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Association between chronic physical conditions and depressive symptoms among hospital workers in a national medical institution designated for COVID-19 in Japan

OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to investigate the cross-sectional association between the presence of chronic physical conditions and depressive symptoms among hospital workers at a national medical institution designated for COVID-19 treatment in Tokyo, Japan. We also accounted for the combined associ...

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Autores principales: Fukunaga, Ami, Inoue, Yosuke, Yamamoto, Shohei, Miki, Takako, Hoang, Dong Van, Manandhar Shrestha, Rachana, Ishiwari, Hironori, Ishii, Masamichi, Miyo, Kengo, Konishi, Maki, Ohmagari, Norio, Mizoue, Tetsuya
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Publicado: Public Library of Science 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8989319/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35390049
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0266260
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author Fukunaga, Ami
Inoue, Yosuke
Yamamoto, Shohei
Miki, Takako
Hoang, Dong Van
Manandhar Shrestha, Rachana
Ishiwari, Hironori
Ishii, Masamichi
Miyo, Kengo
Konishi, Maki
Ohmagari, Norio
Mizoue, Tetsuya
author_facet Fukunaga, Ami
Inoue, Yosuke
Yamamoto, Shohei
Miki, Takako
Hoang, Dong Van
Manandhar Shrestha, Rachana
Ishiwari, Hironori
Ishii, Masamichi
Miyo, Kengo
Konishi, Maki
Ohmagari, Norio
Mizoue, Tetsuya
author_sort Fukunaga, Ami
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description OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to investigate the cross-sectional association between the presence of chronic physical conditions and depressive symptoms among hospital workers at a national medical institution designated for COVID-19 treatment in Tokyo, Japan. We also accounted for the combined association of chronic physical conditions and SARS-CoV-2 infection risk at work in relation to depressive symptoms, given that occupational infection risk might put additional psychological burden among those with chronic physical conditions with risk of severe COVID-19 outcome. METHODS: The study sample consisted of 2,440 staff members who participated in a health survey conducted at the national medical institution during period between October 2020 and December 2020. Participants who reported at least one chronic physical condition that were deemed risk factors of severe COVID-19 outcome were regarded as having chronic physical conditions. Depressive symptoms were assessed using the patient health questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9). We performed logistic regression analysis to assess the association between chronic physical conditions and depressive symptoms. RESULTS: Our results showed that the presence of chronic physical conditions was significantly associated with depressive symptoms (odds ratio (OR) = 1.49, 95% confidence interval (CI) = 1.10–2.02). In addition, the prevalence of depressive symptoms was significantly higher among healthcare workers with chronic physical conditions who were at a higher occupational infection risk (OR = 1.81, 95% CI = 1.04–3.16). CONCLUSION: Our findings suggest the importance of providing more assistance to those with chronic physical conditions regarding the prevention and control of mental health issues, particularly among frontline healthcare workers engaging in COVID-19-related work.
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spelling pubmed-89893192022-04-08 Association between chronic physical conditions and depressive symptoms among hospital workers in a national medical institution designated for COVID-19 in Japan Fukunaga, Ami Inoue, Yosuke Yamamoto, Shohei Miki, Takako Hoang, Dong Van Manandhar Shrestha, Rachana Ishiwari, Hironori Ishii, Masamichi Miyo, Kengo Konishi, Maki Ohmagari, Norio Mizoue, Tetsuya PLoS One Research Article OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to investigate the cross-sectional association between the presence of chronic physical conditions and depressive symptoms among hospital workers at a national medical institution designated for COVID-19 treatment in Tokyo, Japan. We also accounted for the combined association of chronic physical conditions and SARS-CoV-2 infection risk at work in relation to depressive symptoms, given that occupational infection risk might put additional psychological burden among those with chronic physical conditions with risk of severe COVID-19 outcome. METHODS: The study sample consisted of 2,440 staff members who participated in a health survey conducted at the national medical institution during period between October 2020 and December 2020. Participants who reported at least one chronic physical condition that were deemed risk factors of severe COVID-19 outcome were regarded as having chronic physical conditions. Depressive symptoms were assessed using the patient health questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9). We performed logistic regression analysis to assess the association between chronic physical conditions and depressive symptoms. RESULTS: Our results showed that the presence of chronic physical conditions was significantly associated with depressive symptoms (odds ratio (OR) = 1.49, 95% confidence interval (CI) = 1.10–2.02). In addition, the prevalence of depressive symptoms was significantly higher among healthcare workers with chronic physical conditions who were at a higher occupational infection risk (OR = 1.81, 95% CI = 1.04–3.16). CONCLUSION: Our findings suggest the importance of providing more assistance to those with chronic physical conditions regarding the prevention and control of mental health issues, particularly among frontline healthcare workers engaging in COVID-19-related work. Public Library of Science 2022-04-07 /pmc/articles/PMC8989319/ /pubmed/35390049 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0266260 Text en © 2022 Fukunaga et al https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Fukunaga, Ami
Inoue, Yosuke
Yamamoto, Shohei
Miki, Takako
Hoang, Dong Van
Manandhar Shrestha, Rachana
Ishiwari, Hironori
Ishii, Masamichi
Miyo, Kengo
Konishi, Maki
Ohmagari, Norio
Mizoue, Tetsuya
Association between chronic physical conditions and depressive symptoms among hospital workers in a national medical institution designated for COVID-19 in Japan
title Association between chronic physical conditions and depressive symptoms among hospital workers in a national medical institution designated for COVID-19 in Japan
title_full Association between chronic physical conditions and depressive symptoms among hospital workers in a national medical institution designated for COVID-19 in Japan
title_fullStr Association between chronic physical conditions and depressive symptoms among hospital workers in a national medical institution designated for COVID-19 in Japan
title_full_unstemmed Association between chronic physical conditions and depressive symptoms among hospital workers in a national medical institution designated for COVID-19 in Japan
title_short Association between chronic physical conditions and depressive symptoms among hospital workers in a national medical institution designated for COVID-19 in Japan
title_sort association between chronic physical conditions and depressive symptoms among hospital workers in a national medical institution designated for covid-19 in japan
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8989319/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35390049
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0266260
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