- 著者
- Daisuke Hori Tsukasa Takahashi Yudai Kaneda Akihiko Ozaki Takahiro Tabuchi
- 出版者
- The Japanese Society for Hygiene
- 雑誌
- Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine (ISSN:1342078X)
- 巻号頁・発行日
- vol.28, pp.10, 2023 (Released:2023-02-02)
- 参考文献数
- 20
- 被引用文献数
- 5
Background: Before the COVID-19 vaccine became available, many Japanese people were undecided about whether or not to receive them. Their decisions were keys to achieving herd immunity. The impact of the type of information source on the COVID-19 vaccine uptake decision-making process remains unclear. We aimed to investigate the association between information source usage on COVID-19 and subsequent vaccine uptake status among those who have yet to decide whether to receive vaccines from non-prioritized people for vaccination.Methods: Prospective cohort online self-administered surveys were conducted in February 2021 (T1), before the start of the mass vaccination program, and September–October 2021 (T2), when the vaccines were available to all citizens. The survey’s target population was registered monitors of an Internet research company. Participants who answered “I want to get vaccinated after waiting to see how it goes.” at T1 were eligible for analysis. The outcome variable was the COVID-19 vaccine uptake status in T2, and the predictors were 20 types of information sources, categorized based on people (family members, etc.), institutions (governments, etc.), or media (TV news, etc.). Adjusted odds ratio and 95% confidence intervals were estimated using logistic regression adjusted for possible confounders.Results: The 5,139 respondents, mean age and standard deviation was 42.8 ± 12.5, 55.7% female, were eligible for analysis. 85.7% completed vaccination (including reserved/intended people) in T2. In the multivariate logistic analysis, odds ratios (95% confidence interval) for vaccine uptake were 1.49 (1.18–1.89) for workplaces/schools, 1.81 (1.33–2.47) for LINE, 0.69 (0.55–0.86) for Internet news and 0.62 (0.48–0.82) for video sharing sites.Conclusions: The type of information source usage played an important role in the decision to vaccinate against COVID-19. Although caution is needed in interpreting the results, obtaining information from workplaces/schools and LINE was influential in promoting immunization.
- 著者
- Tsukasa Takahashi Daisuke Hori Tomohiko Ikeda Yu Ikeda Nagisa Shiraki Christina-Sylvia Andrea Yuh Ohtaki Shotaro Doki Yuichi Oi Shinichiro Sasahara Ichiyo Matsuzaki
- 出版者
- Tohoku University Medical Press
- 雑誌
- The Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine (ISSN:00408727)
- 巻号頁・発行日
- vol.249, no.1, pp.57-64, 2019 (Released:2019-09-27)
- 参考文献数
- 34
- 被引用文献数
- 5 8
Non-regular employment is increasing and its mental health impact is a globally important problem. In Japan, non-regularly employed researchers are increasing, especially within young age groups, because employment quotas were not sufficiently expanded against rapid increasing number of doctorate holders. It is therefore important to understand the relationship between non-regular employment and mental health. The significance of our research is to contribute to the improvement of researchers’ mental health by clarifying the influence of employment status on psychological distress. We conducted a cross-sectional, web-based survey in 2017 via an anonymous, self-administered questionnaire distributed to workers in Tsukuba Science City, Japan. The survey questionnaire items included employment status, psychological distress, occupational stress, sex, age, and income. We analyzed 2,762 valid responses in two categories (1,850 regular employment, 912 non-regular employment) and two subcategories based on age according to the definition of “young researcher” by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (20-39 years vs. 40-59 years). Psychological distress was defined as a total K6 score of 5 or greater. Binomial logistic regression was used to calculate odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals for psychological distress. Non-regular employment was significantly associated with psychological distress in the age 20-39 group but not in the age 40-59 group. At the age 20-39 group, a negative association was shown between psychological distress and reward from work (i.e., pride in their job, ability utilization, and sense of accomplishment). Support to increase psychological work rewards may be important in reducing psychological distress for young non-regularly employed researchers.
- 著者
- Yuichi OI Yasuhito HIRAI Shotaro DOKI Yuh OHTAKI Daisuke HORI Christina-Sylvia ANDREA Shin-ichiro SASAHARA Tamaki SAITO Ichiyo MATSUZAKI
- 出版者
- THE JAPAN SOCIETY FOR AERONAUTICAL AND SPACE SCIENCES
- 雑誌
- TRANSACTIONS OF THE JAPAN SOCIETY FOR AERONAUTICAL AND SPACE SCIENCES, AEROSPACE TECHNOLOGY JAPAN (ISSN:18840485)
- 巻号頁・発行日
- vol.16, no.6, pp.476-480, 2018 (Released:2018-09-04)
- 参考文献数
- 16
NIRS measurement was carried out in a confinement experiment for the first time. A tendency for NIRS integrated values to decrease was observed. Problems such as the learning effect needed to be resolved. SOC had an upward trend. Regarding POMS, the first day of confinement showed the highest score, after which no obvious deterioration was seen.
- 著者
- Daisuke Hori Yuichi Oi Shotaro Doki Tsukasa Takahashi Tomohiko Ikeda Yu Ikeda Yo Arai Kei Muroi Hiroaki Sasaki Mami Ishitsuka Asako Matsuura Wyi Go Ichiyo Matsuzaki Shinichiro Sasahara
- 出版者
- The Japanese Society for Hygiene
- 雑誌
- Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine (ISSN:1342078X)
- 巻号頁・発行日
- vol.27, pp.17, 2022 (Released:2022-04-16)
- 参考文献数
- 7
- 被引用文献数
- 1
Background: Ibaraki’s Amabie-chan is a COVID-19 infection control system unique to Ibaraki prefecture, Japan. It requires residents to register each time they visit events, commercial facilities, and restaurants. The number of registrations has been limited, and its function alerting about people positive for COVID-19 infection seems not to be working. Nevertheless, registration with the system might have some impact on the user’s behavior. In the current preliminary survey, the possible impact of Ibaraki’s Amabie-chan on infection prevention behavior and fear of COVID-19 was investigated.Methods: A cross-sectional, web-based, anonymous, and self-administered survey was conducted at two workplaces in Tsukuba Science City, Ibaraki, Japan. The first survey was conducted at one of the workplaces in November 2020, and the second survey, at the other workplace in February 2021. Variables of interest were sex, age group, marital status, employment status, Ibaraki’s Amabie-chan use, COVID-19 Contact-Confirming Application use, ten items of infection prevention behaviors, and fear of COVID-19. Hierarchical linear regression analysis was performed.Results: In both surveys, use of Ibaraki’s Amabie-chan was significantly associated with COCOA use and with “physical condition management such as body temperature measurement.” No association was found with other infection prevention behaviors or with fear of COVID-19.Conclusions: Our findings did not provide sufficient evidence for the effectiveness of Ibaraki’s Amabie-chan in regard to users’ infection control behavior. Further detailed study is needed to investigate the effectiveness in terms of infection prevention and the cost-effectiveness of Ibaraki’s Amabie-chan.
- 著者
- Shin-ichiro SASAHARA Yuichi OI Shotaro DOKI Daisuke HORI Yuh OHTAKI Christina-Sylvia ANDREA Tsukasa TAKAHASHI Nagisa SHIRAKI Yu IKEDA Tomohiko IKEDA Ryutaro IZUMI Tamaki SAITO Ichiyo MATSUZAKI
- 出版者
- THE JAPAN SOCIETY FOR AERONAUTICAL AND SPACE SCIENCES
- 雑誌
- TRANSACTIONS OF THE JAPAN SOCIETY FOR AERONAUTICAL AND SPACE SCIENCES, AEROSPACE TECHNOLOGY JAPAN (ISSN:18840485)
- 巻号頁・発行日
- vol.18, no.5, pp.180-185, 2020 (Released:2020-09-04)
- 参考文献数
- 32
- 被引用文献数
- 1
Over the past few years, the number of Japanese astronauts recruited for a long-term stay in the International Space Station (ISS) has increased. Being on a prolonged mission with the same people, in the same room, should impose psychosocial stress on the astronauts, possibly causing feelings of “psychological suffocation”. Several confinement studies have been conducted to simulate the conditions of the ISS, the Mir space station, and potential habitats on Mars, and to survey psychological interpersonal communication between the crew in a confined environment, including the Isolation Study for European Manned Space Infrastructure, Experimental Campaign for the European Manned Space Infrastructure, Simulation of Flight of International Crew on Space Station, Human Behavior in Extended Spaceflight, Mars-500, and Hawaii Space Exploration Analog and Simulation. Here, the findings from these studies were integrated into a structured review according to an evidence-based set of items for reporting in systematic reviews and meta-analyses. The results indicated that metaanalyses would not always be appropriate because it is difficult to design a research protocol with a high level of evidence in this field. Therefore, future research in this field should be focused on the following three points: 1) developing more accurate parameters for monitoring stress levels in long-term confinement environments; 2) analyzing stress levels in such situations with higher precision; and 3) accumulating and assembling existing and future data from long-term confinement environments.