Exploratory Study on Psychosocial Impact of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) Outbreak on Chinese Students Living in Japan
Identifieur interne : 000036 ( Istex/Corpus ); précédent : 000035; suivant : 000037Exploratory Study on Psychosocial Impact of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) Outbreak on Chinese Students Living in Japan
Auteurs : G. Zheng ; M. Jimba ; S. WakaiSource :
- Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health [ 1010-5395 ] ; 2005-07.
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- Biological weapons, Chinese students, College life, Daily protection, Demographic factors, Depressed feelings, Disease outbreaks, Dquo, Epidemic period, Family members, Foreign students, Graduate school, Great concern, Hongo campus, Human beings, Informal interviews, International community health, International students, Multiple locations, Novel coronavirus, Other chinese, Outbreak, Psychosocial impact, Respiratory syndrome, Room ventilation, Sars, Sars impact, Sars outbreak, Sars prevention, Sars prevention measures, Sars situation, Sars transmission, Sars virus, Social discrimination, Syndrome, Virus spread, Wild animals.
Abstract
The aim of this study is to explore the impact of the 2003 SARS outbreak on Chinese students living in Japan. A cross-sectional study was conducted using a semi-structured questionnaire. The participants were recruited at multiple locations at the University of Tokyo, Japan. The results showed approximately 60% (96/161) of the respondents felt an impact of SARS on college life; they had experienced SARS-related fear, worry, depression as well as social discrimination and had taken SARS prevention measures for daily protection in Japan during the epidemic. The magnitude of the impact was associated with sociodemographic factors, including their age, specialty, area of previous residence in China and length of stay in Japan. The findings suggest that the SARS outbreak had a psychosocial impact on the Chinese students living in Japan, even though none of them had SARS. Social support tailored for these foreign students should be provided during such a disease outbreak. Asia Pac J Public Health 2005; 17(2): 124-129.
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Exploratory
Study on Psychosocial Impact of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)
Outbreak on Chinese Students Living in Japan
SAGE Publications, Inc.2005DOI: 10.1177/101053950501700211
G. Zheng
MD, MPH
Department of International Community Health, Graduate
School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Japan
M. Jimba
MD, PhD
Department of International Community Health, Graduate
School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Japan, mjimba@m.u-tokyo.ac.jp
S. Wakai
MD, PhD
Department of International Community Health, Graduate
School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Japan
Address for correspondence:
Dr. Masamine Jimba
Department of International Community Health,
Graduate School of
Medicine The University of Tokyo
7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku,
Tokyo 113-0033 Japan
Abstract
The aim of this study
is to explore the impact of the 2003 SARS outbreak on Chinese students living
in Japan. A cross-sectional study was conducted using a semi-structured questionnaire.
The participants were recruited at multiple locations at the University of
Tokyo, Japan. The results showed approximately 60% (96/161) of the respondents
felt an impact of SARS on college life; they had experienced SARS-related
fear, worry, depression as well as social discrimination and had taken SARS
prevention measures for daily protection in Japan during the epidemic. The
magnitude of the impact was associated with sociodemographic factors, including
their age, specialty, area of previous residence in China and length of stay
in Japan. The findings suggest that the SARS outbreak had a psychosocial impact
on the Chinese students living in Japan, even though none of them had SARS.
Social support tailored for these foreign students should be provided during
such a disease outbreak. Asia Pac J Public Health 2005; 17(2): 124-129.
Chinese students
discrimination
international health
Japan
SARS
Introduction
Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is a new infectious disease with
an overall case-fatality of approximately 10%'. The disease is associated
with a novel coronavirus, and outbreaks of SARS worldwide were observed during
the first half of 2003 z~3. The outbreak of the disease posed a threat to
the world. Because no specific interventions against the agent were available
during the outbreak, specialists resorted to the control tools of isolation
and quarantine 4. WHO's alert on travel to the epidemic area forced international
travellers to change their plans, and elective or nonessential travel was
postponed. The SARS panic led to job cuts and economic recession in SARS-
hit countries and regions 5-7. In SARS-affected areas, particularly in China,
an abnormal atmosphere was all too apparent. Social lives were changed 8-1°.
People in South China were blamed for transmitting the disease, although the
means by which the virus spread to
human
beings remained unclear2. The w Gr id vv iuc hysteria anu over-reaction, associating
the disease with Chinese and other Asians, led to a surge in social discrimination.
They were shunned in subways and streetcars, their children were singled out
for special treatment in schools, public servants were wearing masks only
when Chinese were present, real estate agents were told not to bring them
to see houses, and outright hate messages were left at Chinese organizations".
In Japan, which had a potential to act as a bridging population for the spread
of the virus worldwide, Chinese students became a public concern. Following
the WHO's alert for SARS, 12 the Foreign Ministry of Japan issued a travel
warning for visiting China on April 3 and stepped- up quarantine efforts at
airports. This marks the first time in Japan that such a warning has been
made for an infectious disease'3. In response to the government policy on
SARS, the Dean at the University of Tokyo issued recommendations to prevent
transmission of SARS to the
125
University
community. The recommendations included public service announcements about
personal protection, requests for students returning from epidemic areas to
stay at home at least for ten days, and requests for those who had been in
close contact with patients to attend designated medical centers for screening.
Despite an extensive literature on SARS, few researchers have studied its
social impact on Chinese who stay in foreign countries. Our study aims to
explore the impact of SARS on Chinese students who already stayed in Japan,
and to identify factors that influenced the magnitude of its impact. Subjects
and Methods Study area The University of Tokyo has approximately 2000 international
students and researchers from many parts of the world. Of these, Chinese students
account for nearly 40%. According to the Academic Calendar (2002-2003) compiled
by the Public Relations and Administration Bureau in the University of Tokyo,
619 students from mainland China are currently studying in the University,
including 70 undergraduates, 549 graduates and research students; 456 of whom
are studying at the Hongo (main) campus. Data collection A cross-sectional
study was conducted using a semi-structured questionnaire. The questions were
researched and designed based on literature review and informal interviews
with 20 Chinese students in the University of Tokyo. Based on the informal
interview, we developed question items as shown in the results. The initial
questionnaire was pre-tested and modified before it was used in the study.
The students who participated in the informal interviews and who had not stayed
in Japan during the epidemic period (late March - early June)-were excluded
from the study. The questionnaires were self-administered, and the participants
were recruited at multiple locations at the Hongo campus. As the name list
of the students was not available due to the University privacy policy, we
tried to
approach
all of the 456 Chinese students registered at Hongo campus at different occasions
from early October till mid-November, 2003. Those who gave their informed
consent were expected to complete the questionnaires without consulting other
students. The researchers could answer questions and monitor the process of
completing the questionnaires. A scripted set of instructions was used to
introduce the questionnaires, including a statement that there were no right
or wrong answers to the questions being asked, and that the purpose was to
identify how the participants felt about or experience the topic under investigation.
We assured them that this study was voluntary, anonymous and confidential.
Variables assessed by the questionnaires included: socio-demographic characteristics
of the participants which were used as independent variables. The dependent
variable, "SARS impact", was assessed by a statement with responses on a four-point
scale ranging from "strongly agree", "agree", to "disagree", "strongly disagree".
Those who agreed or strongly agreed that SARS had influenced them were categorized
as students who have experienced an impact of SARS in their lives. In particular,
we also included some of their specific psychosocial experiences in Japan
which were related to the SARS outbreak. Data analysis We analyzed the data
using SPSS 10.0 statistical software. Chi-square test or Fisher's exact test
was applied to determine the variables that were associated with the self-reported
SARS impact. All the statistical analyses employed a p-value of 0.05 for statistical
significance. Results Socio-demographic characteristics Of the 456 Chinese
students, we were able to collect 167(36.6%) responses. Of the 167 returned
questionnaires, six were found incomplete, so we excluded them. Thus, the
effective answers totaled 161.
Table
1. Socio-demographic characteristics (N=161)
Table
1 shows the socio-demographic characteristics of the respondents. Eighty respondents
(49.7%) were male; 73 (45.3%) were single and 88 (54.7%) were married. They
ranged in age from 21 to 44 years old, with a mean of 30.7 years old (SD=4.7).
Self-reported SARS impact on college life All the respondents had heard about
SARS. With respect to the statement that SARS had "an impact on my life",
34(21.1 %) of them strongly agreed, 62(38.5%) agreed, 42(26.1%) disagreed,
and 23(14.3%) strongly disagreed with it. In short, 59.6% of the respondents
felt an impact of SARS on their college life.
126
As Table
2 shows, those from SARS-affected areas in China were 3.22 times (95% CI=1.49-6.92)
more likely to report the impact of SARS than those from non-affected areas.
Beyond this, several other demographic factors were associated with the impact.
First, those who had stayed for less than one year in Japan were 2.72 times
( 95% CI =1.33-5.56) more likely to be affected than those who stayed longer.
Next, those in medicine, education and sociology were more likely to be affected
than those in engineering, sciences and other specialties (OR=2.18, 95% CI=1.08-4.43).
Finally, those who were equal to or older than median age 31 years were more
likely to be affected than those younger than 31 1 years old (OR=1.85, 95%
CI=0.98- 3.50). Psychosocial experiences during the epidemic Table 3 depicts
psychosocial experiences of the participants during the SARS outbreak. A considerable
part of the respondents reported a variety of psychosocial impact of SARS
on their college lives. About 74.5% of them talked about SARS very often when
the epidemic peaked, 66.5% showed great concern about the world-wide SARS
situation, 56.5% felt much depressed about the epidemic taking place in China; 55.3% experienced much fear of SARS transmission at some point, 74.5% worried
much about the safety of family members in China, and 22.4% often felt helplessness
during the epidemic. More strikingly,18.6% of the respondents experienced
SARS-related social discrimination, and 31.7% of them had heard of SARS discrimination
against other Chinese in Japan. Panel 1 shows the responses to some of the
open-ended questions. They showed worries, depressed feelings and helplessness
as shown in the panel. Some of them also experienced SARS-related social discrimination
at public places such as hotels and shops. SARS prevention behavior Table
4 depicts SARS-prevention measures taken by the students for
Table
2. Socio-demographic factors and SARS impact
"N"
refers to the number of respondents who answered "yes" to the question on
the left. "n" refers to the number of people who answered "yes" as to whether
SARS had an impact on their lives. Table 3. Psycho-social experiences during
the epidemic(N=161)
127
daily
protection. Many of the respondents had taken SARS prevention behaviour in
Japan for self- protection. At some point they had specifically decreased
contact with other Chinese (23.0 %), postponed visits to the affected area
(41.6 %), increased care of washing hands (59.0 %), increased care of room
ventilation (60.9 %), decreased visits to public gatherings (60.2 %) and decreased
visits to hospitals (50.9 %). Discussion In this study, nearly 60% of the
respondents reported that the SARS outbreak had an impact on them. They experienced
SARS-related fear, worry, helplessness and showed great concern about the
epidemic. These findings are consistent with some other similar researches.
Studies on biological threats showed that a wide array of intense psychological
reactions are normative in the immediate aftermath of a natural disaster; 14 however, a smaller number of people may experience a more severe reaction
unless dealt with in a timely and appropriate manner'4,15. Table 4. SARS prevention
measures taken during the epidemic (N=161)
Panel
1. Selected responses to open-ended questions Worries ' "For some moment,
I even did not touch Chinese newspapers in the international students' center
of the University for fear of SARS virus left on the paper by others. " "I
worried about my younger sister, because she is a nurse in a hospital in China.
" "SARS was identified in my hometown in China, I worried much about my parents.
" "My daughter in Beijing was asked to leave school and stay at home all day
for the period, anyway I worried much about her safety. " "I was told that
tens ofpeople in Beijing were infected with SARSfrom the same taxi driver
I began to worry about my family there. " "No SARS was reported in my city,
but I still felt worry about my relatives. " Depressed feelings "I felt depressed
because Chinese people were blamed for their unhygienic habits or eating wild
animals which were said to have resulted in the SARS spreading. " "The Chinese
government was condemned by WHO and other countries for covering the epidemic
in the first place, that made me feel depressed for the moment. They criticized
the government, but I felt I was also criticized. " "I was depressed with
the Chinese government for its delayed action and lack of transparency on
this matter " .. .~ Helplessness "I meant I had to find useful information
by myself for SARS prevention, no one told me how to do, even at the moment
I experienced much fea~: " "For some moment I worried much about my daughter
who was in Beijing, but I was only proposed by the University Recommendation
not to go home. " "When a worldwide hysteria and over-reaction prevailed,
sometimes I felt a prick in local peoples eyes and I felt kind of helpless
for the moment. " SARS-related discrimination "I felt much discriminated when
I was ba~red from staying in a hotel in Tokyo just because I am a Chinese
and might carry SARS virus. " "I was shocked when I saw a standing board in
front of a store, which said Chinese and Taiwanese were prohibited to enter
for prevention of SARS. That's a discrimination. " "At an amusement center
the staff member wore a mask immediately after he got to know that I am a
Chinese, and showed impatience when I asked him about the service items. "
"I failed many times in finding a part-time job during the epidemic, feeling
much more difficult than before. They usually rejected me under the guise
of SARS prevention. " "I was discriminated just when they learned I am a Chinese
instead of any other reasons during the epidemic. "
128
This
study revealed some particular psychosocial experiences of the respondents
during the SARS epidemic. About 20% of the respondents were discriminated
in Japan under the guise of SARS prevention. For example, in the returned
semi-structured questionnaire, one respondent mentioned that he was barred
from staying at a hotel in Tokyo just because he was a Chinese. Another participant
was shocked when he passed an electrical equipment store, because of a sign
board in front of it, which prohibiting Chinese and Taiwanese from entering
the store. This was to prevent SARS. Some respondents felt depressed because
the Chinese were blamed for their unhygienic habit or eating wild animals
which was said to have resulted for the spread of SARS though the means by
which the virus spread to human beings remained unclear 2 . Meanwhile, our
study demonstrated that more than 50% of the respondents used different preventive
measures for self- protection. For example, as we showed in the results, the
majority of the respondents increased care of room ventilation for SARS prevention.
Nevertheless, it was striking that many Chinese students themselves tended
to avoid contact with other Chinese for fear of getting SARS during the epidemic
period, though no SARS cases were reported in Japan'3 . Other research has
also indicated that the impact of this type of outbreak on individuals and
the community can be over-exaggerated if the public response to it is not
well organized and communications are not well understood 15 . Examples of
mass sociogenic illness such as bioterrorism- related symptoms remind us of
the dangers of inadvertently amplifying psychological responses and thus adding
to the impact'6. The study revealed that several factors were associated with
the SARS impact. Firstly, the respondents' area of' residence in China was
associated with it. This might result from the more concern about the safety
of family members and other relatives by the respondents from SARS-affected
area, as we showed in the Panel 1 of
the
results regarding such experiences. Secondly, the students with a shorter
stay in Japan were more likely to report an impact on them than those who
stayed longer. The outbreak might trigger more concerns of the short-term
students about the SARS situation in China, while those who stayed longer
in Japan lived a life with more stability, and thus less affected. Third,
the study also showed the respondents' specialty and age were associated with
the SARS impact. It suggests that older students as well as those studying
in medical or social sciences might be more sensitive to potential health
risk or other social changes caused by the SARS outbreak, and thus are more
likely to be influenced. There are some limitations in this study. Firstly,
the small sample size, as well as unawareness of how non-participants differ
from the respondents limits generalization of the findings. Secondly, self-reported
impact as the dependent variable may differ from that as a result of by their
personal experiences and thus might be susceptible to bias. Because of data
limitations, our results are indicative, not conclusive. Future studies are
needed to further explore the causality of the psychosocial impact. However,
as little information has been available to guide psychosocial support for
people affected by the epidemic and only a few studies have partly dealt with
such issues, "-'9 our results are valuable in helping health policy makers
and service providers to develop more effective interventions towards foreign
students during disease outbreaks such as SARS. Based on the findings, we
recommend that social discrimination against Chinese and other foreign students
living in Japan should be minimized during disease outbreaks like SARS. The
recovery environment also should be constructed for them to create a sense
of safety and to counteract the helplessness induced by the epidemic. Acknowledgements
The authors would thank the International Center and the Association of Chinese
Students in the
University
of Tokyo for providing support and cooperation. The authors are also grateful
for all the Chinese respondents in this study. References
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