A research group consisting of Assistant Professor Naoki Ikeya of Yokohama City University School of Medicine and Researcher Naoki Kuroda of Wayne State University in the United States collaborated with 25 epilepsy medical facilities in Japan to investigate the impact of corona illness on epilepsy medical care in Japan. , 35.2% of brain wave testers were found to have mental stress.
The research group sent a questionnaire to 25 clinical laboratory engineers working at 173 epilepsy medical facilities in the country.Of the 142 respondents, 128 respondents involved in the EEG examination were analyzed.
According to the report, 35.2% of the total suffered from psychological stress due to corona.Specific causes of stress include the fact that the laboratory technician's own gender is female, that he is living separately from his family because he is a medical worker, that tests for patients suspected of having a new coronavirus infection, and the economy. Deterioration of medical treatment was mentioned.
Healthcare workers are thought to be exposed to mental stress due to various factors due to the corona sickness.Among them, the electroencephalogram technician has many opportunities to come into contact with the patient at a short distance due to the characteristics of the examination, and it has been considered that he / she is under more stress.However, the actual situation has not been sufficiently investigated.
The research group believes that checking the causes of stress that emerged in the survey will be useful in the mental health of EEG technicians amid the prolonged corona illness.
