Temporary employment and suicidal ideation in COVID-19 pandemic in Japan: A cross-sectional nationwide survey.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Association between employment contract (temporary vs. permanent) and suicidal ideation (persistent suicidal ideation [i.e., with onset before COVID-19] or newly developed under COVID-19 pandemic) was examined using a nationally representative cross-sectional study in Japan.

Methods

An Internet survey was conducted from August to September 2020. The participants' inclusion criteria for this study were as follows: (i) 20-65 years old, (ii) employees (excluding self-employed, students, retired, housewives, and unemployed). The associations of suicidal ideation with the employees' factors were analyzed using the multinomial logistic regression model, adjusting for covariates (sex, age, marital status, education, company size, industries, and a history of psychiatric

SUBMITTER: Sasaki N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8865738 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature