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• Perception of research difficulties affects staff nurses’ motivation towards research participation: the impact of understanding research value and collegial support

  Yumiko Endoh, Takehiko Toyosato, Takao Yokota, Chikako Maeshiro, Misuzu Takahara, Yumiko Henna, Yoko Tamashiro, Midori Kuniyoshi, Yasuko Koja

  Ryukyu Medical Association   38 ( 1-4 ) 13 - 24   2019 [ Peer Review Accepted ]

  Type of publication: Research paper (scientific journal)

• 沖縄県の地域住民の経済状況と地域愛着が親扶養意識に及ぼす影響について

  德元 裕子, 豊里 竹彦, 眞榮城 千夏子, 平安名 由美子, 遠藤 由美子, 照屋 典子, 玉城 陽子, 髙原 美鈴, 與古田 孝夫

  日本健康学会誌 ( 日本健康学会 )  84 ( 1 ) 3 - 11   2018

  Type of publication: Research paper (scientific journal)

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  <p><b>Objective: </b>This study aimed to clarify the association between sense of filial responsibility, local residents' subjective economic status, and attachment to the local community, and to contribute to local community policies and measures including support systems for elderly in need of care and family.</p><p><b>Methods: </b>We conducted in<tt>-</tt>home interviews in 2015 in Okinawa, Japan. A total of 2,663 local residents were selected, and after invalid responses were excluded, 1,656 responses (62.2%) were analyzed. Participants were asked about demographic variables (sex, age, marital status, birth order, subjective health, living arrangement), subjective economic status, attachment to the local community, and sense of filial responsibility (such as caring for and supporting their elderly parents).</p><p><b>Results: </b>Age, marital status, birth order, and attachment to the local community were positively associated with sense of filial responsibility. Participants with low subjective economic status had low sense of filial responsibility. Even if subjective economic status was low, participants with high attachment to the local community had significantly high sense of filial responsibility. Moreover, participants with high attachment to the local community provided and received more instrumental support than participants with low attachment to the local community.</p><p><b>Conclusions: </b>Our findings suggest that high attachment to the local community can form a support system in local areas, and that support systems in turn help local residents when they support their parents. In light of these findings, measures for creating networks between local residents, as well as improvement of the physical environment, are necessary for local community planning.</p>

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• The Effects of Social Skills on Burnout Risks of Nurses in Super Psychiatric Facilities

  Takahara Daisuke, Toyosato Takehiko, Takahara Misuzu, Yokota Takao

  Journal of Japan Academy of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing ( The Japan Academy of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing )  25 ( 1 ) 56 - 64   2016 [ Peer Review Accepted ]

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  <p>Introduction: This study investigated the effects of the social skills of nurses working in super psychiatric facilities. Super psychiatric facilities are designated by the Japanese government as facilities that offer 24-hour emergency treatment for patients with psychiatric disorder. Nurses working in these facilities are known to face extremely high stressors on a daily basis and frequently suffer from burnout.</p><p>Purpose: The purpose of this study was to clarify the relationship between social skills and burnout to avoid burnout among nurses working in super psychiatric facilities.</p><p>Methods: The cross-sectional study was conducted from May to July 2014 using self-administered questionnaires. A total of 1,251 nurses working in 56 super psychiatric facilities throughout Japan participated in the survey. The self-administered questionnaire used Kikuchi's Scale of Social Skills to measure nurses' social skills and the Japanese version of the Maslach Burnout Inventory to measure degree of burnout. Multiple logistic regression analyses were performed with social skills as independent variable and burnout as dependent variable.</p><p>Results: The multiple logistic regression analyses showed that high social skills tended to reduce the risk of burnout.</p><p>Conclusions: Social skills appeared to directly and indirectly reduce the risk of burnout among nurses in super psychiatric facilities. Social skills training for nurses working in these facilities may help prevent burnout. Further research is needed to determine the causal relationship between social skills and burnout.</p>

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• The moderating effect of spiritual well-being on the association between depressive state and living arrangement in the elderly in rural Okinawa

  TOYOSATO Takehiko, IHA Yuuka, TAKAHARA Misuzu, YOKOTA Takao, KOJA Yasuko

  民族衛生 ( 日本民族衛生学会 )  82 ( 2 ) 59 - 71   2016

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  <b>目的</b>: 本研究の目的は，地域在住高齢者のスピリチュアルウェルビーニングが独居に伴う抑うつ状態に対する緩衝効果を検証することである．<BR><b>対象と方法</b>: 本研究は，2010 年に沖縄県の地域在住高齢者413名（男性165名，女性248名）を対象に半構成的質問紙調査を実施した．質問内容は，基本属性，住居形態（独居または同居），抑うつ状態の評価には5-item Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS-5) およびスピリチュアルウェルビーニングの評価には Spiritual rating scale for elderly を設問した．主効果および交互作用の分析には階層的重回帰分析と単純傾斜分析を使用した．.<BR><b>結果</b>: 本研究対象者のうち，110名（26.6%）が独居高齢者であり，同居者に比較して，GDS-5得点が有意に高値であった（P＝0.001）．また，抑うつ傾向とスピリチュアルウェルビーニングとの関連において，負の有意な相関を認め（r＝－0.27，P＜0.001），スピリチュアルウェルビーニングの高い高齢者ほど抑うつ傾向が低くなるという結果が得られた．階層的重回帰分析と単純傾斜分析の結果，住居形態とスピリチュアルウェルビーニングの交互作用項と，抑うつ傾向と有意な交互作用を認め，スピリチュアルウェルビーニングが低値である場合にのみ，独居高齢者が同居高齢者に比べ抑うつ傾向が有意に高値であるという結果が得られた．.<BR><b>結論</b>: 本研究結果より，スピリチュアルウェルビーニングが独居に伴う抑うつ状態を緩和することが明らかとなり，スピリチュアルウェルビーニングの向上を目的とした働きかけが独居高齢者のメンタルヘルス改善の一助となる可能性が示唆された．

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• Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists(B)

  Project Year: 2016.04  -  2021.03 

  Direct: 2,500,000 (YEN)  Overheads: 750,000 (YEN)  Total: 3,250,000 (YEN)