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Relationships between Occupational Stress, Change in Work Environment during the COVID-19 Pandemic, and Depressive and Anxiety Symptoms among Non-Healthcare Workers in Japan: A Cross-Sectional Study

This study aims to clarify the effect of occupational stress and changes in the work environment on non-healthcare workers’ (HCWs) mental health during the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan. A web-based, cross-sectional survey was conducted from 16 to 17 December 2020. Data from 807 non-H...

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Autores principales: Deguchi, Yasuhiko, Iwasaki, Shinichi, Niki, Akihiro, Kadowaki, Aya, Hirota, Tomoyuki, Shirahama, Yoshiki, Nakamichi, Yoko, Okawa, Yutaro, Uesaka, Yuki, Inoue, Koki
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8775764/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35055803
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19020983
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author Deguchi, Yasuhiko
Iwasaki, Shinichi
Niki, Akihiro
Kadowaki, Aya
Hirota, Tomoyuki
Shirahama, Yoshiki
Nakamichi, Yoko
Okawa, Yutaro
Uesaka, Yuki
Inoue, Koki
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Iwasaki, Shinichi
Niki, Akihiro
Kadowaki, Aya
Hirota, Tomoyuki
Shirahama, Yoshiki
Nakamichi, Yoko
Okawa, Yutaro
Uesaka, Yuki
Inoue, Koki
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description This study aims to clarify the effect of occupational stress and changes in the work environment on non-healthcare workers’ (HCWs) mental health during the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan. A web-based, cross-sectional survey was conducted from 16 to 17 December 2020. Data from 807 non-HCWs were included. We evaluated occupational stress using the Generic Job Stress Questionnaire (GJSQ). Depressive and anxiety symptoms were assessed using the Japanese version of the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 and the Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7-item scale, respectively. We collected demographic variables, work-related variables, and the variables associated with COVID-19. The adjusted odds ratios for depressive and anxiety groups were estimated using multivariate logistic regression analyses, adjusted for all the demographic variables, work-related variables, COVID-19-related variables, and the six subdivided GJSQ subscales. The results confirm a relationship between variance in workload, job future ambiguity, social support from coworkers, having contact with COVID-19 patients, and depressive and anxiety symptoms. Paying attention to job future ambiguity, the variance in workload at the workplace and individual perspectives, promoting contact and support among coworkers using online communication tools, and reducing contact with COVID-19 patients, will be useful for decreasing the depressive and anxiety symptoms among non-HCWs.
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spelling pubmed-87757642022-01-21 Relationships between Occupational Stress, Change in Work Environment during the COVID-19 Pandemic, and Depressive and Anxiety Symptoms among Non-Healthcare Workers in Japan: A Cross-Sectional Study Deguchi, Yasuhiko Iwasaki, Shinichi Niki, Akihiro Kadowaki, Aya Hirota, Tomoyuki Shirahama, Yoshiki Nakamichi, Yoko Okawa, Yutaro Uesaka, Yuki Inoue, Koki Int J Environ Res Public Health Article This study aims to clarify the effect of occupational stress and changes in the work environment on non-healthcare workers’ (HCWs) mental health during the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan. A web-based, cross-sectional survey was conducted from 16 to 17 December 2020. Data from 807 non-HCWs were included. We evaluated occupational stress using the Generic Job Stress Questionnaire (GJSQ). Depressive and anxiety symptoms were assessed using the Japanese version of the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 and the Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7-item scale, respectively. We collected demographic variables, work-related variables, and the variables associated with COVID-19. The adjusted odds ratios for depressive and anxiety groups were estimated using multivariate logistic regression analyses, adjusted for all the demographic variables, work-related variables, COVID-19-related variables, and the six subdivided GJSQ subscales. The results confirm a relationship between variance in workload, job future ambiguity, social support from coworkers, having contact with COVID-19 patients, and depressive and anxiety symptoms. Paying attention to job future ambiguity, the variance in workload at the workplace and individual perspectives, promoting contact and support among coworkers using online communication tools, and reducing contact with COVID-19 patients, will be useful for decreasing the depressive and anxiety symptoms among non-HCWs. MDPI 2022-01-16 /pmc/articles/PMC8775764/ /pubmed/35055803 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19020983 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Nakamichi, Yoko
Okawa, Yutaro
Uesaka, Yuki
Inoue, Koki
Relationships between Occupational Stress, Change in Work Environment during the COVID-19 Pandemic, and Depressive and Anxiety Symptoms among Non-Healthcare Workers in Japan: A Cross-Sectional Study
title Relationships between Occupational Stress, Change in Work Environment during the COVID-19 Pandemic, and Depressive and Anxiety Symptoms among Non-Healthcare Workers in Japan: A Cross-Sectional Study
title_full Relationships between Occupational Stress, Change in Work Environment during the COVID-19 Pandemic, and Depressive and Anxiety Symptoms among Non-Healthcare Workers in Japan: A Cross-Sectional Study
title_fullStr Relationships between Occupational Stress, Change in Work Environment during the COVID-19 Pandemic, and Depressive and Anxiety Symptoms among Non-Healthcare Workers in Japan: A Cross-Sectional Study
title_full_unstemmed Relationships between Occupational Stress, Change in Work Environment during the COVID-19 Pandemic, and Depressive and Anxiety Symptoms among Non-Healthcare Workers in Japan: A Cross-Sectional Study
title_short Relationships between Occupational Stress, Change in Work Environment during the COVID-19 Pandemic, and Depressive and Anxiety Symptoms among Non-Healthcare Workers in Japan: A Cross-Sectional Study
title_sort relationships between occupational stress, change in work environment during the covid-19 pandemic, and depressive and anxiety symptoms among non-healthcare workers in japan: a cross-sectional study
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8775764/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35055803
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19020983
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