A longitudinal study of mental health in healthcare workers in Japan during the initial phase of COVID-19 pandemic : comparison with the general population
© The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2023..
The COVID-19 pandemic negatively impacted the mental health of people in Japan. Healthcare workers (HCWs) especially suffered from poor mental health, engaging with COVID-19 patients while protecting themselves from infection. However, a long-term assessment of their mental health in comparison to the general population remains to be conducted. This study evaluated and compared changes in mental health between these two populations over a six-month period. Measures of mental health, loneliness, hope and self-compassion were completed at baseline and at six-month follow-up. Two-way MANOVA (Time x Group) identified that no interaction effects were present. However, at baseline, HCWs had higher levels of mental health problems and loneliness, and lower levels of hope and self-compassion than the general population. Furthermore, a higher level of loneliness was found in HCWs at six months. These findings highlight strong feelings of loneliness in HCWs in Japan. Interventions such as digital social prescribing are recommended.
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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2023 |
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Current psychology (New Brunswick, N.J.) - (2023) vom: 10. März, Seite 1-4 |
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Kotera, Yasuhiro [VerfasserIn] |
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