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Background and Objectives Dementia-friendly training should be incorporated in neighborhood stores for people living with dementia to maintain engagement in social activities. However, there is a lack of evidence of dementia-friendly training in these workplaces, and existing trainings have time constraints. We developed a mobile microlearning program based on stigma theory and the bystander intervention model. This study aimed to evaluate the microlearning program's effectiveness. Research Design and Methods Convenience store workers in Tokyo were recruited for a randomized, waiting-list, and controlled trial. The intervention group completed a 50-min online course. The primary outcome was an attitude toward people living with dementia. The secondary outcomes were knowledge of dementia and helping behavior toward customers suspected of having dementia. Data were collected at baseline, after 1 month, and 4 months following the randomization. Results Process evaluations confirmed satisfaction and high completion rates of the program. In total, 150 participants were included in the analysis. The intervention group showed significantly greater improvements in attitude (Hedge's g = 0.70) and knowledge (g = 0.59) after 1 month, compared to the control group. Helping behavior increased in the intervention group, although it did not differ significantly between the groups. All outcomes remained significantly improved after 4 months. Discussion and Implications The findings provide evidence that dementia-friendly training reduces the general public's stigma and increases helping behavior in stores. Mitigation of time constraints through mobile microlearning is expected to contribute to the dissemination and help people living with dementia maintain their social participation in the communities. Clinical Trials Registration Number: UMIN000043623 [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

We examined the association between intellectual disabilities (ID) and pneumonia severity at admission. We extracted patients admitted to hospital for pneumonia from July 2010 to March 2018 using the Diagnosis Procedure Combination database. We measured pneumonia severity using the A-DROP system. After 1:4 cohort matching between patients with and without ID, we conducted conditional logistic regression and mediation analyses. Of 1,141,158 patients, 531 had ID, and they had more severe pneumonia at admission (24.5% vs. 9.5%; P < 0.001). ID was significantly associated with severe pneumonia at admission (OR = 3.50; 95% CI: 2.68–4.58) and activities of daily living (ADL) mediated 73.8% (95% CI: 50.9%–105.0%) of the total association. Social barriers caused by reduced ADL may prevent patients with ID from accessing health care before their pneumonia becomes severe. Removing these barriers may decrease mortality from pneumonia among patients with ID by improving health care access. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]