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Association of COVID-19 preventive behavior and job-related stress with the sleep quality of healthcare workers one year into the COVID-19 outbreak: a Japanese cross-sectional survey BioPsychoSoc. Med. (IF 2.754) Pub Date : 2024-03-06 Muneto Izuhara, Kentaro Matsui, Ryo Okubo, Takuya Yoshiike, Kentaro Nagao, Aoi Kawamura, Ayumi Tsuru, Tomohiro Utsumi, Megumi Hazumi, Yohei Sasaki, Kazuyoshi Takeda, Hirofumi Komaki, Hideki Oi, Yoshiharu Kim, Kenichi Kuriyama, Takeshi Miyama, Kazuyuki Nakagome
This study aimed to evaluate the association of COVID-19 preventive behavior and job-related stress with sleep quality among healthcare workers (HCWs). We conducted a cross-sectional survey using a questionnaire at the National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Tokyo, Japan. A total of 586 participants who completed the questionnaire were eligible for the study. The Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index
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Mental health and resilience quotient of patients in primary care units during the widespread COVID-19 pandemic in Thailand: a cross-sectional study BioPsychoSoc. Med. (IF 2.754) Pub Date : 2024-02-27 Tanyalak Sanphiboon, Napakkawat Buathong, Rattanaporn Chootong
The coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic impacted both the physical and mental health of individuals. The resilience quotient (RQ) is an important factor that decreases mental health problems. This study aimed to explore mental health problems and RQ in patients who visit Primary Care Units (PCU). A cross-sectional study was conducted on participants aged 18 to 60 years who visited the PCU of Songklanagarind
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Effects of body awareness therapy on balance and fear of falling in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a randomized controlled trial BioPsychoSoc. Med. (IF 2.754) Pub Date : 2024-02-26 seda karaca, Aysel Yildiz Özer, Sait Karakurt, Mine Gülden Polat
Assessment of extrapulmonary comorbidities is essential in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Deterioration of balance and increasing fear of falling are two of the most significant extrapulmonary manifestations. Although pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) is well-known and effective for COPD patients, there is a need for alternative treatments to enhance balance and alleviate concerns about
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Atypical social cognition processing in bulimia nervosa: an fMRI study of patients thinking of others’ mental states BioPsychoSoc. Med. (IF 2.754) Pub Date : 2024-02-21 Rio Kamashita, Rikukage Setsu, Noriko Numata, Yasuko Koga, Michiko Nakazato, Koji Matsumoto, Hiroki Ando, Yoshitada Masuda, Sertap Maral, Eiji Shimizu, Yoshiyuki Hirano
Feeding and eating disorders are severe mental disorders that gravely affect patients’ lives. In particular, patients with anorexia nervosa (AN) or bulimia nervosa (BN) appear to have poor social cognition. Many studies have shown the relationship between poor social cognition and brain responses in AN. However, few studies have examined the relationship between social cognition and BN. Therefore,
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Moderating effect of work fatigue on the association between resilience and posttraumatic stress symptoms: a cross-sectional multi-country study among pharmacists during the COVID-19 pandemic BioPsychoSoc. Med. (IF 2.754) Pub Date : 2024-02-19 Samar Younes, Souheil Hallit, Irfan Mohammed, Sarah El Khatib, Anna Brytek-Matera, Shadrach Chinecherem Eze, Kenneth Egwu, Rawshan Jabeen, Nebojša Pavlović, Pascale Salameh, Michelle Cherfane, Marwan Akel, Chadia Haddad, Randa Choueiry, Feten Fekih-Romdhane, Katia Iskandar
In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, pharmacists, despite their vital contributions, have faced significant challenges that have impacted their mental well-being, potentially leading to the development of Post-Traumatic Stress symptoms (PTSS). The aim of this study was to investigate the role of work-related fatigue as a potential moderator in the relationship between pharmacists’ resilience and
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Efficacy and safety of peppermint oil for the treatment in Japanese patients with irritable bowel syndrome: a prospective, open-label, and single-arm study BioPsychoSoc. Med. (IF 2.754) Pub Date : 2024-02-08 Kei Matsueda, Shin Fukudo, Masayuki Ogishima, Yuki Naito, Soichiro Nakamura
In Europe, an herbal medicine containing peppermint oil is widely used in patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). In Japan, however, no clinical evidence for peppermint oil in IBS has been established, and it has not been approved as a drug for IBS. Accordingly, we conducted a clinical study to confirm the efficacy and safety of peppermint oil (ZO-Y60) in Japanese patients with IBS. The study
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Association of adolescent postural tachycardia syndrome classifications with anxiety: a cross sectional study BioPsychoSoc. Med. (IF 2.754) Pub Date : 2024-01-29 Midori Mizutani, Seiji Yoshida, Hidetaka Tanaka, Ginroku Yamawake, Atsuko Kubo, Yusuke Kurooka, Yoshitaka Ohta, Akira Ashida
Postural tachycardia syndrome (POTS), a subset of orthostatic dysregulation, has been reported to be associated with anxiety. POTS can be classified into two forms based on the degree of tachycardia during orthostasis. Reportedly, POTS with decreased orthostatic heart rate increase is associated with suppressed cardiac parasympathetic activity and increased sympathetic activity in the supine position
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Being female with vitiligo disease in traditional societies within North Africa BioPsychoSoc. Med. (IF 2.754) Pub Date : 2024-01-10 Mohamed Faraj Saleh Raheel, Yaser Snoubar, Wafa Saleh Mosbah
This study aims to assess the influence of vitiligo illness on the quality of life of female individuals residing in Ajdabiya, Libya. Through this investigation, we aim to enhance our comprehension of the potential impact of cultural norms and conventional gender roles on managing and caring for skin disorders within a North African society. Over a 20-week period, 65 female participants diagnosed with
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The relation between vaccination status and referral to a consultation–liaison psychiatry service for hospitalized patients with COVID-19 BioPsychoSoc. Med. (IF 2.754) Pub Date : 2023-11-15 Tomoe Nishihara, Mao Shibata, Ayako Ohashi, Kazutoshi Hiyama, Takafumi Yamashita, Mika Kuroiwa, Nobuyuki Sudo
Previous studies have shown that patients with Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) are likely to be affected by delirium and other psychiatric complications. We aimed to evaluate the relation between COVID-19 vaccination status and referral of patients hospitalized with COVID-19 for consultation–liaison psychiatry services. From the medical records used for this retrospective, single hospital-based
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Functional hyperthermia and comorbid psychiatric disorders BioPsychoSoc. Med. (IF 2.754) Pub Date : 2023-11-13 Takakazu Oka
In the latest issue of the journal Biopsychosocial Medicine, the commentary by Dr. Ginier-Gillet provides a historical overview of functional hyperthermia (FH) [1]. He describes how FH, i.e., hyperthermia without inflammation, was recognized when neither the mechanisms of infection-induced fever and stress-induced hyperthermia [2] nor the effects of acute and chronic stress on body temperature [3,
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‘Functional hyperthermia’: a historical overview BioPsychoSoc. Med. (IF 2.754) Pub Date : 2023-11-13 Mathieu Ginier-Gillet
The management of low-grade fever in adults has not been codified. This gap is related not only to the numerous possible aetiologies but also to the difficulty of escaping the monocausal model of diseases. This article explores the complex issue of positive signs in ‘psychogenic fever’ through Reimann’s 1930s series. The discussion emphasises Canguilhem’s positions regarding vital signs and proposes
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A pilot trial of an online guided self-help cognitive behavioral therapy program for bulimia nervosa and binge eating disorder in Japanese patients BioPsychoSoc. Med. (IF 2.754) Pub Date : 2023-11-10 Noriaki Ohsako, Hiroshi Kimura, Tasuku Hashimoto, Yutaka Hosoda, Yosuke Inaba, Masaomi Iyo, Michiko Nakazato
The purpose of this study was to develop an internet-based Guided Self-Help CBT (iGSH-CBT) for Bulimia Nervosa (BN) / Binge Eating Disorder (BED) for Japanese patients and to test its feasibility. A single-arm feasibility study. After baseline assessment, patients underwent a 16-week iGSH-CBT program, our Japanese adaption of the European-based Salut BN program. During the treatment period, weekly
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Psychological characteristics associated with the brain volume of patients with fibromyalgia BioPsychoSoc. Med. (IF 2.754) Pub Date : 2023-10-24 Satoshi Izuno, Kazufumi Yoshihara, Masako Hosoi, Sanami Eto, Naoki Hirabayashi, Tae Todani, Motoharu Gondo, Chie Hayaki, Kozo Anno, Akio Hiwatashi, Nobuyuki Sudo
Fibromyalgia (FM) is a disease characterized by chronic widespread pain concomitant with psychiatric symptoms such as anxiety and depression. It has been reported that FM patients engage in pain catastrophizing. In this study, we investigated characteristics of the brain volume of female FM patients and the association between psychological indices and brain volume. Thirty-nine female FM patients and
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Patients with postprandial distress syndrome experience problems with their interoceptive perceptual function to the gastric region, but their heartbeat perception is normal: a case control study BioPsychoSoc. Med. (IF 2.754) Pub Date : 2023-10-08 Kohei Yoshida, Tetsuya Abe, Kenji Kanbara, Kento Ueda, Yukie Saka-Kouchi, Hideaki Hasuo
Visceral hypersensitivity in functional dyspepsia can be localized or widespread, and there is no simple method of assessment. Measuring interoceptive accuracy at different sites provides an assessment of perceptual hypersensitivity to specific ecological phenomena. The purpose of this study was to characterize visceral hypersensitivity by comparing gastric sensory and cardiac perceptual tests in patients
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Burden of care and a sense of loneliness in caregivers of children with type 1 diabetes. a cross-sectional study BioPsychoSoc. Med. (IF 2.754) Pub Date : 2023-10-06 Ewa Kobos, Sylwia Rojkowska, Alicja Szewczyk, Beata Dziedzic
Treatment of type 1 diabetes is a process involving not only sick children, but also their caregivers. To assess the burden of care and sense of loneliness in caregivers of children with type 1 diabetes. Also, an analysis was conducted of the connection between sociodemographic factors characterizing caregivers and the clinical factors characterizing sick children and between the burden of care and
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Association of personality traits with dental visit procrastination by Japanese university students BioPsychoSoc. Med. (IF 2.754) Pub Date : 2023-09-28 Yukitaka Hoshino, Shota Kataoka, Toshihiro Ansai
Procrastination is a psychological trait that causes individuals to put off doing things that need to be done. It has recently shown to result in the worsening of symptoms due to delays in seeking medical care. However, it is not clear how perception of dental disease influences dental visits. This study examined the associations of procrastination and personality traits with delayed dental visits
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Association of psychosocial factors with physical activity among Japanese adults aged 65 and older: a 6-year repeated cross-sectional study from the Nakanojo Study BioPsychoSoc. Med. (IF 2.754) Pub Date : 2023-09-12 Amrit Dhakal, Ken Kurisu, Sungjin Park, Kazuhiro Yoshiuchi, Yukitoshi Aoyagi
Physical activity (PA) provides substantial mental and physical health benefits for individuals of all ages. A limited number of long-term or longitudinal studies have investigated the association between psychosocial factors and PA in healthy older adults aged 65 and above. This study aimed to determine the long-term relationship between psychosocial factors, such as vitality, mental health, anxiety
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Cognition of abdominal pain and abdominal discomfort in Chinese patients with irritable bowel syndrome with diarrhea BioPsychoSoc. Med. (IF 2.754) Pub Date : 2023-09-08 Jia Lu, Yang Chen, Lili Shi, Xiaoqing Li, Guijun Fei, Ji Li, Aiming Yang, Xiucai Fang
In Asia, the proportion of patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) with abdominal discomfort alone is significantly higher than that in western countries. The purposes of this study are to understand the cognition of abdominal pain and abdominal discomfort in Chinese patients with IBS and to compare the clinical characteristics of patients with abdominal pain alone and with abdominal discomfort
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Oral administration of 6-methylsulfinylhexyl isothiocyanate extracted from wasabi is safe and improves the fatigue and sleep of healthy volunteers BioPsychoSoc. Med. (IF 2.754) Pub Date : 2023-08-23 Ryota Nakajima, Masanobu Kanou, Masahiko Tokushima, Yoshitaka Iwama, Kei Yamana
This study aimed to conduct a preliminary evaluation of the effects of 6-methylsulfinylhexyl isothiocyanate (6-MSITC) contained in wasabi rhizomes on fatigue and sleep and to examine its safety through overdose study. A total of 20 healthy volunteers who were experiencing daily fatigue were given powder containing 6-MSITC (4.8 mg/day of 6-MSITC) extracted from wasabi for 4 weeks. Then, fatigue, sleep
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Trends in the effect of COVID-19 on consultations for persons with clinical and subclinical eating disorders BioPsychoSoc. Med. (IF 2.754) Pub Date : 2023-08-09 Keisuke Kawai, Hisateru Tachimori, Yurie Yamamoto, Yuki Nakatani, Shinmi Iwasaki, Atsushi Sekiguchi, Yoshiharu Kim, Naho Tamura
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has increased the risk of individuals developing eating disorders and has exacerbated existing eating disorders. This observational study investigated the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on patients with clinical and subclinical eating disorders. This study was conducted over a period of four years: two years before and after the onset of the COVID-19
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Correction to: Physical exercise augmented cognitive behaviour therapy for older adults with generalised anxiety disorder (PEXACOG): a feasibility study for a randomized controlled trial BioPsychoSoc. Med. (IF 2.754) Pub Date : 2023-08-04 Kristine Sirevåg, S. H. Stavestrand, T. Sjøbø, T. B. Endal, H. M. Nordahl, E. Andersson, I. H. Nordhus, Å Rekdal, K. Specht, Å Hammar, A. Halmøy, J. Mohlman, H. Hjelmervik, J. F. Thayer, A. Hovland
Correction: BioPsychoSocial Med 17, 25 (2023) https://doi.org/10.1186/s13030-023-00280-7 Following publication of the original article [1], the authors reported errors in the author names, which have been corrected from: I. H. K. Nordhus to I. H. Nordhus, Rekdal to Å. Rekdal, and Hammar to Å. Hammar. The original article [1] has been updated. Sirevåg K, Stavestrand SH, Sjøbø T, et al. Physical exercise
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Effectiveness of a training program for a patient with non-cardiac chest pain that combines intervention to improve quality of life, psychological state, and functional capacity: a case report BioPsychoSoc. Med. (IF 2.754) Pub Date : 2023-07-26 Irem Huzmeli, Aysel Yildiz Ozer
Noncardiac chest pain (NCCP) is persistent angina-like chest pain without cardiac origin that affects the patient’s health related quality of life (HrQoL), although it does not affect mortality. The effect of a comprehensive training program for NCCP focused on quality of life, psychological state, peripheral muscle strength, physical activity, and quality of life has not been previously established
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Neuroticism mediates the association between childhood abuse and the well-being of community dwelling adult volunteers BioPsychoSoc. Med. (IF 2.754) Pub Date : 2023-07-24 Yota Fujimura, Akiyoshi Shimura, Chihiro Morishita, Yu Tamada, Hajime Tanabe, Ichiro Kusumi, Takeshi Inoue
Previous studies reported that the experience of maltreatment in childhood reduces subjective well-being in adulthood and that neuroticism is negatively associated with subjective well-being. However, the interrelationship between childhood maltreatment, adult life events, neuroticism, and subjective well-being has not been analyzed to date. A total of 404 adult volunteers provided responses to the
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Physical exercise augmented cognitive behaviour therapy for older adults with generalised anxiety disorder (PEXACOG): a feasibility study for a randomized controlled trial BioPsychoSoc. Med. (IF 2.754) Pub Date : 2023-07-19 Kristine Sirevåg, S. H. Stavestrand, T. Sjøbø, T. B. Endal, H. M. Nordahl, E. Andersson, I. H. K. Nordhus, Rekdal, K. Specht, Hammar, A. Halmøy, J. Mohlman, H. Hjelmervik, J. F. Thayer, A. Hovland
Generalised anxiety disorder (GAD) is a frequent and severe disorder among older adults. For older adults with GAD the effect of the recommended treatment, cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT), is reduced. Physical exercise (PE) may enhance the effect of CBT by improving cognitive function and increasing levels of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), a predictor of the effect of CBT in patients with
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Characterization of the stanford integrated psychosocial assessment for transplant for heart, liver, and kidney transplant candidates in Japan BioPsychoSoc. Med. (IF 2.754) Pub Date : 2023-07-17 Kosuke Takano, Hidehiro Oshibuchi, Sayaka Kobayashi, Junko Tsutsui, Satoko Ito, Rumiko Kamba, Rie Akaho, Katsuji Nishimura
The Stanford Integrated Psychosocial Assessment for Transplantation (SIPAT) is a comprehensive psychosocial assessment proven useful for predicting the outcomes of organ transplantation that is expected to be useful in Japan. However, the characteristics of organ-specific SIPAT scores for organ transplant recipient candidates in Japan are unclear and, to date, the SIPAT has not been properly utilized
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Quality of life and physical/psychosocial factors in children and adolescents with orthostatic intolerance BioPsychoSoc. Med. (IF 2.754) Pub Date : 2023-06-12 Yoshie Shigeyasu, Ayumi Okada, Chikako Fujii, Chie Tanaka, Akiko Sugihara, Makiko Horiuchi, Takashi Yorifuji, Hirokazu Tsukahara
Orthostatic intolerance (OI), which is common in children and adolescents, negatively impacts their quality of life (QOL) due to physical symptoms that limit work, school, and daily activities. The purpose of this study is to explore the association of physical and psychosocial factors with QOL scores in children and adolescents with OI. A cross sectional observational study was conducted. The study
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Systematic review and meta-analysis of calculating degree of comorbidity of irritable bowel syndrome with migraine BioPsychoSoc. Med. (IF 2.754) Pub Date : 2023-06-08 Tatvan S. Todor, Shin Fukudo
Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and migraines are often comorbid each other. These disorders are likely to be bidirectionally linked through the gut-brain axis and share several underlying mechanisms including central nervous system sensitization. However, quantitative analysis of comorbidity was not reported enough. The aim of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to calculate the present degree
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A nationwide questionnaire survey of physicians regarding the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on patients and treatment system of psychosomatic medicine BioPsychoSoc. Med. (IF 2.754) Pub Date : 2023-06-08 Yukari Yamanaka, Kazuhiro Yoshiuchi, Chiharu Kubo, Shin Fukudo
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has affected the treatment system of medical institutions across the world. Studies of the populations and patients have reported mental health problems caused by the pandemic. However, there are few large-scale studies that have examined the effects of the COVID-19 on diseases from the perspective of psychosomatic medicine. The purpose of this study
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A multi-center, randomized, parallel-group study to compare the efficacy of enhanced cognitive behavior therapy (CBT-E) with treatment as usual (TAU) for anorexia nervosa: study protocol BioPsychoSoc. Med. (IF 2.754) Pub Date : 2023-05-29 Nobuhiro Nohara, Yukari Yamanaka, Mikiko Matsuoka, Tadahiro Yamazaki, Keisuke Kawai, Shu Takakura, Nobuyuki Sudo, Tetsuya Ando, Yutaka Matsuyama, Susan Byrne, Riccardo Dalle Grave, Zafra Cooper, Kazuhiro Yoshiuchi
The superiority of Enhanced Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT-E) with regard to weight gain and improvement of psychopathology of eating disorders for patients with anorexia nervosa (AN) over other psychotherapies and treatment as usual (TAU) has not been demonstrated in randomized controlled trials (RCTs). However, a previous RCT showed that patients with AN whose baseline body mass index (BMI) was
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Perceived benefit of yoga among adults who have practiced yoga for a long time: a qualitative study BioPsychoSoc. Med. (IF 2.754) Pub Date : 2023-05-15 Şengül Akdeniz, Özlem Kaştan
Previous quantitative studies have shown many of the perceived benefits of yoga practice on the mind and body. Although there are many quantitative studies in the international literature on yoga, the number of qualitative studies showing the experience of yoga practice is insufficient. An accurate demonstration of yoga participents experiences, opinions, and judgments on this subject requires a qualitative
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The short- and long-term effects of cognitive behavioral therapy on the glycemic control of diabetic patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis BioPsychoSoc. Med. (IF 2.754) Pub Date : 2023-05-08 Na Dong, Xiaowei Wang, Liu Yang
Glycemic control is an important issue in the treatment of diabetic patients. However, traditional methods, such as medication (the usual treatment), have limitations. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) might be a useful option to help control the glycemic condition. The effects can be revealed by systemic review or meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials (RCT). A systematic search and a meta-analysis
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Differences in the presentation of COVID-19-related psychosocial stress and general psychological distress and the relation between the number of care days and these symptoms among Japanese ward staff working exclusively with COVID-19 and support staff BioPsychoSoc. Med. (IF 2.754) Pub Date : 2023-04-28 Tomoe Nishihara, Kazufumi Yoshihara, Ayako Ohashi, Mika Kuroiwa, Nobuyuki Sudo
Psychological distress has been frequently observed in frontline healthcare workers under stress during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) epidemic; however, it is unclear if there are differences in the stress and symptoms experienced by staff members who work exclusively in a COVID-19 ward and support staff temporarily deployed to a COVID-19 ward. The present study investigated psychosocial
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Triggers of self-focused attention: an ecological momentary assessment study BioPsychoSoc. Med. (IF 2.754) Pub Date : 2023-04-23 Mao Nanamori, Nozomi Tomita, Chiaki Kametani, Naomi Matsuda, Hiroaki Kumano
Self-focused attention (SFA) is a major maintenance factor of social anxiety disorder. The two types of SFA, the observer perspective and self-focus on body sensation, increase anxiety in individuals with high levels of social anxiety. However, the triggers of each SFA remain unclear. This study used ecological momentary assessment to identify the factors that elicit SFA in real-life social scenarios
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Reliability and validity of the English, Chinese, Korean, Indonesian, and Vietnamese versions of the public health research foundation stress checklist short form BioPsychoSoc. Med. (IF 2.754) Pub Date : 2023-04-06 Yoko HAYASHI, Yoshie IMAZU, Sixin DENG, Masato MURAKAMI
Foreign nationals residing in Japan account for approximately 2% of the total population (i.e., approximately 2.6 million people). Of these, 12% are not proficient in speaking Japanese and 25% experience difficulty reading Japanese. Therefore, a simple, convenient, and accurate scale in the native language of foreign nationals is required to support their mental health. In this study, the Public Health
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Changes in the sleeping habits of Japanese university students during the COVID-19 pandemic: a 3-year follow-up study BioPsychoSoc. Med. (IF 2.754) Pub Date : 2023-04-04 Reiko Hori, Eiji Shibata, Iwao Okajima, Masahiro Matsunaga, Tomohiro Umemura, Akihiko Narisada, Kohta Suzuki
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has greatly changed our daily life. Owing to the imposed restrictions, many educational facilities have introduced remote teaching. This study aims to clarify the association between remote teaching and Japanese university students' sleeping habits. The participants were medical students at Aichi Medical University. We used data from an ongoing longitudinal
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My memories of the Benson-Henry institute for mind-body medicine BioPsychoSoc. Med. (IF 2.754) Pub Date : 2023-03-30 Mutsuhiro Nakao
It is my great honor to introduce the review article [1] entitled “Mind-body medicine: A modern bio-psycho-social model 45 years after Engel” by Gregory Fricchione, MD, director of the Benson-Henry Institute for Mind Body Medicine and the Chester Pierce Division of Global Psychiatry, co-director of the McCance Center for Brain Health in the Department of Neurology at Mass General Hospital, and the
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Mind body medicine: a modern bio-psycho-social model forty-five years after Engel BioPsychoSoc. Med. (IF 2.754) Pub Date : 2023-03-30 Gregory Fricchione
“In simple scientific terms, the book---based on research my colleagues and I had published in medical journals—spelled out connections between mind and body that were reasonable and meaningful to Western scientists and their patients.” Herbert Benson, Forward to the 25th Anniversary Edition of The Relaxation Response. 2000. Over two years ago, the editors of this journal contributed an essay on the
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Individualized peer support needs assessment for families with eating disorders BioPsychoSoc. Med. (IF 2.754) Pub Date : 2023-03-14 Chisato Ohara, Aya Nishizono-Maher, Atsushi Sekiguchi, Ayako Sugawara, Yuriko Morino, Junko Kawakami, Mari Hotta
Peer support among family members is important in cases of mental illness, but there has been limited practice or research on individual peer support specific to families taking care of patients with eating disorders (EDs). To conduct peer support activities, it is necessary to clarify the needs of families. The objective of this study are to identify the needs for group and individual peer support
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Effects of eating together online on autonomic nervous system functions: a randomized, open-label, controlled preliminary study among healthy volunteers BioPsychoSoc. Med. (IF 2.754) Pub Date : 2023-03-10 Hideaki Hasuo, Nahoko Kusaka, Mutsuo Sano, Kenji Kanbara, Tomoki Kitawaki, Hiroko Sakuma, Tomoya Sakazaki, Kohei Yoshida, Hisaharu Shizuma, Hideo Araki, Motoyuki Suzuki, Satoshi Nishiguchi, Masaki Shuzo, Gaku Masuda, Kei Shimonishi, Kazuaki Kondo, Hirotada Ueda, Yuichi Nakamura
Eating alone has been significantly associated with psychological distress. However, there is no research that evaluates the effects or relation of eating together online to autonomic nervous system functions. This is a randomized, open-label, controlled, pilot study conducted among healthy volunteers. Participants were randomized into either an eating together online group or an eating-alone group
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Thrombocytopenia and PT-INR in patients with anorexia nervosa and severe liver dysfunction BioPsychoSoc. Med. (IF 2.754) Pub Date : 2023-03-08 Ken Kurisu, Kaoruko Sato, Mikiko Matsuoka, Makoto Otani, Kazuhiro Yoshiuchi
We previously reported a case that led us to hypothesize that decreased production of thrombopoietin (TPO) leads to thrombocytopenia in patients with anorexia nervosa (AN) with severe liver dysfunction and that prolonged prothrombin time-international normalized ratio (PT-INR) predicts thrombocytopenia in such cases. To validate this hypothesis, we report another case in which TPO levels were measured
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A patient who recovered from post-COVID myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome: a case report BioPsychoSoc. Med. (IF 2.754) Pub Date : 2023-02-28 Takakazu Oka
Some patients infected with the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) complain of persistent fatigue, dyspnea, pain, and cognitive dysfunction. These symptoms are often described as “long COVID”. Whether a patient with long COVID might develop myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) is of interest, as is the treatment and management of ME/CFS in a post-COVID
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Maternal separation and TNBS-induced gut inflammation synergistically alter the sexually differentiated stress response in rats BioPsychoSoc. Med. (IF 2.754) Pub Date : 2023-02-25 Ryoko Hasegawa, Kumi Saito-Nakaya, Li Gu, Motoyori Kanazawa, Shin Fukudo
Neonatal maternal separation (MS) has been used to model long-lasting changes in behavior caused by neuroplastic changes associated with exposure to early-life stress. Earlier studies showed that transient gut inflammation can influence the development of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). A prevailing paradigm of the etiology of IBS is that transient noxious events lead to long-lasting sensitization
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Association between self-rated depressive symptoms and mucosal expression of NF-κ B in patients with upper gastrointestinal symptoms BioPsychoSoc. Med. (IF 2.754) Pub Date : 2023-02-25 Julia Staab, Lara Vonhören, Harald Schwörer, Thomas Meyer
Previous clinical studies have reported elevated levels of depressive symptoms in selected samples of patients with gastritis. The objective of this study was to examine the associations of specific biomarkers of inflammation expressed in mucosal tissue from the stomach with mood and anxiety symptoms in adult patients with upper gastrointestinal symptoms. In this monocentric, observational study, a
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Cardiac autonomic and cortisol stress responses to real operations in surgeons: relationship with individual psychobiological characteristics and experience BioPsychoSoc. Med. (IF 2.754) Pub Date : 2023-02-21 Luca Carnevali, Elena Bignami, Sara Gambetta, Margherita Barbetti, Matteo Procopio, Antonio Freyrie, Paolo Carbognani, Luca Ampollini, Andrea Sgoifo
Surgeons are exposed to high levels of intraoperative stress, which could compromise their psychological well-being in the long term. This study aimed at exploring the effects of real operations on the activity of stress response systems (i.e., cardiac autonomic function and hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis) during and in the aftermath of surgery, and the moderating role of individual psychobiological
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Association between social support for mothers of patients with eating disorders and mothers’ active listening attitude: a cohort study BioPsychoSoc. Med. (IF 2.754) Pub Date : 2023-02-14 Fujika Katsuki, Atsurou Yamada, Masaki Kondo, Hanayo Sawada, Norio Watanabe, Tatsuo Akechi
Family members of patients with eating disorders, especially their mothers, experience heavy caregiving burdens associated with supporting the patient. We predict that increasing caregivers’ support will have a positive effect on their active listening attitudes, mental health, loneliness, and self-efficacy. This study aimed to investigate differences in mothers’ active listening attitudes, mental
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Slight religiosity associated with a lower incidence of any fracture among healthy people in a multireligious country BioPsychoSoc. Med. (IF 2.754) Pub Date : 2023-02-09 Daiki Kobayashi, Hironori Kuga, Takuro Shimbo
The aim of this study was to evaluate the association between the degree of religiosity and subsequent fractures and a decrease in bone mineral density in a Japanese population. We conducted a retrospective longitudinal study at St. Luke’s International Hospital in Tokyo, Japan, from 2005 to 2018. All participants who underwent voluntary health check-ups were included. Our outcomes were any fractures
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Validation of the brief Adjustment Disorder New Modules with Australian oncology patients BioPsychoSoc. Med. (IF 2.754) Pub Date : 2023-01-25 Bernadette E. Harris, Kylie Rice, Clara V. Murray, Einar B. Thorsteinsson
Evidence suggests that up to 30% of cancer patients may meet the criteria for adjustment disorder. However, no assessment instruments have been validated for use with cancer patients. The Adjustment Disorder New Module (ADNM)-8 and ADNM-4 are brief screening tools for adjustment disorder mapped directly to the new ICD-11 criteria. The aim of this study was to investigate the factor structure and validity
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Personality traits favourable for non-adherence to treatment in patients with chronic myeloid leukaemia: role of type A and D personality BioPsychoSoc. Med. (IF 2.754) Pub Date : 2023-01-19 Anna Rychter, Joanna Miniszewska, Joanna Góra-Tybor
The introduction of BCR-ABL tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) to chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) therapy has revolutionized the treatment of this disease. Although regular TKI intake is a prerequisite for successful therapy, it has been shown that a significant proportion of patients are non-compliant. Recently there is growing evidence that personality traits may influenced the tendency for non-adherence
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Sensory processing in children and adolescents shortly after the onset of anorexia nervosa: a pilot study BioPsychoSoc. Med. (IF 2.754) Pub Date : 2022-12-12 Kitajima, Tasuku, Otani, Ryoko, Inoue, Takeshi, Matsushima, Naho, Matsubara, Naoki, Sakuta, Ryoichi
Alterations in sensory processing, such as vision, taste, and interoceptive sensation, have been reported in adult anorexia nervosa (AN). Whether these symptoms are traits, states, or “scars” due to chronic starvation has not been fully established. Based on the hypothesis that alterations in sensory processing also occur in adolescent AN in the early stages of the disease, the present study was conducted
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Clinical effects of wasabi extract containing 6-MSITC on myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome: an open-label trial BioPsychoSoc. Med. (IF 2.754) Pub Date : 2022-12-12 Oka, Takakazu, Yamada, Yu, Lkhagvasuren, Battuvshin, Nakao, Mutsuhiro, Nakajima, Ryota, Kanou, Masanobu, Hiramatsu, Ryuji, Nabeshima, Yo-ichi
Wasabi (Eutrema japonicum) is a common pungent spice used in Japan. 6-Methylsulfinylhexyl isothiocyanate (6-MSITC) found in the rhizome of wasabi has been shown to have anti-inflammatory and antioxidant effects, as well as improve neuroinflammation and memory. Therefore, we hypothesized that these effects would be beneficial for treating myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS).
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Multimodal pain therapy for persistent idiopathic facial pain - a pilot study BioPsychoSoc. Med. (IF 2.754) Pub Date : 2022-12-09 Foerster, Zita, Kleinmann, Barbara, Schlueter, Nadine, Vach, Kirstin, Wolter, Tilman
Persistent Idiopathic Facial Pain (PIFP) is a pain syndrome with missing evidence-based therapy recommendations. According to the biopsychosocial pain model, multidisciplinary pain treatment (MPT) offers a promising therapeutic option for chronic pain syndromes. MPT is an interprofessional treatment procedure, consisting of medical, physiotherapeutic and psychotherapeutic treatment units, which has
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Utility and optimal cut-off point of the Somatic Symptom Scale-8 for central sensitization syndrome among outpatients with somatic symptoms and related disorders BioPsychoSoc. Med. (IF 2.754) Pub Date : 2022-11-22 Hashimoto, Kazuaki, Takeuchi, Takeaki, Hiiragi, Miki, Koyama, Akiko, Nakamura, Yuzo, Hashizume, Masahiro
Central sensitization syndrome (CSS) involves severe functional symptoms due to central sensitization. for patients with severe somatic symptoms and related disorders (SSRDs), central sensitization may be responsible for their functional symptoms. We hypothesized that screening for CSS in patients with SSRDs would identify those with severe disease. The Somatic Symptom Scale-8 (SSS-8) is a simple tool
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Clinical correlates of women endorsing premenstrual suicidal ideation: a cross-sectional study BioPsychoSoc. Med. (IF 2.754) Pub Date : 2022-11-08 Carlini, Sara V., Weiss, Sandra J., Mordukhaev, Lauren, Jacob, Sunu, Flynn, Heather A., Deligiannidis, Kristina M.
Prevalence of premenstrual syndrome (PMS) may be as high as 13-18%, but it remains under-recognized and is associated with increased suicidal ideation (SI), plans, and attempts in epidemiological studies. The present study reports on women endorsing premenstrual SI (PMSI) and characterizes this at-risk group and its clinical correlates. A cross-sectional study assessed demographics, anxiety and depression
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Continuous glucose monitoring for detection of glycemic variability, hypoglycemia, and hyperglycemia in women with eating disorders BioPsychoSoc. Med. (IF 2.754) Pub Date : 2022-10-27 Uotani, Nao, Noma, Shun’ichi, Akamine, Momoko, Miyawaki, Takashi
The aim of this study was to investigate the relationships between hypoglycemia, hyperglycemia, glycemic variability (GV), and eating behavior by measuring daily glucose levels through an intermittently scanned continuous glucose monitoring (isCGM) system in outpatients classified according to eating disorder subtypes. We analyzed data for 18 patients (four ANR, nine ANBP, and five BN cases). A FreeStyle
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Global prevalence of chronic fatigue syndrome among long COVID-19 patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis BioPsychoSoc. Med. (IF 2.754) Pub Date : 2022-10-23 Salari, Nader, Khodayari, Yassaman, Hosseinian-Far, Amin, Zarei, Hosna, Rasoulpoor, Shabnam, Akbari, Hakimeh, Mohammadi, Masoud
Chronic fatigue syndrome is a persistent and debilitating disorder. According to several studies, chronic fatigue syndrome has been identified among recovered COVID-19 patients as the most common symptom of long COVID. The aim of this systematic review and meta-analysis study was to obtain the prevalence of chronic fatigue syndrome in long COVID cases. In this systematic review and meta-analysis, we
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Cardiovascular disease, self-care and emotional regulation processes in adult patients: balancing unmet needs and quality of life BioPsychoSoc. Med. (IF 2.754) Pub Date : 2022-09-30 Cilli, Eleonora, Ranieri, Jessica, Guerra, Federica, Ferri, Claudio, Di Giacomo, Dina
Cardiovascular disease is a chronic non-communicable illness that causes more than half of all deaths across Europe. Unhealthy lifestyle, inadequate adherence to medical prescriptions, themselves associated with psycho-emotional disorders are considered risk factors for reduced quality of life as well physical condition. Aim of our study was to understand predictive factors for disease management by
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Validation of the Japanese version of the patterns of activity measure-pain in individuals with chronic pain BioPsychoSoc. Med. (IF 2.754) Pub Date : 2022-09-04 Enomoto, Kiyoka, Adachi, Tomonori, Mibu, Akira, Tanaka, Katsuyoshi, Fukui, Sei, Nakanishi, Miho, Iwashita, Narihito, Sasaki, Jun, Nishigami, Tomohiko
The Patterns of Activity Measure-Pain (POAM-P) is a self-report questionnaire that measures avoidance, overdoing, and pacing in individuals with chronic pain. We aimed to develop and confirm the psychometric properties of the Japanese version of the POAM-P(POAM-P-J) in Japanese individuals with chronic pain. We recruited 147 Japanese individuals with chronic pain (106 women; mean age 64.89 ± 12.13 years)
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Disclosing a diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder without intellectual disability to pediatric patients in Japan in early diagnostic stages and associated factors: a cross-sectional study BioPsychoSoc. Med. (IF 2.754) Pub Date : 2022-08-20 Sato, Hiroyuki, Fujita, Misao, Tsuchiya, Atsushi, Hatta, Taichi, Mori, Katsumi, Nakazawa, Eisuke, Takimoto, Yoshiyuki, Akabayashi, Akira
With a recent increase in the prevalence of autism spectrum disorder (ASD), an important issue has emerged in clinical practice regarding when and how patients themselves should be given explanations following a diagnosis of ASD. The clinical guidelines of the UK National Institute for Health and Care Excellence state that children diagnosed with ASD should receive an explanation about what ASD is
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Correlation of catecholamine content and clinical influencing factors in depression among psoriasis patients: a case-control study BioPsychoSoc. Med. (IF 2.754) Pub Date : 2022-08-10 Long, Si-Qi, Fang, Jing, Shu, Hui-Ling, Xia, Deng-Mei, Wang, Zheng-Qun, Mi, Wen-Yao, Zhang, Xue-Li, Li, Chang-Qiang
Our study sought to investigate the clinical influencing factors of psoriasis patients with depression, and analyze whether the content of monoamine neurotransmitters in plasma was correlated with depression incidence among psoriasis patients. Ninety patients with psoriasis and 40 healthy volunteers (aged from18 to 60) were recruited and interviewed with a piloted questionnaire in both groups to obtain
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Ethyl loflazepate as a treatment for patients with idiopathic and psychogenic taste disorder BioPsychoSoc. Med. (IF 2.754) Pub Date : 2022-08-08 Sakata, Ken-ichiro, Hato, Hiroyuki, Sato, Jun, Iori, Takashi, Ohga, Noritaka, Watanabe, Haruhisa, Yamazaki, Yutaka, Kitagawa, Yoshimasa
Ethyl loflazepate (EL) is a benzodiazepine derivative that has been reported to activate the gustatory cortex. Our department routinely uses EL as a first-line treatment for idiopathic and psychogenic taste disorders, although little has been reported in the literature with respect to patient outcomes, so we conducted a retrospective study examining its safety and efficacy. Between 2008 and 2020, 49