Factors affecting anxiety among administrative officers working within the urgent protective action planning zone of a nuclear power station

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 15; no. 8; p. e0236997
• Main Authors: Hori, Hiroko, Orita, Makiko, Taira, Yasuyuki, Matsunaga, Hitomi, Kudo, Takashi, Takamura, Noboru
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: San Francisco Public Library of Science 05.08.2020; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Anxieties; Anxiety; Disasters; Drug dosages; Education; Emergency preparedness; Evacuations & rescues; Health education; Health sciences; Knowledge; Local government; Man made disasters; Medicine; Medicine and Health Sciences; Methods; Nuclear energy; Nuclear power plants; Officials and employees; People and Places; Physical Sciences; Power plants; Prevention; Questionnaires; Radiation; Radiation protection; Regression analysis; Research and Analysis Methods; Risk factors; Sex ratio; Social Sciences; Studies; University graduates; Japan

The aim of this study was to clarify the factors affecting anxiety among administrative officers working within the urgent protective action planning zone of a nuclear power station to establish an effective education program on radiation and its health effects to help reduce anxiety in residents. W...