COVID-19に対する医療従事者の回復力と感情的反応をTwitterで分析する:遡及的コホートとマッチング比較グループ研究
Noa Tal1, Idan-Chaim Cohen2, Aviad Elyashar3
1Department of Software and Information Systems Engineering, Faculty of Engineering Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel.
Journal of medical Internet research
|September 3, 2025
まとめ
医療従事者 (HCP) は,一般の人々と比較して,COVID-19のパンデミックの間,悲しみと恐怖を感じた. 彼らの感情的な傾向は パンデミックの進行と相関しており 標的型支援の必要性を強調しています
科学分野:
- 公衆衛生
- 心理学
- 社会学
背景:
- 医療制度は,COVID-19のパンデミックで重大な感情的な課題に直面した医療従事者 (HCP) に依存しています.
- 医療従事者の感情的反応を理解することは,公衆衛生危機の際に効果的な支援戦略を策定する上で極めて重要です.
- この研究は,HPの感情的反応を,パンデミックの異なる段階における非HPと比較しています.
研究 の 目的:
- 医療従事者と非医療従事者の感情的反応を比較する.
- 感情的反応と米国でのパンデミック進化の関連を調査する.
- 医療従事者の感情が パンデミック進行の早期の指標として機能するかどうかを評価する.
主な方法:
- 1450人の医療従事者および1387人の非医療従事者による8,723,404件のツイート (2019年1月~2022年5月) を分析したコホート研究です.
- 医療従事者はTwitterのプロフィールデータと機械学習による分類を用いて特定された.
- 感情 (恐怖,悲しみ,喜び,嫌悪感,驚き,怒り) は,影響の大きさを用いて5つのパンデミックフェーズで調査され,パンデミック進行と相関していました.
主要な成果:
- 医療従事者は,非医療従事者と比較して,大流行の初期により大きな悲しみと恐怖を示しました.
- 医療従事者は怒りや驚き 嫌悪感が減ったと報告しましたが 2期以降は喜びが増加しました
- ほとんどの感情は正常化しましたが,HCPの悲しみは高まっています. 感情的な傾向はパンデミックの進行と有意に相関しています.
結論:
- 保健医療従事者は,非保健医療従事者と比較して,COVID-19 パンデミックの間,独特の感情的反応と回復力を示しました.
- 発見は,将来の緊急事態において,医療従事者向けに標的を絞った支援戦略の必要性を強調しています.
- 医療従事者のソーシャル・メディアデータは 福祉の監視と公衆衛生上の懸念を示すための 補完的なツールとして役立つ.
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