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Dilemma of physician-mothers faced with an increased home burden and clinical duties in the hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic

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  • Sachiyo Nishida
  • Kanna Nagaishi
  • Masayo Motoya
  • Ayako Kumagai
  • Noriko Terada
  • Ai Kasuga
  • Narumi Kubota
  • Kotoe Iesato
  • Motonobu Kimizuka
  • Satsuki Miyajima
  • Masayuki Koyama
  • Hirofumi Ohnishi
  • Eichi Narimatsu
  • Naoya Masumori
  • Kazufumi Tsuchihashi
  • Taiji Tsukamoto
  • Yoshihisa Tsuji

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Purpose: Since December 2019, coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has spread rapidly across the world. During the pandemic, physicians in our hospital have had to respond both to the issue of treating the patients and the increasing domestic burden associated with social disruption. The purpose of this study was to assess how much the burden on our doctors, especially female doctors, was increasing. Material and methods: The Physicians’ Career Support Committee in Sapporo Medical University conducted a questionnaire survey. The questionnaire inquired about a wide range of subjects with regard to working style and family life during the first and second waves of the COVID-19 pandemic, and was sent to all medical/dental physicians working in Sapporo Medical University. Results: A total of 266 (42.7%) physicians in our hospital responded to our questionnaire and the data for 264 data were analyzed. The total numbers of males, females, and others, including those who did not want to specify, were 178 (67.4%), 82 (31.0%), and 4 (1.5%), respectively. Among them, 62 (23.5%) and 23 (8.7%) answered that their domestic burden was slightly or markedly increased. The increase in the domestic burden showed a significant difference between genders (p = 0.04). Even after correction for background differences using multivariate analysis, being female (p

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  • Sachiyo Nishida & Kanna Nagaishi & Masayo Motoya & Ayako Kumagai & Noriko Terada & Ai Kasuga & Narumi Kubota & Kotoe Iesato & Motonobu Kimizuka & Satsuki Miyajima & Masayuki Koyama & Hirofumi Ohnishi , 2021. "Dilemma of physician-mothers faced with an increased home burden and clinical duties in the hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 16(6), pages 1-9, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0253646
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0253646
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    1. Jade Sheen & Elizabeth M. Clancy & Julie Considine & Alison Dwyer & Phillip Tchernegovski & Anna Aridas & Brian En Chyi Lee & Andrea Reupert & Leanne Boyd, 2022. "“Did You Bring It Home with You?” A Qualitative Investigation of the Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Victorian Frontline Healthcare Workers and Their Families," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(8), pages 1-20, April.

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