Yuta Inoue, Ohno Yuko, Sobue Tomotaka, Fujimaki Takako, ZHA LING, Nomura Yasuhisa, Kyozuka Hyo, Yasuda Shun, Yamaguchi Akiko, Kurasawa Kentaro and Fujimori Keiya : Impact of the Great East Japan Earthquake on spontaneous abortion and induced abortion: A population-based cross-sectional and longitudinal study in the Fukushima Prefecture based on the census survey of the Fukushima maternity care facility and vital statistics, Japan Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1-16, 2022.
勝島 詩恵, Yoshie Imai, 橋本 理恵子, 三木 恵美, 荒堀 広美, Yuta Inoue and 長谷 公隆 : Experience of recurrent/advanced cancer patients receiving outpatient cancer rehabilitation, Palliative Care Research, Vol.17, No.3, 1-8, 2022.
(Summary)
he aim of this study was to clarify the experience of recurrent/advanced cancer patients receiving outpatient cancer rehabilitation and find out how cancer rehabilitation can support cancer patients. The study was conducted by semi-structured interviews of 13 recurrent/advanced patients undergoing cancer rehabilitation during cancer chemotherapy. Six categories were extracted: [Finding the physical condition suitable for me] [Being unable to find movements that I can effectively utilize myself] [Being able to continue normal everyday life] [Showing people around me that I can still move] [Having fun actively moving my body] [Gives meaning to my present ``living'']. Characteristics of the experience of patients who have undergone cancer rehabilitation are: cancer patients can get a sense of control over their own bodily functions, they can move their own bodies autonomously, and it is a new opportunity to expand their own possibilities.
(Keyword)
outpatient / cancer rehabilitation / recurrent/advanced cancer patients / experience / 外来 / がんリハビリテーション / 再発・進行がん患者 / 患者の経験
Yuta Inoue, Kazutomo Ohashi, Yuko Ohno, Takako Fujimaki, Anna Tsutsui, Ling Zha and Tomotaka Sobue : Pregnant women's migration patterns before childbirth after large-scale earthquakes and the added impact of concerns regarding radiation exposure in Fukushima and five prefectures., PLoS ONE, Vol.17, No.8, 2022.
(Summary)
The 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake (within Fukushima, Iwate, and Miyagi prefectures) was a complex disaster; it caused a tsunami and the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident, resulting in radiation exposure. This study investigated the earthquake's effects on the migration patterns of pregnant women and their concerns regarding radiation exposure. We also considered the following large-scale earthquakes without radiation exposure: Great Hanshin-Awaji (Hyogo prefecture), Niigata-Chuetsu, and Kumamoto. Pregnant women were categorized as outflow and inflow pregnant women. Data on the annual number of births three years before and after the earthquake were used as a denominator to calculate the outflow and inflow rates per 100 births. The odds ratios of annual outflow and inflow rates after the earthquake, using three years before the earthquake as the baseline, were calculated. The odds-ratio for outflow significantly increased for Hyogo, Fukushima, Miyagi, and Kumamoto prefectures after the earthquake, particularly for Fukushima, showing a significant increase until three years post the Great East Japan Earthquake (disaster year: odds-ratio: 2.66 [95% confidence interval: 2.44-2.90], 1 year post: 1.37 [1.23-1.52], 2 years post: 1.13 [1.00-1.26], 3 years post: 1.18 [1.05-1.31]), while the remaining three prefectures reported limited increases post one year. The inflow decreased after the earthquake, particularly in Fukushima, showing a significant decrease until 2 years post the Great East Japan Earthquake (disaster year: 0.58 [0.53-0.63], 1 year post: 0.76 [0.71-0.82], 2 years post: 0.83 [0.77-0.89]). Thus, pregnant women's migration patterns changed after large-scale earthquakes, suggesting radiation exposure concerns possibly have a significant effects. These results suggested that plans for receiving assistance and support that considers the peculiarities of disaster related damage and pregnant women's migration patterns are needed in both the affected and non-affected areas.
A. Tsutsui, Y. Ohno, T. Fujimaki, N. Ando, Yuta Inoue, Y. Taniyama, M. Fujii and H. Ito : Comparison of travel burden to two kinds of specialized cancer-care hospitals for children with cancer in Japan, The 25th East Asia Forum of Nursing Scholars (EAFONS) Conference, Apr. 2022.