China News Service, January 27. According to Kyodo News, Japan’s Tokushima University Associate Professor Tetsuya Yamamoto’s team released the results of an online survey on the 26th, saying that during the spring of 2020 due to the spread of the new crown epidemic, 18% of the Respondents were in a state of depression that needed treatment, and 48% said they felt mental stress.

Data map: On January 7, 2021 local time, Tokyo, Japan, people wear masks and take to the streets.

  According to reports, the results of this online survey were implemented for approximately 11,000 people.

The survey results show that although the implementation of "relaxed movement restrictions" that rely on themselves to avoid going out, people still bear a heavy burden.

  The investigation was carried out from May 11 to 12, 2020, after the emergency declaration was issued, targeting residents of seven prefectures in the metropolitan area and the Kansai area, where the number of infected people was high.

Among the 9 questions to test depression, 18% of respondents were considered depressed.

In 2013, in other studies conducted in Japan, the figure was 8%.

  In addition, six questions including "Have you ever felt desperate" were used to test the mental stress within one month of the declaration. The results showed that 12% of people were under severe stress and 37% were mild to moderate.

In 2019, the Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare surveyed 27% of people with stress.

  The team analyzed the reasons that affect the degree of stress, including loneliness, anxiety and insomnia related to the new crown epidemic, and poor progress in work and study.

Particularly stressed are medical staff, young people under 39, and people with a history of mental illness.

The team pointed out that "it is necessary to have meticulous support to suit everyone's situation".