Association between employment status and long-term changes in psychological stress across the COVID-19 pandemic period in Japan: NIPPON DATA2010.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

There is a growing interest in understanding the long-term impact of employment status on psychological stress. We aimed to explore the association between socioeconomic status and psychological stress over a long-term follow-up period across the COVID-19 pandemic, employing the Kessler 6-Item Psychological Distress Scale (K6).

Methods

We evaluated K6 scores from the 2021 follow-up survey of NIPPON DATA2010 using a self-administered questionnaire. The association between employment status and changes in K6 scores over 11 years was examined. Multiple regression analyses were used to estimate both crude and adjusted differences in K6 score changes across various socioeconomic factors including employment category, annual household income, marital status, and househo

SUBMITTER: Abe M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12416884 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature