Psychological impact of the state of emergency over COVID-19 for non-permanent workers: a Nationwide follow-up study in Japan
Autor: | Toru Takiguchi, Sachiko Ohde, Huyen Thi Thanh Tran, Shinichi Noto, Ruan Qi, Kenji Suzuki, Kazuo Ishigami, Shota Saito, Osamu Takahashi |
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Rok vydání: | 2021 |
Předmět: |
Web survey
Adult Male Quality of life medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent media_common.quotation_subject Recession Disease Outbreaks Young Adult 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Quality of life (healthcare) Japan Surveys and Questionnaires medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Socioeconomic status media_common Employment security business.industry Mental Disorders lcsh:Public aspects of medicine Public health Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health COVID-19 lcsh:RA1-1270 Middle Aged Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale 030210 environmental & occupational health Mental health Economic Recession General workers Socioeconomic Factors Unemployment Propensity score analysis Propensity score matching Female business Research Article Follow-Up Studies Demography |
Zdroj: | BMC Public Health, Vol 21, Iss 1, Pp 1-12 (2021) BMC Public Health |
ISSN: | 1471-2458 |
Popis: | Background The outbreak of COVID-19 has caused mental health problems and increased unemployment due to the economic recession. This survey aimed to assess the psychological impact of the state of emergency. We estimated changes in mental health, quality of life, and unemployment experience for general workers during the first COVID-19 outbreak in Japan. Methods We conducted a nationwide follow-up study. During the periods of March 26 to April 6, 2020 and June 26 to July 2, 2020, we used the internet to survey general workers aged 15 to 59 years in Japan. The questionnaire items covered employment status and socioeconomic factors, and we used the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D) and EQ-5D-5L to assess depression and health-related quality of life (HR-QOL), respectively. The differences in outcomes of permanent and non-permanent workers were analyzed using propensity score analysis. A multiple linear regression analysis was performed to examine the relationship between unemployment and CES-D scores. Results We included 2351 subjects in the analysis. Changes in both CES-D scores and utility were not significantly different between the two groups. However, a significant difference was found regarding the rate of unemployment, which was associated with higher CES-D scores. Conclusions The present study demonstrated that the mental health of non-permanent workers was not negatively affected following the state of emergency due to COVID-19 in Japan. Unemployment is an important factor that influences the mental health of general workers. |
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