Providing Japanese health care information for international visitors: digital animation intervention.
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SUBMITTER: Nishikawa M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5963085 | biostudies-other | 2018 May
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Providing Japanese health care information for international visitors: digital animation intervention.
Nishikawa Mariko M Yamanaka Masaaki M Kiriya Junko J Jimba Masamine M
BMC health services research 20180521 1
<h4>Background</h4>Over 24 million international visitors came to Japan in 2016 and the number is expected to increase. Visitors could be at a risk of illness or injury that may result in hospitalization in Japan. We assessed the effects of a four-minute digital animation titled Mari Info Japan on the level of anxiety experienced by international visitors to Japan.<h4>Methods</h4>We conducted a non-randomized, controlled study at Narita International Airport outside Tokyo in December 2014. On th ...[more]
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