1.The Factors Associated with Chill Syndrome Using Terasawa's ki, ketsu and sui (qi, blood and fluid) Diagnostic Score
Iwata OZAKI ; Mitsuyo NOGUCHI ; Mika MIGITA ; Hideki IKEDA ; Aya KAKIZOE ; Hidetoshi SATO ; Kazumichi KURIYAMA
Kampo Medicine 2020;71(1):1-7
To determine the physical symptoms and ki, ketsu and sui (qi, blood and fluid) factors associated with the presence of hie-sho (chill syndrome). Total 118 healthy university students (66 males and 52 females, median age 22 years, range 21-29) were enrolled. A cross-sectional study about the presence of chill syndrome in participants was performed. Terasawa's ki, ketsu and sui diagnostic score was used to identify the presence of physical symptoms. Number rating scale (NRS) was used to classify the chill and NRS more than 5 was defined as chill syndrome based on Furuya's report. Eighteen students (4 males and 14 females) were documented as chill syndrome. The multivariate analysis of physical symptoms identified female (OR 4.65, p = 0.0427), heavy sensation of head (OR 2.98, p = 0.0190) and chill of extremities (OR 1.94, p = 0.0480) as significantly associated factors with chill syndrome. The score of ki-kyo (qi deficiency), ketsu-kyo (blood deficiency) and suitai (fluid retention) showed higher score in students with chill syndrome compared to students without chill syndrome in univariate analysis. Being female and two indicators of qi abnormalities including heavy sensation of head and chill of extremities were associated with the presence of chill syndrome in university students.
2.Verification of the Effectiveness of the Health Support Pharmacy “Toyonaka Model,” an Industry-Government-Academia Collaboration Project Aiming to Promote Community Health through the Information from Community Pharmacies via Digital Signages
Tamaki SAWADA ; Kazuyuki NIKI ; Nichika ONISHI ; Kozo TADA ; Akiyo NISHIDA ; Koji DOHI ; Takashi KOZAI ; Yaeko OKUDA ; Yukiji MORIKAWA ; Takehiko MAE ; Mitsuyo KUROKI ; Yumi TAKAOKA ; Taro MATSUOKA ; Yasuhiro ASHIDA ; Kenji IKEDA ; Mikiko UEDA
Japanese Journal of Social Pharmacy 2022;41(2):175-186
Advances in information and communication technology (ICT)-especially, the spread of social networking services (SNSs)-have facilitated the dissemination of information and an explosion of health information lacking scientific evidence. Therefore, we believe that community pharmacies are the most suitable bases for distributing health information. In 2019, we launched the health support pharmacy “Toyonaka Model” in collaboration with the pharmaceutical association, municipal government, and university. Touch-panel digital signage (DS) was used for real-time distribution of ever-changing information and a rapid grasp of pharmacy users’ responses to various types of information. Between September 2019 and August 2021, one DS was installed in a pharmacy in each of Toyonaka City’s seven areas along with 14 questions on the usefulness of the delivered information. Respondents answered the 14 questions by a tablet or questionnaire; touch logs for DS were collected. When a pharmacy user consulted with a pharmacist about information delivered via DS, the contents were recorded and described by the pharmacist on a 4-point scale (e.g., “inquiry only,” “went through to execution”). From the 850 completed questionnaires and 61,565 touches, 88.7% of the respondents indicated that the information was useful, and 90.0% expressed interest in receiving more health information in the future. Thus, health information provided by DS may be useful to pharmacy users, as demonstrated by 113 cases in which the pharmacist was consulted regarding such information. In 62 of these cases, there were indications that the DS information might have influenced users’ behavior and intended actions.