Okuzono SS, Burrows K, Shiba K, Yazawa A, Hikichi H, Aida J, Kondo K, Kawachi I. Pre-disaster income inequality and post-disaster mental health: A natural experiment from the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami. Health Place. 2024 Oct 2;90:103363. doi: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2024.103363. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39362076.

Sasaki, N., Imamura, K., Watanabe, K., Hidaka, Y., Sakuraya, A., Ando, E., Eguchi, H., Inoue, A., Tsuno, K., Komase, Y., Iida, M., Otsuka, Y., Iwanaga, M., Kobayashi, Y., Inoue, R., Shimazu, A., Tsutsumi, A., & Kawakami, N. Association of psychosocial factors at work with fertility and menstrual disorders: A systematic review. Japan Journal of Nursing Science, 2024, 22(1), e12624. https://doi.org/10.1111/jjns.12624

Asaoka H, Watanabe K, Miyamoto Y, Restrepo-Henao A, van der Ven E, Moro MF, Alnasser LA, Ayinde O, Balalian AA, Basagoitia A, Durand-Arias S, Eskin M, Fernández-Jiménez E, Ines FFM, Giménez L, Hoek HW, Jaldo RE, Lindert J, Maldonado H, Martínez-Alés G, Mediavilla R, McCormack C, Narvaez J, Ouali U, Barrera-Perez A, Calgua-Guerra E, Ramírez J, Rodríguez AM, Seblova D, da Silva ATC, Valeri L, Gureje O, Ballester D, Carta MG, Isahakyan A, Jamoussi A, Seblova J, Solis-Soto MT, Alvarado R, Susser E, Mascayano F, Nishi D; HEROES group. Association of depressive symptoms with incidence and mortality rates of COVID-19 over 2 years among healthcare workers in 20 countries: multi-country serial cross-sectional study. BMC Med. 2024; 22: 386. doi: 10.1186/s12916-024-03585-8.

Watanabe K, Tran TTT, Sripo N, Sakuraya A, Imamura K, Boonyamalik P, Sasaki N, Tienthong T, Asaoka H, Iida M, Nguyen QT, Nguyen NT, Vu ST, Ngo TT, Luyen TT, Nguyen LD, Nguyen NTV, Nguyen BT, Matsuyama Y, Takemura Y, Nishi D, Tsutsumi A, Nguyen HT, Kaewboonchoo O, Kawakami N. Effectiveness of a Smartphone-Based Stress Management Program for Depression in Hospital Nurses During COVID-19 in Vietnam and Thailand: 2-Arm Parallel-Group Randomized Controlled Trial. J Med Internet Res. 2024;26:e50071. doi: 10.2196/50071. PMID: 39213033.

Arai Y, Kachi Y, Hikichi H, Watanabe K, Inoue R, Iwata N, Tsutsumi A. Association between long working hours of doctors and the seriousness of adverse events: a cross-sectional study using national adverse event reporting system data in Japan. Ind Health. 2024. doi: 10.2486/indhealth.2023-0125. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39135231.

Ichikura K, Watanabe K, Moriya R, Chiba H, Inoue A, Arai Y, Shimazu A, Fukase Y, Tagaya H, Tsutsumi A. Online vs. face-to-face interactive communication education using video materials among healthcare college students: a pilot non-randomized controlled study. BMC Med Educ. 2024;24(1):746. doi: 10.1186/s12909-024-05742-2. PMID: 38987794

Jung S, Takeuchi T, Kitahara M, Tsutsumi A, Nomura K. Effectiveness of mobile applications in improving insomnia symptoms among adults from multi-community: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Sleep Med. 2024 Jul;119:357-364. doi: 10.1016/j.sleep.2024.05.020. Epub 2024 May 9. PMID: 38761604.

Tatha O, Shimazu A, Watanabe K, Kawakami N, Schaufeli WB.Measuring work engagement in Thailand: development and validation testing of the Utrecht Work Engagement Scale-Thai version (UWES-TH). Ind Health. 2024 Jun 1;62(3):182-194. doi: 10.2486/indhealth.2023-0017. Epub 2023 Dec 27. PMID: 38148025; PMCID: PMC11170082.

Sasaki N, Ogawa S, Sawada U, Shimazu T, Powell BJ, Takeno H, Tsutsumi A, Imamura K. Effectiveness of an online text-based stress management program for employees who work in micro- and small-sized enterprises: A randomized controlled trial. Internet Interv. 2024 Jun 24;37:100754. doi: 10.1016/j.invent.2024.100754. PMID: 39021784; PMCID: PMC11254178.

Yazawa A, Hikichi H, Shiba K, Okuzono SS, Kondo K, Sasaki S, Kawachi I. Association of disaster-related damage with inflammatory diet among older survivors of the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami. Br J Nutr. 2024 May 14;131(9):1648-1656. doi: 10.1017/S0007114524000217. Epub 2024 Jan 23. PMID: 38258409; PMCID: PMC11042994.

Iida M, Sakuraya A, Watanabe K, Imamura K, Sawada U, Akiyama H, Komase Y, Miyamoto Y, Kawakami N. The association between team job crafting and work engagement among nurses: a prospective cohort study. BMC Psychol. 2024 Feb 9;12(1):66. doi: 10.1186/s40359-024-01538-7. PMID: 38336755; PMCID: PMC10854162.

Iida M, Sakuraya A, Imamura K, Asaoka H, Arima H, Ando E, Inoue A, Inoue R, Iwanaga M, Eguchi H, Otsuka Y, Kobayashi Y, Komase Y, Kuribayashi K, Sasaki N, Tsuno K, Hino A, Watanabe K, Ebara T, Shimazu A, Kawakami N, Tsutsumi A. Effects of participatory organizational interventions on mental health and work performance: a protocol for systematic review and meta-analysis. J Occup Health. 2024 Jan 4;66(1):uiae028. doi: 10.1093/joccuh/uiae028. PMID: 38805736; PMCID: PMC11272038.

Kowada A. Cost-Effectiveness of Population-Based Helicobacter pylori Screening With Eradication for Optimal Age of Implementation. Helicobacter 29(4) e13120 https://doi.org/10.1111/hel.13120

Miyazaki K, Ikenaga M, Sato T, Ueshima K, Nawata S, Horimatsu T, Komori E, Kirishima T, Kawabata K, Kawamura T, Kasai H, Suzukamo Y, Matsuzaki K, Kuwabara Y, Nakayama T,  The PASQol Study Group. A randomized controlled trial of betamethasone on fatigue in patients with advanced cancer Journal of Pain and Symptom Management 2024 May;67(5):393-401.e1. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2024.01.037

Ariyasu Y, Torikoshi K, Tsukamoto T, Yasuda T, Yasuda Y, Matsuzaki K, Hirano K, Kawamura T, Yokoo T, Maruyama S, Suzuki Y, Muso E. Analysis of the impact of obesity on the prognosis of IgA nephropathy according to renal function and sex Clin Exp Nephrol. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10157-024-02519-1

Komatsu H, Fujimoto S, Sato Y, Yasuda T, Yasuda Y, Matsuzaki K, Hirano K, Kawamura T, Yokoo T, Suzuki Y, Maruyama S. Effect of tonsillectomy combined with steroid pulse therapy upon IgA nephropathy depending on proteinuria status at diagnosis a nationwide multicenter cohort study in Japan Clin Exp Nephrol. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10157-024-02530-6

Hikichi H, Taku K, Aida J, Kondo K, Kawchi I. Longitudinal associations between post-traumatic stress and post-traumatic growth among older adults 11 years after a disaster. Epidemiol Psychiatr Sci. 2024;33:e33. doi: 10.1017/S2045796024000362. PMID: 38920418.

Sasaki N, Watanabe K, Kanamori Y, Tabuchi T, Fujiwara T, Nishi D. Effects of expanded adverse childhood experiences including school bullying, childhood poverty, and natural disasters on mental health in adulthood. Sci Rep. 2024;14(1):12015. doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-62634-7.

Kowada A. Cost-effectiveness of interferon-γ release assay for screening of latent tuberculosis infection in individuals with schizophrenia. Epidemiol Infect. 2024;152:e13. doi: 10.1017/S0950268823002030. PMID: 38178725.

Watanabe K, Hikichi H, Imamura K, Sakuraya A, Yoshikawa T, Izawa S, Eguchi H, Inoue A, Yoshida K, Orihashi Y, Tsutsumi A. Multifaceted ORganizational InterventiONs (M-ORION) project for prevention of depression and anxiety among workers: study protocol for a five-arm cluster randomized controlled trial. BMC Public Health. 2024;24(1):601. doi: 10.1186/s12889-024-18112-w. PMID: 38402156.