[Nihon kōshū eisei zasshi] Japanese journal of public health
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Nihon Koshu Eisei Zasshi · Dec 1992
[The prevalence of diabetes mellitus and impaired glucose tolerance studied by 75 gram oral glucose tolerance test in a rural island population].
A mass health examination was performed to assess the glucose tolerance of inhabitants of the island of Ojika, in the Goto islands, Nagasaki prefecture Japan. There were 554 males and 820 females older than 34 years who participated in the mass health examination, a response rates of 42 percent and 52 percent for males and females respectively. Serum glucose levels after overnight fasting and at 2 hours after a 75 gram oral glucose tolerance were used with WHO criteria to classify individuals. ⋯ Prevalences of impaired glucose tolerance were roughly in the 15-25 percent range and did not show clear differences among different age groups and sexes. From a questionnaire survey of all island inhabitants, it was considered that the degree of bias of the results was small, if any. The true prevalence for all the inhabitants may be a little larger than the observed prevalence of these subjects.
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Nihon Koshu Eisei Zasshi · Nov 1990
[Production of the Japanese edition of profile of mood states (POMS): assessment of reliability and validity].
The POMS (Profile of Mood States) was translated into Japanese, and reliability and validity of the Japanese edition was assessed on 354 healthy males aged 20 to 59 years (mean 42). The following findings were obtained. 1) Reliability coefficients (Cronbach's alpha) were 0.779-0.926 for six mood scales measured by the Japanese edition, i.e. "Depression-Dejection", "Vigor", "Anger-Hostility", "Fatigue", "Tension-Anxiety" and "Confusion." 2) Five factors were extracted by factor analysis for the 65 items of the POMS. "Vigor" and "Anger-Hostility" were solely explained by their respective factors, indicating that these two scales had the highest factorial validity. "Fatigue" had the second highest factorial validity; and "Tension-Anxiety" was third. "Confusion" and "Depression-Dejection" were related to the same one factor. 3) In 33 of the subjects, the scores for mood measured by the POMS were significantly correlated to ratings by a psychiatrist, indicating that the POMS had good criterion-related validity, except for "Anger-Hostility".
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Nihon Koshu Eisei Zasshi · Jun 1990
[The effects of individual milk-drinking habits on nutrient intake and dietary patterns in men and women in Tottori Prefecture].
This study was performed to determine the actual conditions of milk-drinking habits in men and women, and to ascertain their effects on nutrient intake and dietary patterns. The 809 subjects were over 20 years of age and were obtained from the Tottori Prefecture Dietary Survey. The results are summarized as follows: 1. ⋯ Using the Hayashi's quantification method 3, dietary patterns were classified into two groups based on milk-drinking habits. Dietary patterns of milk-drinkers included the characteristic of eating bread, meats, and fats more frequently in men, fresh vegetables, eggs, fats and bread in women. In men, milk-drinking habits had a lesser influence on diet than in women.