在韩国移民工人中分析心理健康转变:在COVID-19时代和之后的一项比较研究
Shiva Raj Acharya1,2, Yong Chul Shin3, Deog Hwan Moon1
1Department of Health Sciences, Busan Medical Campus, Inje University, Busan, Republic of Korea.
Clinical nursing research
|September 20, 2024
概括
与大流行后相比,移民工人在COVID-19期间经历了明显更高的抑郁和焦虑. 生活和就业状况等因素影响了抑郁症,而社会救济基金和就业状况影响了焦虑.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 心理健康研究 心理健康研究
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
背景情况:
- 移民工人面临着对心理健康问题的高度脆弱性,特别是在COVID-19等全球卫生危机期间.
- COVID-19大流行带来了独特的挑战,影响了全球移民人口的心理健康.
- 了解移民工人心理健康的时间变化对于有针对性的干预至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 调查韩国移民工人中抑郁和焦虑水平的变化.
- 为了比较COVID-19大流行期间和之后的心理健康结果.
- 在这个脆弱群体中确定与心理健康变化相关的因素.
主要方法:
- 一项基于人口的定量研究,涉及830名韩国移民工人.
- 数据收集发生在两个不同的时期:2020年8月至2021年1月 (在COVID-19期间) 和2023年6月至9月 (在COVID-19之后).
- 用患者健康问卷-9 (PHQ-9) 评估抑郁症和通用焦虑障碍-7 (GAD-7) 评估精神健康.
主要成果:
- 移民工人在COVID-19期间报告了抑郁症 (15.99比8.78) 和焦虑症 (11.02比6.97) 的平均得分显著更高.
- 在大流行期间,严重抑郁症 (30.4%vs. 8.2%) 和严重焦虑症 (24.1%vs. 5.3%) 的患病率显著增加.
- 生活和就业状况显著影响了抑郁症得分,而社会救济基金和就业状况影响了焦虑得分.
结论:
- 韩国的移民工人在COVID-19大流行期间经历了明显的抑郁和焦虑增加.
- 疫情后,心理健康指标显著改善,突显了疫情的影响.
- 加强社会支持,确保就业稳定,并提供定期的健康检查对于减轻移民工人中精神健康障碍至关重要.
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