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AUTHOR(S) Yusuke Kusumi; Mitsuaki Tominaga; Hironobu Nagasawa (et al.)
AUTHOR(S) Takuto Naito; Yasutake Tomata; Tatsui Otsuka (et al.)
AUTHOR(S) Hajime Takeuchi; Sharanya Napier-Raman; Osamagbe Asemota (et al.)
The COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately affected vulnerable children and youth. In Japan, despite evidence that the paediatric age group holds a lower risk of infection than the older population, there was a nationwide closure of schools as an early public health measure. Acknowledging that school closures brought heightened psychological and physical stress among Japanese children, we aimed to explore vulnerable children’s experiences of the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan, focusing on socially disadvantaged subset of the population. This study used an adapted version of the ‘Perceived Stress Scale for Children’, with additional free-text space, delivered online to children attending three non-profit organisations which provide support for this group of vulnerable persons and families experiencing social disadvantage. Simple descriptive analysis was undertaken on the quantitative data; we used thematic and content analysis for the qualitative data.
AUTHOR(S) Riyo Ueda; Takashi Okada; Yosuke Kita (et al.)
AUTHOR(S) Hiroyuki Kuromiya; Rwitajit Majumdar; Gou Miyabe (et al.)
AUTHOR(S) Sho Fujihara; Takahiro Tabuchi
This study expands on previous studies that have investigated the impact of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on mental health in two ways. It first model the change in mental health, then examine the various factors that predict changes in psychological distress. Longitudinal surveys were conducted once each in 2015, 2017, and 2019 on mothers and their children born between April 2000 and March 2001 (n = 1854), and three times in 2020 (February, July, and December) on the children in Japan. A latent growth curve model with four time points from December 2019 to December 2020 was used to depict the changes in the psychological distress of youths and to examine the factor associated with the level and change in psychological distress.
AUTHOR(S) Chika Ueno; Shuichi Yamamoto
Pediatricians report that patients’ physical and psychological complaints increase after long periods of school closures in Japan, such as summer vacations. It has been reported that the number of children who commit suicide is greatest in September in Japan (1); therefore, the Japanese government has alerted pediatricians and parents to pay attention to subtle changes in children when they are due to return to school. Hence, long school closures seem to affect children’s physical and psychological status. This was a cross-sectional study conducted in July 2020, which enrolled students from all four public elementary schools in Miyaki-Machi, a suburban town in Saga prefecture, Japan. Parents received a letter describing the study and a questionnaire to be returned to the school by July 30 after completion. Participants were offered no financial incentive.
AUTHOR(S) Kosuke Tanioka; Momoko Kayaba; Sayaka Tomishima (et al.)
AUTHOR(S) Yuma Ishimoto; Takahiro Yamane; Yuki Matsumoto
AUTHOR(S) Tomoko Omiya; Naoko Deguchi; Yumiko Sakata (et al.)
AUTHOR(S) Hiromichi Hagihara; Nozomi Yamamoto; Xianwei Meng (et al.)
AUTHOR(S) Chiaki Hayano; Shuichi Shimakawa; Miho Fukui (et al.)
This study investigated the impact of COVID-19 pandemic school closures on the mental health of school students with chronic diseases. Questionnaires were distributed from 4th-9th grade students diagnosed with chronic diseases at Osaka Medical College Hospital and their parents or caregivers. Questionnaires from 286 families were returned by mail after schools reopened. The students were divided into the “psychosomatic disorder” group (P, n = 42), “developmental disorder” group (D, n = 89), and “other disease” group (O, n = 155). Using students’ self-report on the Questionnaire for Triage and Assessment with 30 items (QTA30), this study assessed the proportion of students having a high risk of psychosomatic disorder in three groups. It investigated how the students requiring the support of somatic symptom (SS) felt about school during school closure. Further, using parents’ and caregivers’ answers, SS scores were calculated before and during school closure and after school reopening.
AUTHOR(S) Xiang Li; Dandan Jiao; Munenori Matsumoto (et al.)
AUTHOR(S) Yui Yamaoka; Aya Isumi; Satomi Doi (et al.)
AUTHOR(S) Kim Hyunshik; Ma Jiameng; Lee Sunkyoung (et al.)
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