Design of the Japan Nurses' Health Study: A Prospective Occupational Cohort Study of Women's Health in Japan

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  • HAYASHI Kunihiko
    Department of Basic Allied Medicine, School of Health Sciences, Gunma University
  • MIZUNUMA Hideki
    Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hirosaki University School of Medicine
  • FUJITA Toshiharu
    Department of Data Science, The Institute of Statistical Mathematics
  • SUZUKI Shosuke
    Gunma Occupational Health Promotion Center
  • IMAZEKI Setsuko
    Postgraduate and Midwifery Study, Kiryu Junior College
  • KATANODA Kota
    Center for Cancer Control & Information Services, National Cancer Center
  • MATSUMURA Yasuhiro
    Information Center, National Institute of Health and Nutrition
  • KUBOTA Toshiro
    Department of Comprehensive Reproductive Medicine, Tokyo Medical and Dental University
  • ASO Takeshi
    Department of Comprehensive Reproductive Medicine, Tokyo Medical and Dental University

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  • Design of the Japan Nurses' Health Study—a prospective occupational cohort study of women's health in Japan

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The Japan Nurses' Health Study (JNHS) is a prospective occupational cohort study investigating the effects of lifestyle and healthcare practices on women's health. It was initiated in 2001, with a six-year entry period and a proposed ten-year follow-up. Participants comprise female registered nurses, licensed practical nurses, public health nurses, and midwives, aged 25 yr or over at the baseline survey. Participants were recruited in cooperation with the Japanese Nursing Association and the Japan Menopause Society. A self-administered baseline questionnaire was distributed, requesting demographic information, lifestyle factors, pharmaceutical drug use, physical condition, reproductive health, and disease history. A total of 49,914 women from all 47 prefectures in Japan responded to the baseline survey. Among them, approximately 18,000 agreed to be followed-up, and returned signed informed-consent sheets, together with their completed baseline questionnaires. Changes in lifestyle, healthcare, incidence of disease, and health outcomes over time will now be studied. The cohort receives annual JNHS newsletters and biennial follow-up questionnaires by mail.<br>

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  • Industrial Health

    Industrial Health 45 (5), 679-686, 2007

    National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health

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