Mental health crisis of Japanese health care workers under COVID-19.

Makino, Miyuki; Kanie, Ayako; Nakajima, Aiichiro; Takebayashi, Yoshitake

doi:10.1037/tra0000819

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“…Increased mental health risks were also observed in Japan [ 10 ] and later on in Switzerland [ 3 ]. Italian healthcare professionals showed symptoms of burnout 5 weeks after the local onset of the pandemic [ 11 ].…”

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Depression and anxiety in healthcare professionals during the COVID-19 pandemic

2021

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Healthcare staff have been at the centre of the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, facing diverse work-related stressors. Building upon studies from various countries, we aimed to investigate (1) the prevalence of various work-related stressors among healthcare professionals in Germany specific to the COVID-19 pandemic, (2) the psychological effects of these stressors in terms of clinical symptoms, and (3) the healthcare professionals' help-seeking behaviour. To this end, N = 300 healthcare professionals completed an online survey including the ICD-10 Symptom Rating checklist (ISR), event-sampling questions on pandemic-related stressors and self-formulated questions on help-seeking behaviour. Participants were recruited between 22 May and 22 July 2020. Findings were analysed using t tests, regressions and comparisons to large clinical and non-clinical samples assessed before and during the pandemic. Results show that healthcare professionals were most affected by protective measures at their workplace and changes in work procedures. Psychological symptoms, particularly anxiety and depression, were significantly more severe than in a non-clinical pre-pandemic sample and in the general population during the pandemic. At the same time, most professionals indicated that they would not seek help for psychological concerns. These findings indicate that healthcare employers need to pay greater attention to the mental health of their staff.

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Depression and anxiety in healthcare professionals during the COVID-19 pandemic

2021

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“…(78) This societal crisis has polarized communities, which have then incurred community altercations between people, such as healthcare workers being discriminated and bullied, thus aggravating mental health of first respondents and their relatives. (79, 80)…”

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Non-medical COVID-19-related personal impact in medical ecological perspective: A global multileveled, mixed method study

Dye

Levandowski

Siddiqi

et al. 2021

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BackgroundThe COVID-19 pandemic has led to widespread public health measures to reduce transmission, morbidity, and mortality attributed to the SARS-CoV-2 virus. While much research and focus surrounds COVID-19 vaccine development, testing, and supportive management, little is known about the determinants of non-medical, personal impact of COVID-19 prevention policies. We aimed to understand determinants of non-medical COVID-19 impact and to account for its multileveled, intersectional nature of associations.MethodsThis cross-sectional, multi-level, convergent mixed-methods study assessed a range of beliefs, practices, and experiences relating to COVID-19. We recruited a global sample (n=7,411) using both Facebook and Amazon mTURK platforms. We constructed a novel data-driven non-medical COVID-19 Impact Score and four subcomponents (“Personal Action,” “Supply-related,” “Cancellations,” and “Livelihood” impacts). We used generalized estimating equation models with identity link functions to determine concomitant association of individual, household, and country-level variables on the impact scores. We also classified 20,015 qualitative excerpts from 6859 respondents using an 80-code codebook.ResultsTotal and component impact scores varied significantly by region with Asia, Africa, and Latin America and the Caribbean observing the highest impact scores. Multilevel modeling indicated that individual-level sociocultural variables accounted for much of this variation with COVID-related worry, knowledge, struggles in accessing food and supplies, and worsening mental health most strongly associated with non-medical impact. Family responsibilities, personal COVID medical experience, and health locus of control – in addition to country-level variables reflecting social and health challenge – were also significantly and independently associated with non-medical impact.DiscussionNon-medical personal impact of COVID-19 affects most people internationally, largely in response to shutdowns, implementing prevention requirements, and through economic consequences. In the context where most of the world’s population does not have direct medical experience with COVID-19, this phenomena of non-medical impact is profound, and likely impacts sustainability of public health interventions aimed at containing COVID-19.

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“…Increased mental health risks were also observed in Japan [10] and later on in Switzerland [3]. Italian healthcare professionals showed symptoms of burnout five weeks after the local onset of the pandemic [11].…”

Section: Evidence From Other Countriesmentioning

confidence: 98%

Pandemic-Induced Depression and Anxiety in Healthcare Professionals

Weibelzahl¹,

Reiter²,

Duden³

2020

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Medical staff has been at the centre of the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, facing diverse work-related stressors. Studies from various countries have shown that healthcare professionals have an increased risk of burnout and mental disorders during pandemic outbreaks. The present study aimed to investigate what kind of work-related stressors healthcare professionals in Germany have been facing and how they have been affected psychologically by the COVID-19 pandemic. N=300 healthcare professionals completed an online survey including the ISR symptom checklist to measure psychological well-being and questions on help-seeking behaviour. Findings were analyzed using t-tests, regression, and comparisons to large clinical and non-clinical samples assessed before and during the pandemic. Results show that healthcare professionals were most affected by protective measures at their workplace and changes in work procedures. Psychological symptoms, especially of anxiety and depression, were significantly more severe than in a non-clinical pre-pandemic sample and in the general population during the pandemic. At the same time, most professionals indicated that they would not seek help for psychological concerns. These findings indicate that healthcare employers need to pay increasing attention to the mental health of their staff, encourage help-seeking behaviour, as well as provide access to mental health support.

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Mental health crisis of Japanese health care workers under COVID-19.

Cited by 29 publications

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Depression and anxiety in healthcare professionals during the COVID-19 pandemic

Depression and anxiety in healthcare professionals during the COVID-19 pandemic

Non-medical COVID-19-related personal impact in medical ecological perspective: A global multileveled, mixed method study

Pandemic-Induced Depression and Anxiety in Healthcare Professionals

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