1. A Cross-sectional Study on the Impact of Unfair Treatment Associated With COVID-19 Infection and Psychological Distress in Japanese Workers.
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Hirofumi Tesen, Yusuke Konno, Seiichiro Tateishi, Kosuke Mafune, Mayumi Tsuji, Hajime Ando, Tomohisa Nagata, Ryutaro Matsugaki, Reiji Yoshimura, and Yoshihisa Fujino
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EMPLOYEE psychology , *JAPANESE people , *COVID-19 , *CONFIDENCE intervals , *DISCRIMINATION (Sociology) , *CROSS-sectional method , *SOCIAL stigma , *REGRESSION analysis , *SURVEYS , *PSYCHOSOCIAL factors , *DESCRIPTIVE statistics , *SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC factors , *STATISTICAL correlation , *ODDS ratio , *DATA analysis software , *PSYCHOLOGICAL distress - Abstract
Objective: Psychological distress is commonly reported sequela in COVID-19-infected people. We investigated the association between experiencing COVID-19 infection and psychological distress in Japan. Method: A total of 14,901 persons who participated in a follow-up survey in December 2022 were included in the analysis. Odds ratios and regression coefficients were estimated by statistical analysis, with history of COVID-19 infection as the independent variable and presence of psychological distress as the dependent variable. Result: Experiencing COVID-19 infection was associated with psychological distress. In a model adjusted for "feeling treated unfairly," the association between infection experience and a high K.6 score was significantly attenuated. Conclusions: The results showed that the experience of COVID-19 infection is associated with psychological distress. Moreover, most cases of psychological distress among those who experienced COVID-19 infection can be at least partly explained by a perception of unfair treatment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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