Health-Related Quality of Life during COVID-19 Pandemic: Assessing Impacts of Job Loss and Financial Support Programs in Japan.
Allowance
EQ-5D
Euro-QoL
SARS-CoV-2
Socioeconomic status
Subsidy
Journal
Applied research in quality of life
ISSN: 1871-2584
Titre abrégé: Appl Res Qual Life
Pays: Netherlands
ID NLM: 101313787
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
2022
2022
Historique:
received:
02
12
2020
accepted:
05
01
2021
pubmed:
9
2
2021
medline:
9
2
2021
entrez:
8
2
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
This cross-sectional study examined the association between job loss during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in the Japanese working population and whether universal financial support program has a protective influence on the HRQOL. Two self-reported internet surveys were used to determine job loss during the pandemic: one was conducted between February and March 2020, just before the COVID-19 emergency declaration by the Japanese government (April 2020), and the other was conducted between August and September 2020. For the dependent variable, we used the EQ-5D-5L utility score (QOL utility score), which was assessed between August and September 2020. The independent variables were job loss after the state of emergency was declared and two types of government financial support (either universal support or support targeting child-raising households). The Tobit regression model was applied, adjusting for covariates. Job loss during the pandemic was negatively associated with the QOL utility score in the fully adjusted model; the coefficient (95% confidence interval [CI]) for job loss during the pandemic was -0.07 (-0.11 to -0.03). For the government financial support variables, the universal financial support program was associated with a better QOL utility score of the coefficient (95% CI), 0.05 (0.03 to 0.08). Job loss during the COVID-19 pandemic is negatively associated with HRQOL, while universal financial support is positively associated with HRQOL. Our study results imply that universal financial support during the COVID-19 era has a protective influence on an individual's HRQOL. The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s11482-021-09918-6.
Identifiants
pubmed: 33552309
doi: 10.1007/s11482-021-09918-6
pii: 9918
pmc: PMC7846494
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
541-557Informations de copyright
© The International Society for Quality-of-Life Studies (ISQOLS) and Springer Nature B.V. 2021.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Competing InterestsNone
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