Work-related stressors among hospital physicians: a qualitative interview study in the Tokyo metropolitan area by Daisuke Son, Yuko Ihara, Masahiro Nochi, Ryu Takizawa

“…The collected data were analysed using the grounded theory approach.Setting Hospitals around the Tokyo metropolitan area, Japan.Participants Sixteen hospital physicians (mean age (SD)=33.9 (4.2) years; 11 men, 5 women). …”
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Assessment of the Impact of Metropolitan-Scale Urban Planning Scenarios on the Moist Thermal Environment under Global Warming: A Study of the Tokyo Metropolitan Area Using Regional Climate Modeling by Asuka Suzuki-Parker, Hiroyuki Kusaka, Yoshiki Yamagata

“…Using a high-resolution regional climate model coupled with urban canopy model, the present study provides the first attempt in quantifying the impact of metropolitan-scale urban planning scenarios on moist thermal environment under global warming. Tokyo metropolitan area is selected as a test case. Three urban planning scenarios are considered: status quo, dispersed city, and compact city. …”
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Contributions of Biomass Burning and Other Sources to Fine Particle Level and Oxidative Potential in Suburban Tokyo, Japan by Akihiro Fushimi, Ana M. Villalobos, Akinori Takami, Kiyoshi Tanabe, James J. Schauer

“…Correlation and meteorological analyses suggest that emissions from ships (or other residual oil combustion) and anthropogenic SOA originating from the Tokyo Metropolitan Area, and biogenic SOA contribute to an increase in PM2.5 oxidative potential during the warm season in the suburbs of Tokyo. …”
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Survival trends of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support for pediatric emergency patients in regional and metropolitan areas in Japan by Noriyuki Kaku, Wakato Matsuoka, Kentaro Ide, Takaaki Totoki, Katsuki Hirai, Soichi Mizuguchi, Kanako Higashi, Kenichi Tetsuhara, Hazumu Nagata, Satoshi Nakagawa, Yasuyuki Kakihana, Akira Shiose, Shouichi Ohga

“…Methods: A retrospective cohort study was conducted at three regional centers on Kyushu Island and the largest center in the Tokyo metropolitan area of Japan. The clinical outcomes of patients of ≤15 years of age who received ECMO during 2010–2019 were investigated, targeting the survival and performance at discharge from intensive care units (ICUs), using medical charts. …”
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Patient-centred care and quality of life and hope among Japanese patients receiving home medical care: a multicentre, cross-sectional study by Nobuhiro Ikeda, Michiko Hinata, Noriaki Kurita, Tomoka Nakamura, Takashi Fujii, Chihiro Tsuchiya, Yukio Tsugihashi, Hidekazu Iida, Shinu Hayashi, Masakazu Yasunaka, Misaki Hirose, Yutaka Shirahige, Shinsuke Muto, Tatsunobu Natsubori, Wataru Nakagawa, Akihiko Yonenaga, Lina Inagaki, Shioto Itakura, Naoya Miyashita, Takuya Furugen, Takafumi Abo, Sadayuki Okudaira, Kazuhiko Takuma, Masahiro Deguchi, Yoshitaka Harada, Seiji Matsuo, Motomichi Nakagawa, Ken Tanigawa, Yoshio Ochi, Sadanobu Ogasawara, Kazuhiko Hoshino, Momoko Aruga, Yoshinori Nakamura, Nobuhiro Sawa, Yosuke Akashi, Nobuyuki Miyagi, Toyohiro Terasaki, Kunihiro Kinoshita, Masaji Kikukawa, Hisakazu Kato, Masayuki Amano, Kentaro Asakura, Naoto Fukui

“…This study examined the association between the quality of patient-centred care and both QOL and hope.Design Multicentre, cross-sectional study.Setting Twenty-nine home care clinics in the Tokyo Metropolitan Area, Nara Prefecture and Nagasaki Prefecture in Japan.Participants 200 patients receiving home medical care.Exposure Patient-centredness was measured using the Japanese version of the Primary Care Assessment Tool-Short Form (JPCAT-SF).Outcome measures The primary outcome measures were QOL, assessed using the QOL-Home Care (QOL-HC) scale, and hope, measured using the Health-Related Hope (HR-Hope) scale. …”
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