Life Alterations and Stress During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Japan: Two-Time Comparison

Junko Okuyama; Shuji Seto; Yu Fukuda; Kiyoshiito; Fumihiko Imamura; Shunichi Funakoshi; Shin Ichi Izumi

doi:10.20965/jdr.2022.p0043

Life Alterations and Stress During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Japan: Two-Time Comparison

Junko Okuyama, Shuji Seto, Yu Fukuda, Kiyoshiito, Fumihiko Imamura, Shunichi Funakoshi, Shin Ichi Izumi

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No other infectious disease that has had a long-lasting impact on humanity in recent times has caused as much hardship as the coronavirus disease, COVID-19. While several cross-sectional surveys have reported the effects of the pandemic on daily life, there have been very few longitudinal reports from Japan. There-fore, we conducted web-based questionnaire surveys 131 and 610 days after the first case of COVID-19 infection was reported in Japan. There were 244 and 220 participants in the first and second surveys, respectively. The percentage of participants who felt stressed increased from 76 to 97% from the first to the second survey, while the frequency of going out and playing sports/exercising did not change. Regarding the problems faced due to COVID-19, the number of people who mentioned the word “stress” increased significantly in the second survey. The changes in perceived stress under difficult circumstances over a pe-riod of time can aid prediction and support during the COVID-19 pandemic in the future.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	43-50
Number of pages	8
Journal	Journal of Disaster Research
Volume	17
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.20965/jdr.2022.p0043
Publication status	Published - 2022 Feb

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COVID-19 pandemic
Longitudinal survey
Stress
Web-based survey

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