Long-Term, Community-based Approach for Affected People Having Problems With Mental Health and Lifestyle Issues After the 2011 Fukushima Disaster: the Fukushima Health Management Survey
A Mental Health and Lifestyle Survey (MHLS) has been conducted yearly as part of the Fukushima Health Management Survey since 2012, in order to monitor different health issues related to long-term evacuation of affected people after the 2011 Fukushima disaster. This survey is a mail-based one of nea...
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| author | Masaharu Maeda Mayumi Harigane Naoko Horikoshi Yui Takebayashi Hideki Sato Atsushi Takahashi Maho Momoi Saori Goto Yuichi Oikawa Rie Mizuki Itaru Miura Shuntaro Itagaki Hirooki Yabe Tetsuya Ohira Seiji Yasumura Hitoshi Ohto Kenji Kamiya |
| author_facet | Masaharu Maeda Mayumi Harigane Naoko Horikoshi Yui Takebayashi Hideki Sato Atsushi Takahashi Maho Momoi Saori Goto Yuichi Oikawa Rie Mizuki Itaru Miura Shuntaro Itagaki Hirooki Yabe Tetsuya Ohira Seiji Yasumura Hitoshi Ohto Kenji Kamiya |
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| description | A Mental Health and Lifestyle Survey (MHLS) has been conducted yearly as part of the Fukushima Health Management Survey since 2012, in order to monitor different health issues related to long-term evacuation of affected people after the 2011 Fukushima disaster. This survey is a mail-based one of nearly 210,000 affected people living in the evacuation zone at the time of the disaster. Another purpose of the MHLS is to provide efficient interventions by telephone based on the results of the survey. Significant findings contributing to understanding of non-radiological health effects caused by long-term evacuation were obtained from the MHLS, directly connecting to telephone-based interventions for over 3,000 respondents per year. In this article, the mental health outcomes of the MHLS, including depressive symptoms and posttraumatic responses, are reviewed, and the usefulness of telephone-based interventions is discussed. The evidence showed that, despite improvement of core mental health outcomes, the prevalence of respondents at high risk of some psychiatric problems remained high compared to that among the general population in Japan. In particular, several mental health consequences of respondents staying outside of Fukushima Prefecture were higher than those staying inside Fukushima. Along with further efforts to increase the response rate, we need to continue and modify the MHLS to meet the requirements of the affected people and communities. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e8191378d05c40a786c322c4bb1209562022-12-22T03:47:57ZengJapan Epidemiological AssociationJournal of Epidemiology0917-50401349-90922022-12-0132Suppl 12S47S5610.2188/jea.JE20210178Long-Term, Community-based Approach for Affected People Having Problems With Mental Health and Lifestyle Issues After the 2011 Fukushima Disaster: the Fukushima Health Management SurveyMasaharu Maeda0Mayumi Harigane1Naoko Horikoshi2Yui Takebayashi3Hideki Sato4Atsushi Takahashi5Maho Momoi6Saori Goto7Yuichi Oikawa8Rie Mizuki9Itaru Miura10Shuntaro Itagaki11Hirooki Yabe12Tetsuya Ohira13Seiji Yasumura14Hitoshi Ohto15Kenji Kamiya16Department of Disaster Psychiatry, Fukushima Medical University School of Medicine, Fukushima, JapanRadiation Medical Science Center for the Fukushima Health Management Survey, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, JapanRadiation Medical Science Center for the Fukushima Health Management Survey, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, JapanDepartment of Disaster Psychiatry, Fukushima Medical University School of Medicine, Fukushima, JapanDepartment of Disaster Psychiatry, Fukushima Medical University School of Medicine, Fukushima, JapanRadiation Medical Science Center for the Fukushima Health Management Survey, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, JapanDepartment of Disaster Psychiatry, Fukushima Medical University School of Medicine, Fukushima, JapanDepartment of Disaster Psychiatry, Fukushima Medical University School of Medicine, Fukushima, JapanRadiation Medical Science Center for the Fukushima Health Management Survey, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, JapanRadiation Medical Science Center for the Fukushima Health Management Survey, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, JapanRadiation Medical Science Center for the Fukushima Health Management Survey, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, JapanRadiation Medical Science Center for the Fukushima Health Management Survey, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, JapanRadiation Medical Science Center for the Fukushima Health Management Survey, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, JapanRadiation Medical Science Center for the Fukushima Health Management Survey, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, JapanRadiation Medical Science Center for the Fukushima Health Management Survey, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, JapanRadiation Medical Science Center for the Fukushima Health Management Survey, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, JapanRadiation Medical Science Center for the Fukushima Health Management Survey, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, JapanA Mental Health and Lifestyle Survey (MHLS) has been conducted yearly as part of the Fukushima Health Management Survey since 2012, in order to monitor different health issues related to long-term evacuation of affected people after the 2011 Fukushima disaster. This survey is a mail-based one of nearly 210,000 affected people living in the evacuation zone at the time of the disaster. Another purpose of the MHLS is to provide efficient interventions by telephone based on the results of the survey. Significant findings contributing to understanding of non-radiological health effects caused by long-term evacuation were obtained from the MHLS, directly connecting to telephone-based interventions for over 3,000 respondents per year. In this article, the mental health outcomes of the MHLS, including depressive symptoms and posttraumatic responses, are reviewed, and the usefulness of telephone-based interventions is discussed. The evidence showed that, despite improvement of core mental health outcomes, the prevalence of respondents at high risk of some psychiatric problems remained high compared to that among the general population in Japan. In particular, several mental health consequences of respondents staying outside of Fukushima Prefecture were higher than those staying inside Fukushima. Along with further efforts to increase the response rate, we need to continue and modify the MHLS to meet the requirements of the affected people and communities.https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jea/32/Supplement_XII/32_JE20210178/_pdffukushima disastermental healthdepressionposttraumatic stress disorderproblem drinking |
| spellingShingle | Masaharu Maeda Mayumi Harigane Naoko Horikoshi Yui Takebayashi Hideki Sato Atsushi Takahashi Maho Momoi Saori Goto Yuichi Oikawa Rie Mizuki Itaru Miura Shuntaro Itagaki Hirooki Yabe Tetsuya Ohira Seiji Yasumura Hitoshi Ohto Kenji Kamiya Long-Term, Community-based Approach for Affected People Having Problems With Mental Health and Lifestyle Issues After the 2011 Fukushima Disaster: the Fukushima Health Management Survey Journal of Epidemiology fukushima disaster mental health depression posttraumatic stress disorder problem drinking |
| title | Long-Term, Community-based Approach for Affected People Having Problems With Mental Health and Lifestyle Issues After the 2011 Fukushima Disaster: the Fukushima Health Management Survey |
| title_full | Long-Term, Community-based Approach for Affected People Having Problems With Mental Health and Lifestyle Issues After the 2011 Fukushima Disaster: the Fukushima Health Management Survey |
| title_fullStr | Long-Term, Community-based Approach for Affected People Having Problems With Mental Health and Lifestyle Issues After the 2011 Fukushima Disaster: the Fukushima Health Management Survey |
| title_full_unstemmed | Long-Term, Community-based Approach for Affected People Having Problems With Mental Health and Lifestyle Issues After the 2011 Fukushima Disaster: the Fukushima Health Management Survey |
| title_short | Long-Term, Community-based Approach for Affected People Having Problems With Mental Health and Lifestyle Issues After the 2011 Fukushima Disaster: the Fukushima Health Management Survey |
| title_sort | long term community based approach for affected people having problems with mental health and lifestyle issues after the 2011 fukushima disaster the fukushima health management survey |
| topic | fukushima disaster mental health depression posttraumatic stress disorder problem drinking |
| url | https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jea/32/Supplement_XII/32_JE20210178/_pdf |
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