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Doctorial Course in Health Sciences Nursing Course |
SASAKI Hisanaga
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Graduating School 【 display / non-display 】
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-1983.03
Akita University Graduated
Graduate School 【 display / non-display 】
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-2019.03
Akita University Graduate School, Division of Medicine Doctor's Course Completed
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-1988.03
Joetsu University of Education Graduate School, Division of School Education Master's Course Completed
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2020.04-Now
Akita University Doctorial Course in Health Sciences Nursing Course Associate Professor
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2009.04-2020.03
Akita University Graduate School of Medicine Doctorial Course in Health Sciences Basic Nursing Associate Professor
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Hisanaga Sasaki, Toyoto Iwata, Eri Maeda, and Katsuyuki Murata
秋田医学 45 ( 3-4 ) 113 - 120 2019.03 [Refereed]
Single author
A cross-sectional study was conducted to clarify what factors were associated with personal and perceived stigma against talking about suicide, considered as prejudicial attitudes, prior to a community-based intervention for suicide prevention. Among 1,442 residents aged 20 years and over who lived in a rural town in northern Japan and returned questionnaire forms containing complete information, 852 answered that they avoided talking about suicide (i.e., personal stigma) and 897 answered that they thought that people avoided talking about suicide (i.e., perceived stigma). The personal and perceived stigma was observed more frequently in females and those aged 40 years and over. The perceived stigma was significantly associated with both bereavement experiences from suicide of a family member and of a friend, belief that suicide is preventable (i.e., preventability), and suicidal ideation within one month. The personal stigma was significantly associated with bereavement experience from suicide of a friend and preventability. This is the first report to demonstrate stigma against talking about suicide at the community level. In addition, these data suggest that persons with perceived stigma against talking about suicide have stronger suicidal ideation than those with the personal stigma. A community-based education is needed to reduce such prejudicial attitudes toward suicide.
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YONG Roseline KF, FUJITA Koji, CHAU Patsy YK, SASAKI Hisanaga
日本公衆衛生雑誌 ( 日本公衆衛生学会 ) 67 ( 4 ) 237 - 246 2020 [Refereed]
Research paper (journal) Domestic Co-author
<p><b>Objectives</b> This study aimed to assess the relevance of hikikomori to a variety of socio-demographic characteristics and socio-psychological conditions and examined these relationships by gender.</p><p><b>Methods</b> The study employed a cross-sectional design. A questionnaire survey was conducted among 2,459 participants aged 15-64 years and living in Happo-cho, Akita. The outcome variable, hikikomori, was characterized by "not having participated in any social events nor interacted with others besides family members for more than six months." Exposure variables included sex, age, marital status, occupational status, outdoor frequencies, health, socio-psychological well-being, and availability of social support. Using Chi-square test of independence and multiple logistic regression, the results indicated the impact of the individual factors and the combined impact of all potential variables on the likelihood of being hikikomori in both participant groups: men and women.</p><p><b>Results</b> The effective response rate was 54.5%. Those who socially withdrew for six months or more (<i>n</i>=164 (6.7%); 53.7% men, 46.2% women) were classified as being hikikomori; of these, 45.7% had been withdrawn for more than 10 years. Hikikomori men were more likely to have severe symptoms of mental illness, poorer overall self-rated health, feelings of distress, and passive suicidal ideation than non-hikikomori men, but not hikikomori women. Furthermore, after adjusting for all tested variables as possible confounding factors, being jobless and having fewer outdoor frequencies were associated with being a hikikomori man, and being a homemaker and having no social support were associated with being a hikikomori woman.</p><p><b>Conclusion</b> Occupational status and outdoor frequencies are relevant factors for assessing the likelihood of being a hikikomori. Characteristics of hikikomori manifest differently in men and women. Having social support may help women avoid transitioning into a hikikomori. Incorporating emotional and mental health management into intervention programs may help better target potential beneficiaries among Japanese men.</p>
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ONO Ryoko, SASAKI Hisanaga, ITO Tomoko
Journal of Japanese Nursing Ethics ( The Japan Nursing Ethics Association ) 12 ( 1 ) 67 - 72 2020 [Refereed]
Research paper (journal) Domestic Co-author
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The Study about Interpersonal Relations and Mental Health in Care House
BULLETIN OF COLLEGE OF ALLIED MEDICAL SCIENCE AKITA UNIVERSITY 8 ( 2 ) 116 - 121 2000.01
Research paper (journal)
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The Study about Suicide Risk Factors and Stress Coping in Akita Prefecture
Japanese Journal of Public Health 47 ( 11 ) 645 2000.01
Research paper (journal)
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A Study on Experience Learning 〜A report on the newly established subject and its evaluation〜
BULLETIN OF HOLY SPIRIT WOMEN'S JUNIOR COLLEGE ( 27 ) 149 - 158 1999.01
Research paper (journal)
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Hagiwara Chiyo, Sasaki Hisanaga
Journal of Rural Medicine ( 一般社団法人 日本農村医学会 ) 17 ( 4 ) 196 - 204 2022
<p><b>Objective:</b> This study was conducted to examine the conditions and characteristics of older adults who use short-stay services as well as those of their primary caregivers by categorizing them into long-term use and short-term use groups.</p><p><b>Patients and Methods:</b> We conducted logistic regression analyses on the data of 679 short-term residential care (short-stay) users using the χ<sup>2</sup> test, with the type of use as the dependent variable.</p><p><b>Results:</b> The results of the comparison show that users in long-term care were likely to be men, ≥95 years old, live alone, and require care for severe dementia (level three or more). Primary caregivers lived farther away from the user’s neighborhood, felt burdened by and lacked knowledge about providing care, and preferred that the patient continue to receive care in a facility or be hospitalized.</p><p><b>Conclusion</b>: It was suggested that care support specialists in charge of elderly persons requiring severe nursing care who live alone may be adjusting to the long-term use of short stays, which is not usually expected, because they are influenced by the nursing care burden of the primary caregiver who lives far away, the level of knowledge and skills of nursing care, and the primary caregiver’s willingness to continue caring, and because they cannot immediately enter a facility when they are no longer able to live alone.</p>
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The Implementation and Effectiveness of Multigenerational Community Empowerment
Yong Roseline
Journal of Japan Society for Intergenerational Studies ( Japan Society for Intergenerational Studies ) 11 ( 1 ) 23 - 30 2021.09
This study aims to conduct community
empowerment and multigenerational participation
community empowerment and to examine the
intervention effects in suicide prevention. Statistical
tests were conducted on psychological distress (K6),
cognitive social capital scores, and general selfefficacy
scale scores in the pre- and post-surveys (T1
and T2) among the three groups (1) community
empowerment intervention group (CE group), (2)
multigenerational participation community
empowerment intervention group (MGCE group),
and (3) control group. As a result, although there
were no statistically significant differences in all
groups, cognitive social capital tended to decrease in
the control group, and psychological distress (K6)
improved in the MGCE group compared to the CE
group. The results suggest that the implementation
of community-building programs that encourage
active social participation may effectively prevent
suicide in the community. Furthermore,
multigenerational community empowerment that
incorporates intergenerational exchange maybe
even more effective.