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Age group differences in psychological distress and leisure-time exercise/socioeconomic status during the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional analysis during 2020 to 2021 of a cohort study in Japan

OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to determine the association between psychological distress and leisure-time exercise/socioeconomic status by age group, using data from a cohort study in Japan during the COVID-19 pandemic. METHODS: This cross-sectional study was conducted among participants in the ME-BY...

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Autores principales: Saito, Yoshinobu, Nakamura, Sho, Watanabe, Kaname, Ikegami, Hiromi, Shinmura, Naoko, Sato, Shinya, Miyagi, Yohei, Narimatsu, Hiroto
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10634212/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37954049
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1233942
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author Saito, Yoshinobu
Nakamura, Sho
Watanabe, Kaname
Ikegami, Hiromi
Shinmura, Naoko
Sato, Shinya
Miyagi, Yohei
Narimatsu, Hiroto
author_facet Saito, Yoshinobu
Nakamura, Sho
Watanabe, Kaname
Ikegami, Hiromi
Shinmura, Naoko
Sato, Shinya
Miyagi, Yohei
Narimatsu, Hiroto
author_sort Saito, Yoshinobu
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description OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to determine the association between psychological distress and leisure-time exercise/socioeconomic status by age group, using data from a cohort study in Japan during the COVID-19 pandemic. METHODS: This cross-sectional study was conducted among participants in the ME-BYO cohort, aged 20–85 years, living or working in Kanagawa, Japan. A questionnaire was disseminated to 1,573 participants (51.7% men) between December 2020 and March 2021. The questionnaire items included psychological distress (using the 6-item Kessler Psychological Distress Scale [K6]), leisure-time exercise, and socioeconomic status. Multivariate analyses were conducted using logistic regression analysis for each age group. RESULTS: We found that 47.4% of 20–39-year-olds, 40.6% of 40–64-year-olds, and 28.3% of 65–85-year-olds experienced psychological distress (K6: ≥5 points). For those aged 20–39 years, leisure-time exercise (odds ratio [OR] (95% confidence interval) = 0.45 (0.28–0.73)) and higher annual household income [0.53 (0.32–0.90)] were associated with less psychological distress. For those aged 40–64 years, older age was associated with less psychological distress, while full-time work [1.98 (1.05–9.71)] was associated with more psychological distress. In the 65–85-year age group, higher education and higher annual income tended to be associated with less psychological distress. For those over 40 years of age, living with other(s) was associated with reduced psychological distress. CONCLUSION: In the general population of Japan, not engaging in leisure-time exercise and low income affect psychological distress among young adults. Further detailed studies are needed to consider overall physical activity, job type, and work style.
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spelling pubmed-106342122023-11-10 Age group differences in psychological distress and leisure-time exercise/socioeconomic status during the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional analysis during 2020 to 2021 of a cohort study in Japan Saito, Yoshinobu Nakamura, Sho Watanabe, Kaname Ikegami, Hiromi Shinmura, Naoko Sato, Shinya Miyagi, Yohei Narimatsu, Hiroto Front Public Health Public Health OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to determine the association between psychological distress and leisure-time exercise/socioeconomic status by age group, using data from a cohort study in Japan during the COVID-19 pandemic. METHODS: This cross-sectional study was conducted among participants in the ME-BYO cohort, aged 20–85 years, living or working in Kanagawa, Japan. A questionnaire was disseminated to 1,573 participants (51.7% men) between December 2020 and March 2021. The questionnaire items included psychological distress (using the 6-item Kessler Psychological Distress Scale [K6]), leisure-time exercise, and socioeconomic status. Multivariate analyses were conducted using logistic regression analysis for each age group. RESULTS: We found that 47.4% of 20–39-year-olds, 40.6% of 40–64-year-olds, and 28.3% of 65–85-year-olds experienced psychological distress (K6: ≥5 points). For those aged 20–39 years, leisure-time exercise (odds ratio [OR] (95% confidence interval) = 0.45 (0.28–0.73)) and higher annual household income [0.53 (0.32–0.90)] were associated with less psychological distress. For those aged 40–64 years, older age was associated with less psychological distress, while full-time work [1.98 (1.05–9.71)] was associated with more psychological distress. In the 65–85-year age group, higher education and higher annual income tended to be associated with less psychological distress. For those over 40 years of age, living with other(s) was associated with reduced psychological distress. CONCLUSION: In the general population of Japan, not engaging in leisure-time exercise and low income affect psychological distress among young adults. Further detailed studies are needed to consider overall physical activity, job type, and work style. Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-10-25 /pmc/articles/PMC10634212/ /pubmed/37954049 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1233942 Text en Copyright © 2023 Saito, Nakamura, Watanabe, Ikegami, Shinmura, Sato, Miyagi and Narimatsu. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
spellingShingle Public Health
Saito, Yoshinobu
Nakamura, Sho
Watanabe, Kaname
Ikegami, Hiromi
Shinmura, Naoko
Sato, Shinya
Miyagi, Yohei
Narimatsu, Hiroto
Age group differences in psychological distress and leisure-time exercise/socioeconomic status during the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional analysis during 2020 to 2021 of a cohort study in Japan
title Age group differences in psychological distress and leisure-time exercise/socioeconomic status during the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional analysis during 2020 to 2021 of a cohort study in Japan
title_full Age group differences in psychological distress and leisure-time exercise/socioeconomic status during the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional analysis during 2020 to 2021 of a cohort study in Japan
title_fullStr Age group differences in psychological distress and leisure-time exercise/socioeconomic status during the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional analysis during 2020 to 2021 of a cohort study in Japan
title_full_unstemmed Age group differences in psychological distress and leisure-time exercise/socioeconomic status during the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional analysis during 2020 to 2021 of a cohort study in Japan
title_short Age group differences in psychological distress and leisure-time exercise/socioeconomic status during the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional analysis during 2020 to 2021 of a cohort study in Japan
title_sort age group differences in psychological distress and leisure-time exercise/socioeconomic status during the covid-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional analysis during 2020 to 2021 of a cohort study in japan
topic Public Health
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10634212/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37954049
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1233942
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