Mental health of medical workers in Japan during COVID-19: relationships with loneliness, hope and self-compassion
Journal article
Authors | Kotera, Y., Ozaki, Akihiko, Miyatake, Hirotomo, Tsunetoshi, Chie, Nishikawa, Yoshitaka and Tanimoto, Tetsuya |
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Abstract | The current pandemic of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has negatively impacted medical workers’ mental health in many countries including Japan. Although research identified poor mental health of medical workers in COVID-19, protective factors for their mental health remain to be appraised. Accordingly, this study aimed to investigate relationships between mental health problems, loneliness, hope and self-compassion among Japanese medical workers, and compare with the general population. Online self-report measures regarding those four constructs were completed by 142 medical workers and 138 individuals in the general population. T-tests and multiple regression analysis were performed. Medical workers had higher levels of mental health problems and loneliness, and lower levels of hope and self-compassion than the general population. Loneliness was the strongest predictor of mental health problems in the medical workers. Findings suggest that Japanese medical workplaces may benefit from targeting workplace loneliness to prevent mental health problems among the medical staff. |
Keywords | Japan; medical workers; mental health; loneliness; COVID-19 |
Year | 2021 |
Journal | Current Psychology |
Publisher | Springer |
ISSN | 1936-4733 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-021-01514-z |
Web address (URL) | http://hdl.handle.net/10545/625629 |
hdl:10545/625629 | |
Publication dates | 20 Feb 2021 |
Publication process dates | |
Deposited | 25 Feb 2021, 10:29 |
Accepted | 16 Feb 2021 |
Contributors | University of Derby, Jyoban Hospital of Tokiwa Foundation, Iwaki, Fukushima, Japan, Medical Governance Research Institute, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan, Orange Home Care Clinic, Tawara, Fukui, Japan and Kyoto University, Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan |
File | File Access Level Open |
https://repository.derby.ac.uk/item/92328/mental-health-of-medical-workers-in-japan-during-covid-19-relationships-with-loneliness-hope-and-self-compassion
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