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Mortality risk associated with nuclear disasters depends on the time during and following evacuation of hospitals near nuclear power plants: An observational and qualitative study (2022)
Journal Article

This study aimed to examine the factors correlated with emergency evacuations on patients’ prognosis in hospitals severely affected by the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant (FDNPP) accident in March 2011, and to recommend measures mitigating pote... Read More about Mortality risk associated with nuclear disasters depends on the time during and following evacuation of hospitals near nuclear power plants: An observational and qualitative study.

Healthcare professionals’ experiences and perceptions of providing support for mental health during the period from pregnancy to two years postpartum (2022)
Journal Article

Objective: Mental health issues in the perinatal period are common, and can have negative consequences for maternal and child health. Healthcare professionals (HCPs) who provide women with perinatal care are well-placed to detect mental health issues... Read More about Healthcare professionals’ experiences and perceptions of providing support for mental health during the period from pregnancy to two years postpartum.

Effects of Intensive Blood Glucose Control on Surgical Site Infection for Liver Transplant Recipients: A Randomized Controlled Trial (2022)
Journal Article

Background: The evidence supporting intensive blood glucose control to prevent surgical site infections (SSIs) among liver transplant recipients is insufficient. We aimed to assess the effects of postoperative intensive blood glucose control (IBGC) a... Read More about Effects of Intensive Blood Glucose Control on Surgical Site Infection for Liver Transplant Recipients: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

Development of a novel COMPAssion focused online psyChoTherapy for bereaved informal caregivers: the COMPACT feasibility trial protocol (2022)
Journal Article

Introduction An easy-to-access and effective psychotherapy for bereaved informal caregivers has not been established. People with higher self-compassion status tend to have lower bereavement related grief, psychotherapy focused on self-compassion can... Read More about Development of a novel COMPAssion focused online psyChoTherapy for bereaved informal caregivers: the COMPACT feasibility trial protocol.

Simultaneously reassuring and unsettling: a longitudinal qualitative study of community anticipatory medication prescribing for older patients (2022)
Journal Article

Background: The prescription of injectable anticipatory medications is widely accepted by clinicians to be key in facilitating effective last-days-of-life symptom control. Community end-of-life care and admission avoidance is particularly strongly ad... Read More about Simultaneously reassuring and unsettling: a longitudinal qualitative study of community anticipatory medication prescribing for older patients.

Why only me? A case report of a breast cancer patient with unresolved trauma from a past disaster experience developing a mental disorder (2022)
Journal Article

Little is known about how the psychological stress of having experienced a natural disaster affects cancer patients. We experienced a patient who was treated with breast cancer after having been stricken by a typhoon, which resulted in significant ps... Read More about Why only me? A case report of a breast cancer patient with unresolved trauma from a past disaster experience developing a mental disorder.