The Japanese population is known for its longest life expectancy (LE) at birth. Extensive studies have been conducted on the physical health of the Japanese population, mainly on mortality outcomes.
Sophia UniversityOct 22 2024 The Japanese population is known for its longest life expectancy at birth. Extensive studies have been conducted on the physical health of the Japanese population, mainly on mortality outcomes. However, research on mental health is limited due to the social stigma against mental illnesses. This is alarming since mental health problems such as anxiety, substance use disorders, and suicide rates have largely increased over the years.
Against this backdrop, Associate Professor Yuka Minagawa from the Faculty of Liberal Arts, Sophia University, assessed the trends in the relationship between physical and mental health in terms of health expectancy-;the average number of years a person is likely to live in a specific state of health-;among the Japanese population between 2010 and 2022. Notably, this study is the first to use psychological distress data to compute health expectancy in Japan.
To this end, mortality data was extracted from life tables published by the Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare , and psychological distress data was taken from the Comprehensive Survey of Living Conditions , also conducted by the MHLW. The prevalence of psychological distress was measured using the Japanese version of the Kessler Psychological Distress Scale 6.
Related StoriesInitially, distress-free LE decreased for men and women of all ages between 2010 and 2013, likely due to psychosocial stressors such as the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami. However, it improved through 2022. This increase in distress-free LE from 2019 to 2022, despite the COVID-19 pandemic, does not imply that the mental health of the Japanese population was unaffected.
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