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Associations of the COVID-19 pandemic with the economic status and mental health of people affected by the Fukushima disaster using the difference-in-differences method: The Fukushima Health Management Survey

Although the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and relevant preventive measures can affect the economic status and mental health of the public, their effect remains unraveled owing to a limited number of surveys conducted before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. We investigated the associ...

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Autores principales: Murakami, Michio, Kobayashi, Tomoyuki, Oikawa, Yuichi, Goto, Saori, Momoi, Maho, Takebayashi, Yoshitake, Ohira, Tetsuya, Yasumura, Seiji, Maeda, Masaharu
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Publicado: Elsevier 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8095183/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33997248
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmph.2021.100801
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author Murakami, Michio
Kobayashi, Tomoyuki
Oikawa, Yuichi
Goto, Saori
Momoi, Maho
Takebayashi, Yoshitake
Ohira, Tetsuya
Yasumura, Seiji
Maeda, Masaharu
author_facet Murakami, Michio
Kobayashi, Tomoyuki
Oikawa, Yuichi
Goto, Saori
Momoi, Maho
Takebayashi, Yoshitake
Ohira, Tetsuya
Yasumura, Seiji
Maeda, Masaharu
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description Although the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and relevant preventive measures can affect the economic status and mental health of the public, their effect remains unraveled owing to a limited number of surveys conducted before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. We investigated the association of COVID-19 and relevant measures with multivariate outcomes among people affected by the Fukushima disaster in 2011 using the difference-in-differences (DID) method. We then analyzed the associations between sociodemographic factors and outcomes. We assessed psychological distress, problem drinking, insomnia state, unemployment, household economic decline, and interpersonal problems using three questionnaire surveys administered in 2018, 2019, and 2020. Participants were grouped according to three time periods by dates of voluntary stay-at-home requests (February 26) and the declaration of emergency (April 16) in Japan. The years 2020 and 2019 were regarded as the treatment group and control group, respectively, after confirming that no DIDs were found between 2018 and 2019. We performed regression analyses to identify the risk factors for outcomes. The DIDs were significant for household economic decline after the declaration of emergency, whereas problem drinking significantly improved. No significant DIDs were observed for other mental health outcomes including psychological distress and insomnia state. Absence of counselors was positively and significantly associated with all outcomes in 2020. Overall, people affected by the Fukushima disaster experienced more economic damage after the declaration of emergency during the COVID-19 pandemic but their mental health status did not reduce. Identifying people who have no counselors and providing them with support are emergent requirements to prevent a subsequent mental health decline.
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spelling pubmed-80951832021-05-13 Associations of the COVID-19 pandemic with the economic status and mental health of people affected by the Fukushima disaster using the difference-in-differences method: The Fukushima Health Management Survey Murakami, Michio Kobayashi, Tomoyuki Oikawa, Yuichi Goto, Saori Momoi, Maho Takebayashi, Yoshitake Ohira, Tetsuya Yasumura, Seiji Maeda, Masaharu SSM Popul Health Article Although the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and relevant preventive measures can affect the economic status and mental health of the public, their effect remains unraveled owing to a limited number of surveys conducted before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. We investigated the association of COVID-19 and relevant measures with multivariate outcomes among people affected by the Fukushima disaster in 2011 using the difference-in-differences (DID) method. We then analyzed the associations between sociodemographic factors and outcomes. We assessed psychological distress, problem drinking, insomnia state, unemployment, household economic decline, and interpersonal problems using three questionnaire surveys administered in 2018, 2019, and 2020. Participants were grouped according to three time periods by dates of voluntary stay-at-home requests (February 26) and the declaration of emergency (April 16) in Japan. The years 2020 and 2019 were regarded as the treatment group and control group, respectively, after confirming that no DIDs were found between 2018 and 2019. We performed regression analyses to identify the risk factors for outcomes. The DIDs were significant for household economic decline after the declaration of emergency, whereas problem drinking significantly improved. No significant DIDs were observed for other mental health outcomes including psychological distress and insomnia state. Absence of counselors was positively and significantly associated with all outcomes in 2020. Overall, people affected by the Fukushima disaster experienced more economic damage after the declaration of emergency during the COVID-19 pandemic but their mental health status did not reduce. Identifying people who have no counselors and providing them with support are emergent requirements to prevent a subsequent mental health decline. Elsevier 2021-04-15 /pmc/articles/PMC8095183/ /pubmed/33997248 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmph.2021.100801 Text en © 2021 The Author(s) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Murakami, Michio
Kobayashi, Tomoyuki
Oikawa, Yuichi
Goto, Saori
Momoi, Maho
Takebayashi, Yoshitake
Ohira, Tetsuya
Yasumura, Seiji
Maeda, Masaharu
Associations of the COVID-19 pandemic with the economic status and mental health of people affected by the Fukushima disaster using the difference-in-differences method: The Fukushima Health Management Survey
title Associations of the COVID-19 pandemic with the economic status and mental health of people affected by the Fukushima disaster using the difference-in-differences method: The Fukushima Health Management Survey
title_full Associations of the COVID-19 pandemic with the economic status and mental health of people affected by the Fukushima disaster using the difference-in-differences method: The Fukushima Health Management Survey
title_fullStr Associations of the COVID-19 pandemic with the economic status and mental health of people affected by the Fukushima disaster using the difference-in-differences method: The Fukushima Health Management Survey
title_full_unstemmed Associations of the COVID-19 pandemic with the economic status and mental health of people affected by the Fukushima disaster using the difference-in-differences method: The Fukushima Health Management Survey
title_short Associations of the COVID-19 pandemic with the economic status and mental health of people affected by the Fukushima disaster using the difference-in-differences method: The Fukushima Health Management Survey
title_sort associations of the covid-19 pandemic with the economic status and mental health of people affected by the fukushima disaster using the difference-in-differences method: the fukushima health management survey
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8095183/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33997248
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmph.2021.100801
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