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authors: (Jun Oda), 織田 順; (Seizan Tanabe), 田邉 晴山; (Tetsuro Nishimura), 西村 哲郎; (Takashi Muguruma), 六車 崇; (Shigenari Matsuyama), 松山 重成; (Yoko Sugawara), 菅原 洋子; (Shinji Ogura), 小倉 真治
title: COVID–19の第1波への対応に係るJAAM全国調査(JAAM Nationwide Survey on the response to the first wave of COVID–19 in Japan): ～第1部：医療機関はどのように診療体制を整えたか～(– Part I: How to set up a treatment system in each hospital –)
date: 2021-05-13
journal: nan
DOI: 10.1002/jja2.12599
sha: f6910ddd175e67dfe6b51452ac8e6ad7817d6105
doc_id: 64553
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Aim: To clarify how the medical institutions overcame the first wave of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID–19) in Japan and to discuss its impact on the medical labor force. Methods: We analyzed questionnaire data from the end of May 2020 from 180 hospitals (102,578 beds) certified by the Japanese Association for Acute Medicine. Results: Acute (emergency) medicine physicians treated severe COVID–19 patients in more than half of hospitals. Emergency medical teams consisted of acute medicine physicians and other specialists. Frontline acute care physicians were concerned about their risk of infection in 80% of hospitals, and experienced stress due to a lack of personal protective equipment. Twenty–six of the 143 hospitals that had a mental health check/consultation system in place indicated that there was a doctor who experienced mental health problems. Of the 37 hospitals without a system, only one hospital was aware of the presence of a doctor complaining of mental health problems. Conclusion: Acute care physicians and physicians in other departments experienced high levels of stress as they fought to arrange COVID–19 treatment teams and inpatient COVID–19 wards for infected patients. Medical materials and equipment may be sufficient for a second or third wave; however, active support is needed for the physical and mental care of medical staff. Mental health problems may be missed in facilities without mental check and consultation system.

protective equipment. Twenty-six of the 143 hospitals that had a mental health check/consultation system in place indicated that there was a doctor who experienced mental health problems. Of the 37 hospitals without a system, only one hospital was aware of the presence of a doctor complaining of mental health problems. Conclusion: Acute care physicians and physicians in other departments experienced high levels of stress as they fought to arrange COVID-19 treatment teams and inpatient COVID-19 wards for infected patients. Medical materials and equipment may be sufficient for a second or third wave; however, active support is needed for the physical and mental care of medical staff. Mental health problems may be missed in facilities without mental check and consultation system. 

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補⾜表 1(Appendix S1) ：Hospitals that participated in this survey