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Weekend and off-hour effects on the incidence of cerebral palsy: contribution of consolidated perinatal care
ConclusionLabor on weekends, during the night shift, and at regional perinatal medical care centers was associated with significantly elevated risk for cerebral palsy in emergency cesarean section. (Source: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine)
Source: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine - September 9, 2020 Category: Environmental Health Source Type: research

Household heating associated with disability in activities of daily living among Chinese middle-aged and elderly: a longitudinal study
ConclusionsWe found that exposure to heating by burning of coal, wood, or crop residue was associated with disability in performing daily living activities. Health policymakers should take indoor pollution due to heating into consideration as it is a major determinant of activities of daily living in elderly people; especially, such policy should focus on elderly people who have disadvantaged education. (Source: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine)
Source: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine - September 5, 2020 Category: Environmental Health Source Type: research

Remote cardiac rehabilitation is a good alternative of outpatient cardiac rehabilitation in the COVID-19 era
ConclusionsRemote CR is as effective as outpatient CR for improving the short-term prognosis of patients hospitalized for heart failure post-discharge. This suggests that the remote CR program can be provided as a good alternative to the outpatient CR program. (Source: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine)
Source: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine - September 4, 2020 Category: Environmental Health Source Type: research

Prevalence and factors associated with effective helmet use among motorcyclists in Mysuru City of Southern India
ConclusionDespite helmet use being compulsory by law for motorcyclists, the effective helmet use was low in Mysore. Strict enforcement and frequent checks by the police are necessary to increase the effective helmet use. (Source: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine)
Source: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine - September 3, 2020 Category: Environmental Health Source Type: research

Association between physical function and long-term care in community-dwelling older and oldest people: the SONIC study
ConclusionsThe findings from this study may contribute to a better understanding of slow walking speed as a factor related to LTC, which might be a criterion for disability prevention and could serve as an outcome measure for physical function in older people. (Source: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine)
Source: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine - August 31, 2020 Category: Environmental Health Source Type: research

Review of the health benefits of habitual consumption of miso soup: focus on the effects on sympathetic nerve activity, blood pressure, and heart rate
AbstractHigh salt intake increases blood pressure, and dietary salt intake has been clearly demonstrated to be associated with hypertension incidence. Japanese people consume higher amounts of salt than Westerners. It has been reported that miso soup was one of the major sources of daily salt intake in Japanese people. Adding salt is indispensable to make miso, and therefore, in some cases, refraining from miso soup is recommended to reduce dietary salt intake. However, recent studies using salt-sensitive hypertensive models have revealed that miso lessens the effects of salt on blood pressure. In other word, the intake of...
Source: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine - August 30, 2020 Category: Environmental Health Source Type: research

Assessment of hematological parameters of petrol filling workers at petrol stations in Gondar town, Northwest Ethiopia: a comparative cross-sectional study
ConclusionThis study showed that the majority of hematological parameters of petrol filling workers showed an increment compared with healthy controls which might be associated with exposure to petrol chemicals. However, further longitudinal study with a larger sample size should be conducted to explore the impact of petrol exposure on hematopoiesis. (Source: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine)
Source: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine - August 28, 2020 Category: Environmental Health Source Type: research

Immunological status and virological suppression among HIV-infected adults on highly active antiretroviral therapy
ConclusionThough the majority of HIV-infected adults who were on HAART had shown viral suppression, the rate of suppression was sub-optimal according to the UNAIDS 90-90-90 target to help end the AIDS pandemic by 2020. Nonetheless, the rate of immunological recovery in the study cohort was low. Hence, early initiation of HAART should be strengthened to achieve good virological suppression and immunological recovery. (Source: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine)
Source: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine - August 23, 2020 Category: Environmental Health Source Type: research

Relationship between sleep duration and TV time with cardiometabolic risk in adolescents
ConclusionsTelevision time and sleep duration are associated with cardiometabolic risk; adolescents with short sleep have higher cardiometabolic risk. In addition, age plays a moderating role in the relationship between TV time and cardiometabolic risk, indicating that in younger adolescents the relationship is stronger compared to older ones. (Source: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine)
Source: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine - August 20, 2020 Category: Environmental Health Source Type: research

Trunk-to-peripheral fat ratio predicts a subsequent blood pressure in normal-weight pubertal boys: a 3-year follow-up of the Kitakata Kids Health Study
ConclusionBody fat distribution in normal-weight boys predicted subsequent blood pressure levels in adolescence. The relationship between fat distribution and blood pressure was independent of fat volume. (Source: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine)
Source: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine - August 19, 2020 Category: Environmental Health Source Type: research

Development of a relational workplace social capital scale for Japanese nurses
ConclusionsThis study suggests that the RWSCS-JN could be sufficiently useful for a healthy work environment in a clinical setting. (Source: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine)
Source: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine - August 11, 2020 Category: Environmental Health Source Type: research

UV protection for young athletes: using participatory program planning to develop a sports schools program
ConclusionsPPP process has greatly influenced concept and materials of CSSP for sports schools. Integration of future program participants has proven to be an important component in creating a fitting and feasible program. CSSP for sports schools is a program free of charge that enables sports schools to integrate UVP into their daily routine. It will be disseminated in cooperation withGerman Olympic Sports Confederation andGerman Cancer Aid in 2021. (Source: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine)
Source: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine - August 9, 2020 Category: Environmental Health Source Type: research

Association between metal cobalt exposure and the risk of congenital heart defect occurrence in offspring: a multi-hospital case-control study
ConclusionsThe finding suggested that the occurrence of CHDs may be associated with cobalt exposure. (Source: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine)
Source: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine - August 7, 2020 Category: Environmental Health Source Type: research

Mortality by occupation and industry among Japanese men in the 2015 fiscal year
ConclusionsSubstantial differences in mortality among Japanese male workers, according to occupation and industry, were still present in 2015. (Source: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine)
Source: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine - August 4, 2020 Category: Environmental Health Source Type: research

Research on the quality hospice care of elderly cancer patients in China under social work intervention
ConclusionsBoth hospitalization and in-home care can improve resource utilization, and the key is to find various factors affecting the quality of life. Improving the quality of life is what patients and their families need most. (Source: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine)
Source: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine - July 31, 2020 Category: Environmental Health Source Type: research