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Psychological Distress among University Staff before and during the COVID-19 Pandemic
(1) Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has distressed many populations worldwide, and since its beginning, many institutes have performed cross-sectional studies to assess mental health. We longitudinally examined psychological distress and depressive symptoms among university staff in Japan from 201...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9915217/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36767575 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20032208 |
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author | Tanifuji, Takaki Mouri, Kentaro Yamamoto, Yasuji Aoyama, Shinsuke |
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description | (1) Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has distressed many populations worldwide, and since its beginning, many institutes have performed cross-sectional studies to assess mental health. We longitudinally examined psychological distress and depressive symptoms among university staff in Japan from 2019 to 2021, before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.; (2) Methods: Participants were teachers and hospital staff working at institutions related to Kobe University, who completed the Brief Job Stress Questionnaire (BJSQ) from 2019 to 2021. This study used the definition recommended by the guideline to identify high-stress. We analyzed the relationship between those who identified as having high-stress before versus during the COVID-19 pandemic using logistic regression analysis (adjusted for age, sex, and occupation).; (3) Results: Results showed that Stress Reaction scores increased slightly in 2020 and significantly in 2021. Time and other factors had a synergistic effect on mental health. The increase in Stress Reaction was significantly associated with females and nurses over the three years. Those with high-stress in 2019 had approximately twenty-fold odds ratios (OR) of having high-stress in 2020 and 2021.; (4) Conclusions: The long-term COVID-19 pandemic may disturb university staff’s mental health. Those who originally experienced high levels of stress were vulnerable to the negative effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. |
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spelling | pubmed-99152172023-02-11 Psychological Distress among University Staff before and during the COVID-19 Pandemic Tanifuji, Takaki Mouri, Kentaro Yamamoto, Yasuji Aoyama, Shinsuke Int J Environ Res Public Health Article (1) Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has distressed many populations worldwide, and since its beginning, many institutes have performed cross-sectional studies to assess mental health. We longitudinally examined psychological distress and depressive symptoms among university staff in Japan from 2019 to 2021, before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.; (2) Methods: Participants were teachers and hospital staff working at institutions related to Kobe University, who completed the Brief Job Stress Questionnaire (BJSQ) from 2019 to 2021. This study used the definition recommended by the guideline to identify high-stress. We analyzed the relationship between those who identified as having high-stress before versus during the COVID-19 pandemic using logistic regression analysis (adjusted for age, sex, and occupation).; (3) Results: Results showed that Stress Reaction scores increased slightly in 2020 and significantly in 2021. Time and other factors had a synergistic effect on mental health. The increase in Stress Reaction was significantly associated with females and nurses over the three years. Those with high-stress in 2019 had approximately twenty-fold odds ratios (OR) of having high-stress in 2020 and 2021.; (4) Conclusions: The long-term COVID-19 pandemic may disturb university staff’s mental health. Those who originally experienced high levels of stress were vulnerable to the negative effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. MDPI 2023-01-26 /pmc/articles/PMC9915217/ /pubmed/36767575 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20032208 Text en © 2023 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/). |
spellingShingle | Article Tanifuji, Takaki Mouri, Kentaro Yamamoto, Yasuji Aoyama, Shinsuke Psychological Distress among University Staff before and during the COVID-19 Pandemic |
title | Psychological Distress among University Staff before and during the COVID-19 Pandemic |
title_full | Psychological Distress among University Staff before and during the COVID-19 Pandemic |
title_fullStr | Psychological Distress among University Staff before and during the COVID-19 Pandemic |
title_full_unstemmed | Psychological Distress among University Staff before and during the COVID-19 Pandemic |
title_short | Psychological Distress among University Staff before and during the COVID-19 Pandemic |
title_sort | psychological distress among university staff before and during the covid-19 pandemic |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9915217/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36767575 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20032208 |
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