Kyoto University School of Public Health

Calendar year 2021

Department of Biostatistics

  • Validating statistical models using both eyes for confirmatory clinical trials with glaucoma and ocular hypertension in the drug development
  • Number of Participants and Clusters in Closed Cohort, Stepped Wedge Cluster Randomized Controlled Trials
  • Long-term HbA1c variability and the development of diabetic retinopathy among people with type 2 diabetes in Japan Diabetes Complications Study
  • The impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the power and type-I-error of ongoing clinical trials—A simulation study
  • Sample Sizes in Non-inferiority Trials Under Proportional and Non-proportional Hazards: Applications to Cancer Clinical Trials
  • Evaluation of multiple comparison tests for differentially expressed genes in heterogeneous diseases
  • Application of regularized logistic regression to the search for predictive markers of effect in the SAMIT Trial
  • Evaluation of covariate balancing propensity score and generalized boosted method for multilevel treatments under lack of overlap: a simulation study

Department of Pharmacoepidemiology

  • Effect of SGLT2 inhibitors and non-SGLT2 inhibitors on the risk of hospitalization for heart failure and death in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: A population-based cohort study

Department of Clinical Biostatistics

  • Evaluating the Influence of Effect Measure Modification on Causal Effect Estimation by the Overlap Weighting Method Using Propensity Score
  • Effects of Prior Distributions on the Bayesian snSMART Design to Compare Dose Levels with Placebo
  • Bayesian statistical model that incorporates similar external data at exploratory clinical trials

Department of Healthcare Economics and Quality Management

  • Regional differences in the use of long-term care insurance services by municipality and related factors
  • Visualization and Quantification of Medical Cooperation in Hospitalization for Cerebral Infarction: A Network Analysis Using Receipt Data
  • Impact of the guidance on trends in steroid prescription for COVID-19 inpatients
  • Short-term Impact of the First Declaration of a State of Emergency During the COVID-19 Pandemic on Hospitalization and Surgeries for Major Fragility Fractures
  • Association between type of hypnotics and anxiolytics given before cardiovascular surgery and postoperative delirium in elderly patients: an analysis using DPC data
  • Impact of Policy Interventions on Elective Percutaneous Coronary Interventions in Japan: An Interrupted Time Series Analysis

Department of Medical Ethics・Medical Genetics (Genetic Counselor Course)

  • The perceptions of genetic disorders and their challenges among patients who were the first to be diagnosed with an autosomal dominant genetic disorder in their families: A qualitative study
  • A qualitative exploratory study for the development of a program to improve human genetic literacy through workshop practice for university students seeking teacher certification
  • Identifying the problems of Genetic Counseling Visits for Relatives of Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer Patients in 2020
  • Fundamental knowledge taught in compulsory education for effective genetic counseling: A qualitative study of descriptions in textbooks

Department of Health Informatics

  • The Message Framing Effects on COVID-19 Vaccination Intention: A Web-Based Cross-Sectional Study in Japan
  • Description of research integrity in Instructions for Authors in Japanese medical journals: evaluation of topics including those written in ICMJE Recommendations
  • Quality of the reporting literature search in systematic reviews: evaluation by PRISMA-S
  • Lifestyle changes and their impact on body weight in outpatients with obesity: JOMS registry

Department of Management of Technology and Intellectual Property

  • Investigation on Digital Health patent applications in Japan, the US, Europe and China

Department of Health and Environmental Sciences

  • Investigation of simultaneous chemical analysis of organic and inorganic mercury species in biological samples using gas chromatography-negative chemical ionization-mass spectrometer
  • Investigation of simultaneous analysis of phenolic and carboxylic environmental pollutants in urine samples using gas chromatography

Department of Health Promotion and Human Behavior

  • Nurse-led interventions for improving blood pressure control in people with hypertension in primary care settings: A systemic review and meta-analysis
  • The user experience of a mental health support app for women with recurrent pregnancy loss: an exploratory qualitative study.
  • Assessment of Blinding in Randomized Controlled Trials of Antidepressants for Depressive Disorders 2000-2020: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Department of Preventive Services

  • Wider dissemination of chest compression-only CPR training and 10-year trends in cardiopulmonary resuscitation performed by bystanders in a city
  • Latent trajectory modeling of pulmonary artery pressure in systemic sclerosis: A retrospective cohort study

Master program for Clinical Research (Department of Pharmacoepidemiology)

  • Short-term ritodrine exposure in utero and risk of neurodevelopmental disorders in offspring: a retrospective cohort study using a claims database
  • Impact of Potentially Inappropriate Medication on a Decline in Kidney Function among Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease: Retrospective Cohort Study
  • Safety of advanced laparoscopic hepatectomy for elderly patients: A Japanese nationwide analysis

Master program for Clinical Research (Department of Healthcare Economics and Quality Management)

  • Cost-effectiveness analysis of liver transplantation in Japan

Master program for Clinical Research (Department of Health Promotion and Human Behavior)

  • Effects of cognitive behavioral therapy combined with exercise therapy on the physical activity of older adults with sarcopenia: protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Master program for Clinical Research (Department of Preventive Services)

  • Predicting the need for massive fresh frozen plasma (FFP) transfusion in early blunt trauma