A longitudinal study of mental health in healthcare workers in Japan during the initial phase of COVID-19 pandemic: comparison with the general population

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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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Yasuhiro Kotera:

ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0251-0085

Yasuhiro.kotera@nottingham.ac.uk

Journal

Journal ID (nlm-ta): Curr Psychol

Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Curr Psychol

Title: Current Psychology (New Brunswick, N.j.)

Publisher: Springer US (New York )

ISSN (Print): 1046-1310

ISSN (Electronic): 1936-4733

Publication date (Electronic): 10 March 2023

Pages: 1-4

Affiliations

[1 ]GRID grid.4563.4, ISNI 0000 0004 1936 8868, Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences, , University of Nottingham, ; NG7 2TU Nottingham, UK

[2 ]GRID grid.57686.3a, ISNI 0000 0001 2232 4004, College of Health, Psychology & Social Care, , University of Derby, ; DE22 1GB Derby, UK

[3 ]GRID grid.507981.2, ISNI 0000 0004 5935 0742, Department of Breast Surgery, , Jyoban Hospital of Tokiwa Foundation, ; 972-8322 Iwaki, Japan

[4 ]GRID grid.508099.d, ISNI 0000 0004 7593 2806, Medical Governance Research Institute, ; 108-0074 Tokyo, Japan

[5 ]Orange Home-Care Clinic, 910-0018 Fukui, Japan

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Yasuhiro Kotera http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0251-0085

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Publisher ID: 4444

DOI: 10.1007/s12144-023-04444-0

PMC ID: 9999062

SO-VID: a9d6de62-c3b5-413d-8a7d-e4f72f808519

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This article is made available via the PMC Open Access Subset for unrestricted research re-use and secondary analysis in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for the duration of the World Health Organization (WHO) declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic.

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Date accepted : 21 February 2023

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