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Elevated depressive symptoms among newer and younger healthcare workers in Japan during the COVID‐19 pandemic

AIM: Depression is a frequent outcome of long‐term stress, but no studies have examined depression rates among Japanese healthcare workers fighting the COVID‐19 pandemic. Therefore, we conducted a web‐based interview of hospital employees to assess depression prevalence and factors. METHODS: This ob...

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Autores principales: Katsuta, Narimasa, Ito, Kanami, Fukuda, Hiroshi, Seyama, Kuniaki, Hori, Satoshi, Shida, Yuka, Nagura, Rie, Nojiri, Shuko, Sato, Hiroyuki
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8646441/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34730870
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/npr2.12217
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author Katsuta, Narimasa
Ito, Kanami
Fukuda, Hiroshi
Seyama, Kuniaki
Hori, Satoshi
Shida, Yuka
Nagura, Rie
Nojiri, Shuko
Sato, Hiroyuki
author_facet Katsuta, Narimasa
Ito, Kanami
Fukuda, Hiroshi
Seyama, Kuniaki
Hori, Satoshi
Shida, Yuka
Nagura, Rie
Nojiri, Shuko
Sato, Hiroyuki
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description AIM: Depression is a frequent outcome of long‐term stress, but no studies have examined depression rates among Japanese healthcare workers fighting the COVID‐19 pandemic. Therefore, we conducted a web‐based interview of hospital employees to assess depression prevalence and factors. METHODS: This observational cohort study was conducted from July to August, 2020, as part of a mandatory health checkup of Juntendo University Hospital employees (Tokyo, Japan). A total of 4239 participants completed a web‐based questionnaire on medical history and current health status. The Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES‐D) was used for self‐assessment, with a score of ≥16 considered to indicate depression. RESULTS: Among all employees, the proportion of depression was 31.3% in 2020, the highest measured in the last 10 years and substantially greater than the pre‐pandemic value in 2019 (27.5%). The proportion of depression for 2020 was significantly higher in new recruits than in employees with more than 2 years of experience (47.0% vs 29.9%, respectively, P < .0001) and in new recruits in 2019 (26.4%, P < .0001). When subdivided by occupation, nurses demonstrated the highest depression rate (43.2%), followed by paramedics (35.1%) and clerks (31.6%), whereas residents (22.9%), doctors (20.4%), teaching staff (18.0%), and part‐time staff (15.3%) reported lower depression rates. The positive CES‐D score significantly correlated with age (P < .0001). CONCLUSIONS: Younger and newer employees demonstrated the highest rates of depression independent of occupation. Therefore, mental healthcare programs focusing on these vulnerable groups need to be established.
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spelling pubmed-86464412021-12-06 Elevated depressive symptoms among newer and younger healthcare workers in Japan during the COVID‐19 pandemic Katsuta, Narimasa Ito, Kanami Fukuda, Hiroshi Seyama, Kuniaki Hori, Satoshi Shida, Yuka Nagura, Rie Nojiri, Shuko Sato, Hiroyuki Neuropsychopharmacol Rep Micro Reports AIM: Depression is a frequent outcome of long‐term stress, but no studies have examined depression rates among Japanese healthcare workers fighting the COVID‐19 pandemic. Therefore, we conducted a web‐based interview of hospital employees to assess depression prevalence and factors. METHODS: This observational cohort study was conducted from July to August, 2020, as part of a mandatory health checkup of Juntendo University Hospital employees (Tokyo, Japan). A total of 4239 participants completed a web‐based questionnaire on medical history and current health status. The Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES‐D) was used for self‐assessment, with a score of ≥16 considered to indicate depression. RESULTS: Among all employees, the proportion of depression was 31.3% in 2020, the highest measured in the last 10 years and substantially greater than the pre‐pandemic value in 2019 (27.5%). The proportion of depression for 2020 was significantly higher in new recruits than in employees with more than 2 years of experience (47.0% vs 29.9%, respectively, P < .0001) and in new recruits in 2019 (26.4%, P < .0001). When subdivided by occupation, nurses demonstrated the highest depression rate (43.2%), followed by paramedics (35.1%) and clerks (31.6%), whereas residents (22.9%), doctors (20.4%), teaching staff (18.0%), and part‐time staff (15.3%) reported lower depression rates. The positive CES‐D score significantly correlated with age (P < .0001). CONCLUSIONS: Younger and newer employees demonstrated the highest rates of depression independent of occupation. Therefore, mental healthcare programs focusing on these vulnerable groups need to be established. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2021-11-03 /pmc/articles/PMC8646441/ /pubmed/34730870 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/npr2.12217 Text en © 2021 The Authors. Neuropsychopharmacology Reports published by John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd on behalf of The Japanese Society of Neuropsychopharmacology https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Katsuta, Narimasa
Ito, Kanami
Fukuda, Hiroshi
Seyama, Kuniaki
Hori, Satoshi
Shida, Yuka
Nagura, Rie
Nojiri, Shuko
Sato, Hiroyuki
Elevated depressive symptoms among newer and younger healthcare workers in Japan during the COVID‐19 pandemic
title Elevated depressive symptoms among newer and younger healthcare workers in Japan during the COVID‐19 pandemic
title_full Elevated depressive symptoms among newer and younger healthcare workers in Japan during the COVID‐19 pandemic
title_fullStr Elevated depressive symptoms among newer and younger healthcare workers in Japan during the COVID‐19 pandemic
title_full_unstemmed Elevated depressive symptoms among newer and younger healthcare workers in Japan during the COVID‐19 pandemic
title_short Elevated depressive symptoms among newer and younger healthcare workers in Japan during the COVID‐19 pandemic
title_sort elevated depressive symptoms among newer and younger healthcare workers in japan during the covid‐19 pandemic
topic Micro Reports
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8646441/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34730870
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/npr2.12217
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