Atsushi Miyawaki

In general, younger individuals increased their use of telemedicine compared to older individuals during the pandemic, although individuals in their 70s also increased their use of telemedicine. Disparities in telemedicine use by educational attainment and urbanicity of residence widened during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The participation of the government subsidy programme for domestic travel was associated with a higher probability of exhibiting symptoms indicative of the COVID-19 infection.

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Appropriate nutritional intake through school lunch may be effective to reduce childhood obesity.

Reduced formal care availability under the Japanese LTCI reform increased hours of informal caregiving corresponding to reduced use of formal LTC and deteriorated multiple dimensions of caregiver health. Our findings may highlight the importance of enhancing the availability of formal LTC services for caregiver health.

The reduction in the use of neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) during the COVID-19 outbreak has been reported, but whether this phenomenon is widespread across countries is unclear. Using a large-scale inpatient database in Japan, we analysed the intensive neonatal care volume and the number of preterm births for weeks 10-17 vs weeks 2-9 (during and before the outbreak) of 2020 with adjustment for the trends during the same period of 2019. We found statistically significant reductions in the

Tooth loosening is an independent predictor of incident type 2 diabetes in Japanese men.

Aim The effects of family caregiving, especially long‐hours caregiving, on coronary heart disease (CHD) are debatable. We examined the impact of family caregiving on incident non‐fatal CHD. Methods We used data from the Longitudinal Survey of Middle‐Aged and Elderly Persons from 2005 to 2010, a nationwide panel survey for Japanese people aged 50–59 years in 2005 (baseline). After we excluded non‐respondents and people with missing key variables at baseline, 25 121 individuals without CHD, stroke

Informal caregiving is linked to psychological stress. However, recent studies have suggested a protective association between informal caregiving and mortality among caregivers. We sought to test the association between caregiving and survival in the Komo-Ise study, a prospective cohort of community-dwelling residents aged 44-77 years living in two areas in Gunma prefecture, Japan. Caregiving status was assessed in 2000, and 8084 individuals were followed for ten years. All-cause mortality was

Self-reported HL and DSL may be risk factors of mortality among middle-aged or elderly Japanese populations.

Miyawaki, Atsushi MD, PhD; Tomio, Jun MD, MSc, PhD; Nakamura, Masaki BE; Ninomiya, Hideki MD; Kobayashi, Yasuki MD, PhD Author Information