分析在日本COVID-19期间寻求心理和身体健康专业人员帮助的变化
Shinji Sakamoto1, Yudai Suzuki1, Ryoko Katsuki2
1Department of Psychology, College of Humanities and Sciences, Nihon University, Tokyo, Japan.
Psychology, health & medicine
|September 4, 2023
概括
尽管COVID-19流行病增加了疾病,但精神和身体健康专业人员的咨询率保持不变. 失业和心理因素,如人际敏感性/特权自我,与增加的医疗访问有关.
科学领域:
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
背景情况:
- COVID-19 流行病对全球健康产生了重大影响,增加了身体和精神疾病的发生率.
- 了解就业变化和心理倾向如何影响流行病期间的医疗保健寻求行为至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 为了调查COVID-19之间的关系,就业状况的转变,心理特征 (人际敏感性/特权自我) 和日本的医疗保健咨询.
- 为了确定心理和身体健康专业人员的咨询率是否因大流行影响而改变.
主要方法:
- 2020年6月进行了一项在线调查,在2019年4月的全职就业人数为1,053人.
- 收集的数据包括COVID-19爆发前后的医疗咨询频率,就业状况和心理倾向 (人际敏感性/特权自我).
- 使用后勤回归分析来确定与定期健康检查相关的因素.
主要成果:
- 卫生专业人员的总体咨询率在COVID-19大流行之前和之后的变化很小.
- 疫情后的失业或缺席假期以及人际敏感性/特权自我的较高得分与更频繁的医疗检查有显著的关联.
- 尽管疾病发病率增加,但稳定的咨询率表明,个人可能拒绝寻求专业帮助.
结论:
- 失业和特定的心理特征 (人际敏感性/特权自我) 在COVID-19大流行期间对身体和心理健康产生了负面影响.
- 这些发现表明,尽管需求增加,但医疗保健服务的潜在利用不足,突出了进入或寻求帮助行为的障碍.
- 需要进一步的研究,以了解咨询率不变的原因,并制定有针对性的干预措施.
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