The deterioration of mental health among healthcare workers during the COVID-19 outbreak: A population-based cohort study of workers in Japan.

ABSTRACT: Objectives This study compared the longitudinal change in the mental health of healthcare and non-healthcare workers during two months of the COVID-19 outbreak in Japan. Methods Data were derived from a prospective online cohort study of 1448 full-time employees in Japan. Participants were surveyed at baseline from 19-22 March 2020 (T1) and at follow-up from 22-26 May 2020 (T2). A self-administered online questionnaire was used to assess participants' fear and worry of COVID-19, psychological distress, and physical symptoms at T1 and T2. A series of generalized linear models were created to assess changes in outcomes between healthcare and non-healthcare workers. Demographic variables (ie, sex, age, marital status, child[ren], education, and residential area) were included in the models as

SUBMITTER: Sasaki N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7737801 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature