The prevalence of psychological distress during pregnancy in Miyagi Prefecture for 3 years after the Great Eas t Japan Earthquake.
10.1186/s12199-021-00944-2
- Author:
Kaou TANOUE
1
;
Zen WATANABE
1
;
Hidekazu NISHIGORI
1
;
Noriyuki IWAMA
1
;
Michihiro SATOH
2
;
Takahisa MURAKAMI
2
;
Kousuke TANAKA
1
;
Satomi SASAKI
1
;
Kasumi SAKURAI
3
;
Mami ISHIKURO
3
;
Taku OBARA
3
;
Masatoshi SAITO
1
;
Junichi SUGAWARA
1
;
Nozomi TATSUTA
3
;
Shinichi KURIYAMA
3
;
Takahiro ARIMA
3
;
Kunihiko NAKAI
3
;
Nobuo YAEGASHI
1
;
Hirohito METOKI
4
Author Information
1. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1, Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi, 980-8574, Japan.
2. Division of Public Health, Hygiene and Epidemiology, Tohoku Medical Pharmaceutical University, 1-15-1 Fukumuro, Sendai, Miyagi, 983-8536, Japan.
3. Environment and Genome Research Center, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi, 980-8573, Japan.
4. Environment and Genome Research Center, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi, 980-8573, Japan. hmetoki@tohoku-mpu.ac.jp.
- Collective Name:Japan Environment and Children’s Study (JECS) Group
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Earthquake;
Negative life events;
Pregnant women;
Psychological distress;
Tsunami
- MeSH:
Adolescent;
Adult;
Disasters;
Earthquakes;
Female;
Humans;
Japan/epidemiology*;
Pregnancy;
Pregnancy Complications/psychology*;
Pregnant Women/psychology*;
Prevalence;
Psychological Distress;
Tsunamis;
Young Adult
- From:Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine
2021;26(1):27-27
- CountryJapan
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
BACKGROUND:To examine changes in psychological distress prevalence among pregnant women in Miyagi Prefecture, which was directly affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami, and compare it with the other, less damaged areas of Japan.
METHODS:This study was conducted in conjunction with the Japan Environment and Children`s Study. We examined 76,152 pregnant women including 8270 in Miyagi Regional Center and 67,882 in 13 other regional centers from the all-birth fixed data of the Japan Environment and Children's Study. We then compared the prevalence and risk of distress in women in Miyagi Regional Center and women in the 13 regional centers for 3 years after the disaster.
RESULTS:Women in the Miyagi Regional Center suffered more psychological distress than those in the 13 regional centers: OR 1.38 (95% CI, 1.03-1.87) to 1.92 (95% CI, 1.42-2.60). Additionally, women in the inland area had a consistently higher prevalence of psychological distress compared to those from the 13 regional centers: OR 1.67 (95% CI, 1.18-2.38) to 2.19 (95% CI, 1.60-2.99).
CONCLUSIONS:The lack of pre-disaster data in the Japan Environment and Children's Study made it impossible to compare the incidence of psychological distress before and after the March 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake. However, 3 years after the Great East Japan Earthquake, the prevalence of pregnant women with psychological distress did not improve in Miyagi Regional Center. Further, the prevalence of mental illness in inland areas was consistently higher than that in the 13 regional centers after the disaster.
