Eiji Yano
Biographic Data
| ID | 1726099 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Eiji Yano |
| GIVEN NAMES | Eiji |
| FAMILY NAME | Yano |
| SIGNATURE | YANO E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Teikyo University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4368-5508 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 20 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 24 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 20 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1993 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
The Association of Health Status and Employment Status for each Occupation: Results from a Comprehensive Survey of Living Conditions in Japan 1
This study examined the association between occupation and health status among Japanese employees. The data from the Comprehensive Survey of Living Conditions in Japan encompassed 102,575 employees (55,399 males and 47,176 females), who were employed workers aged 15–44 years. Self‐rated health was used as an indicator of health status in the health questionnaire. A multiple logistic regression analysis of the association between health status and…
Relationship between menstruation status and work conditions in Japan
BACKGROUND: Menstrual problems can significantly impact daily and work life. In reaction to a shrinking population, the Japanese government is encouraging more women to participate in the labor force. Actual success in achieving this aim, however, is limited. Specifically, participation in the workforce by women during their reproductive years is impacted by their health, which involves not only work conditions, but also traditional family circum…
Factors Influencing Psychological Distress After the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami: Psychological Distress and Natural Disasters
Studies have explored the association between various characteristics and psychological distress that follows natural disasters. However, this has not been clarified in subjects who continue to reside in seriously damaged houses. We investigated factors associated with psychological distress after the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami. Participants included 2,773 home evacuees in Ishinomaki. Information regarding subjects’ demographics; soc…
Body mass index, blood pressure, and glucose and lipid metabolism among permanent and fixed-term workers in the manufacturing industry: A cross-sectional study
Fixed-term workers showed more health risks, such as poorer blood pressure and lipid and glucose metabolism, even when adjusted for age and lifestyle variables, although BMI of fixed-term workers were lower than permanent workers. Precarious work might contribute to a deteriorating health status even among less overweight populations
Determinants of changes in income-related health inequalities among working-age adults in Japan, 1986-2007: Time-trend study
Time changes, and so should we: A reply to Suzuki
Effect of unequal employment status on workers' health: Results from a Japanese national survey
This study assesses the possibility of a period effect on Japanese workers' health and its association with historical changes in the work environment. We used multi-year national cross-sectional surveys, the Comprehensive Survey of Living Conditions for 2001, 2004, and 2007, and estimated the period effect on the health of employed workers aged 18-65 years. The prevalence of ill-health indicators (poor self-rated health status, subjective sympto…
P2-335 Cancer mortality among chrysotile workers
Since the beginning of 1972, we have followed a group of workers in an asbestos plant in Chongqing, China. In the plant, chrysotile has been used to manufacture asbestos textile, asbestos cement, flooring materials, friction materials, etc. Previously, we performed a matched (1:5) case-control study by selecting cases of workers who developed lung cancer sometime between 1975 and 2001 and found the elevated risk of lung cancer associated with the…
Effort-reward imbalance and its association with health among permanent and fixed-term workers
BACKGROUND: In the past decade, the changing labor market seems to have rejected the traditional standards employment and has begun to support a variety of non-standard forms of work in their place. The purpose of our study was to compare the degree of job stress, sources of job stress, and association of high job stress with health among permanent and fixed-term workers. METHODS: Our study subjects were 709 male workers aged 30 to 49 years in a …
Benzodiazepine prescription and length of hospital stay at a Japanese university hospital
BACKGROUND: The relationship between bed days and benzodiazepine prescription (BDZ) in Western countries is inconclusive, and no hospital-based report has documented this phenomenon in Japan. This study was done to assess the association between bed days and BDZ in a Japanese hospital. METHODS: 21,489 adult patients (55.1% men, mean age 59.9 years old) hospitalized between April, 2005 and December, 2006 were enrolled in the study. Patient age, se…
Measuring Functional, Communicative, and Critical Health Literacy Among Diabetic Patients
OBJECTIVE—Health literacy (HL), the capacity of individuals to access, understand, and use health information to make informed and appropriate health-related decisions, has been recognized as an important concept in patient education and disease management. This study examined the psychometric properties of newly developed scales for measuring three different levels of HL (i.e., functional, communicative, and critical) in patients with diabetes. …
Developing a measure of communicative and critical health literacy: A pilot study of Japanese office workers
With the increase in media reports and rapid diffusion of the Internet, the skills in finding and utilizing health information (health literacy; HL) are becoming important in maintaining and promoting health. This study aimed to examine the psychometric properties of a brief measure to assess major components of communicative and critical HL among Japanese office workers, in order to consider its applicability to health promotion at workplace. Th…
Patient health literacy and participation in the health‐care process
Objectives Health information is an important resource for patients to understand and engage in the management of their health conditions. We discuss the role of health literacy (HL) in improving patient participation and propose future research in this field. Methods Literature searches were conducted to review existing definitions and measures of HL and identify empirical findings of its impact on patient health/illness‐related behaviours. We s…
Possible Gender Differences in the Relationships of Self-efficacy and the Internal Locus of Control With Compliance in Hemodialysis Patients
In this study, the authors assessed gender differences between the relationships of self-efficacy and the internal health locus of control with compliance in hemodialysis patients. Using a self-efficacy scale for health-related behavior and the Japanese version of the Health Locus of Control Scale, the authors studied individuals who had been regularly undergoing hemodialysis for longer than 1 year. Blood urea nitrogen, serum potassium, and inter…
Response to PN Lee
Objectives: To provide a participant's account of the development of a paper commissioned by the tobacco industry examining the reliability of self reported smoking status; to redress the distorted report of this Japanese spousal smoking study which evaluated the reliability and validity of self reported smoking status, and estimated confounding by diet and lifestyle factors. Design: Repeated interviews on smoking status and its verification by e…
Should a paper with erroneous interpretations based on invalid measurements be published: Table 1
A guide to deciphering the internal codes used by the tobacco industry Many tobacco control researchers and advocates are now aware of the value of the internal tobacco industry documents made public as a result of the state attorney generals' Master Settlement Agreement.A growing body of document based research provides dramatic insight into industry initiatives and strategies.These published studies also provide countless examples of the secret…
Japanese spousal smoking study revisited: How a tobacco industry funded paper reached erroneous conclusions
Self reported smoking status by Japanese wives shows high reliability. It also shows high validity when verified by both nicotine exposure and salivary cotinine, but not by CCR. A previous report questioning the credibility of self reported smoking status, based on questionable CCR, could thus be of dubious validity. In addition, possible dietary and lifestyle confounding factors associated with smoking husbands were not demonstrable, a finding n…
Alexithymia and Grief Reactions in Bereaved Japanese Women
To examine the relationship between grief reactions and alexithymia, 54 Japanese women (33 outpatients attending a psychosomatic clinic and 21 normal healthy participants) completed the Texas Inventory of Grief (TIG), the 20-item Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20), and the Profile of Mood States (POMS). Each woman had experienced the death of a spouse or a first-degree relative. The TIG scores were positively correlated to the scores on the first…
Individual income, income distribution, and self rated health in Japan: Cross sectional analysis of nationally representative sample
Objective: To assess the effects on self rated health of individual income and income distribution in Japan. Design: Cross sectional analysis. Data collected on household income, self rated health, and other sociodemographic characteristics at the individual level from comprehensive survey of the living conditions of people on health and welfare in a nationally representative sample from each prefecture. Setting: Prefectures in Japan. Participant…
Communication between patients and physicians about terminal care: A survey in Japan
Communication between patients and physicians about terminal care: A survey in Japan
Determinants of changes in income-related health inequalities among working-age adults in Japan, 1986-2007: Time-trend study
Effect of unequal employment status on workers' health: Results from a Japanese national survey
This study assesses the possibility of a period effect on Japanese workers' health and its association with historical changes in the work environment. We used multi-year national cross-sectional surveys, the Comprehensive Survey of Living Conditions for 2001, 2004, and 2007, and estimated the period effect on the health of employed workers aged 18-65 years. The prevalence of ill-health indicators (poor self-rated health status, subjective sympto…
Factors Influencing Psychological Distress After the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami: Psychological Distress and Natural Disasters
Studies have explored the association between various characteristics and psychological distress that follows natural disasters. However, this has not been clarified in subjects who continue to reside in seriously damaged houses. We investigated factors associated with psychological distress after the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami. Participants included 2,773 home evacuees in Ishinomaki. Information regarding subjects’ demographics; soc…
Communication between patients and physicians about terminal care: A survey in Japan
Individual income, income distribution, and self rated health in Japan: Cross sectional analysis of nationally representative sample
Objective: To assess the effects on self rated health of individual income and income distribution in Japan. Design: Cross sectional analysis. Data collected on household income, self rated health, and other sociodemographic characteristics at the individual level from comprehensive survey of the living conditions of people on health and welfare in a nationally representative sample from each prefecture. Setting: Prefectures in Japan. Participant…
Response to PN Lee
Objectives: To provide a participant's account of the development of a paper commissioned by the tobacco industry examining the reliability of self reported smoking status; to redress the distorted report of this Japanese spousal smoking study which evaluated the reliability and validity of self reported smoking status, and estimated confounding by diet and lifestyle factors. Design: Repeated interviews on smoking status and its verification by e…
Should a paper with erroneous interpretations based on invalid measurements be published: Table 1
A guide to deciphering the internal codes used by the tobacco industry Many tobacco control researchers and advocates are now aware of the value of the internal tobacco industry documents made public as a result of the state attorney generals' Master Settlement Agreement.A growing body of document based research provides dramatic insight into industry initiatives and strategies.These published studies also provide countless examples of the secret…
Japanese spousal smoking study revisited: How a tobacco industry funded paper reached erroneous conclusions
Self reported smoking status by Japanese wives shows high reliability. It also shows high validity when verified by both nicotine exposure and salivary cotinine, but not by CCR. A previous report questioning the credibility of self reported smoking status, based on questionable CCR, could thus be of dubious validity. In addition, possible dietary and lifestyle confounding factors associated with smoking husbands were not demonstrable, a finding n…
Alexithymia and Grief Reactions in Bereaved Japanese Women
To examine the relationship between grief reactions and alexithymia, 54 Japanese women (33 outpatients attending a psychosomatic clinic and 21 normal healthy participants) completed the Texas Inventory of Grief (TIG), the 20-item Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20), and the Profile of Mood States (POMS). Each woman had experienced the death of a spouse or a first-degree relative. The TIG scores were positively correlated to the scores on the first…
Possible Gender Differences in the Relationships of Self-efficacy and the Internal Locus of Control With Compliance in Hemodialysis Patients
In this study, the authors assessed gender differences between the relationships of self-efficacy and the internal health locus of control with compliance in hemodialysis patients. Using a self-efficacy scale for health-related behavior and the Japanese version of the Health Locus of Control Scale, the authors studied individuals who had been regularly undergoing hemodialysis for longer than 1 year. Blood urea nitrogen, serum potassium, and inter…
Measuring Functional, Communicative, and Critical Health Literacy Among Diabetic Patients
OBJECTIVE—Health literacy (HL), the capacity of individuals to access, understand, and use health information to make informed and appropriate health-related decisions, has been recognized as an important concept in patient education and disease management. This study examined the psychometric properties of newly developed scales for measuring three different levels of HL (i.e., functional, communicative, and critical) in patients with diabetes. …
Developing a measure of communicative and critical health literacy: A pilot study of Japanese office workers
With the increase in media reports and rapid diffusion of the Internet, the skills in finding and utilizing health information (health literacy; HL) are becoming important in maintaining and promoting health. This study aimed to examine the psychometric properties of a brief measure to assess major components of communicative and critical HL among Japanese office workers, in order to consider its applicability to health promotion at workplace. Th…
Patient health literacy and participation in the health‐care process
Objectives Health information is an important resource for patients to understand and engage in the management of their health conditions. We discuss the role of health literacy (HL) in improving patient participation and propose future research in this field. Methods Literature searches were conducted to review existing definitions and measures of HL and identify empirical findings of its impact on patient health/illness‐related behaviours. We s…
Benzodiazepine prescription and length of hospital stay at a Japanese university hospital
BACKGROUND: The relationship between bed days and benzodiazepine prescription (BDZ) in Western countries is inconclusive, and no hospital-based report has documented this phenomenon in Japan. This study was done to assess the association between bed days and BDZ in a Japanese hospital. METHODS: 21,489 adult patients (55.1% men, mean age 59.9 years old) hospitalized between April, 2005 and December, 2006 were enrolled in the study. Patient age, se…
Effort-reward imbalance and its association with health among permanent and fixed-term workers
BACKGROUND: In the past decade, the changing labor market seems to have rejected the traditional standards employment and has begun to support a variety of non-standard forms of work in their place. The purpose of our study was to compare the degree of job stress, sources of job stress, and association of high job stress with health among permanent and fixed-term workers. METHODS: Our study subjects were 709 male workers aged 30 to 49 years in a …
P2-335 Cancer mortality among chrysotile workers
Since the beginning of 1972, we have followed a group of workers in an asbestos plant in Chongqing, China. In the plant, chrysotile has been used to manufacture asbestos textile, asbestos cement, flooring materials, friction materials, etc. Previously, we performed a matched (1:5) case-control study by selecting cases of workers who developed lung cancer sometime between 1975 and 2001 and found the elevated risk of lung cancer associated with the…
Time changes, and so should we: A reply to Suzuki
Effect of unequal employment status on workers' health: Results from a Japanese national survey
This study assesses the possibility of a period effect on Japanese workers' health and its association with historical changes in the work environment. We used multi-year national cross-sectional surveys, the Comprehensive Survey of Living Conditions for 2001, 2004, and 2007, and estimated the period effect on the health of employed workers aged 18-65 years. The prevalence of ill-health indicators (poor self-rated health status, subjective sympto…
Determinants of changes in income-related health inequalities among working-age adults in Japan, 1986-2007: Time-trend study
Body mass index, blood pressure, and glucose and lipid metabolism among permanent and fixed-term workers in the manufacturing industry: A cross-sectional study
Fixed-term workers showed more health risks, such as poorer blood pressure and lipid and glucose metabolism, even when adjusted for age and lifestyle variables, although BMI of fixed-term workers were lower than permanent workers. Precarious work might contribute to a deteriorating health status even among less overweight populations
Factors Influencing Psychological Distress After the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami: Psychological Distress and Natural Disasters
Studies have explored the association between various characteristics and psychological distress that follows natural disasters. However, this has not been clarified in subjects who continue to reside in seriously damaged houses. We investigated factors associated with psychological distress after the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami. Participants included 2,773 home evacuees in Ishinomaki. Information regarding subjects’ demographics; soc…
Relationship between menstruation status and work conditions in Japan
BACKGROUND: Menstrual problems can significantly impact daily and work life. In reaction to a shrinking population, the Japanese government is encouraging more women to participate in the labor force. Actual success in achieving this aim, however, is limited. Specifically, participation in the workforce by women during their reproductive years is impacted by their health, which involves not only work conditions, but also traditional family circum…
The Association of Health Status and Employment Status for each Occupation: Results from a Comprehensive Survey of Living Conditions in Japan 1
This study examined the association between occupation and health status among Japanese employees. The data from the Comprehensive Survey of Living Conditions in Japan encompassed 102,575 employees (55,399 males and 47,176 females), who were employed workers aged 15–44 years. Self‐rated health was used as an indicator of health status in the health questionnaire. A multiple logistic regression analysis of the association between health status and…
Medicine (18 works) · Psychology (12 works) · Demography (9 works) · Internal Medicine (8 works) · Environmental health (7 works) · Clinical Psychology (5 works) · Employment and Welfare Studies (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Workplace Health and Well-being (5 works) · Demography (4 works)