Kyushu University [Kimie Fujita (Professor) Faculty of Medical Sciences, Department of Health Sciences]

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Kimie Fujita
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Last modified date：2024.04.24

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1.	Satomi Tanaka, Kimie Fujita, Kiyoko Makimoto, Maki Kanaoka, Kanako Yakushiji. Rumi Tanaka. Noboru Harada, Tomoharu Yoshizumi, Relationships of accelerometer‐determined physical activity with obesity, hypertension, diabetes, dyslipidemia, and health‐related quality of life in patients after liver transplantation, Clinical transplantation, 10.1111/ctr.14117, 34, 12, 1-13, 2020;00:e14117, 2020.10, The contribution of physical activity (PA) to the prevention of metabolic abnormalities following liver transplantation (LT) has not been well documented. We aimed to assess PA in post‐LT patients and to quantify its relationships with the development of postoperative metabolic abnormalities and health‐related quality of life (HRQOL). We recruited 111 patients who had undergone LT ≥ 6 months previously. PA was measured by accelerometry, and HRQOL was evaluated using SF‐8. PA was quantified as the number of steps per day, and the time spent performing moderate‐to‐vigorous PA and light PA per week. The prevalence of hypertension, diabetes, and dyslipidemia increased more than twofold following LT. The proportion of the participants with a sedentary lifestyle (
2.	Fujita K, Makimoto K, Mawatari M., Three-year follow-up study of health related QOL and lifestyle indicators for Japanese patients after total hip arthroplasty., J Orthop Sci., 10.1016/j.jos.2015.11.004., 21, 2, 191-198, 2016.04, BACKGROUND:In non-Western countries including Japan, activities requiring deep flexion of the hip joint, such as seiza (kneeling with calves tucked under the thighs and buttocks resting on the heels) and using squat toilets are commonly practiced. The purpose of this study was to assess longitudinal changes in traditional health-related quality of life measures and measures of physical functions associated with lifestyle for Japanese patients pre-surgery and after total hip arthroplasty. ＭETHODS:Consecutive primary total hip arthroplasty patients between July 2003 and November 2006 were eligible. Patients were measured preoperatively and at 6 weeks, 1 year and 3 years postoperatively. Patients completed the EuroQol 5D, the Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index and items related to Japanese lifestyle activities such as squatting. Changes in these scale scores across the four time points were tested, and we examined predictive factors of EuroQol 5D score at 3-year follow-up using multiple linear regression. RESULTS：Of 1103 eligible patients, 576 completed questionnaires at all four time points. By 6 weeks post-surgery, reductions in pain and improvements in physical function and stiffness became highly significant, and improvements continued to 3 years postoperative. In contrast, improvements were far more limited for items related to Japanese lifestyle functions such as seiza and use of a Japanese squat toilet, even 3 years after surgery. Predictive factors of EQ5D at 3-year post THA were WOMAC pain and physical function, seiza, age and comorbidity measured at 3-year post THA. CONCLUSION: The rate of improvement in QOL requiring deep flexion of the hip joint was much slower than that in QOL related to Western lifestyle. Our study suggests a need for lifestyle modification for THA patients in the other countries where kneeling and squatting are commonly performed..
3.	Fujita K，Xia Z，Liu X，Mawatari M，Makimoto K., Lifestyle and health-related quality of life in Asian patients with total hip arthroplasties., Nursing and Health Sciences, 2014.09.
4.	Fujita K，Makimoto K，Tanaka R，Mawatari M，Hotokebuchi T., Prospective study of physical activity and quality of life in Japanese women undergoing total hip arthroplasty．, Journal of Orthopaedic Science, 18(1)：45–53, 1, 45-53, 2013.01.