Mitsunori Miyashita

Communication Disparity Between the Bereaved and Others: What Hurts Them and What Is Unhelpful? A Nationwide Study of the Cancer Bereaved.

• Authors:
• Mayumi Ishida,
• Hideki Onishi,
• Tatsuya Morita,
• Yosuke Uchitomi,
• Megumi Shimizu,
• Satoru Tsuneto,
• Yasuo Shima,
• Mitsunori Miyashita

• April 2018

The Japan hospice and palliative evaluation study 4: a cross-sectional questionnaire survey.

• Authors:
• Kento Masukawa,
• Maho Aoyama,
• Tatsuya Morita,
• Yoshiyuki Kizawa,
• Satoru Tsuneto,
• Yasuo Shima,
• Mitsunori Miyashita

• April 2018

Physician Behavior toward Death Pronouncement in Palliative Care Units.

• Authors:
• Yutaka Hatano,
• Tatsuya Morita,
• Hiroyuki Otani,
• Naoko Igarashi,
• Yasuo Shima,
• Mitsunori Miyashita

• March 2018

"What I Did for My Loved One Is More Important than Whether We Talked About Death": A Nationwide Survey of Bereaved Family Members.

• Authors:
• Masanori Mori,
• Saran Yoshida,
• Mariko Shiozaki,
• Tatsuya Morita,
• Mika Baba,
• Maho Aoyama,
• Yoshiyuki Kizawa,
• Satoru Tsuneto,
• Yasuo Shima,
• Mitsunori Miyashita

• March 2018

Factors associated with possible complicated grief and major depressive disorders.

• Authors:
• Maho Aoyama,
• Yukihiro Sakaguchi,
• Tatsuya Morita,
• Asao Ogawa,
• Daisuke Fujisawa,
• Yoshiyuki Kizawa,
• Satoru Tsuneto,
• Yasuo Shima,
• Mitsunori Miyashita

• March 2018

Families' Sense of Abandonment When Patients Are Referred to Hospice.

• Authors:
• Takuya Odagiri,
• Tatsuya Morita,
• Maho Aoyama,
• Yoshiyuki Kizawa,
• Satoru Tsuneto,
• Yasuo Shima,
• Mitsunori Miyashita,

• March 2018

Are Bereaved Family Members Satisfied With Information Provision About Palliative Care Units in Japan?

• Authors:
• Makiko Sanjo,
• Tatsuya Morita,
• Mitsunori Miyashita,
• Kazuki Sato,
• Kiyoko Kamibeppu,
• Satoru Tsuneto,
• Yasuo Shima

• February 2018

Changes in Nurses' Knowledge, Difficulties, and Self-reported Practices Toward Palliative Care for Cancer Patients in Japan: An Analysis of Two Nationwide Representative Surveys in 2008 and 2015.

• Authors:
• Yoko Nakazawa,
• Masashi Kato,
• Mitsunori Miyashita,
• Tatsuya Morita,
• Yoshiyuki Kizawa

• February 2018

Which Research Questions Are Important for the Bereaved Families of Palliative Care Cancer Patients? A Nationwide Survey.

• Authors:
• Akihiro Sakashita,
• Tatsuya Morita,
• Megumi Kishino,
• Maho Aoyama,
• Yoshiyuki Kizawa,
• Satoru Tsuneto,
• Yasuo Shima,
• Mitsunori Miyashita

• February 2018

Improved knowledge of and difficulties in palliative care among physicians during 2008 and 2015 in Japan: Association with a nationwide palliative care education program.

• Authors:
• Yoko Nakazawa,
• Ryo Yamamoto,
• Masashi Kato,
• Mitsunori Miyashita,
• Yoshiyuki Kizawa,
• Tatsuya Morita

• February 2018

The distress and benefit to bereaved family members of participating in a post-bereavement survey.

• Authors:
• Mitsunori Miyashita,
• Maho Aoyama,
• Saki Yoshida,
• Yuji Yamada,
• Mutsumi Abe,
• Kazuhiro Yanagihara,
• Akemi Shirado,
• Mariko Shutoh,
• Yoshiaki Okamoto,
• Jun Hamano,
• Aoi Miyamoto,
• Misato Nakahata

• February 2018

End-of-life experiences of family caregivers of deceased patients with cancer: A nation-wide survey.

• Authors:
• Kayo Hirooka,
• Hiroyuki Otani,
• Tatsuya Morita,
• Tomofumi Miura,
• Hiroki Fukahori,
• Maho Aoyama,
• Yoshiyuki Kizawa,
• Yasuo Shima,
• Satoru Tsuneto,
• Mitsunori Miyashita

• January 2018

Prevalence and predictors of conflict in the families of patients with advanced cancer: A nationwide survey of bereaved family members.

• Authors:
• Jun Hamano,
• Tatsuya Morita,
• Masanori Mori,
• Naoko Igarashi,
• Yasuo Shima,
• Mitsunori Miyashita

• January 2018

Acculturation and Perceptions of a Good Death Among Japanese Americans and Japanese Living in the U.S.

• Authors:
• Masanori Mori,
• Yuichiro Kuwama,
• Takamaru Ashikaga,
• Henrique A Parsons,
• Mitsunori Miyashita

• January 2018

Communication about the impending death of patients with cancer to the family: a nationwide survey.

• Authors:
• Masanori Mori,
• Tatsuya Morita,
• Naoko Igarashi,
• Yasuo Shima,
• Mitsunori Miyashita

• January 2018

Bereaved Family Members' Perceptions of the Distressing Symptoms of Terminal Patients With Cancer.

• Authors:
• Yoshiaki Okamoto,
• Tatsuya Morita,
• Satoru Tsuneto,
• Maho Aoyama,
• Yoshiyuki Kizawa,
• Yasuo Shima,
• Mitsunori Miyashita

• January 2018

Talking About Death With Terminally-Ill Cancer Patients: What Contributes to the Regret of Bereaved Family Members?

• Authors:
• Masanori Mori,
• Saran Yoshida,
• Mariko Shiozaki,
• Mika Baba,
• Tatsuya Morita,
• Maho Aoyama,
• Yoshiyuki Kizawa,
• Satoru Tsuneto,
• Yasuo Shima,
• Mitsunori Miyashita

• December 2017

Unfinished Business in Families of Terminally Ill With Cancer Patients.

• Authors:
• Ryoko Yamashita,
• Harue Arao,
• Ayumi Takao,
• Eiko Masutani,
• Tatsuya Morita,
• Yasuo Shima,
• Yoshiyuki Kizawa,
• Satoru Tsuneto,
• Maho Aoyama,
• Mitsunori Miyashita

• December 2017

Psychological and psychiatric symptoms of terminally ill patients with cancer and their family caregivers in the home-care setting: A nation-wide survey from the perspective of bereaved family members in Japan.

• Authors:
• Makoto Kobayakawa,
• Asao Ogawa,
• Michiko Konno,
• Akiko Kurata,
• Jun Hamano,
• Tatsuya Morita,
• Yoshiyuki Kizawa,
• Satoru Tsuneto,
• Yasuo Shima,
• Maho Aoyama,
• Mitsunori Miyashita

• December 2017

The relationship between cancer patients' place of death and bereaved caregivers' mental health status.

• Authors:
• Yutaka Hatano,
• Maho Aoyama,
• Tatsuya Morita,
• Takuhiro Yamaguchi,
• Isseki Maeda,
• Yoshiyuki Kizawa,
• Satoru Tsuneto,
• Yasuo Shima,
• Mitsunori Miyashita

• November 2017

Trust in Physicians, Continuity and Coordination of Care, and Quality of Death in Patients with Advanced Cancer.

• Authors:
• Jun Hamano,
• Tatsuya Morita,
• Sakiko Fukui,
• Yoshiyuki Kizawa,
• Satoru Tunetou,
• Yasuo Shima,
• Makoto Kobayakawa,
• Maho Aoyama,
• Mitsunori Miyashita

• November 2017

Variations in Denominators and Cut-off Points of Pain Intensity in the Pain Management Index: A Methodological Systematic Review.

• Authors:
• Richi Takahashi,
• Tatsuya Morita,
• Mitsunori Miyashita

• November 2017

Potential palliative care quality indicators in heart disease patients: A review of the literature.

• Authors:
• Atsushi Mizuno,
• Mitsunori Miyashita,
• Akitoshi Hayashi,
• Fujimi Kawai,
• Koichiro Niwa,
• Akemi Utsunomiya,
• Shun Kohsaka,
• Takashi Kohno,
• Takeshi Yamamoto,
• Morimasa Takayama,
• Toshihisa Anzai

• October 2017

Meaningful Communication Before Death, but Not Present at the Time of Death Itself, Is Associated With Better Outcomes on Measures of Depression and Complicated Grief Among Bereaved Family Members of Cancer Patients.

• Authors:
• Hiroyuki Otani,
• Saran Yoshida,
• Tatsuya Morita,
• Maho Aoyama,
• Yoshiyuki Kizawa,
• Yasuo Shima,
• Satoru Tsuneto,
• Mitsunori Miyashita

• September 2017

The Japan HOspice and Palliative Care Evaluation Study 3: Study Design, Characteristics of Participants and Participating Institutions, and Response Rates.

• Authors:
• Maho Aoyama,
• Tatsuya Morita,
• Yoshiyuki Kizawa,
• Satoru Tsuneto,
• Yasuo Shima,
• Mitsunori Miyashita

• August 2017

Validation Study for the Brief Measure of Quality of Life and Quality of Care: A Questionnaire for the National Random Sampling Hospital Survey.

• Authors:
• Megumi Shimizu,
• Daisuke Fujisawa,
• Miho Kurihara,
• Kazuki Sato,
• Tatsuya Morita,
• Masashi Kato,
• Mitsunori Miyashita

• August 2017

Effects of End-of-Life Discussions on the Mental Health of Bereaved Family Members and Quality of Patient Death and Care.

• Authors:
• Takashi Yamaguchi,
• Isseki Maeda,
• Yutaka Hatano,
• Masanori Mori,
• Yasuo Shima,
• Satoru Tsuneto,
• Yoshiyuki Kizawa,
• Tatsuya Morita,
• Takuhiro Yamaguchi,
• Maho Aoyama,
• Mitsunori Miyashita

• July 2017

Pediatric Cancer Patients' Important End-of-Life Issues, Including Quality of Life: A Survey of Pediatric Oncologists and Nurses in Japan.

• Authors:
• Yuko Nagoya,
• Mitsunori Miyashita,
• Hitoshi Shiwaku

• May 2017

Decision Making Regarding the Place of End-of-Life Cancer Care: The Burden on Bereaved Families and Related Factors.

• Authors:
• Sena Yamamoto,
• Harue Arao,
• Eiko Masutani,
• Miwa Aoki,
• Megumi Kishino,
• Tatsuya Morita,
• Yasuo Shima,
• Yoshiyuki Kizawa,
• Satoru Tsuneto,
• Maho Aoyama,
• Mitsunori Miyashita

• May 2017

Desirable Information of Opioids for Families of Patients With Terminal Cancer.

• Authors:
• Yoshiaki Okamoto,
• Satoru Tsuneto,
• Tatsuya Morita,
• Tatsuya Takagi,
• Megumi Shimizu,
• Mitsunori Miyashita,
• Etsuko Uejima,
• Yasuo Shima

• April 2017

Collaborative care intervention for the perceived care needs of women with breast cancer undergoing adjuvant therapy after surgery: a feasibility study.

• Authors:
• Kanae Momino,
• Miyashita Mitsunori,
• Hiroko Yamashita,
• Tatsuya Toyama,
• Hiroshi Sugiura,
• Nobuyasu Yoshimoto,
• Kei Hirai,
• Tatsuo Akechi

• March 2017

Development the Care Evaluation Scale Version 2.0: a modified version of a measure for bereaved family members to evaluate the structure and process of palliative care for cancer patient.

• Authors:
• Mitsunori Miyashita,
• Maho Aoyama,
• Misato Nakahata,
• Yuji Yamada,
• Mutsumi Abe,
• Kazuhiro Yanagihara,
• Akemi Shirado,
• Mariko Shutoh,
• Yoshiaki Okamoto,
• Jun Hamano,
• Aoi Miyamoto,
• Saki Yoshida,
• Kazuki Sato,
• Kei Hirai,
• Tatsuya Morita

• January 2017

Eating-related distress and need for nutritional support of families of advanced cancer patients: a nationwide survey of bereaved family members.

• Authors:
• Koji Amano,
• Isseki Maeda,
• Tatsuya Morita,
• Yoshiro Okajima,
• Takashi Hama,
• Maho Aoyama,
• Yoshiyuki Kizawa,
• Satoru Tsuneto,
• Yasuo Shima,
• Mitsunori Miyashita

• December 2016

End-of-Life Medical Treatments in the Last Two Weeks of Life in Palliative Care Units in Japan, 2005-2006: A Nationwide Retrospective Cohort Survey.

• Authors:
• Kazuki Sato,
• Mitsunori Miyashita,
• Tatsuya Morita,
• Satoru Tsuneto,
• Yasuo Shima

• November 2016

The Association Between Pain and Quality of Life for Patients With Cancer in an Outpatient Clinic, an Inpatient Oncology Ward, and Inpatient Palliative Care Units.

• Authors:
• Fukiko Mikan,
• Makoto Wada,
• Michiko Yamada,
• Ayaka Takahashi,
• Hideki Onishi,
• Mayumi Ishida,
• Kazuki Sato,
• Sachiko Shimizu,
• Motohiro Matoba,
• Mitsunori Miyashita

• September 2016

A simple home-based self-monitoring tool for early detection of hand-foot syndrome in cancer patients.

• Authors:
• Naoko Mikoshiba,
• Noriko Yamamoto-Mitani,
• Takamasa Ohki,
• Yoshinari Asaoka,
• Hironori Yamaguchi,
• Shuntaro Obi,
• Kazuki Sato,
• Kazuhiko Koike,
• Mitsunori Miyashita

• August 2016

Guidelines for parenteral fluid management for terminal cancer patients.

• Authors:
• Takashi Higashiguchi,
• Junichi Ikegaki,
• Kazuya Sobue,
• Yoichiro Tamura,
• Nobuhisa Nakajima,
• Akihiko Futamura,
• Mitsunori Miyashita,
• Naoharu Mori,
• Akio Inui,
• Keiichiro Ohta,
• Toyoshi Hosokawa

• August 2016

Japanese Bereaved Family Members' Perspectives of Palliative Care Units and Palliative Care: J-HOPE Study Results.

• Authors:
• Satomi Kinoshita,
• Mitsunori Miyashita,
• Tatsuya Morita,
• Kazuki Sato,
• Ayaka Shoji,
• Yurika Chiba,
• Tamana Miyazaki,
• Satoru Tsuneto,
• Yasuo Shima

• June 2016

Changes in Perceptions of Opioids Before and After Admission to Palliative Care Units in Japan: Results of a Nationwide Bereaved Family Member Survey.

• Authors:
• Satomi Kinoshita,
• Mitsunori Miyashita,
• Tatsuya Morita,
• Kazuki Sato,
• Tamana Miyazaki,
• Ayaka Shoji,
• Yurika Chiba,
• Satoru Tsuneto,
• Yasuo Shima

• June 2016

Development and validation of scales for attitudes, self-reported practices, difficulties and knowledge among home care nurses providing palliative care.

• Authors:
• Megumi Shimizu,
• Misako Nishimura,
• Yoko Ishii,
• Masayo Kuramochi,
• Naoe Kakuta,
• Mitsunori Miyashita

• June 2016

Population-Based Quality Indicators for Palliative Care Programs for Cancer Patients in Japan: A Delphi Study.

• Authors:
• Yoko Nakazawa,
• Masahi Kato,
• Saran Yoshida,
• Mitsunori Miyashita,
• Tatsuya Morita,
• Yoshiyuki Kizawa

• April 2016

The effects of community-wide dissemination of information on perceptions of palliative care, knowledge about opioids, and sense of security among cancer patients, their families, and the general public.

• Authors:
• Miki Akiyama,
• Kei Hirai,
• Toru Takebayashi,
• Tatsuya Morita,
• Mitsunori Miyashita,
• Ayano Takeuchi,
• Akemi Yamagishi,
• Hiroya Kinoshita,
• Yutaka Shirahige,
• Kenji Eguchi

• January 2016

Changes in and Associations Among Functional Status and Perceived Quality of Life of Patients With Metastatic/Locally Advanced Cancer Receiving Rehabilitation for General Disability.

• Authors:
• Ryuichi Sekine,
• Masami Ogata,
• Ikuyo Uchiyama,
• Koichi Miyakoshi,
• Megumi Uruma,
• Mitsunori Miyashita,
• Tatsuya Morita

• November 2015

Anxiety in disease-free breast cancer patients might be alleviated by provision of psychological support, not of information.

• Authors:
• Tatsuo Akechi,
• Kanae Momino,
• Mitsunori Miyashita,
• Nobuhiro Sakamoto,
• Hiroko Yamashita,
• Tatsuya Toyama

• October 2015

Development and validation of the Comprehensive Quality of Life Outcome (CoQoLo) inventory for patients with advanced cancer.

• Authors:
• Mitsunori Miyashita,
• Makoto Wada,
• Tatsuya Morita,
• Mayumi Ishida,
• Hideki Onishi,
• Satoru Tsuneto,
• Yasuo Shima

• October 2015

Strategies for Development of Palliative Care From the Perspectives of General Population and Health Care Professionals: A Japanese Outreach Palliative Care Trial of Integrated Regional Model Study.

• Authors:
• Saran Yoshida,
• Mitsunori Miyashita,
• Tatsuya Morita,
• Nobuya Akizuki,
• Miki Akiyama,
• Yutaka Shirahige,
• Takayuki Ichikawa,
• Kenji Eguchi

• September 2015

Validation of the Japanese version of HFS-14, a disease-specific quality of life scale for patients suffering from hand-foot syndrome.

• Authors:
• Naoko Mikoshiba,
• Noriko Yamamoto-Mitani,
• Kazuki Sato,
• Yoshinari Asaoka,
• Takamasa Ohki,
• Misato Ohata,
• Mitsunori Miyashita

• September 2015

Views on death with regard to end-of-life care preferences among cancer patients at a Japanese university hospital.

• Authors:
• Yujiro Kuroda,
• Yumi Iwamitsu,
• Mitsunori Miyashita,
• Kei Hirai,
• Yoshiaki Kanai,
• Sachiko Kawakami,
• Kimiko Nakano,
• Keiichi Nakagawa

• August 2015

Improvements in Physicians' Knowledge, Difficulties, and Self-Reported Practice After a Regional Palliative Care Program.

• Authors:
• Yoshiyuki Kizawa,
• Tatsuya Morita,
• Mitsunori Miyashita,
• Takuya Shinjo,
• Akemi Yamagishi,
• Satoshi Suzuki,
• Hiroya Kinoshita,
• Yutaka Shirahige,
• Takuhiro Yamaguchi,
• Kenji Eguchi

• August 2015

Cross-sectional online survey of research productivity in young Japanese nursing faculty.

• Authors:
• Yumiko Oyama,
• Hiroki Fukahori,
• Mitsunori Miyashita,
• Miho Narama,
• Ayumi Kono,
• Fumi Atogami,
• Masayo Kashiwagi,
• Keiko Okaya,
• Emiko Takamizawa,
• Toyoko Yoshizawa

• July 2015

Association between depressive symptoms and changes in sleep condition in the grieving process.

• Authors:
• Hitoshi Tanimukai,
• Hiroyoshi Adachi,
• Kei Hirai,
• Tomoko Matsui,
• Megumi Shimizu,
• Mitsunori Miyashita,
• Satoru Tsuneto,
• Yasuo Shima

• July 2015

A Nationwide Survey of Quality of End-of-Life Cancer Care in Designated Cancer Centers, Inpatient Palliative Care Units, and Home Hospices in Japan: The J-HOPE Study.

• Authors:
• Mitsunori Miyashita,
• Tatsuya Morita,
• Kazuki Sato,
• Satoru Tsuneto,
• Yasuo Shima

• July 2015

Prevalence, associated factors and source of support concerning supportive care needs among Japanese cancer survivors.

• Authors:
• Shino Umezawa,
• Daisuke Fujisawa,
• Maiko Fujimori,
• Asao Ogawa,
• Eisuke Matsushima,
• Mitsunori Miyashita

• June 2015

Independent Validation of the Japanese Version of the EORTC QLQ-C15-PAL for Patients With Advanced Cancer.

• Authors:
• Mitsunori Miyashita,
• Makoto Wada,
• Tatsuya Morita,
• Mayumi Ishida,
• Hideki Onishi,
• Yasutsuna Sasaki,
• Masaru Narabayashi,
• Tomomi Wada,
• Mei Matsubara,
• Chizuko Takigawa,
• Takuya Shinjo,
• Akihiko Suga,
• Satoshi Inoue,
• Masayuki Ikenaga,
• Hiroyuki Kohara,
• Satoru Tsuneto,
• Yasuo Shima

• May 2015

[Talking about home hospices with terminally ill cancer patients -- a multicenter survey of bereaved families].

• Authors:
• Akemi Yamagishi,
• Tatsuya Morita,
• Shohei Kawagoe,
• Megumi Shimizu,
• Taketoshi Ozawa,
• Emi An,
• Makoto Kobayakawa,
• Satoru Tsuneto,
• Yasuo Shima,
• Mitsunori Miyashita

• March 2015

Length of home hospice care, family-perceived timing of referrals, perceived quality of care, and quality of death and dying in terminally ill cancer patients who died at home.

• Authors:
• Akemi Yamagishi,
• Tatsuya Morita,
• Shohei Kawagoe,
• Megumi Shimizu,
• Taketoshi Ozawa,
• Emi An,
• Makoto Kobayakawa,
• Satoru Tsuneto,
• Yasuo Shima,
• Mitsunori Miyashita

• February 2015

Place of death and the differences in patient quality of death and dying and caregiver burden.

• Authors:
• Hiroya Kinoshita,
• Isseki Maeda,
• Tatsuya Morita,
• Mitsunori Miyashita,
• Akemi Yamagishi,
• Yutaka Shirahige,
• Toru Takebayashi,
• Takuhiro Yamaguchi,
• Ayumi Igarashi,
• Kenji Eguchi

• February 2015

Why people accept opioids: role of general attitudes toward drugs, experience as a bereaved family, information from medical professionals, and personal beliefs regarding a good death.

• Authors:
• Takuya Shinjo,
• Tatsuya Morita,
• Kei Hirai,
• Mitsunori Miyashita,
• Megumi Shimizu,
• Satoru Tsuneto,
• Yasuo Shima

• January 2015

The importance of good death components among cancer patients, the general population, oncologists, and oncology nurses in Japan: patients prefer "fighting against cancer".

• Authors:
• Mitsunori Miyashita,
• Sachiko Kawakami,
• Daiki Kato,
• Hideomi Yamashita,
• Hiroshi Igaki,
• Kimiko Nakano,
• Yujiro Kuroda,
• Keiichi Nakagawa

• January 2015

Outcome evaluation of the Palliative care Emphasis program on symptom management and Assessment for Continuous Medical Education: nationwide physician education project for primary palliative care in Japan.

• Authors:
• Ryo Yamamoto,
• Yoshiyuki Kizawa,
• Yoko Nakazawa,
• Sachiko Ohde,
• Sato Tetsumi,
• Mitsunori Miyashita

• January 2015

Smoking status, service use and associated factors among Japanese cancer survivors--a web-based survey.

• Authors:
• Daisuke Fujisawa,
• Shino Umezawa,
• Ado Basaki-Tange,
• Maiko Fujimori,
• Mitsunori Miyashita

• December 2014

Which quality of life instruments are preferred by cancer patients in Japan? Comparison of the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire-C30 and the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-General.

• Authors:
• Kazuki Sato,
• Megumi Shimizu,
• Mitsunori Miyashita

• December 2014

Nurse education program on meaninglessness in terminally ill cancer patients: a randomized controlled study of a novel two-day workshop.

• Authors:
• Tatsuya Morita,
• Keiko Tamura,
• Etsuko Kusajima,
• Sayuri Sakai,
• Masako Kawa,
• Chizuru Imura,
• Kaori Ichihara,
• Mitsunori Miyashita,
• Takuhiro Yamaguchi,
• Yosuke Uchitomi

• December 2014

Changes in quality of care and quality of life of outpatients with advanced cancer after a regional palliative care intervention program.

• Authors:
• Akemi Yamagishi,
• Kazuki Sato,
• Mitsunori Miyashita,
• Yasuo Shima,
• Yoshiyuki Kizawa,
• Megumi Umeda,
• Hiroya Kinoshita,
• Yutaka Shirahige,
• Miki Akiyama,
• Takuhiro Yamaguchi,
• Tatsuya Morita

• October 2014

Progressive development and enhancement of palliative care services in Japan: nationwide surveys of designated cancer care hospitals for three consecutive years.

• Authors:
• Isseki Maeda,
• Satoru Tsuneto,
• Mitsunori Miyashita,
• Tatsuya Morita,
• Megumi Umeda,
• Miwa Motoyama,
• Fumie Kosako,
• Yoshihisa Hama,
• Yoshiyuki Kizawa,
• Tomoyo Sasahara,
• Kenji Eguchi

• September 2014

Does a regional comprehensive palliative care program improve pain in outpatient cancer patients?

• Authors:
• Tatsuya Morita,
• Kazuki Sato,
• Mitsunori Miyashita,
• Akemi Yamagishi,
• Yoshiyuki Kizawa,
• Yasuo Shima,
• Hiroya Kinoshita,
• Satoshi Suzuki,
• Yutaka Shirahige,
• Takuhiro Yamaguchi,
• Kenji Eguchi

• September 2014

Association between quality of end-of-life care and possible complicated grief among bereaved family members.

• Authors:
• Kaya Miyajima,
• Daisuke Fujisawa,
• Kimio Yoshimura,
• Masaya Ito,
• Satomi Nakajima,
• Joichiro Shirahase,
• Masaru Mimura,
• Mitsunori Miyashita

• September 2014

What bereavement follow-up does family members request in Japanese palliative care units? A qualitative study.

• Authors:
• Rieko Muta,
• Makiko Sanjo,
• Mitsunori Miyashita,
• Rieko Wakabayashi,
• Etsuko Ando,
• Tatsuya Morita,
• Satoru Tsuneto,
• Yasuo Shima

• August 2014

Symptom burden and achievement of good death of elderly cancer patients.

• Authors:
• Tatsuya Morita,
• Meiko Kuriya,
• Mitsunori Miyashita,
• Kazuki Sato,
• Kenji Eguchi,
• Tatsuo Akechi

• August 2014

Care strategy for death rattle in terminally ill cancer patients and their family members: recommendations from a cross-sectional nationwide survey of bereaved family members' perceptions.

• Authors:
• Yoichi Shimizu,
• Mitsunori Miyashita,
• Tatsuya Morita,
• Kazuki Sato,
• Satoru Tsuneto,
• Yasuo Shima

• July 2014

Care evaluation scale-patient version: measuring the quality of the structure and process of palliative care from the patient's perspective.

• Authors:
• Mitsunori Miyashita,
• Makoto Wada,
• Tatsuya Morita,
• Mayumi Ishida,
• Hideki Onishi,
• Satoru Tsuneto,
• Yasuo Shima

• July 2014

A pilot study of adaptation of the transtheoretical model to narratives of bereaved family members in the bereavement life review.

• Authors:
• Michiyo Ando,
• Akira Tsuda,
• Tatsuya Morita,
• Mitsunori Miyashita,
• Makiko Sanjo,
• Yasuo Shima

• June 2014

Psychometric properties of the Japanese version of the Concerns About Recurrence Scale (CARS-J).

• Authors:
• Kanae Momino,
• Tatuo Akechi,
• Toshinari Yamashita,
• Takashi Fujita,
• Hironori Hayahi,
• Nobuyuki Tsunoda,
• Mitsunori Miyashita,
• Hiroji Iwata

• May 2014

A population-based survey on perceptions of opioid treatment and palliative care units: OPTIM study.

• Authors:
• Ayumi Igarashi,
• Mitsunori Miyashita,
• Tatsuya Morita,
• Nobuya Akizuki,
• Miki Akiyama,
• Yutaka Shirahige,
• Kenji Eguchi

• March 2014

Regional medical professionals' confidence in providing palliative care, associated difficulties and availability of specialized palliative care services in Japan.

• Authors:
• Kayo Hirooka,
• Mitsunori Miyashita,
• Tatsuya Morita,
• Takeyuki Ichikawa,
• Saran Yoshida,
• Nobuya Akizuki,
• Miki Akiyama,
• Yutaka Shirahige,
• Kenji Eguchi

• March 2014

One-year follow-up of an educational intervention for palliative care consultation teams.

• Authors:
• Yoko Nakazawa,
• Yoshiyuki Kizawa,
• Takahiro Hashizume,
• Tatsuya Morita,
• Tomoyo Sasahara,
• Mitsunori Miyashita

• February 2014

Exploring the perceived changes and the reasons why expected outcomes were not obtained in individual levels in a successful regional palliative care intervention trial: an analysis for interpretations.

• Authors:
• Tatsuya Morita,
• Kazuki Sato,
• Mitsunori Miyashita,
• Miki Akiyama,
• Masashi Kato,
• Shohei Kawagoe,
• Hiroya Kinoshita,
• Yutaka Shirahige,
• Sen Yamakawa,
• Masako Yamada,
• Kenji Eguchi

• December 2013

Living with pleasure in daily life at the end of life: recommended care strategy for cancer patients from the perspective of physicians and nurses.

• Authors:
• Kimiko Nakano,
• Kazuki Sato,
• Harumi Katayama,
• Mitsunori Miyashita

• October 2013

Depressive symptoms after treatment in hepatocellular carcinoma survivors: prevalence, determinants, and impact on health-related quality of life.

• Authors:
• Naoko Mikoshiba,
• Mitsunori Miyashita,
• Tomoko Sakai,
• Ryosuke Tateishi,
• Kazuhiko Koike

• October 2013

Specialized palliative care services in Japan: a nationwide survey of resources and utilization by patients with cancer.

• Authors:
• Yoshiyuki Kizawa,
• Tatsuya Morita,
• Jun Hamano,
• Hiroka Nagaoka,
• Mitsunori Miyashita,
• Satoru Tsuneto

• September 2013

The influence of alexithymia on psychological distress with regard to the seriousness of complicated grief and the time since bereavement in the Japanese general population.

• Authors:
• Minako Deno,
• Mitsunori Miyashita,
• Daisuke Fujisawa,
• Satomi Nakajima,
• Masaya Ito

• July 2013

Effects of a programme of interventions on regional comprehensive palliative care for patients with cancer: a mixed-methods study.

• Authors:
• Tatsuya Morita,
• Mitsunori Miyashita,
• Akemi Yamagishi,
• Miki Akiyama,
• Nobuya Akizuki,
• Kei Hirai,
• Chizuru Imura,
• Masashi Kato,
• Yoshiyuki Kizawa,
• Yutaka Shirahige,
• Takuhiro Yamaguchi,
• Kenji Eguchi

• June 2013

Evaluation of end-of-life cancer care in the ICU: perceptions of the bereaved family in Japan.

• Authors:
• Satomi Kinoshita,
• Mitsunori Miyashita

• May 2013

Both maintaining hope and preparing for death: effects of physicians' and nurses' behaviors from bereaved family members' perspectives.

• Authors:
• Akemi Shirado,
• Tatsuya Morita,
• Terukazu Akazawa,
• Mitsunori Miyashita,
• Kazuki Sato,
• Satoru Tsuneto,
• Yasuo Shima

• May 2013

A family's difficulties in caring for a cancer patient at the end of life at home in Japan.

• Authors:
• Yoko Ishii,
• Mitsunori Miyashita,
• Kazuki Sato,
• Taketoshi Ozawa

• October 2012

Measuring the structure and process of end-of-life care in Korea: validation of the Korean version of the Care Evaluation Scale (CES).

• Authors:
• Dong Wook Shin,
• Ji Eun Choi,
• Mitsunori Miyashita,
• Jin Young Choi,
• Jina Kang,
• Young Ji Baik,
• Ha Na Mo,
• Young Sung Kim,
• Dae Seog Heo,
• Hyeon Ju Shin

• October 2012

Making the decision for home hospice: perspectives of bereaved Japanese families who had loved ones in home hospice.

• Authors:
• Ji Eun Choi,
• Mitsunori Miyashita,
• Kei Hirai,
• Kazuki Sato,
• Tatsuya Morita,
• Satoru Tsuneto,
• Yasuo Shima,
• Boon Han Kim

• June 2012

Family member perspectives of deceased relatives' end-of-life options on admission to a palliative care unit in Japan.

• Authors:
• Kazuki Sato,
• Mitsunori Miyashita,
• Tatsuya Morita,
• Satoru Tsuneto,
• Yasuo Shima

• May 2012

The current status and issues regarding hospital-based specialized palliative care service in Japanese Regional Cancer Centers: a nationwide questionnaire survey.

• Authors:
• Yoko Nakazawa,
• Mitsunori Miyashita,
• Tatsuya Morita,
• Tomoyo Misawa,
• Satoru Tsuneto,
• Yasuo Shima

• May 2012

Pain intensity, quality of life, quality of palliative care, and satisfaction in outpatients with metastatic or recurrent cancer: a Japanese, nationwide, region-based, multicenter survey.

• Authors:
• Akemi Yamagishi,
• Tatsuya Morita,
• Mitsunori Miyashita,
• Ayumi Igarashi,
• Miki Akiyama,
• Nobuya Akizuki,
• Yutaka Shirahige,
• Kenji Eguchi

• March 2012

Family's difficulty scale in end-of-life home care: a new measure of the family's difficulties in caring for patients with cancer at the end of life at home from bereaved family's perspective.

• Authors:
• Yoko Ishii,
• Mitsunori Miyashita,
• Kazuki Sato,
• Taketoshi Ozawa

• February 2012

Good death in elderly adults with cancer in Japan based on perspectives of the general population.

• Authors:
• Tatsuo Akechi,
• Mitsunori Miyashita,
• Tatsuya Morita,
• Toru Okuyama,
• Masaki Sakamoto,
• Ryuichi Sagawa,
• Yosuke Uchitomi

• February 2012

Brief measure for screening complicated grief: reliability and discriminant validity.

• Authors:
• Masaya Ito,
• Satomi Nakajima,
• Daisuke Fujisawa,
• Mitsunori Miyashita,
• Yoshiharu Kim,
• M Katherine Shear,
• Angela Ghesquiere,
• Melanie M Wall

Family caregivers require mental health specialists for end-of-life psychosocial problems at home: a nationwide survey in Japan.

• Authors:
• Makoto Kobayakawa,
• Hitoshi Okamura,
• Akemi Yamagishi,
• Tatsuya Morita,
• Shohei Kawagoe,
• Megumi Shimizu,
• Taketoshi Ozawa,
• Emi An,
• Satoru Tsuneto,
• Yasuo Shima,
• Mitsunori Miyashita

Association Between Bereaved Families' Sense of Security and Their Experience of Death in Cancer Patients: Cross-Sectional Population-Based Study.

• Authors:
• Ayumi Igarashi,
• Mitsunori Miyashita,
• Tatsuya Morita,
• Nobuya Akizuki,
• Miki Akiyama,
• Yutaka Shirahige,
• Kazuki Sato,
• Noriko Yamamoto-Mitani,
• Kenji Eguchi

Anxiety and depression in patients after surgery for head and neck cancer in Japan.

• Authors:
• Miho Suzuki,
• Minako Deno,
• Mie Myers,
• Takahiro Asakage,
• Koji Takahashi,
• Kenichi Saito,
• Yoshiyuki Mori,
• Hiroto Saito,
• Yuji Ichikawa,
• Noriko Yamamoto-Mitani,
• Mitsunori Miyashita

Evaluation of care for leukemia and lymphoma patients during their last hospitalization from the perspective of the bereaved family.

• Authors:
• Yuki Shirai,
• Mitsunori Miyashita,
• Masako Kawa,
• Toru Motokura,
• Fumiaki Sano,
• Tetsuya Fukuda,
• Kazuo Oshimi,
• Keiko Kazuma

Nationwide Japanese Survey About Deathbed Visions: "My Deceased Mother Took Me to Heaven".

• Authors:
• Tatsuya Morita,
• Akemi Shirado Naito,
• Maho Aoyama,
• Asao Ogawa,
• Izuru Aizawa,
• Ryosuke Morooka,
• Masanori Kawahara,
• Yoshiyuki Kizawa,
• Yasuo Shima,
• Satoru Tsuneto,
• Mitsunori Miyashita

Changes in Relatives' Perspectives on Quality of Death, Quality of Care, Pain Relief, and Caregiving Burden Before and After a Region-Based Palliative Care Intervention.

• Authors:
• Isseki Maeda,
• Mitsunori Miyashita,
• Akemi Yamagishi,
• Hiroya Kinoshita,
• Yutaka Shirahige,
• Noriko Izumi,
• Takuhiro Yamaguchi,
• Miyuki Igarashi,
• Masashi Kato,
• Tatsuya Morita

Views on life and death of physicians, nurses, cancer patients and general population in Japan.

• Authors:
• Noriyasu Sekiya,
• Yujiro Kuroda,
• Kasumi Nakajima,
• Yumi Iwamitsu,
• Yoshiaki Kanai,
• Mitsunori Miyashita,
• Midori Kotani,
• Yutaka Kitazawa,
• Hideomi Yamashita,
• Keiichi Nakagawa