Mitsunori Miyashita

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

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

• 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

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

• April 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

• 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

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

• 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

Validation Study for the Brief Measure of Quality of Life and Quality of Care.

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

• 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

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

• November 2016

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

• 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

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

• August 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

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

• June 2016

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

• May 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

The Japan HOspice and Palliative Care Evaluation Study 3.

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

• 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

Preferred place of care and place of death of the general public and cancer patients in Japan.

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

• October 2012

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

Knowledge, beliefs, and concerns about opioids, palliative care, and homecare of advanced cancer patients: a nationwide survey in Japan.

• Authors:
• Miki Akiyama,
• Toru Takebayashi,
• Tatsuya Morita,
• Mitsunori Miyashita,
• Kei Hirai,
• Motohiro Matoba,
• Nobuya Akizuki,
• Yutaka Shirahige,
• Akemi Yamagishi,
• Kenji Eguchi

• May 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

A scale for measuring feelings of support and security regarding cancer care in a region of Japan: a potential new endpoint of cancer care.

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

• February 2012

The mediating effects of social support and self-efficacy on the relationship between social distress and emotional distress in head and neck cancer outpatients with facial disfigurement.

• Authors:
• Minako Deno,
• Mie Tashiro,
• Mitsunori Miyashita,
• Takahiro Asakage,
• Koji Takahashi,
• Kenich Saito,
• Yasunobu Busujima,
• Yoshiyuki Mori,
• Hiroto Saito,
• Yuji Ichikawa

• February 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

• February 2012

Providing palliative care for cancer patients: the views and exposure of community general practitioners and district nurses in Japan.

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

• January 2012

A region-based palliative care intervention trial using the mixed-method approach: Japan OPTIM study.

• Authors:
• Tatsuya Morita,
• Mitsunori Miyashita,
• Akemi Yamagishi,
• Nobuya Akizuki,
• Yoshiyuki Kizawa,
• Yutaka Shirahige,
• Miki Akiyama,
• Kei Hirai,
• Motohiro Matoba,
• Masako Yamada,
• Taketoshi Matsumoto,
• Takuhiro Yamaguchi,
• Kenji Eguchi

• January 2012

The relationships between complicated grief, depression, and alexithymia according to the seriousness of complicated grief in the Japanese general population.

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

• December 2011

Measuring comprehensive outcomes in palliative care: validation of the Korean version of the Good Death Inventory.

• Authors:
• Dong Wook Shin,
• JiEun Choi,
• Mitsunori Miyashita,
• Jin Young Choi,
• Jina Kang,
• Young Ji Baik,
• Ha Na Mo,
• Jong Soon Choi,
• Young Sun Son,
• Hae Sook Lee

• October 2011

Development of a scale for "difficulties felt by ICU nurses providing end-of-life care" (DFINE): a survey study.

• Authors:
• Satomi Kinoshita,
• Mitsunori Miyashita

• August 2011

Public awareness, knowledge of availability, and readiness for cancer palliative care services: a population-based survey across four regions in Japan.

• Authors:
• Kei Hirai,
• Tadashi Kudo,
• Miki Akiyama,
• Motohiro Matoba,
• Mariko Shiozaki,
• Teruko Yamaki,
• Akemi Yamagishi,
• Mitsunori Miyashita,
• Tatsuya Morita,
• Kenji Eguchi

• August 2011

Developing the social distress scale for head and neck cancer outpatients in Japan.

• Authors:
• Minako Deno,
• Mie Tashiro,
• Mitsunori Miyashita,
• Takahiro Asakage,
• Koji Takahashi,
• Kenich Saito,
• Yasunobu Busujima,
• Yoshiyuki Mori,
• Hiroto Saito,
• Yuji Ichikawa

• June 2011

Experience with prognostic disclosure of families of Japanese patients with cancer.

• Authors:
• Saran Yoshida,
• Kei Hirai,
• Tatsuya Morita,
• Mariko Shiozaki,
• Mitsunori Miyashita,
• Kazuki Sato,
• Satoru Tsuneto,
• Yasuo Shima

• March 2011

Health-related quality of life among community-dwelling patients with intractable neurological diseases and their caregivers in Japan.

• Authors:
• Mitsunori Miyashita,
• Yugo Narita,
• Aki Sakamoto,
• Norikazu Kawada,
• Miki Akiyama,
• Mami Kayama,
• Yoshimi Suzukamo,
• Shunichi Fukuhara

• February 2011

Cross-cultural application of the Korean version of the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire-Core 15-Palliative Care.

• Authors:
• Dong Wook Shin,
• Ji Eun Choi,
• Mitsunori Miyashita,
• Jin Young Choi,
• Jina Kang,
• Young Ji Baik,
• Ha Na Mo,
• Jeanno Park,
• Hea-Ja Kim,
• Eun Cheol Park

• February 2011

Prevalence and determinants of complicated grief in general population.

• Authors:
• Daisuke Fujisawa,
• Mitsunori Miyashita,
• Satomi Nakajima,
• Masaya Ito,
• Motoichiro Kato,
• Yoshiharu Kim

• December 2010

The care strategy for families of terminally ill cancer patients who become unable to take nourishment orally: recommendations from a nationwide survey of bereaved family members' experiences.

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

• November 2010

Changes in medical and nursing care after admission to palliative care units: a potential method for improving regional palliative care.

• Authors:
• Ayumi Igarashi,
• Tatsuya Morita,
• Mitsunori Miyashita,
• Emi Kiyohara,
• Satoshi Inoue

• September 2010

Effects of bereavement life review on spiritual well-being and depression.

• Authors:
• Michiyo Ando,
• Tatsuya Morita,
• Mitsunori Miyashita,
• Makiko Sanjo,
• Haruko Kira,
• Yasuo Shima

• September 2010

Self-perceived burden in terminally ill cancer patients: a categorization of care strategies based on bereaved family members' perspectives.

• Authors:
• Terukazu Akazawa,
• Tatsuo Akechi,
• Tatsuya Morita,
• Mitsunori Miyashita,
• Kazuki Sato,
• Satoru Tsuneto,
• Yasuo Shima,
• Toshiaki A Furukawa

• August 2010

Analysis of factors related to the use of opioid analgesics in regional cancer centers in Japan.

• Authors:
• Munetoshi Sugiura,
• Mitsunori Miyashita,
• Kazuki Sato,
• Satoru Tsuneto,
• Motohiro Matoba,
• Motohiko Sano,
• Yasuo Shima

• July 2010

The palliative care self-reported practices scale and the palliative care difficulties scale: reliability and validity of two scales evaluating self-reported practices and difficulties experienced in palliative care by health professionals.

• Authors:
• Yoko Nakazawa,
• Mitsunori Miyashita,
• Tatsuya Morita,
• Megumi Umeda,
• Yasuko Oyagi,
• Toshie Ogasawara

• April 2010

Factors that influence the efficacy of bereavement life review therapy for spiritual well-being: a qualitative analysis.

• Authors:
• Michiyo Ando,
• Tatsuya Morita,
• Mitsunori Miyashita,
• Makiko Sanjo,
• Haruko Kira,
• Yasuo Shima

• February 2010

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