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The COVID-19 pandemic had a significant, long-term negative impact on the research activities of nursing researchers providing family care, primarily due to increased burdens of household adjustments and family coordination. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.INCREMENTAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

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To determine how the COVID-19 pandemic affected nursing researchers providing domestic care to children or frail family members.

August 27, 2026Journal of International Nursing ResearchOpen Access

Influence of the COVID-19 pandemic among nursing researchers with care of children and frail family members in Japan: A secondary analysis of longitudinal survey data

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TNTomoko NagaiMejiro University ASAyaka SasakiMejiro University YSYoko ShimpukuHiroshima University

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Longitudinal survey reveals increased research hindrances and domestic burden in caregiving nursing researchers, highlighting prolonged pandemic-related family care challenges.

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To determine how the COVID-19 pandemic affected nursing researchers providing domestic care to children or frail family members.
Conducted a secondary analysis of a two-wave longitudinal survey among members of the Japanese Academy of Nursing Science in July–August 2020 (N=1,532; 16.1% valid response rate) and March 2022 (N=899; 9.0% valid response rate).
Compared research hindrances, concerns, and positive changes between researchers with and without family caregiving responsibilities using chi-square tests and qualitative evaluation of open-ended responses.
Significantly more research hindrances and anxieties emerged in the second survey (March 2022) than in the first survey (July–August 2020) for researchers providing family care.
Significant differences were concentrated in domestic adjustments, specifically increased time spent on pandemic-related housework and heightened internal and interpersonal familial conflicts.

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Nagai et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a8fe96710c91c1e92620fbd https://doi.org/10.53044/jinr.2025-0004

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Longitudinal survey reveals increased research hindrances and domestic burden in caregiving nursing researchers, highlighting prolonged pandemic-related family care challenges.

Influence of the COVID-19 pandemic among nursing researchers with care of children and frail family members in Japan: A secondary analysis of longitudinal survey data

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Influence of the COVID-19 pandemic among nursing researchers with care of children and frail family members in Japan: A secondary analysis of longitudinal survey data

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