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ArticleDementia and geriatric cognitive disorders2022

Mental Health of Caregivers Working in Nursing Homes during the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Takumi Takahashi, Saori Ekoyama, Hirokazu Tachikawa, Haruhiko Midorikawa, Yuki Shiratori, Miho Ota, Sho Takahashi, Tetsuaki Arai

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Article in Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Takumi TakahashiDivision of Psychiatry, University of Tsukuba Hospital, Tsukuba, Japan, takahashi.takumi.gm@ms.hosp.tsukuba.ac.jp.
Saori EkoyamaDivision of Psychiatry, University of Tsukuba Hospital, Tsukuba, Japan.
Hirokazu TachikawaDivision of Clinical Medicine, Department of Disaster and Community Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan.
Haruhiko MidorikawaDivision of Psychiatry, University of Tsukuba Hospital, Tsukuba, Japan.
Yuki ShiratoriDivision of Clinical Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan.
Miho OtaDivision of Clinical Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan.
Sho TakahashiDivision of Clinical Medicine, Department of Disaster and Community Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan.
Tetsuaki AraiDivision of Clinical Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan.
University of Tsukuba · JPUniversity of Tsukuba Hospital · JP

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionThere have been numerous reports of cluster outbreaks of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in hospitals and nursing homes. Healthcare workers fighting COVID-19 experience mental health issues. Caregivers in nursing homes experienced increased psychological distress and concern about deterioration of their mental health. We conducted a large-scale web-based survey exploring mental health among caregivers working in nursing homes during the COVID-19 pandemic with the aim of identifying their support needs.

methodsSurvey participants were caregivers working at 284 nursing homes in Ibaraki prefecture, Japan. The survey period was from September 2020 to March 2021. Participants responded to a questionnaire covering gender, age, occupation, infections at facilities, infection protection, changes in nursing home users, cooperation with other medical institutions, and prejudice/discrimination. The Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) was used to evaluate participants' depression and anxiety.

resultsIn total, 676 participants completed the survey; 350 (52.5%) were with anxiety symptoms and 378 (56.7%) were with depressive symptoms (scores exceeding the HADS cut-off points). The risk for anxiety was associated with being care worker or social worker. The risk of anxiety or depression was high when family caregivers' mental state changed. DISCUSSION/

conclusionThis study found that caregivers working in nursing homes were exposed to high levels of stress during the COVID-19 pandemic and were at high risk for developing depression and anxiety.

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COVID-19PandemicsCaregiversDepressionHumansMental HealthNursing HomesSARS-CoV-2AnxietyCaregiversCOVID-19Dementia careNursing home

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