Yumiko Ishikawa
| Faculty of Health Care and Medical Sports,Department of Nursing | Associate Professor |
Last Updated :2025/10/07
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Paper
- Impact of daily alcohol habit to health factors in Japanese seniors
LIFE: International Journal of Health and Life-Sciences, Oct. 2019, [Reviewed] - ASSOCIATION OF SELF-RATED HEALTH IN COMMUNITY-DWELLING ELDERLY PEOPLE OF JAPAN
A. Marui; Y. Ishikawa; S. Kaneko; Y. Kamiyama; N. Aizawa
Innovation in Aging, 30 Jun. 2017, [Reviewed] - SELF-REPORTED SLEEP, DEMOGRAPHICS, AND HEALTH IN SENIORS IN MIBU, JAPAN
Y. Ishikawa; A. Marui; S. Kaneko; Y. Kamiyama; N. Aizawa
Innovation in Aging, 30 Jun. 2017, [Reviewed] - Examining the dimensions of hospital safety climate and psychosocial risk factors among Japanese nurses.
Derek R Smith; Takashi Muto; Toshimi Sairenchi; Yumiko Ishikawa; Shizue Sayama; Atsushi Yoshida; Maureen Townley-Jones
Journal of transcultural nursing : official journal of the Transcultural Nursing Society, Jul. 2011, [Reviewed]
PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to examine the dimensions, reliability, and main loading factors associated with a Japanese safety climate and psychosocial risk factor scale. DESIGN: The authors used a cross-sectional survey of nurses from a university teaching hospital in Japan during 2008 (N = 996). The survey tools were based on components previously identified in a variety of international studies, including the Hospital Safety Climate Scale (HSCS) originally developed by Gershon et al. in 2000. RESULTS: Factor analysis of the Japanese HSCS demonstrated key themes in the areas of workplace-related issues, protective devices or mechanisms, and managerial dimensions (Cronbach's α = .887). Factor analysis of the psychosocial scale revealed key themes comprising individually related items and group dynamics (Cronbach's α = .882). CONCLUSIONS: This study revealed high internal consistency in the Japanese-language safety climate and psychosocial risk factor scales. The authors also identified various factors and themes consistent with previous international research. IMPLICATIONS FOR PRACTICE: Transcultural research using standard psychosocial tools can reveal important and reliable findings if carefully translated and adapted for the host environment. - Sense of coherence as a predictor of onset of depression among Japanese workers: a cohort study.
Toshimi Sairenchi; Yasuo Haruyama; Yumiko Ishikawa; Keiko Wada; Kazumoto Kimura; Takashi Muto
BMC public health, 01 Apr. 2011, [Reviewed]
BACKGROUND: The ability to predict future onset of depression is required for primary prevention of depression. Many cross-sectional studies have reported a correlation between sense of coherence (SOC) and the presence of depressive symptoms. However, it is unclear whether SOC can predict future onset of depression. Therefore, whether measures to prevent onset of depression are needed in for persons with low SOC is uncertain. Thus, the aim of this cohort study was to determine whether SOC could predict onset of depression and to assess the need for measures to prevent onset of depression for persons with low SOC. METHODS: A total of 1854 Japanese workers aged 20-70 years in 2005 who completed a sense of coherence (SOC) questionnaire were followed-up until August 2007 using their sick-pay records with medical certificates. Depression was defined as a description of "depression" or "depressive" as a reason for sick leave on the medical certificates. The day of incidence of depression was defined as the first day of the sick leave. Risk ratios of SOC for onset of depression were calculated using a multivariate Cox proportional hazards model. RESULTS: Of the 1854 participants, 14 developed depression during a mean of 1.8 years of follow-up. After adjustment for gender and age, the risk ratio of high SOC compared with low SOC for sick leave from depression was 0.18 (95% confidence interval [CI], 0.04 to 0.79). The area under the receiver operating characteristic curve of SOC was 0.70 (95% CI, 0.58 to 0.82). CONCLUSIONS: The SOC may be able to predict onset of depression in Japanese workers. Measures to prevent onset of depression for persons with low SOC might be required in Japanese workplaces. Thus, SOC could be useful for identifying persons at high risk for future depression. - Hospital safety climate, psychosocial risk factors and needlestick injuries in Japan.
Derek R Smith; Takashi Muto; Toshimi Sairenchi; Yumiko Ishikawa; Shizue Sayama; Atsushi Yoshida; Maureen Townley-Jones
Industrial health, 2010, [Reviewed]
To investigate the interactions between safety climate, psychosocial issues and Needlestick and Sharps Injuries (NSI), a cross-sectional study was undertaken among nurses at a university teaching hospital in Japan (89% response rate). NSI were correlated with various aspects of hospital safety climate including supporting one another at work, the protection of staff against blood-borne diseases being a high management priority, managers doing their part to protect staff from blood-borne disease, having unsafe work practices corrected by supervisors, having the opportunity to use safety equipment to protect against blood-borne disease exposures, having an uncluttered work area, and having minimal conflict within their department. In conclusion, this study has demonstrated the importance of hospital safety climate in Japanese health care practice, particularly its relationship with NSI. Although the provision of safer devices remains critical in preventing injuries, ensuring a positive safety climate will also be essential in meeting these important challenges for nurses' occupational health.
Lectures, oral presentations, etc.
- Association Between Maintaining Enthusiasm and Activity-Related Indicators in Community-Dwelling 75-Plus Adults
The 28th International Nursing Conference & East Asian Forum of Nursing Scholars - A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW OF ADVANCED CARE PLANNING OF OLDER PEOPLE LIVING ALONE
Yumiko Ishikawa; Akemi Marui
THE 10TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON PUBLIC HEALTH - ICOPH 2024, 15 Aug. 2024 - A descriptive study of employed older people in Japan
Yumiko Ishikawa; Yuriko Takahashi
35th Annual Conference of the International Society for Environmental Epidemiology, 19 Sep. 2023 - Differences of perception toward the end of life care between nurses and care workers
Yumiko Ishikawa; Akemi Marui
The 7th International Nursing Research Conference of World Academy of Nursing Science, 18 Oct. 2022 - A study contrasting nursing students’ clinical outcomes pre and post COVID-19
Yumiko Ishikawa
The ICN 2021 Congress Nursing Around the World., 03 Nov. 2021 - International differences of attitude toward advance care planning
Yumiko Ishikawa; Akemi Marui
The ICN 2021 Congress Nursing Around the World, 02 Nov. 2021 - Difficulties Toward End of Life Care Experiences by Long Term Care Workers
Yumiko Ishikawa
The 11th International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics Asia/Oceania Regional Congress, 25 Oct. 2019 - End of Life Care of Elderlies in Japan
Yumiko Ishikawa
22nd International Conference on Research in Life-Sciences & Healthcare, 18 Oct. 2019, [Invited] - End of life care of elderlies in Japan
Yumiko Ishikawa
22nd International Conference on Research in Life-Science & Healthcare, 08 Feb. 2019, [Invited] - Self-Reported Sleep, Demographics, and Health in Seniors in Mibu
Yumiko Ishikawa; Akemi Marui; Shoko Kaneko; Yukie Kamiyama
The 21st IAGG World Congress of Gerontology & Geriatrics, 24 Jul. 2017 - Association of Self-Rated Health in Community-Dwelling Elderly people of Japan
Akemi Marui; Yumiko Ishikawa; Shoko Kaneko; Yukie Kamiyama; Noriko Aizawa
The 21st IAGG World Congress of Gerontology & Geriatrics, 24 Jul. 2011 - Health Promotion Research with Geriatric Population in Japan
1st Regional Health Sciences & Nursing Conference 2011, 22 Feb. 2011
Research Themes
- Field survey for Opisthorchiasis in Cambodia
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
Dokkyo Medical University
18 Nov. 2011 - 31 Mar. 2014
Opisthorchis viverrini (O. viverrini) infection was found in 31 villages in 35 surveyed villages. There were high prevalent villages especially in the south part of Kampong Cham province where there were more than 70% of egg positive rate. Raw fish dishes were served as traditional foods which villagers enjoyed. Both cercariae and metacercariae were found from the intermediate hosts of snails and fresh water fish respectively in the surveyed areas. The infection cycle of O. viverrini was therefore established in these villages.
For the first time villagers and local government health staffs learned about O. viverrini infection and the risks these areas had from the spreading of the infection. It was important to encourage them to join the research process, to report their own results and to provide health education to further understand their own health problems and think prevent measures.
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