Kazuhiro Watanabe, a graduate student in the field of mental health at the University of Tokyo, and Professor Norito Kawakami announced on September 9 that "Pokémon GO" conducted a survey on the effects of improving the mental health of workers.
It has been discussed in various ways that the smartphone game app "Pokémon GO" improves the mental health of workers.However, most of them were based on anecdotal evidence and expert opinion.This time, the research group targeted 2015 full-time employees and full-time employees residing in Japan, who had been tracking since November 11, and whether or not they have continued to play "Pokémon GO" on the Internet for one month or more in December 2,530. , And the degree of psychological stress response were investigated.
As a result, workers who played "Pokémon GO" continuously for more than a month (1 people, 246%) had a psychological stress response one year later than those who did not (9.7 people, 2,284%). It was significantly reduced.
This result is said to be the first study in the world to show the effect of "Pokémon GO" on improving mental health.By popularizing such smartphone game apps, it is expected to greatly contribute to improving the mental health of workers.
Paper information:[Scientific Reports] Pokémon GO and psychological distress, physical distresss, and work performance among adult workers: a retrospective study
