A medical worker who rescued a new type of coronavirus infection outside the hospital, and suffered from physical and mental fatigue and mental distress during the peritraumatic period (during and immediately after the traumatic experience). A study by Hiroki Asaoka, a graduate student of the Graduate School of Medicine, the University of Tokyo, and Daisuke Nishi, was found to be associated with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
Asaoka graduate students and others responded from 2020 medical workers who engaged in new corona relief activities outside the hospital from February to March 2 in collaboration with the disaster dispatch medical team and disaster dispatch psychiatric medical team of the National Hospital Organization Headquarters. Was analyzed.The breakdown is 3% for men, with an average age of 331 years, including doctors, nurses, and work coordinators, of whom 74.6 are in contact with patients with new coronavirus infections during their activities.
According to the report, physical and mental fatigue of medical personnel and mental distress during the peritraumatic period were associated with post-traumatic stress disorder, and members of the disaster dispatch medical team were assigned to the disaster dispatch mental medical team. A strong association with post-traumatic stress disorder was found by the members of the group.
Asaoka and colleagues believe that contact with patients with the new coronavirus infection during relief efforts may be associated with post-traumatic stress disorders.Healthcare workers working to rescue new infectious diseases such as the new corona need to have enough time for self-care to prevent mental health problems during the relief efforts.
Paper information:[Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences] Post-traumatic stress symptoms among medical rescue workers exposed to COVID -19 in Japan