- Satomi Shimada
- Department of Oral Health Promotion, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, 1-5-45 Yushima, Bunkyo-Ku, Tokyo, 113-8510 Japan
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- Department of Oral Health Promotion, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, 1-5-45 Yushima, Bunkyo-Ku, Tokyo, 113-8510 Japan
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- Department of Oral Health Promotion, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, 1-5-45 Yushima, Bunkyo-Ku, Tokyo, 113-8510 Japan
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- Department of Oral Health Promotion, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, 1-5-45 Yushima, Bunkyo-Ku, Tokyo, 113-8510 Japan
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- Department of Oral Health Promotion, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, 1-5-45 Yushima, Bunkyo-Ku, Tokyo, 113-8510 Japan
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Arakawa Y, Haseda M, Inoue K, Nishioka D, Kino S, Nishi D, Hashimoto H, Kondo N. Effectiveness of mHealth consultation services for preventing postpartum depressive symptoms: a randomized clinical trial. BMC Med 2023; 21:221. [PMID: 37365535 DOI: 10.1186/s12916-023-02918-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2022] [Accepted: 06/01/2023] [Indexed: 06/28/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Although many conventional healthcare services to prevent postpartum depression are provided face-to-face, physical and psychosocial barriers remain. These barriers may be overcome by using mobile health services (mHealth). To examine the effectiveness of mHealth professional consultation services in preventing postpartum depressive symptoms in real-world settings, we conducted this randomized controlled trial in Japan, where universal free face-to-face perinatal care is available. METHODS This study included 734 pregnant women living in Yokohama city who could communicate in Japanese, recruited at public offices and childcare support facilities. The participants were randomized to the mHealth group (intervention, n = 365), where they could use a free app-based mHealth consultation service with gynecologists/obstetricians, pediatricians, and midwives whenever and as many times as they wanted between 6 p.m. and 10 p.m. on weekdays throughout their pregnancy and postpartum periods (funded by the City of Yokohama government) or the usual care group (control, n = 369). The primary outcome was the risk of elevated postpartum depressive symptoms, defined as Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale score ≥ 9. Secondary outcomes were self-efficacy, loneliness, perceived barriers to healthcare access, number of clinic visits, and ambulance usage. All outcomes were collected three months post-delivery. We also conducted subgroup analyses assessing the differences in the treatment effect by sociodemographic status. RESULTS Most women completed all questionnaires (n = 639 of 734, response rate: 87%). The mean baseline age was 32.9 ± 4.2 years, and 62% were primipara. Three months post-delivery, women in the mHealth group had a lower risk of elevated postpartum depressive symptoms (47/310 [15.2%]) compared to the usual care group (75/329 [22.8%], risk ratio: 0.67 [95% confidence interval: 0.48-0.93]). Compared with the usual care group, women in the mHealth group had higher self-efficacy, less loneliness, and fewer perceived barriers to healthcare access. No differences were observed in the frequency of clinic visits or ambulance usage. Furthermore, in the subgroup analyses, we did not find differences in the treatment effect by sociodemographic status. CONCLUSIONS Local government-funded mHealth consultation services have a preventive effect on postpartum depressive symptoms, removing physical and psychological barriers to healthcare access in real-world settings. TRIAL REGISTRATION UMIN-CTR identifier: UMIN000041611. Registered 31 August 2021.
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- Yuki Arakawa
- Department of Health and Social Behavior, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Department of Social Epidemiology, Graduate School of Medicine and School of Public Health, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Social Epidemiology, Graduate School of Medicine and School of Public Health, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Social Epidemiology, Graduate School of Medicine and School of Public Health, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Social Epidemiology, Graduate School of Medicine and School of Public Health, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
- Department of Medical Statistics, Research & Development Center, Osaka Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Oral Health Promotion, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Mental Health, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Health and Social Behavior, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Social Epidemiology, Graduate School of Medicine and School of Public Health, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
- Institute for Future Initiatives, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
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Kino S, Stickley A, Arakawa Y, Saito M, Saito T, Kondo N. Social isolation, loneliness, and their correlates in older Japanese adults. Psychogeriatrics 2023; 23:475-486. [PMID: 36966745 DOI: 10.1111/psyg.12957] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2022] [Accepted: 03/07/2023] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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BACKGROUND Loneliness and social isolation are elevated in older adults and associated with a range of detrimental outcomes. Despite this, there has been little research on these phenomena or on similarities and differences in their occurrence or combination in older Japanese adults. The current study aims to (i) determine what factors are associated with social isolation and loneliness among older adults in Japan; and (ii) describe the characteristics of individuals who are socially isolated but not lonely, as well as those who feel lonely but are not socially isolated. METHODS Data were analysed from 13 766 adults aged ≥65 years who participated in the 2019 wave of the Japan Gerontological Evaluation Study. Poisson regression analysis was used to examine associations. RESULTS Among older Japanese adults, the attributes of higher age, male gender, lower socioeconomic status, being a welfare recipient, and having depressive symptoms were associated with social isolation, while lower socioeconomic status, unemployment, welfare receipt, and poor physical and mental health were associated with loneliness. In addition, better educated, and mentally and physically healthy people were less likely to feel lonely even when socially isolated, while people who were not working and who had mental or physical health problems were more likely to feel lonely even if they were not socially isolated. DISCUSSION Our results indicate that in order to reduce unwanted social isolation and loneliness among older Japanese adults, in the first instance the focus should be on those individuals who are socioeconomically disadvantaged and unhealthy.
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- Shiho Kino
- Department of Oral Health Promotion, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan
- Department of Social Epidemiology, Graduate School of Medicine and School of Public Health, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Social Epidemiology, Graduate School of Medicine and School of Public Health, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
- Department of Preventive Intervention for Psychiatric Disorders, National Institute of Mental Health, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Social Epidemiology, Graduate School of Medicine and School of Public Health, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
- Department of Health and Social Behavior, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Faculty of Social Welfare, Nihon Fukushi University, Chita-gun, Japan
- Center for Well-being and Society, Nihon Fukushi University, Nagoya, Japan
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- Department of Social Science, National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Obu, Japan
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- Department of Social Epidemiology, Graduate School of Medicine and School of Public Health, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
- Department of Health and Social Behavior, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Institute for Future Initiatives, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Japan Agency for Gerontological Evaluation Study (JAGES Agency), Tokyo, Japan
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Stickley A, Kondo N, Inoue Y, Kanamori M, Kino S, Arakawa Y, McKee M. Worry about crime and loneliness in nine countries of the former Soviet Union. SSM Popul Health 2022; 21:101316. [PMID: 36632051 PMCID: PMC9827055 DOI: 10.1016/j.ssmph.2022.101316] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2022] [Revised: 12/08/2022] [Accepted: 12/08/2022] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Worry about crime has been linked to several detrimental outcomes including worse mental health. However, there has been little research on the association between worry about crime and loneliness, even though loneliness is increasingly being recognised as a serious public health issue. To address this deficit, this study examined the association between worry about crime and loneliness in nine countries of the former Soviet Union (FSU - Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, and Ukraine), using data from 18,000 respondents aged 18 and above that were collected during the Health in Times of Transition (HITT) survey in 2010/11. Results from a pooled logistic regression analysis showed that compared to those who reported no worry about crime, individuals with a high level of worry had significantly higher odds of loneliness (odds ratio [OR]: 1.43, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.17-1.75). Sex- and age-stratified analyses further showed that the association was observed in women with a mid (OR: 1.37, 95%CI: 1.10-1.71) and a high level (OR: 1.70, 95%CI: 1.33-2.17) of worry about crime but not in men, and that a high level of worry about crime was linked to loneliness in adults aged 35-59 (OR: 1.39, 95%CI: 1.02-1.91) and 60 and above (OR: 1.64, 95%CI: 1.12-2.40) but not in those aged 18-34. High levels of worry about crime are associated with loneliness in the FSU countries. Reducing crime and its associated worries may have important public health benefits in these countries.
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- Andrew Stickley
- Stockholm Centre for Health and Social Change (SCOHOST), Sodertorn University, Huddinge, Sweden,Department of Social Epidemiology, Graduate School of Medicine and School of Public Health, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan,Corresponding author. Department of Social Epidemiology, Graduate School of Medicine and School of Public Health, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
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- Department of Social Epidemiology, Graduate School of Medicine and School of Public Health, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Epidemiology and Prevention, Center for Clinical Sciences, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Social Epidemiology, Graduate School of Medicine and School of Public Health, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan,Institute for the Future of Human Society, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Social Epidemiology, Graduate School of Medicine and School of Public Health, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan,Department of Oral Health Promotion, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Social Epidemiology, Graduate School of Medicine and School of Public Health, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Health Services Research and Policy, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK
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Kino S, Stickley A, Nishioka D, Ueno K, Saito M, Ojima T, Kondo N. Suicidal ideation and suicide attempts among older recipients of public welfare assistance in Japan. J Epidemiol Community Health 2022; 76:jech-2022-218893. [PMID: 35858764 PMCID: PMC9484371 DOI: 10.1136/jech-2022-218893] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2022] [Accepted: 07/10/2022] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND The high suicide rate among older adults is an important public health issue. Financial insecurity has been linked to suicidal behaviour. Despite this, as yet, there has been little research on suicide-related behaviours among older recipients of public welfare. This study will examine if suicidal ideation and suicide attempts are more prevalent in older recipients of public welfare assistance in Japan. METHODS This cross-sectional study analysed data from 16 135 adults aged ≥65 years who participated in the 2019 wave of the Japan Gerontological Evaluation Study. Information was obtained on receiving public welfare assistance, lifetime suicidal ideation and attempts, and a variety of covariates. Poisson regression analysis with robust variance estimates was used to examine associations. RESULTS Suicidal ideation was reported by 4.8% of the participants, while the corresponding figure for attempted suicide was 2.2%. In fully adjusted analyses public welfare recipients had an almost 1.5 times higher prevalence of lifetime suicidal ideation (prevalence ratio, PR 1.47, 95% CI 1.02 to 2.13), and an almost two times higher prevalence of attempted suicide (PR 1.91, 95% CI 1.20 to 3.04) when compared with their counterparts not receiving public welfare assistance. CONCLUSION Older recipients of public welfare have a higher prevalence of suicidal behaviour in Japan. An urgent focus is now warranted on this vulnerable population to determine the specific factors underlying this association.
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- Shiho Kino
- Department of Oral Health Promotion, Tokyo Medical and Dental University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
- Department of Social Epidemiology, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Social Epidemiology, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
- Department of Preventive Intervention for Psychiatric Disorders, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Kodaira, Japan
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- Department of Social Epidemiology, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
- Department of Medical Statistics, Osaka Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Takatsuki, Japan
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- Department of Social Epidemiology, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
- Department of Health and Social Behavior, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Faculty of Social Welfare, Nihon Fukushi University, Chita-gun, Japan
- Center for Well-Being and Society, Nihon Fukushi University, Nagoya, Japan
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- Department of Community Health and Preventive Medicine, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan
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- Department of Social Epidemiology, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
- Department of Health and Social Behavior, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
- Institute for Future Initiatives, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
- Japan Agency for Gerontological Evaluation Study (JAGES Agency), Taito-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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Nishioka D, Kino S, Ueno K, Kondo N. Risk profiles of frequent outpatients among public assistance recipients in Japan: a retrospective cohort study using a classification and regression trees algorithm. BMJ Open 2022; 12:e054035. [PMID: 35618333 PMCID: PMC9137343 DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-054035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES Although several individual risk factors of frequent outpatient attendance (FOA) have previously been reported, identifying a specific risk profile is needed to provide effective intervention for impoverished citizens with complex biopsychosocial needs. We aimed to identify potential risk profiles of FOA among public assistance recipients in Japan by using classification and regression trees (CART) and discussed the possibilities of applying the CART to policypractice as compared with the results of conventional regression analyses. DESIGN We conducted a retrospective cohort study. SETTING We used secondary data from the public assistance databases of six municipalities in Japan. PARTICIPANTS The study population included all adults on public assistance in April 2016, observed until March 2017. We obtained the data of 15 739 people on public assistance. During the observational period, 435 recipients (2.7%) experienced FOA. OUTCOME MEASURE We dichotomised a cumulative incidence of FOA during the study period into a binary variable of exhibiting FOA or not. We adopted the definition of FOA by the Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare: visiting the same medical institution more than 15 days a month. RESULTS The results of the CART showed that an employed subpopulation with mental disabilities exhibited the highest risk of FOA (incidence proportion: 16.7%). Meanwhile, multiple Poisson regression showed that the adjusted incidence ratio of being unemployed (vs employed) was 1.71 (95% CI 1.13 to 2.59). CONCLUSIONS Using the CART model, we could identify specific risk profiles that could have been overlooked when considering only the risk factors obtained from regression analysis. Public health activities can be provided effectively by focusing on risk factors and the risk profiles.
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- Daisuke Nishioka
- Department of Medical Statistics, Research & Development Center, Osaka Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Takatsuki, Japan
- Department of Social Epidemiology, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Social Epidemiology, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
- Department of Oral Health Promotion, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Social Epidemiology, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Social Epidemiology, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
- Institute for Future Initiatives, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Japan
- Japan Agency for Gerontological Evaluation Study (JAGES Agency), Bunkyo-ku, Japan
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Shiba K, Daoud A, Kino S, Nishi D, Kondo K, Kawachi I. Uncovering heterogeneous associations of disaster-related traumatic experiences with subsequent mental health problems: A machine learning approach. Psychiatry Clin Neurosci 2022; 76:97-105. [PMID: 34936171 PMCID: PMC9102396 DOI: 10.1111/pcn.13322] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2021] [Revised: 11/16/2021] [Accepted: 12/14/2021] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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AIM Understanding the differential mental health effects of traumatic experiences is important to identify particularly vulnerable subpopulations. We examined the heterogeneous associations between disaster-related traumatic experiences and postdisaster mental health, using a novel machine learning-based causal inference approach. METHODS Data were from a prospective cohort study of Japanese older adults in an area severely affected by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake. The baseline survey was conducted 7 months before the disaster and the 2 follow-up surveys were conducted 2.5 and 5.5 years after (n = 1150 to n = 1644 depending on the exposure-outcome combinations). As disaster-related traumatic experiences, we assessed complete home loss and loss of loved ones. Using the generalized random forest algorithm, we estimated conditional average treatment effects (CATEs) of the disaster damages on postdisaster mental health outcomes to examine the heterogeneous associations by 51 predisaster characteristics of the individuals. RESULTS We found that, even when there was no population average association between disaster-related trauma and subsequent mental health outcomes, some subgroups experienced severe impacts. We also identified and compared characteristics of the most and least vulnerable groups (ie, top versus bottom deciles of the estimated CATEs). While there were some unique patterns specific to each exposure-outcome combination, the most vulnerable group tended to be from lower socioeconomic backgrounds with preexisting depressive symptoms for many exposure-outcome combinations. CONCLUSIONS We found considerable heterogeneity in the association between disaster-related traumatic experiences and subsequent mental health problems.
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- Koichiro Shiba
- Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Center for Population and Development Studies, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Institute for Analytical Sociology, Linköping University, Norrköping, Sweden
- The Division of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence, The Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Health and Social Behavior, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Department of Social Epidemiology, Graduate School of Medicine and School of Public Health, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Mental Health, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Center for Preventive Medical Sciences, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan
- Center for Gerontology and Social Science, National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Obu, Japan
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- Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Kino S, Nishioka D, Ueno K, Haseda M, Kondo N. Public assistance program and depressive symptoms of the recipient: a cross-sectional Japan Gerontological Evaluation Study. BMC Geriatr 2022; 22:177. [PMID: 35236284 PMCID: PMC8890952 DOI: 10.1186/s12877-022-02868-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2021] [Accepted: 02/22/2022] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Background Mental health conditions among older recipients of public assistance should be considered because it has been reported that public assistance recipients tend to have higher risks of morbidity than non-recipients, and mental health is strongly related to frailty. We aimed to examine whether older recipients of public assistance were more likely to have depressive symptoms compared to non-recipients. Methods Data were obtained from the Japan Gerontological Evaluation Study, a 2016 community-based study of older adults. Poisson regression analyses with a robust error variance using fixed effects were conducted to examine the relationship between receiving public assistance and depressive symptoms controlling for sociodemographic factors. Depressive symptoms were assessed by the Geriatric Depression Scale 15. Results We found that the older recipients of public assistance were 1.57 times (95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.47, 1.67) more likely to have depressive symptoms compared to non-recipients. We also found that, when additionally adjusting for indicators of social participation, this relationship was slightly attenuated; however, the recipients still had worse mental health issues (Prevalence ratio: 1.33; 95% CI: 1.25, 1.42). Conclusions Even after controlling for sociodemographic factors, older recipients of public assistance tended to be more depressed than non-recipients. However, our findings also indicated that social participation could slightly attenuate the negative relationship between receiving public assistance and depressive symptoms. Therefore, the public assistance program needs to consider the inclusion of mental healthcare support in addition to financial support. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s12877-022-02868-0.
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- Shiho Kino
- Department of Social Epidemiology and Global Health, Graduate School of Medicine and School of Public Health, Kyoto University, Floor 2, Science Frontier Laboratory, Yoshida-konoe-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto, 606-8315, Japan.
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- Department of Social Epidemiology and Global Health, Graduate School of Medicine and School of Public Health, Kyoto University, Floor 2, Science Frontier Laboratory, Yoshida-konoe-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto, 606-8315, Japan.,Department of Medical Statistics, Osaka Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Research & Development Center, Daigakumachi 2-7, Takatsuki-shi, Osaka, 569-8686, Japan
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- Department of Social Epidemiology and Global Health, Graduate School of Medicine and School of Public Health, Kyoto University, Floor 2, Science Frontier Laboratory, Yoshida-konoe-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto, 606-8315, Japan.,Department of Health and Social Behavior, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Hongo 7-3-1, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan
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- Department of Social Epidemiology and Global Health, Graduate School of Medicine and School of Public Health, Kyoto University, Floor 2, Science Frontier Laboratory, Yoshida-konoe-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto, 606-8315, Japan
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- Department of Social Epidemiology and Global Health, Graduate School of Medicine and School of Public Health, Kyoto University, Floor 2, Science Frontier Laboratory, Yoshida-konoe-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto, 606-8315, Japan.,Department of Health and Social Behavior, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Hongo 7-3-1, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan.,Institute for Future Initiatives, the University of Tokyo, Hongo 7-3-1, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan.,Japan Agency for Gerontological Evaluation Study (JAGES Agency), Ueno 6-3-5, Taito-ku, Tokyo, 110-0005, Japan
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Kino S, Nishioka D, Ueno K, Kondo N. Role of psychosocial factors in starting and leaving public assistance programs by older Japanese population: Longitudinal Japan Gerontological Evaluation Study. Arch Gerontol Geriatr 2021; 99:104615. [PMID: 34971872 DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2021.104615] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2021] [Revised: 12/16/2021] [Accepted: 12/22/2021] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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BACKGROUND Public assistance programs guarantee a minimum living standard, promoting independence for impoverished citizens. Although public assistance eligibility is mainly based on economic factors like poverty, psychosocial factors may be important in initiating and terminating participation. We explored factors governing commencement and termination of public assistance by the older Japanese population between 2013 and 2016. METHODS We used panel data from the Japan Gerontological Evaluation Study (JAGES), conducted in 2013 and 2016. Fixed-effects regression was used to examine variables in 2013 that were related to receiving public assistance in 2016. The Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology -competence index (TMIG-CI) was used to assess higher-level activities of daily living (ADL, i.e., instrumental ADL, intellectual activity, and social role). The role of individual perceptions of community social cohesion (community trust, mutual help, and attachment), and sociodemographic factors were considered. RESULTS While 215 people (0.5%) started receiving public assistance between 2013 and 2016, almost 50% stopped participating. People with higher perceived mutual community help were 1.21 times (95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.02-1.46) more likely to commence public assistance three years later. Public assistance recipients who felt community attachment to their resident community, and had social roles were 1.16 (95% CI: 1.06-1.28) and 1.15 (95% CI: 1.01-1.30) times more likely to give up public assistance three years later, respectively, independent of socioeconomic statuses. CONCLUSION Psychosocial factors, including maintaining good relationships with community residents, could be important in accessing and terminating public assistance services.
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- Shiho Kino
- Department of Social Epidemiology, Graduate School of Medicine and School of Public Health, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
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- Department of Social Epidemiology, Graduate School of Medicine and School of Public Health, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan; Department of Medical Statistics, Research & Development Center, Osaka Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Social Epidemiology, Graduate School of Medicine and School of Public Health, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan; Department of Health and Social Behavior, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Social Epidemiology, Graduate School of Medicine and School of Public Health, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan; Department of Health and Social Behavior, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan; Institute for Future Initiatives, the University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan; Japan Agency for Gerontological Evaluation Study (JAGES Agency), Tokyo, Japan
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Kino S, Nishioka D, Ueno K, Saito M, Kondo N. Changes in social relationships by the initiation and termination of public assistance in the older Japanese population: A JAGES panel study. Soc Sci Med 2021; 293:114661. [PMID: 34942580 DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2021.114661] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2021] [Revised: 10/25/2021] [Accepted: 12/14/2021] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Public assistance recipients in Japan are financially empowered by social welfare but are also exposed to social stigma. Therefore, when their status of receiving public assistance changes, the conditions of their social life likely change. We examined whether the social relationships of older adults receiving public welfare are influenced by either starting or terminating their use of public assistance. This study used the Japan Gerontological Evaluation Study panel data from 2013 to 2016. To measure social relationships, we used four indicators: the frequency of meeting with friends, the number of friends whom the participants had met with in the past month, their frequency of participating in sports clubs, and their frequency of participating in hobby clubs. In the analyses, changes in social relationships between 2013 and 2016 were used as the study outcomes. Linear regression analyses were conducted to examine if their social relationships changed before and after starting or terminating public assistance while adjusting for confounders. We found that people who stopped receiving public assistance experienced an increase in their frequency of meeting with friends (coefficient: 0.56; 95% CI: 0.06, 1.07), the number of friends (coefficient: 0.60; 95% CI: 0.20, 0.99), participation in sports clubs (coefficient: 0.91; 95% CI: 0.46, 1.39), and participation in hobby clubs (coefficient: 0.70; 95% CI: 0.26, 1.13) compared to those who continued to receive public assistance. Contrarily, the measured social relationships did not change after the participants started receiving public assistance. Our main findings were that terminating one's reception of public assistance increases informal socializing and social participation while starting public assistance does not interrupt pre-existing relationships. These findings contribute to the literature by adding that social relationships are not negatively influenced by either terminating or starting public assistance. Targeted promotions of social connections would effectively maintain the health statuses of low-income older adults.
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- Shiho Kino
- Department of Social Epidemiology, Graduate School of Medicine and School of Public Health, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
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- Department of Social Epidemiology, Graduate School of Medicine and School of Public Health, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan; Department of Medical Statistics, Research & Development Center, Osaka Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Osaka, Japan.
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- Department of Social Epidemiology, Graduate School of Medicine and School of Public Health, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan; Department of Health and Social Behavior, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
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- Faculty of Social Welfare, Nihon Fukushi University, Chita-gun, Aichi, Japan; Center for Well-being and Society, Nihon Fukushi University, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan.
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- Department of Social Epidemiology, Graduate School of Medicine and School of Public Health, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan; Department of Health and Social Behavior, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan; Institute for Future Initiatives, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan; Japan Agency for Gerontological Evaluation Study (JAGES Agency), Tokyo, Japan.
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Kino S, Hsu YT, Shiba K, Chien YS, Mita C, Kawachi I, Daoud A. A scoping review on the use of machine learning in research on social determinants of health: Trends and research prospects. SSM Popul Health 2021; 15:100836. [PMID: 34169138 PMCID: PMC8207228 DOI: 10.1016/j.ssmph.2021.100836] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2021] [Revised: 05/15/2021] [Accepted: 06/01/2021] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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Background Machine learning (ML) has spread rapidly from computer science to several disciplines. Given the predictive capacity of ML, it offers new opportunities for health, behavioral, and social scientists. However, it remains unclear how and to what extent ML is being used in studies of social determinants of health (SDH). Methods Using four search engines, we conducted a scoping review of studies that used ML to study SDH (published before May 1, 2020). Two independent reviewers analyzed the relevant studies. For each study, we identified the research questions, Results, data, and algorithms. We synthesized our findings in a narrative report. Results Of the initial 8097 hits, we identified 82 relevant studies. The number of publications has risen during the past decade. More than half of the studies (n = 46) used US data. About 80% (n = 66) utilized surveys, and 70% (n = 57) employed ML for common prediction tasks. Although the number of studies in ML and SDH is growing rapidly, only a few studies used ML to improve causal inference, curate data, or identify social bias in predictions (i.e., algorithmic fairness). Conclusions While ML equips researchers with new ways to measure health outcomes and their determinants from non-conventional sources such as text, audio, and image data, most studies still rely on traditional surveys. Although there are no guarantees that ML will lead to better social epidemiological research, the potential for innovation in SDH research is evident as a result of harnessing the predictive power of ML for causality, data curation, or algorithmic fairness.
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- Shiho Kino
- Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.,Department of Social Epidemiology, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
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- Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
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- Center for Population and Development Studies, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA.,Department of Sociology and Work Science, University of Gothenburg, Sweden.,The Division of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden.,Institute for Analytical Sociology, Linköping University, Sweden
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Kino S, Jang SN, Kawachi I. Healthy but unhappy? Cross-national comparative analysis of depressive symptoms in Japanese vs. Korean elders. Arch Gerontol Geriatr 2021; 95:104426. [PMID: 34000585 DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2021.104426] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2020] [Revised: 08/25/2020] [Accepted: 04/25/2021] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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BACKGROUND Japan and South Korea, two neighbouring countries in East Asia, enjoy the highest life expectancies in the world, yet suffer paradoxically from high suicide rates. AIM We sought to conduct a cross-national comparative analysis of depressive symptoms among older adults in Japan vs. Korea, focusing particularly on poverty and physical health status. METHODS We used nationally representative samples aged 65 and over from the Comprehensive Survey of Living Conditions in Japan and the Korean Community Health Survey in South Korea. Multivariate logistic regression models were conducted to examine if equivalized household income, poor self-rated health, disability and comorbidity (number of diseases) were associated with depressive symptoms, adjusting for age, education, marital status, alcohol use, smoking and living alone. RESULTS Older Japanese adults with poor self-rated health and disability were more likely to report depressive symptoms, but income level was not significantly associated with mental distress. By contrast, among older Korean people, depressive symptoms were strongly patterned by household income level, as well as poor self-rated health, disability, and comorbidity. CONCLUSION Poor physical health status was correlated with depressive symptoms among both Japanese and Korean seniors. However, income level was associated with depressive symptoms among only Korean elders, but not Japanese. Thus, the current generation of older Japanese adults appears to enjoy (relative) financial security, longevity, and mental wellbeing. By contrast, older Koreans experience high levels of mental distress, especially if they are financially insecure.
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- Shiho Kino
- Department of Social Epidemiology, Graduate School of Medicine and School of Public Health, Kyoto University, Yoshida-konoe-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto, 606-8501, Japan.
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- Red Cross College of Nursing, Chung-Ang University, 84 Heukseok-ro Dongjak-gu, Seoul 06709, South Korea.
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- Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard. T.H. Chan School of Public Health, 401 Park Drive, Boston, MA 02215, United States.
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Kino S, Aida J, Kondo K, Kawachi I. Persistent mental health impacts of disaster. Five-year follow-up after the 2011 great east Japan earthquake and tsunami: Iwanuma Study. J Psychiatr Res 2021; 136:452-459. [PMID: 32948310 PMCID: PMC7443179 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2020.08.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2020] [Revised: 08/10/2020] [Accepted: 08/14/2020] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Few studies have tracked the long-term mental health outcomes following major disaster. We sought to document the trajectories of depressive symptoms and post-traumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) in the aftermath of the 2011 Great East Japan earthquake and tsunami. A cohort of community-dwelling older adults were followed for 5.5 years after the disaster at 3 waves (2010, 2013 and 2016). Depressive symptoms were measured by the Geriatric Depression Scale Short Form, while PTSS was assessed by the Screening Questionnaire for Disaster Mental Health. We examined the trajectories of mental illness symptoms based on the probabilities of persistence, recovery, and delayed onset. Among people without pre-disaster depressive symptoms, 13.6% had developed depressive symptoms 2.5 years after the disaster. Of these, half of those had recovered and half had persisted at the 5.5 year follow-up. 11.1% of survivors reported post-traumatic stress symptoms in 2013; of these, 58% recovered by 2016, while 4.8% experienced delayed onset. Job loss was associated with persistent PTSS (OR 2.03; 95%CI 1.01-4.12) while a drop in subjective economic status predicted delayed onset of PTSS (OR 2.13; 1.34-3.39). However, disaster-related experiences were unrelated to the trajectory of depressive symptoms at 5.5 years. The probabilities of remission (58%) and delayed onset (5%) of PTSS are consistent with prior disaster research. The experience of job loss and drop in subjective economic status appeared to exert a lingering influence on the persistence or delayed onset of PTSS. Depressive symptoms after the disaster had remitted in roughly half of the survivors after 5.5 years.
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- Shiho Kino
- Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, USA; Department of Health Education and Health Sociology, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
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- Department of Oral Health Promotion, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan,Division for Regional Community Development, Liaison Center for Innovative Dentistry, Graduate School of Dentistry, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Social Preventive Medical Sciences, Chiba University, Center for Preventive Medical Sciences, Chiba, Japan,Department of Gerontological Evaluation, Center for Gerontology and Social Science, National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Aichi, Japan
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- Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, USA
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Kobayashi T, Tani Y, Kino S, Fujiwara T, Kondo K, Kawachi I. Prospective Study of Engagement in Leisure Activities and All-Cause Mortality Among Older Japanese Adults. J Epidemiol 2021; 32:245-253. [PMID: 33551388 PMCID: PMC9086310 DOI: 10.2188/jea.je20200427] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Background Engagement in leisure activities among older people is associated with a lower risk of mortality. However, no studies have been conducted focusing on the difference of associations with mortality risk among multiple types of leisure activities. Methods We examined prospectively the association of engagement in leisure activities with all-cause mortality in a cohort of older Japanese adults. The Japan Gerontological Evaluation Study included 48,216 participants aged 65 years or older. During a mean follow-up period of 5.6 years, we observed 5,575 deaths (11.6%). We investigated the total number of leisure activities, as well as combinations of 25 different leisure activities with Cox proportional hazards models, adjusting for potential confounding factors. Results We found a linear relationship between the total number of leisure activities and mortality hazard (adjusted hazard ratio, 0.93; 95% CI, 0.92–0.95). Furthermore, engagement in leisure activities involving physical activity, as well as group-based interactions, showed the strongest associations with lowered mortality. By contrast, engagement in cultural leisure activities and solitary leisure activities were not associated with all-cause mortality. Conclusion Although we cannot rule out residual confounding, our findings suggest that encouraging engagement in physically-active group-based leisure activities may promote longevity in older adults.
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- Takaki Kobayashi
- Department of Global Health Promotion, Tokyo Medical and Dental University
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- Department of Global Health Promotion, Tokyo Medical and Dental University
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- Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
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- Department of Global Health Promotion, Tokyo Medical and Dental University
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- Department of Social Preventive Medical Sciences, Center for Preventive Medical Sciences, Chiba University
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Nakahara N, Matsuyama Y, Kino S, Badrakhkhuu N, Ogawa T, Moriyama K, Fujiwara T, Kawachi I. The Consumption of Sweets and Academic Performance among Mongolian Children. Int J Environ Res Public Health 2020; 17:ijerph17238912. [PMID: 33266218 PMCID: PMC7729965 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph17238912] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2020] [Revised: 11/25/2020] [Accepted: 11/26/2020] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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The regular consumption of sweets has been shown to have an adverse association with the academic performance of children in developed countries; however, the situation in developing countries is less clear. Therefore, we examined the association between the consumption of sweets and academic performance among Mongolian children via a cross-sectional study employing data from 787 children aged 8–16 from two public schools in Ulaanbaatar, the capital of Mongolia. The frequency of the consumption of sweets by the children was captured using a questionnaire and then linked to their academic scores; the association between the consumption of sweets and scores in mathematics and the Mongolian language was evaluated using multiple linear regression adjusted for other covariates. It was found that out of 787 students, 58.6% ate sweets every day. After adjusting for covariates, no significant association was observed between the consumption of sweets and mathematics scores (coefficient: 0.15; 95% confidence interval (CI): −0.02–0.32), while a higher consumption of sweets was significantly associated with higher scores in the Mongolian language (coefficient: 0.25; 95% CI: 0.09–0.41). The associations established in this study are inconsistent with the reports of other studies.
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- Noboru Nakahara
- Department of Global Health Promotion, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8519, Japan; (N.N.); (Y.M.)
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- Department of Global Health Promotion, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8519, Japan; (N.N.); (Y.M.)
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- Department of Social and Behavioral Science, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA; (S.K.); (I.K.)
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- Department of Maxillofacial Orthognathics, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo 113-8510, Japan; (N.B.); (T.O.); (K.M.)
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- Department of Maxillofacial Orthognathics, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo 113-8510, Japan; (N.B.); (T.O.); (K.M.)
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- Department of Maxillofacial Orthognathics, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo 113-8510, Japan; (N.B.); (T.O.); (K.M.)
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- Department of Global Health Promotion, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8519, Japan; (N.N.); (Y.M.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +81-3-5803-5187
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- Department of Social and Behavioral Science, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA; (S.K.); (I.K.)
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Shiba K, Yazawa A, Kino S, Kondo K, Aida J, Kawachi I. Depressive symptoms in the aftermath of major disaster: Empirical test of the social support deterioration model using natural experiment. Wellbeing Space Soc 2020; 1:100006. [PMID: 36238446 PMCID: PMC9555822 DOI: 10.1016/j.wss.2020.100006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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INTRODUCTION We examined the extent to which the post-disaster deterioration of social support and social capital mediates the associations between disaster-related experiences and depressive symptoms among survivors to test the social support deterioration model. METHODS We used unique natural experiment data (n = 3567) stemming from the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake. The follow-up survey was conducted 2.5 years after the disaster. We examined associations between changes in depressive symptoms, disaster-related experiences (loss of loved ones, changes in household income, loss of job, drop in subjective economic status, and home loss), and post-disaster deterioration of four different types of social support (i.e., kin emotional, kin instrumental, non-kin emotional, and non-kin instrumental support), as well as two dimensions of individual-level social capital (i.e., informal socializing and social cohesion). We then performed causal mediation analysis. RESULTS We found that there was deterioration of social support and social capital among individuals with disaster-related experiences. We also found associations between deterioration of social support/capital and worsening of depressive symptoms for specific categories of disaster experiences (i.e., drop in subjective economic status, loss of job, and home loss). However, causal mediation analysis showed little evidence of mediation by post-disaster deterioration of social support/capital. There was some evidence to suggest exposure-mediator interaction such that the association between social support/capital deterioration and depressive symptoms was weaker among those with disaster experiences. DISCUSSION The social support deterioration model was not empirically supported among older-adult disaster survivors of the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake, after accounting for exposure-mediator interactions.
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- Koichiro Shiba
- Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, 677 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, 677 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, 677 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA
- Department of Health Education and Health Sociology, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Center for Preventive Medical Sciences, Chiba University, 1-8-1, Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba 260-8670, Japan
- Center for Gerontology and Social Science, National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, 7-430 Morioka-cho, Obu City, Aichi 474-8511, Japan
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- Department of International and Community Oral Health, Tohoku University Graduate School of Dentistry, 4-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8575, Japan
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- Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, 677 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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Sato R, Fujiwara T, Kino S, Kawachi I. The association between father involvement in caregiving and early childhood overweight or obesity. Pediatr Obes 2020; 15:e12652. [PMID: 32358873 DOI: 10.1111/ijpo.12652] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2019] [Revised: 02/12/2020] [Accepted: 04/13/2020] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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BACKGROUND Despite the increasing trend of paternal engagement in caregiving, fathers remain underrepresented in studies on parenting and childhood obesity. OBJECTIVES This study examined the association between father involvement in caregiving and child's weight status within a longitudinal dataset from Japan. METHODS The data were obtained from a population-based cohort study in Japan (N = 29 584). The association between father's involvement in child caregiving (age 18 months) on the weight status of the same children at age 3.5 years was examined by logistic regression and linear regression analysis. Furthermore, we checked the interaction between maternal employment & father involvement by creating four mutually exclusive groups of families. RESULTS Children whose fathers were highly involved in caregiving were less likely to be overweight (OR = 0.90, 95% CI, 0.85-0.96). Employed mothers with high paternal involvement in caregiving were 30% less likely to have children with overweight or obesity compared to those with low paternal involvement (95% CI, 0.55-0.90). CONCLUSIONS Father involvement in caregiving is associated with the development of overweight or obesity in early childhood, and may also modify the association between maternal employment and child's weight status. Social policies to support shared child-rearing such as expanding paid parental leave could help families to raise children with healthy weight.
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- Rikako Sato
- Department of Global Health Promotion, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Global Health Promotion, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Global Health Promotion, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan.,Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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IMPORTANCE Posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) and depressive symptoms are common among survivors of a major disaster, yet few longitudinal studies have documented their long-term persistence at the community level. OBJECTIVE To examine the trajectories of PTSS and depressive symptoms for as long as 5.5 years after the 2011 Great East Japan earthquake and tsunami. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS This cohort study used data from 2781 participants in 3 waves of the Iwanuma Study (2010, 2013, and 2016), a cohort of community-dwelling older adults (≥65 years in August 2010) in Iwanuma, Japan, who were directly affected by the 2011 disaster. The baseline assessment of mental health predated the disaster by 7 months, and survivors were followed up for 5.5 years after the disaster. Data analysis was performed from October 2019 to February 2020. EXPOSURES The March 11, 2011, Great East Japan earthquake and tsunami. MAIN OUTCOMES AND MEASURES PTSS were measured by 9 questions on the Screening Questionnaire for Disaster Mental Health, while depressive symptoms were measured by 15 items on the Geriatric Depression Scale short form. RESULTS The analytic samples for trajectories of PTSS and depressive symptoms included 2275 and 1735 respondents, respectively. In the study population at baseline, there were slightly more women (1262 of 2275 [55.5%] and 882 of 1735 [50.8%]), and most participants were aged 65 to 74 years (1533 [67.4%] and 1224 [70.5%]) and married (1664 [76.2%] and 1319 [77.7%]). Overall, there was a 13.6% (95% CI, 11.7%-15.6%) incidence of depression among individuals who did not have depression before the disaster, while a further 11.1% (95% CI, 9.8%-12.4%) reported PTSS after the disaster. By 5.5 years of follow-up, approximately half of the survivors with new depressive symptoms in 2013 (85 of 168 [50.6%]) and PTSS (147 of 253 [58.1%]) had recovered. The prevalence of depression in the community remained remarkably stable (between 504 participants [29.0%] and 506 participants [29.2%]) comparing predisaster and postdisaster data. CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE In this study, mental illness symptoms persisted for more than 5 years among half of disaster survivors, but the community-wide prevalence of depression remained stable, suggesting that the community itself was resilient.
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- Shiho Kino
- Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Tohoku University Graduate School of Dentistry, Department of International and Community Oral Health, Sendai, Japan
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- Chiba University, Center for Preventive Medical Sciences, Chiba, Japan
- Department of Gerontological Evaluation, Center for Gerontology and Social Science, National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Aichi, Japan
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- Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Boston, Massachusetts
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Takahashi S, Jang SN, Kino S, Kawachi I. Corrigendum to "Gender inequalities in poor self-rated health: Cross-national comparison of South Korea and Japan" [Soc. Sci. Med. 252 (2020) 112919]. Soc Sci Med 2020; 255:113028. [PMID: 32414631 DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2020.113028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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- Shuko Takahashi
- Takemi Program in International Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, 665 Huntington Avenue, Building 1, Room 1210A, Boston, MA, 02115, USA; International Health, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan; Division of Medical Education, Iwate Medical University, 2-1-1, Nishitokuta, Yahaba-cho, Shiwa-gun, Iwate, 028-3694, Japan
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- Red Cross College of Nursing, Chung-Ang University, 84 Heukseok-ro, Dongjak-gu Seoul, 06709, South Korea; Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard. T.H. Chan School of Public Health, 401 Park Drive, Boston, MA, 02215, USA.
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- Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard. T.H. Chan School of Public Health, 401 Park Drive, Boston, MA, 02215, USA
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- Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard. T.H. Chan School of Public Health, 401 Park Drive, Boston, MA, 02215, USA
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Kino S, Jang SN, Takahashi S, Ebner DK, Kawachi I. Socioeconomic disparities in self-rated health in two East Asian countries: Comparative study between Japan and Korea. Soc Sci Med 2020; 253:112945. [PMID: 32244152 DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2020.112945] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2019] [Revised: 03/16/2020] [Accepted: 03/19/2020] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Although Japan and South Korea share a number of commonalities, social security systems are very different. We opt to compare socioeconomic disparities in self-rated health between these two countries. The analytic sample included those aged 20 years and older from the nationally representative surveys in Japan (Comprehensive Survey of Living Conditions) and South Korea (Korean Community Health Survey). As socioeconomic status, we used income (quintiles of equivalized annual household income) and education (five categories). We measured socioeconomic inequalities using two indices; the Slope Index of Inequality (SII) and the Relative Index of Inequality (RII), in each age group for each country. In Japan, we found relatively little evidence of socioeconomic inequalities in self-rated health over the life course, on either the absolute or relative scale. In Korea, the absolute inequality assessed by SII of self-rated poor health was higher in middle and old age groups compared to other age groups, while relative inequality measured by RII was significantly higher in younger ages. In Japan with more generous welfare system to the older generations, health inequality was relatively lower compared to Korea. The gaps in health status for Korean people suggest where social policy might direct their efforts in the future - (a) reducing inequalities in working-age people by addressing the gap between standard workers & non-standard workers; and (b) improving the financial conditions of older people by shoring up the social security system.
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- Shiho Kino
- Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard. T.H. Chan School of Public Health, 401 Park Drive, Boston, MA 02215, Massachusetts, USA.
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- Red Cross College of Nursing, Chung-Ang University, 84 Heukseok-ro Dongjak-gu, Seoul, 06709, South Korea.
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- Takemi Program in International Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, 665 Huntington Avenue, Building 1, Room 1210A, Boston, MA, 02115, USA; International Health, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan; Division of Medical Education, Iwate Medical University, 2-1-1, Nishitokuta, Yahaba-cho, Shiwa-gun, Iwate, 028-3694, Japan.
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- Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard. T.H. Chan School of Public Health, 401 Park Drive, Boston, MA 02215, Massachusetts, USA.
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- Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard. T.H. Chan School of Public Health, 401 Park Drive, Boston, MA 02215, Massachusetts, USA.
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Kino S, Kawachi I. How much do preventive health behaviors explain education- and income-related inequalities in health? Results of Oaxaca–Blinder decomposition analysis. Ann Epidemiol 2020; 43:44-50. [DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2020.01.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2019] [Revised: 01/09/2020] [Accepted: 01/16/2020] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Kino S, Bernabé E, Sabbah W. Social Inequalities in Use of Preventive Dental and Medical Services among Adults in European Countries. Int J Environ Res Public Health 2019; 16:ijerph16234642. [PMID: 31766584 PMCID: PMC6926506 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph16234642] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2019] [Revised: 11/15/2019] [Accepted: 11/20/2019] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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This study examined inequalities in dental check-ups and medical screenings using subjective and objective socioeconomic indicators. Data from 23,464 adults, aged 20 years old and over, who participated in a multi-national survey across Europe (Eurobarometer 72.3) were analysed. Participants’ socioeconomic position (SEP) was measured by education, difficulty in paying bills and subjective social status. Use of preventive services was measured by attendance for dental check-ups, cancer and cardiovascular screenings in the past 12 months. Socioeconomic inequalities were assessed in two-level logistic regression (adults nested within countries), adjusting for demographic factors and type of healthcare system. There were apparent social inequalities in using all three preventive services. However, only dental check-ups showed consistent and significant inequalities across all socioeconomic indicators with those in the bottom groups in education (odds ratio: 0.51; 95% confidence interval: 0.46–0.55), difficulty in paying bills (OR: 0.64; 95% CI: 0.59–0.72) and subjective social status (OR: 0.63; 95% CI: 0.57–0.69) having lower odds of reporting dental check-ups in the past 12 months than those in the top groups. Cancer screening was not associated with difficulty in paying bills whereas cardiovascular disease screening was not associated with education and subjective social status. Despite the availability of universal health coverage, there were clear social gradients in using preventive services particularly across education and subjective social status groups. The stronger and more consistent gradients observed in dental check-ups compared to cancer and cardiovascular screening could be attributed to difference in the level of coverage of dental and medical services in Europe.
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- Shiho Kino
- Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, University of Boston, Boston, MA 02115, USA;
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- Faculty of Dentistry, Oral & Craniofacial Sciences, King’s College London, London SE5 9RS, UK;
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- Faculty of Dentistry, Oral & Craniofacial Sciences, King’s College London, London SE5 9RS, UK;
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Backhaus I, Kino S, La Torre G, Kawachi I. Right-wing populism and self-rated health in Europe: a multilevel analysis. Eur J Public Health 2019. [DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckz185.269] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Background
Individuals who hew to a conservative political ideology have been previously reported to have better self-rated health compared to liberals. No studies have examined whether the correlation between right-wing ideology and health also holds for populism, a brand of politics that is gaining momentum throughout the world. We tested whether the association still holds for right-wing populists.
Methods
We analysed data from 24617 respondents nested within 18 European countries included in the 2016 European Social Survey. Multilevel analyses were conducted to assess the relationship between political ideology and self-rated health, adjusting for other individual covariates (happiness and social capital) and country-level characteristics (democracy type).
Results
Individuals who voted for right-wing populist parties were 43% more likely to report fair/poor health compared to traditional conservatives (OR = 1.43, 95% confidence interval 1.23 to 1.67). The association was attenuated after controlling for individual-level variables, including happiness and access to social capital (OR = 1.21, confidence interval 1.03 to 1.42). Higher levels of social capital (informal networks, OR = 0.40, 95% confidence interval 0.29 to 0.56; trust, OR = 0.82, 95% confidence interval 0.74 to 0.92) and happiness (OR = 0.18, 95% confidence interval 0.15 to 0.22) were protectively correlated with fair/poor self-rated health.
Conclusions
Individuals voting for right-wing populist parties report worse health compared to conservatives. It remains unclear whether ideology is just a marker for health-related practices, or whether the values and beliefs associated with a particular brand of ideology leads to worse health.
Key messages
There is a significant association between voting for right-wing populist parties and self-rated poor health. Social capital was protectively correlated with self-rated health calling for renewed attention on the effects of social capital on political ideology and health.
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- I Backhaus
- Department of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy
- Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, USA
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- Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, USA
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- Department of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, USA
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Background. Health insurance access and health literacy are critical components of "enabling resources" to encourage uptake of services. We sought to test whether health literacy boosts health services utilization in the context of expanded access to health insurance stemming from the Affordable Care Act. Method. We used individual-level data from 11 states included in the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System 2016. We conducted a two-stage least squares instrumental variables analysis. We instrumented improved access to health insurance stemming from Affordable Care Act Medicaid expansion. As outcome variables, we examined cost as a barrier to needed care, having a personal doctor and receipt of routine health checkups, flu shots, Pap tests, mammograms, sigmoidoscopy/colonoscopy, and dental visits in the past year. We then tested whether the relation between improved health insurance access and health services utilization was moderated by health literacy. Health literacy was measured by a dichotomized scale comprising three items: difficulties obtaining advice or information about health, difficulties understating information from health professionals, and difficulties understanding written health information. Results. We found that improving health insurance access increased the likelihood of reporting a personal doctor while reducing the likelihood of reporting cost as a barrier to care. We also found an interaction effect between health insurance and health literacy on dental visits. However, there was no significant interaction effect between insurance access and health literacy for preventive services utilization. Conclusion. Health literacy did not explain why people fail to access preventive services even when they obtain access to insurance, with the sole possible exception of dental visits among individuals with high literacy.
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- Shiho Kino
- Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
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- Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
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Backhaus I, Kino S, La Torre G, Kawachi I. Right-wing populism and self-rated health in Europe: a multilevel analysis. J Epidemiol Community Health 2019; 73:1116-1121. [PMID: 31554645 DOI: 10.1136/jech-2018-211995] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2018] [Revised: 08/02/2019] [Accepted: 09/16/2019] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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BACKGROUND Individuals who identify as politically conservative have been previously shown to report better self-rated health compared with liberals. We tested whether this association still holds for right-wing populists, which are gaining strength as a political force in Europe in recent decades. METHODS We analysed data from 24 617 respondents nested within 18 European countries included in the 2016 European Social Survey. Multilevel analyses were conducted to assess the association between political ideology and self-rated health, adjusting for other individual covariates (happiness and social capital). RESULTS Individuals who voted for right-wing populist parties were 43% more likely to report fair/poor health compared with traditional conservatives (OR=1.43, 95% CI 1.23 to 1.67). The association was attenuated (OR=1.21, 95% CI 1.03 to 1.42) after controlling for additional individual-level variables, including happiness and access to social capital. Higher levels of social capital (informal networks, OR=0.40, 95% CI 0.29 to 0.56; trust, OR=0.82, 95% CI 0.74 to 0.92) and happiness (OR=0.18, 95% CI 0.15 to 0.22) were protectively correlated with fair/poor self-rated health. CONCLUSIONS Individuals voting for right-wing populist parties report worse health compared with conservatives. It remains unclear whether ideology is just a marker for health-related practices, or whether the values and beliefs associated with a particular brand of ideology lead to worse health.
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- Insa Backhaus
- Department of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy .,Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Sato R, Fujiwara T, Kino S, Nawa N, Kawachi I. Pet Ownership and Children's Emotional Expression: Propensity Score-Matched Analysis of Longitudinal Data from Japan. Int J Environ Res Public Health 2019; 16:ijerph16050758. [PMID: 30832360 PMCID: PMC6427570 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph16050758] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2018] [Revised: 02/22/2019] [Accepted: 02/23/2019] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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With many children and young adolescents reporting strong emotional bonds with their pets, the impact of pet ownership on child/adolescent health—especially on their emotional development—has garnered increasing scientific interest. We examined the association between pet ownership in toddlerhood (age 3.5 years) and poor emotional expression in later childhood (age 5.5 years) using propensity score matching within a longitudinal cohort dataset from Japan (n = 31,453). A propensity score for pet ownership was calculated by logistic models based on a comprehensive list of each child’s observed characteristics, including sex, household income, parental education, mother’s employment status, residential environment, number of siblings, and living arrangement. Log-binomial regression analyses using matched samples revealed that children who owned pets during the toddler years were 6% less likely to have a poor emotional expression in later childhood (prevalence ratio = 0.94, 95% confidence interval = 0.90–0.99) compared to those without pets. This suggests that owning pets may provide children with opportunities to control their emotions, and lead to a lower prevalence of poor emotional expression. Pet ownership in toddlerhood may contribute to the development of expression.
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- Rikako Sato
- Department of Global Health Promotion, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo 113-8519, Japan.
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- Department of Global Health Promotion, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo 113-8519, Japan.
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- Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston 02115, MA, USA.
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- Department of Global Health Promotion, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo 113-8519, Japan.
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- Department of Global Health Promotion, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo 113-8519, Japan.
- Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston 02115, MA, USA.
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Objective We examined whether the Affordable Care Act (ACA) Medicaid expansion reduced socioeconomic inequalities in health care utilization. Methods We used data from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, covering the 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia, between 2011 and 2016. We selected outcome indicators, viz. ability to afford needed health care, having a personal doctor, use of health services in the past year (routine check-up, flu shot and dental visits), and attending screenings for breast, cervical, and colon cancers. Socioeconomic status was measured by household income. We calculated two indices of inequality by household income for each outcome: Slope Index of Inequality (SII) and Relative Index of Inequality (RII). We estimated difference-in-differences models to examine the impact of ACA Medicaid expansion on socioeconomic inequality in use of health care services. Results The ACA Medicaid expansion appeared to reduce the socioeconomic gap in individuals reporting financial ability in accessing health care (difference-in-differences estimators, -0.045 for SII and RII), having a personal doctor (-0.037 for SII and RII), and receiving routine check-ups (-0.027 for SII and -0.039 for RII). However, the expansion was not associated with reduction in the socioeconomic gap for preventive health care visits or dental care. Conclusions The ACA Medicaid expansion had mixed effects on socioeconomic disparities in health care utilization. Medicaid expansion may not be sufficient to address socioeconomic disparities in preventive services uptake.
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- Shiho Kino
- Department of Social Behavioral Sciences, Harvard. T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- * E-mail:
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- Department of Social Behavioral Sciences, Harvard. T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Kino S, Sato K, Kawachi I. Spillover benefit of improved access to healthcare on reducing worry about housing and meal affordability. Int J Equity Health 2018; 17:174. [PMID: 30466443 PMCID: PMC6251117 DOI: 10.1186/s12939-018-0877-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2018] [Accepted: 10/21/2018] [Indexed: 12/05/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The Affordable Care Act Medicaid expansion improved access to health insurance among low-income populations. We sought to examine the spillover benefits of the ACA Medicaid expansion on ability to afford rent/mortgage and purchase of nutritious meals. METHODS Using data from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) we analyzed individuals aged 18-64 years residing in 12 U.S. states (including five ACA Medicaid expansion states) in 2015. Our treatment of interest was access to health insurance, instrumented by the ACA Medicaid expansion. Our outcome variables were: worry or stress about having sufficient money to pay the rent or mortgage and to purchase nutritious meals. We conducted a two-stage least squares instrumental variables regression. RESULTS A 10%-point increase in the proportion of those who obtained health insurance following the ACA Medicaid expansion reduced the probability of being worried and stressed related to purchasing nutritious meals by 7.2% points (95% CI: 1.3-13.2) as well as paying the rent or mortgage by 8.6% points (95% CI: 2.5-14.7) among people living below 138% of the federal poverty level (FPL). The ACA Medicaid expansion was not associated with access to health insurance among those living over 138% of FPL, and obtaining health insurance did not influence stress or worry in relation to affording rent/mortgage or meals in this income group. CONCLUSIONS Improved access to health insurance contributed to reducing worry and stress associated with paying rent/mortgage or purchasing meals among low-income people. Expanding health insurance access may have contributed to increasing the disposable income of low income groups.
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- Shiho Kino
- Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard. T.H. Chan School of Public Health, 677 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115 USA
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- Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard. T.H. Chan School of Public Health, 677 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115 USA
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- Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard. T.H. Chan School of Public Health, 677 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115 USA
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Kino S, Bernabé E, Sabbah W. The role of healthcare and education systems in co-occurrence of health risk behaviours in 27 European countries. Eur J Public Health 2018; 28:186-192. [PMID: 29346661 DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckx071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Background Contextual factors play an important role in health and related behaviours. This study aims to examine the association of co-occurrence of five health-risk behaviours with healthcare and education contextual factors using nationally representative samples from 27 European countries. Methods Data were from Eurobarometer 72.3, 2009. The outcome was a count variable ranging from 0 to 5 indicating co-occurrence of five health-risk behaviours, namely smoking, excessive alcohol consumption, non-frequent fresh fruit consumption, physical inactivity and non-dental check-ups. Public expenditures on healthcare and education as a percentage of GDP and quality of healthcare and education at a country-level were used as contextual factors. A set of multilevel Poisson regression models were conducted to examine the associations between co-occurrence of health-risk behaviours and each of the contextual factors considering age, gender, marital status, urbanisation, individual socioeconomic positions (education, subjective social status or difficulty in paying bills) and GDP per capita. Results The total population was 23 842. Greater expenditures on healthcare and education, and better quality of healthcare systems had negative associations with co-occurrence of health-risk behaviours in the model adjusted for all individual demographic indicators. However, statistical significance disappeared after adjusting for socioeconomic indicators and GDP per capita. Conclusion While the study highlights the importance of developing high-quality healthcare and education systems generously supported by public fund in relation to co-occurrence of health-risk behaviours, the influence of contextual factors in adopting health-related behaviours is probably attenuated by individual socioeconomic factors.
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- Shiho Kino
- Division of Population and Patient Health, King's College London Dental Institute at Guy's, King's College and St Thomas' Hospitals, London, UK
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- Division of Population and Patient Health, King's College London Dental Institute at Guy's, King's College and St Thomas' Hospitals, London, UK
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- Division of Population and Patient Health, King's College London Dental Institute at Guy's, King's College and St Thomas' Hospitals, London, UK
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Kino S, Bernabé E, Sabbah W. Socioeconomic inequality in clusters of health-related behaviours in Europe: latent class analysis of a cross-sectional European survey. BMC Public Health 2017; 17:497. [PMID: 28535751 PMCID: PMC5442654 DOI: 10.1186/s12889-017-4440-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2016] [Accepted: 05/15/2017] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Background Modifiable health-related behaviours tend to cluster among most vulnerable sectors of the population, particularly those at the bottom of the social hierarchy. This study aimed to identify the clusters of health-related behaviours in 27 European countries and to examine the socioeconomic inequalities in these clusters. Methods Data were from Eurobarometer 72.3–2009, a cross-sectional survey of 27 European countries. The analyses were conducted in 2016. The main sections of the survey included questions pertaining to sociodemographic factors, health-related behaviours, and use of services. In this study, those aged 18 years and older were included. We selected five health-related behaviours, namely smoking, excessive alcohol consumption, frequent fresh fruit consumption, physical activity and dental check-ups. Socioeconomic position was indicated by education, subjective social status and difficulty in paying bills. Latent class analysis was conducted to explore the clusters of these five behaviours. Multinomial logistic regression model was used to examine the relationships between the clusters and socioeconomic positions adjusting for age, gender, marital status and urbanisation. Results The eligible total population was 23,842. Latent class analysis identified three clusters; healthy, moderate and risky clusters in this European population. Individuals with the lowest socioeconomic position were more likely to have risky and moderate clusters than healthy cluster compared to those with the highest socioeconomic position. Conclusions There were clear socioeconomic gradients in clusters of health-related behaviours. The findings highlight the importance of adopting interventions that address multiple health risk behaviours and policies that tackle the social determinants of health-related behaviours.
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- Shiho Kino
- Division of Population and Patient Health, King's College London Dental Institute at Guy's, King's College and St Thomas' Hospitals, Bessemer Road, Denmark Hill, London, SE5 9RS, UK.
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- Division of Population and Patient Health, King's College London Dental Institute at Guy's, King's College and St Thomas' Hospitals, Bessemer Road, Denmark Hill, London, SE5 9RS, UK
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- Division of Population and Patient Health, King's College London Dental Institute at Guy's, King's College and St Thomas' Hospitals, Bessemer Road, Denmark Hill, London, SE5 9RS, UK
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Kino S, Bernabé E, Sabbah W. The role of healthcare system in dental check-ups in 27 European countries: multilevel analysis. J Public Health Dent 2017; 77:244-251. [DOI: 10.1111/jphd.12204] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2016] [Accepted: 12/22/2016] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Shiho Kino
- Division of Population and Patient Health; King's College London Dental Institute at Guy's, King's College and St Thomas' Hospitals; London UK
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- Division of Population and Patient Health; King's College London Dental Institute at Guy's, King's College and St Thomas' Hospitals; London UK
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- Division of Population and Patient Health; King's College London Dental Institute at Guy's, King's College and St Thomas' Hospitals; London UK
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Wakamoto S, Fujihara M, Akino M, Katsumata M, Naito Y, Hayashi Y, Homma C, Kino S, Ikeda H, Takamoto S. Evaluation of ADAM-rWBC for counting residual leucocytes in leucocyte-reduced whole blood and apheresis platelet concentrates. Transfus Med 2016; 26:231-5. [PMID: 27117675 DOI: 10.1111/tme.12306] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2015] [Revised: 03/30/2016] [Accepted: 03/30/2016] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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- S Wakamoto
- Japanese Red Cross Hokkaido Block Blood Center, Sapporo, Japan
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- Japanese Red Cross Hokkaido Block Blood Center, Sapporo, Japan
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- Central Blood Institute, Blood Service Headquarters, Japanese Red Cross Society, Tokyo, Japan
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- Japanese Red Cross Hokkaido Block Blood Center, Sapporo, Japan
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- Japanese Red Cross Hokkaido Block Blood Center, Sapporo, Japan
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- Japanese Red Cross Hokkaido Block Blood Center, Sapporo, Japan
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- Japanese Red Cross Hokkaido Block Blood Center, Sapporo, Japan
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- Japanese Red Cross Hokkaido Block Blood Center, Sapporo, Japan
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- Hokkaido Red Cross Blood Center, Sapporo, Japan
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- Japanese Red Cross Hokkaido Block Blood Center, Sapporo, Japan
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Kino S, Bernabé E, Sabbah W, Aukett J. Relationship between family characteristics and children's regular toothbrushing with fluoride toothpaste. Community Dent Health 2015; 32:132-136. [PMID: 26513846] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To examine the association between toothbrushing habits of 8-9 year-olds and maternal behaviours and attitudes towards oral health in a sample of Japanese population. METHODS Cross-sectional data on mothers' behaviours and attitudes towards oral health and children's toothbrushing habits were collected from 378 mother-child pairs by self-administered questionnaires. Logistic regression examined the association of children's daily brushing with fluoride toothpaste with family characteristics, mother's behaviour (toothbrushing frequency, use of interdental aids and supervision of children's toothbrushing), and mother's attitudes towards oral health (priority for toothbrushing and dental fear). RESULTS Children's favourable brushing habits were positively associated with child's gender (female) (OR 1.29; 95%CI:1.09,1.53), child's order of birth (first) (OR 1.53; 95%CI:1.05,2.23), maternal brushing habits (OR 2.42; 95%CI:1.73,3.40), and maternal dental fear (OR 1.45; 95%CI:1.10,1.90). None of the other examined factors were significantly associated with child toothbrushing behaviour. CONCLUSIONS Matemal oral hygiene practice and attitude towards dentists appear to be important predictors of children's toothbrushing habits in this Japanese community sample.
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Yoshida Y, Ohkuri T, Kino S, Ueda T, Imoto T. Elucidation of the relationship between enzyme activity and internal motion using a lysozyme stabilized by cavity-filling mutations. Cell Mol Life Sci 2005; 62:1047-55. [PMID: 15868103 DOI: 10.1007/s00018-005-5053-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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We investigated the activity and the internal motions of a stabilized mutant hen lysozyme (HEL) in which the residues M12 and L56 were mutated to L and F, respectively (LF mutant HEL). The result of the activity measurements against glycol chitin at various temperatures suggested that the temperature dependence of the activity of LF mutant HEL shifted to the high-temperature side compared with that of wild-type HEL. The detailed internal motions of LF mutant HEL in the absence and presence of a substrate analogue, (NAG)3, were examined by model-free analysis at 35 degrees C. The results showed that the internal motions of LF mutant HEL in the presence of (NAG)3 were drastically restricted compared with those in wild-type HEL. Our findings thus suggested that the mutation to the stabilized lysozyme restricted internal motions required for the enzymatic reaction.
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- Y Yoshida
- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, 812-8582, Japan
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Inagaki M, Maguchi M, Kino S, Obara M, Ishizaki A, Onodera K, Yokoyama K, Makino I, Ojima H, Tokusashi Y, Miyokawa N, Kasai S. Mucin-producing tumors of the pancreas: clinicopathological features, surgical treatment, and outcome. J Hepatobiliary Pancreat Surg 2000; 6:281-5. [PMID: 10526064 DOI: 10.1007/s005340050119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Mucin-producing tumors (MPTs) of the pancreas are increasingly being recognized. To evaluate the appropriate surgical treatment and predict the prognosis of MPTs, we performed a retrospective clinicopathological study in 51 patients, 27 with benign tumors and 24 with borderline/malignant tumors. Three of the malignant tumors showed stromal invasion and lymph node metastasis on histological examination. Of the 24 patients with borderline/malignant tumors, 2 died of MPTs and 4 died of other diseases. At the last follow-up, 35 patients were alive and well. The 5-year postoperative survival rate was 90% for patients with benign tumors, and 78% of these with borderline/malignant tumors. Five of the patients with borderline/malignant tumors had multicentric tumors. Three of these patients underwent resection of the rest of the pancreas, 5, 6, and 8 years, respectively, after the first operation. Extended radical resection is required for malignant MPT with invasion of the pancreatic stroma. We prefer to perform pancreatogastrostomy or Imanaga's procedure to allow examination of the body and tail of the pancreas by endoscopic retrograde pancreatography after resection of the pancreatic head. Careful follow-up for a long period may be the most prudent approach for detecting multiple MPTs in the residual pancreas after surgical treatment.
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- M Inagaki
- Second Department of Surgery, Asahikawa Medical College, 4-5-3-11 Nishikagura, Asahikawa 078-8510, Japan
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Inagaki M, Yabuki H, Hashimoto M, Maguchi M, Kino S, Sawa M, Ojima H, Tokusashi Y, Miyokawa N, Kusano M, Kasai S. Metastatic seeding of bile duct carcinoma in the transhepatic catheter tract: report of a case. Surg Today 2000; 29:1260-3. [PMID: 10639708 DOI: 10.1007/bf02482219] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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We describe herein the case of a 51-year-old woman in whom metastatic tumor seeding of the percutanenous transhepatic biliary drainage tract occurred following a pancreatoduodenectomy for carcinoma of the distal common bile duct. An abdominal computed tomography scan done 6 months after the initial operation detected a hepatic lesion located at the site of the previous percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage tract. Implantation of bile duct carcinoma in the drainage tract was diagnosed, and the recurrent tumor was successfully resected by performing a subsegmentectomy of segment 3 and removal of the adjacent abdominal wall. At present, 5 years and 4 months after the second resection, the patient is in good health without any signs of recurrence. This case report demonstrates that an aggressive surgical approach should be performed for tumor seeding of a transhepatic biliary catheter tract.
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- M Inagaki
- Second Department of Surgery, Asahikawa Medical College, Japan
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Tsuji Y, Hamada H, Kimura J, Katsuki Y, Kino S, Yamamoto Y, Ishizaki A, Kassai S, Suzuki K, Nakasaki H, Watanabe M, Tsujita K, Suzuki S, Itou Y, Kusano M. [Cooperative study of intraarterial preventive chemotherapy after resection of hepatic metastasis from colorectal cancer]. Gan To Kagaku Ryoho 1999; 26:1694-7. [PMID: 10560373] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/14/2023]
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This is a compilation of the results of preventive intraarterial infusion following resection of hepatic metastasis from colorectal cancer at four surgical centers. The cases studied included two groups: A) 76 patients who underwent normal liver resection only, and B) 78 patients who underwent resection with adjuvant chemotherapy. Methods included: 1) WHF, 50 cases; 2) other methods using 5-FU, 18 cases; and 3) intraarterial infusions other than 5-FU, 10 (2 cases, outcome unknown). Survival rates for groups A and B for 1 and 5 years were 71.2, 18.9% and 91.5, 56.2%, respectively, with the rates for the intraarterial infusion group showing far better results. The 1- and 5-year survival rates in terms of infusion methods were: 1) 90.7% and 64.6%; 2) 94.4% and 39.3%; and 3) 90% and 60%, respectively, showing no remarkable differences between methods. Total doses of 5-FU were (a) less than 5 g, 7 patients (b) 5-15 g, 16 patients (c) 15-30 g, 22 patients (d) greater than 30 g, 23 patients. A comparison of 1- and 5-year survival rates shows (a) 85.7% and 17.1%; (b) 66.5% and 44.3%; (c) 100% and 62.7%; (d) 100% and 66.5%, respectively, with doses (c) and (d) showing markedly better results than the (a) dosage. From this we conclude that the group undergoing intraarterial hepatic infusion had a markedly improved prognosis compared to the group not undergoing any type of adjuvant therapy. Also, groups receiving a dosage of 15 g or greater of 5-FU showed prolonged survival rates.
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- Y Tsuji
- Dept. of Surgery, Nikko Memorial Hospital
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Inagaki M, Ishizaki A, Kino S, Onodera K, Matsumoto K, Yokoyama K, Makino I, Ojima H, Tokusashi Y, Miyokawa N, Kasai S. Papillary adenoma of the distal common bile duct. J Gastroenterol 1999; 34:535-9. [PMID: 10452691 DOI: 10.1007/s005350050310] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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A 73-year-old man with a papillary adenoma located in the distal common bile duct is reported. He underwent pylorus-preserving pancreatoduodenectomy. The lesion in the common bile duct featured papillary proliferation of the epithelium and fibrous elements with diffuse infiltration by inflammatory cells. Positive staining for MIB-1 (Ki-67) and p53 was identified in the nuclei of the proliferative epithelium. These findings suggested the malignant potential of this lesion. Further progress in imaging diagnostic techniques should increase the frequency with which such lesions are discovered. Even now, if mural irregularities and defects are found in the extrahepatic biliary system, especially the distal common bile duct, the possibility of such borderline biliary adenoma should be taken into consideration when making a diagnosis.
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- M Inagaki
- Second Department of Surgery, Asahikawa Medical College, Japan
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Yamamoto Y, Kakisaka A, Minami M, Goto J, Ohara K, Isizaki A, Kino S, Kono T, Kasai S. [Peripheral 5-FU blood concentration after high-dose injection into the hepatic artery: potential preventive effect on extrahepatic metastatic foci]. Gan To Kagaku Ryoho 1999; 26:1159-62. [PMID: 10431582] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/13/2023]
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To clarify the effect of high-dose 5-FU injection into the hepatic artery (1,000 mg/m2 weekly) on liver metastases of colorectal cancer, the peripheral venous 5-FU concentration was measured in two groups of patients, one which had undergone hepatectomy and the other which had not. The area under the concentration-time curve (AUC) was calculated and the preventive effect of 5-FU on extrahepatic lesions was examined. The peripheral venous 5-FU concentration and AUC were higher in patients who received the drug via the hepatic artery after hepatectomy, and 5-FU was effective for the prevention of extrahepatic lesions as well as against recurrence in the residual liver.
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- Y Yamamoto
- Dept. of 2nd Surgery, Asahikawa Medical College
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Shuke N, Yoshikawa D, Saito Y, Sato J, Ishikawa Y, Yoshida H, Kino S, Miyokawa N, Aburano T. Focal nodular hyperplasia of the liver: scintigraphic demonstration using three hepatic imaging agents. Clin Nucl Med 1999; 24:451-3. [PMID: 10361948 DOI: 10.1097/00003072-199906000-00019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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- N Shuke
- Department of Radiology, Asahikawa Medical College Hospital, Japan
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Terada S, Fujimura S, Kino S, Kimoto E. Purification and characterization of three proteinase inhibitors from Canavalia lineata seeds. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 1994; 58:371-5. [PMID: 7764546 DOI: 10.1271/bbb.58.371] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Three proteinase inhibitors (CLTI-I, -II and -III) were purified from the seeds of Canavalia lineata by DEAE-Toyopearl, hydroxyapatite, and anhydrotrypsin-Sepharose column chromatographies. All the inhibitors bound to trypsin at a 1:1 molar ratio and inhibited the enzyme with dissociation constants of 3-7 x 10(-9) M. They also showed the inhibitory activities on chymotrypsin. CTLI-I and -II had an identical M(r) of 8000 and very close isoelectric points (4.57 and 4.50), and existed mainly as trimers under physiological conditions. The high content of half-cystine residues and the high stability to pH and heat have suggested that these are Bowman-Birk type inhibitors. On the other hand, CLTI-III, with an M(r) of 20,500 was classified as a Kunitz (soybean) family inhibitor on the basis of the amino acid composition as well as the homology of its N-terminal 17 residues to other Kunitz inhibitors.
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- S Terada
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Fukuoka University, Japan
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