ICHIKURA, Kanako

Title Associate Professor
Email ichikura.kanako.gt#@#u.tsukuba.ac.jp (please replace #@# with @)
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Degree Ph. D.
Division Psychology
Research Field Clinical Psychology, Lifespan developmental psychology, Behavioral Medicine, Palliative Care
Undergraduate Program School of Human Sciences, College of Psychology
Graduate School Program (Main) Counseling (Master's Program), Counseling Science (Doctoral Program)
Graduate School Program (Sub)
Research Themes

Mental health in older adults with physical illnesses
Lifespan development through life story reconstruction following stressful experiences
Nonverbal communication and trust formation in telemedicine
Visualization of clinical decision-making processes in psychologists

Publications/Major Achievements
  • ICHIKURA Kanako, WATANABE Kazuhiro, MORIYA Rika, CHIBA Hiroki, INOUE Akiomi, ARAI Yumi, SHIMAZU Akihito, FUKASE Yuko, TAGAYA Hirokuni, TSUTSUMI Akizumi, Online vs. face-to-face interactive communication education using video materials among healthcare college students: a pilot non-randomized controlled study, BMC Medical Education, 24, 2024, doi: 10.1186/s12909-024-05742-2
  • ICHIKURA Kanako, FUKASE Yuko, ASADA Fuminari, HINO Ayako, TANOUE Asuka, MURASE Hanako, SHIMAZU Akihito, TAGAYA Hirokuni, Work productivity loss and work-related factors during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic: A cross-sectional web-based survey, WORK, 79 (1), 83-91, 2024, doi: 10.3233/WOR-230415
  • ICHIKURA Kanako, MATSUOKA Shiho, CHIBA Hiroki, ISHIDA Hina, FUKASE Yuko, MURASE Hanako, TAGAYA Hirokuni, TAKEUCHI Takashi, MATSUSHIMA Eisuke, Health care providers’ perspectives on providing end-of-life psychiatric care in cardiology and oncology hospitals: A cross-sectional questionnaire survey, BMC Palliative Care, 22, 2023, doi: 10.1186/s12904-023-01138-z
  • ICHIKURA Kanako, SHIMIZU Sayuri, OSHIMA Noriko, ARIIZUMI Yosuke, FUJIE Toshihide, YAMAUCHI Shin-ichi, ISHIKAWA Toshiaki, NAKAJIMA Yasuaki, FUKASE Yuko, MURAYAMA Norio, MURASE Hanako, TAGAYA Hirokuni, TAKEUCHI Takashi, MIYAKE Satoshi, MATSUSHIMA Eisuke, Preferences of patients with cancer for psychological counseling: a cross-sectional study using full-profile conjoint analysis in Japan, Journal of Psychosocial Oncology Research and Practice, 4 (3), 2022, doi: 10.1097/OR9.0000000000000080
  • ICHIKURA Kanako, NAKAYAMA Nao, MATSUOKA Shiho, ARIIZUMI Yosuke, SUMI Takuro, SUGIMOTO Taro, FUKASE Yuko, MURAYAMA Norio, TAGAYA Hirokuni, ASAKAGE Takahiro, MATSUSHIMA Eisuke, Efficacy of stress management program for depressive patients with advanced head and neck cancer: a single-center pilot study, International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology, 20 (3), 213-221, 2020, doi: 10.1016/j.ijchp.2020.06.003
Scientific Membership

Japanese Association of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies
Japanese Society of Behavioral Medicine
Japanese Psycho-Oncology Society
Japanese Society of General Hospital Psychiatry
Council of Public Health-Related Academic Societies in Japan

Social and Outreach Activity

Health support activities at the NPO “Kenko Terakoya”

Related Links

https://researchmap.jp/read0149574?lang=en
https://trios.tsukuba.ac.jp/en/researcher/0000005239 (Univ. of Tsukuba Researchers Information)