由于COVID-19大流行导致的工作环境变化和在紧急状态期间在日本工人中出现的创伤后应激障碍之间的关联
Tetsuro Noda1,2, Kumi Hirokawa3, Kyoko Tokunaga4
1Higashi Fuse Noda Clinic Higashiosaka Japan.
PCN reports : psychiatry and clinical neurosciences
|June 17, 2024
概括
COVID-19的工作变化增加了日本工人的疑似创伤后应激障碍 (PTSD) 风险,特别是年轻男性. 睡眠时间的减少是男女的关键预测因素,强调了针对性预防策略的必要性.
科学领域:
- 职业健康 职业健康 职业健康
- 精神病学是一个精神病学.
- 流行病学 流行病学
背景情况:
- 随着COVID-19的流行,全球的工作环境发生了重大变化.
- 了解这些变化对工人的心理影响至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 调查COVID-19流行病相关的工作环境变化与日本工人的疑似创伤后应激障碍 (PTSD) 之间的关联.
- 在疫情背景下确定PTSD的特定风险和保护因素.
主要方法:
- 在2021年2月24日至3月2日期间,对1104名日本工人进行了基于网络的调查.
- 日本版本的事件影响量级修订 (IES-R) 用于评估PTSD症状.
- 收集了与大流行有关的工作环境和生活方式变化的数据.
主要成果:
- 疑似PTSD在19.7%的受访者中被发现,男性 (22.2%) 的患病率高于女性 (17.2%).
- 疑似PTSD的风险增加与更长的在线工作时间,睡眠时间减少和酒有关.
- 年轻的年龄和较短的服役时间是男性的风险因素,而年轻的年龄和睡眠减少对女性来说是显著的.
结论:
- 工作时间较短的年轻男性特别容易患上与大流行有关的PTSD.
- 长时间在线工作和酒对男性工人构成重大风险.
- 睡眠时间的减少是男性和女性工人中疑似PTSD的关键预测因素,强调了其在预防方面的重要性.
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