Kotera Yasuhiro, Ozaki Akihiko, Miyatake Hirotomo, Tsunetoshi Chie, Nishikawa Yoshitaka, Tanimoto Tetsuya
University of Derby, Derbyshire, Derby, UK.
Jyoban Hospital of Tokiwa Foundation, Iwaki, Fukushima Japan.
Curr Psychol. 2021;40(12):6271-6274. doi: 10.1007/s12144-021-01514-z. Epub 2021 Feb 20.
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.
当前的2019冠状病毒病（COVID-19）大流行对包括日本在内的许多国家的医护人员心理健康产生了负面影响。尽管研究发现COVID-19疫情中医护人员心理健康状况不佳，但其心理健康的保护因素仍有待评估。因此，本研究旨在调查日本医护人员心理健康问题、孤独感、希望和自我同情之间的关系，并与普通人群进行比较。142名医护人员和138名普通人群完成了关于这四个构念的在线自我报告测量。进行了t检验和多元回归分析。医护人员的心理健康问题和孤独感水平高于普通人群，而希望和自我同情水平低于普通人群。孤独感是医护人员心理健康问题的最强预测因素。研究结果表明，日本的医疗工作场所可能会受益于针对工作场所孤独感采取措施，以预防医护人员出现心理健康问题。
