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"Remote care for mental health: qualitative study with service users, carers and staff during the COVID-19 pandemic","ABSTRACT Objectives: To explore the experiences of service users, carers and staff seeking or providing secondary mental health services during the COVID-19 pandemic. Design: Qualitative interview study, co-designed with mental health service users and carers. Methods: We conducted semi-structured, telephone or online interviews with a purposively constructed sample; a peer researcher with lived experience conducted and analysed interviews with service users. Analysis was based on the constant comparison method. Setting: NHS secondary mental health services in England between June and August 2020. Participants: Of 65 participants, 20 had either accessed or needed to access English secondary mental healthcare during the pandemic; 10 were carers of people with mental health difficulties; 35 were members of staff working in NHS secondary mental health services during the pandemic. Results: Experiences of remote care were mixed. Some service users valued the convenience of remote methods in the context of maintaining contact with familiar clinicians. Most participants commented that a lack of non-verbal cues and the loss of a therapeutic safe space challenged therapeutic relationship building, assessments, and identification of deteriorating mental wellbeing. Some carers felt excluded from remote meetings and concerned that assessments were incomplete without their input. Like service users, remote methods posed challenges for clinicians who reported uncertainty about technical options and a lack of training. All groups expressed concern about intersectionality exacerbating inequalities and the exclusion of some service user groups if alternatives to remote care are lost. Conclusions: Whilst remote mental healthcare is likely to become increasingly widespread in secondary mental health services, our findings highlight the continued importance of a tailored, personal approach to decisions about remote mental healthcare. Further research should focus on which types of consultations best suit face-to-face interaction, and for whom and why, and which can be provided remotely and by which medium.","Elisa Liberati; Natalie Richards; Jennie Parker; Janet Willars; David Scott; Nicola Boydell; Vanessa Pinfold; Graham Martin; Mary Dixon-Woods; Peter B Jones","https://medrxiv.org/cgi/content/short/2021.01.18.21250032","20210120","","medRxiv","Undecided","","","","","","","","","","","","","False","False","","","","","False","False","False","","2021-01-21","",9664,""
"Sleeping under the waves: a longitudinal study across the contagion peaks of COVID-19 pandemic in Italy","After the March-April 2020 COVID-19 outbreak, a second contagion wave afflicted Europe in autumn. This study aimed to evaluate sleep health/patterns of Italians during this further challenging situation. A total of 2013 Italians longitudinally participated in a web-based survey during the two contagion peaks of the COVID-19 outbreak. We investigated the risk factors for sleep disturbances during the second wave, and we compared sleep quality and psychological well-being between the two assessments (March-April and November-December 2020). Female gender, low education, evening chronotype, being at high-risk for COVID-19 infection, reporting negative social or economic impact, and evening smartphone overuse predicted a higher risk of poor sleep and insomnia symptoms during the second wave. Advanced age, living with high-risk subjects for COVID-19 infection, and having a relative/friend infected with COVID-19 before the prior two weeks were risk categories for poor sleep quality. Living with children, having contracted COVID-19 before the prior two weeks, being pessimistic on the vaccine, and working in healthcare were risk factors for insomnia symptoms. The follow-up assessment highlighted reduced insomnia symptoms and anxiety. Nevertheless, we showed reduced sleep duration, higher daytime dysfunction and sleep medication use, and advanced sleep phase, confirming the alarming prevalence of poor sleepers (~60%) and severe depression (~20%) in a context of increased perceived stress. This study demonstrated a persistent impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sleep and mental health. Large-scale interventions to counteract the chronicity and exacerbation of sleep and psychological disturbances are necessary, especially for the risk categories.","Federico Salfi; Aurora D'Atri; Daniela Tempesta; Michele Ferrara","https://medrxiv.org/cgi/content/short/2021.01.17.21249947","20210120","","medRxiv","Undecided","","","","","","","","","","","","","False","False","","","","","False","False","False","","2021-01-21","",9665,""
"Life with Parkinson's Disease During the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Pressure Is ""OFF""","People with Parkinson's disease (PwP) have been suggested to be more vulnerable to negative psychological and psycho-social effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Our aim was to assess the potential impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in PwP. A Danish/Swedish cohort of 67 PwP was analysed. Health-related quality of life (HRQL), depression, anxiety, apathy, sleep and motor symptom-scores were included in the analysis. Additionally, the Danish participants provided free-text descriptions of life during the pandemic. Overall, the participants reported significantly better HRQL during the COVID-19 period compared with before. Reduced social pressure may be part of the explanation. Despite worsened anxiety, night sleep improved.","HØrmann Thomsen, Trine; Wallerstedt, Susanna M; Winge, Kristian; Bergquist, Filip","https://dx.doi.org/10.3233/JPD-202342","","Country: NL; HOLANDA; NETHERLANDS; PAISES BAJOS; THE NETHERLANDS; HOLLAND; Database: MEDLINE; Publication details: J Parkinsons Dis;2021 Jan 12.; Publication details: J Parkinsons Dis;2021 Jan 12.; Publication type: article","WHO","Undecided","","","","","","","","","","","","","False","False","","","","","False","False","False","","2021-01-21","",9666,""
"Public health challenges facing Environmental Health Officers during COVID-19: methamphetamine contamination of properties","","Kuhn, Emma J; Walker, G Stewart; Wright, Jackie; Whiley, Harriet; Ross, Kirstin E","https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1753-6405.13067","","Country: AU; AUSTRÁLIA; AUSTRALIA; AUSTRALIA; Database: MEDLINE; Publication details: Aust N Z J Public Health;2021 Jan 18.; Publication details: Aust N Z J Public Health;2021 Jan 18.; Publication type: article","WHO","Undecided","","","","","","","","","","","","","False","False","","","","","False","False","False","","2021-01-21","",9667,""
"The Cause of Mental Health Problem Among Urban Residents During the COVID-19 Outbreak: Implication for information Communication","This study examined the causes of mental health problems among urban residents in Bahir Dar City Administration  To achieve the objectives, data were gathered from residents, psychologists, psychiatrists, and medical doctors through deep interviews  The qualitative analysis of the data gathered through interviews revealed that mental health problem is prevalent and linked with social, psychological, and economic factors and female and the adult population was disposed to the mental health problem than the remaining populations  Based on the findings conclusions and possible recommendations were also forwarded","","https://doi.org/10.1177/1054137320985291","","Database: COVIDWHO; Publication details: Illness, Crisis & Loss;: 1054137320985291, 2021.; Publication details: Illness, Crisis & Loss;: 1054137320985291, 2021.; Publication type: article","WHO","Undecided","","","","","","","","","","","","","False","False","","","","","False","False","False","","2021-01-21","",9668,""
"TWENTY-THREE NEW RECORDS OF COMMERCIAL FISH SPECIES (ACTINOPTERYGII) FROM THE SOCOTRA ARCHIPELAGO (NORTH-WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN)","The Socotra Archipelago is recognized globally as a UNESCO World Heritage Site  The unique ichthyofauna of Socotra accumulates fish species from different ecoregions, including commercial species which represent an important part of the local fishery  Positive identification of fish species and knowledge of their distributions are important for management strategies in fisheries and biodiversity conservation  Commercial fish species were collected at sea, taken from fish markets or landing sites, or observed underwater during two field trips in 2018 and 2019  Twenty-three new records of commercial fish species from twelve families are reported from the Socotra Archipelago based on collections and/or photographs: Plicomugil labiosus (Valenciennes, 1836);Epinephelus magniscuttis Postel, Fourmanoir et Guézé, 1963;Epinephelus marginatus (Lowe, 1834);Epinephelus morrhua (Valenciennes, 1833);Epinephelus rivulatus (Valenciennes, 1830);Alectis indica (Rüppell, 1830);Carangoides fulvoguttatus (Forsskål, 1775);Parastromateus niger (Bloch, 1795);Selar crumenophthalmus (Bloch, 1793);Uraspis helvola (Forster, 1801);Gerres oblongus Cuvier, 1830;Etelis coruscans Valenciennes, 1862;Diplodus omanensis Bauchot et Bianchi, 1984;Polysteganus coeruleopunctatus (Klunzinger, 1870);Lethrinus crocineus Smith, 1959;Gymnocranius elongatus Senta, 1973;Gymnocranius sp ;Wattsia mossambica (Smith, 1957);Argyrosomus japonicus (Temminck et Schlegel, 1843);Umbrina robinsoni Gilchrist et Thompson, 1908;Polydactylus plebeius (Broussonet, 1782);Histiopterus typus Temminck et Schlegel, 1844;and Siganus sutor (Valenciennes, 1835)  The presence of the following three species are confirmed for Socotra Archipelago: Epinephelus malabaricus (Bloch et Schneider, 1801);Pristipomoides filamentosus (Valenciennes, 1830);and Sphyraena obtusata Cuvier, 1829  The following species represent the first verified records for the Arabian region: Epinephelus magniscuttis, Etelis coruscans, Lethrinus crocineus, Wattsia mossambica, and Gymnocranius sp  Species of two families, Sciaenidae and Polynemidae are reported for Socotra for the first time  Information on each species' identification and its distribution are provided  Twenty-three commercial species new for the Socotra Archipelago were reported in this study, as a result, a total of about 255 species of fish are considered as exploited in the local small-scale fishery","","https://doi.org/10.3750/AIEP/03068","","Database: COVIDWHO; Publication details: Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria;50(4):511-538, 2020.; Publication details: Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria;50(4):511-538, 2020.; Publication type: article","WHO","Undecided","","","","","","","","","","","","","False","False","","","","","False","False","False","","2021-01-21","",9669,""
"Digging Signatures in 13-Month-Old 3xTg-AD Mice for Alzheimer's Disease and Its Disruption by Isolation Despite Social Life Since They Were Born","The severity of this pandemic's scenarios will leave significant psychological traces in low resistant and resilient individuals  Increased incidence of depression, anxiety, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), and post-traumatic stress disorder has already been reported  The loss of human lives and the implementation of physical distance measures in the pandemic and post-COVID scenarios may have a greater impact on the elderly, mostly in those with dementia, as OCD and other neuropsychiatric symptoms (NPS) are quite prevalent in this population  Modeling NPS in animals relies in neuroethological perspectives since the response to new situations and traumatic events, critical for survival and adaptation to the environment, is strongly preserved in the phylogeny  In the laboratory, mice dig vigorously in deep bedding to bury food pellets or small objects they may find  This behavior, initially used to screen anxiolytic activity, was later proposed to model better meaningless repetitive and perseverative behaviors characteristic of OCD or autism spectrum disorders  Other authors found that digging can also be understood as part of the expression of the animals’ general activity  In the present brief report, we studied the digging ethograms in 13-month-old non-transgenic and 3xTg-AD mice modeling normal aging and advanced Alzheimer's disease (AD), respectively  This genetic model presents AD-like cognitive dysfunction and NPS-like phenotype, with high mortality rates at this age, mostly in males  This allowed us to observe the digging pattern's disruption in a subgroup of 3xTg-AD mice that survived to their cage mates  Two digging paradigms involving different anxiogenic and contextual situations were used to investigate their behavior  The temporal course and intensity of digging were found to increase in those 3xTg-AD mice that had lost their ‘room partners’ despite having lived in social structures since they were born  However, when tested under neophobia conditions, this behavior's incidence was low (delayed), and the temporal pattern was disrupted, suggesting worsening of this NPS-like profile  The outcomes showed that this combined behavioral paradigm unveiled distinct features of digging signatures that can be useful to study these perseverative behaviors and their interplay with anxiety states already present in the AD scenario and their worsening by naturalistic /forced isolation","","https://doi.org/10.3389/fnbeh.2020.611384","","Database: COVIDWHO; Publication details: Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience;2021.; Publication details: Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience;2021.; Publication type: article","WHO","Undecided","","","","","","","","","","","","","False","False","","","","","False","False","False","","2021-01-21","",9670,""
"COVID-19 policies in the UK and consequences for mental health","The lockdown to ""flatten the curve"" of COVID-19 has caused harm to many people globally  Over the past 6 months it has been nearly impossible to discern what the UK government strategy is in relation to the virus: suppression, or following of the model used in Sweden to foster community immunity? In mid-September, things became clearer: the UK is on a course for suppression until a vaccine or effective mass testing is in place  For good measure, UK residents have all been punished by new limits to the number of people socialising together, and have been warned that further restrictions could be imposed unless their supposedly reckless social behaviour improves  Frightening graphs depicting scenarios rather than predictions have been used to terrify people about the resurgence of the virus  However, it might be years before a safe vaccine is available, and the mass testing proposal dubbed moonshot is scientifically unsound and could do more harm than good  There is another way  One which takes account of the fact that COVID-19 does not have equal effects across age groups: for young people the risk of COVID-19 seems to be very low but the mental health of young people has been disproportionately affected during this crisis  We should allow young people to go about their lives normally and protect those who are older and more susceptible in a humane and compassionate manner;infectious diseases specialists have good ideas about implementing this suggestion  (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved)","","https://doi.org/10.1016/S2215-0366%2820%2930457-0","","Database: COVIDWHO; Publication details: The Lancet Psychiatry;7(12):1014-1015, 2020.; Publication details: The Lancet Psychiatry;7(12):1014-1015, 2020.; Publication type: article","WHO","Undecided","","","","","","","","","","","","","False","False","","","","","False","False","False","","2021-01-21","",9671,""
"COVID-19 Stress and Mental Health of Students in Locked-Down Colleges","The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental health of students in locked-down colleges remains obscure  This study aimed to explore influencing factors for the psychological impact of COVID-19 on Wuhan college students, post-traumatic stress symptoms in particular, so as to inform evidence-based strategy development to ameliorate such adverse impacts  An online survey was conducted from 26 to 29 April 2020, and 4355 students enrolled in Wuhan universities and colleges participated  Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder via the Impact of Event-Scale-Revised was assessed  COVID-19 disproportionately affected older male Master’s and doctoral students living in Wuhan  The overall prevalence of PTSD was 16 3%  The three-level socio-interpersonal model of PTSD was empirically validated, and college students faced individual level risks such as infection with COVID-19, close relationship level risks such as family support (infection suspicion of family members, the loss of loved ones, and the family income decrease) and online course difficulties (little interaction, disturbing learning environment, and difficulty in adaption), and distant level risks such as excessive collection of personal information, estrangement of family relatives, and harassment and insult from strangers  The findings suggest the severity of the psychological impact of COVID-19  Mental health services reducing PTSD should be provided  Students who have lost loved ones and suffered family financial loss should be given particular care","","https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18020771","","Database: COVIDWHO; Publication details: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health;18(2):771, 2021.; Publication details: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health;18(2):771, 2021.; Publication type: article","WHO","Undecided","","","","","","","","","","","","","False","False","","","","","False","False","False","","2021-01-21","",9672,""
"The psychological and economic toll of the COVID-19 pandemic on Latina mothers in primarily low-income essential worker families","The COVID-19 pandemic will have widespread health, economic, and psychological consequences  Reports indicate the Latino community is particularly vulnerable to the economic and health risks of this pandemic as a consequence of systemic oppression  Latina mothers, in particular, are navigating the pandemic from their racialized, gendered, and classed positions while caring for children and families  These factors are likely to have a significant psychological toll  The sample consisted of 70 Latina mothers  The majority of the families (72%) contained at least one employed adult, of which 91 7% were essential workers  Factors associated with stress, depressive symptoms, and anxiety symptoms during the initial March 20 to June 1, 2020, California ""shelter in place"" mandate were assessed via phone survey using validated measures and Likert-scale items created for the study  Receipt of the federal stimulus check on stress, depressive symptoms, and anxiety symptoms was also assessed  Due to the pandemic, 52 7% of the mothers reported being forced to engage in economic cutbacks  Mothers' experiences of stress during the outbreak stem from worries about themselves contracting the virus and making economic cutbacks  Economic cutbacks were also associated with greater reports of depressive and anxiety symptoms  Receiving the stimulus payment did not reduce economic cutbacks, contract worries, stress, or depressive and anxiety symptoms  Findings highlight the pandemic's immediate economic toll on Latino families  Further, these economic implications seem to be having downstream effects on mothers' psychological well-being, which were not alleviated by the stimulus payment  (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved)","","https://doi.org/10.1037/trm0000293","","Database: COVIDWHO; Publication details: Traumatology;: No Pagination Specified, 2021.; Publication details: Traumatology;: No Pagination Specified, 2021.; Publication type: article","WHO","Undecided","","","","","","","","","","","","","False","False","","","","","False","False","False","","2021-01-21","",9673,""
"Ancillary services in Great Britain during the COVID-19 lockdown: A glimpse of the carbon-free future","The COVID-19 pandemic led to partial or total lockdowns in several countries during the first half of 2020, which in turn caused a depressed electricity demand  In Great Britain (GB), this low demand combined with large renewable output at times, created conditions that were not expected until renewable capacity increases to meet emissions targets in coming years  The GB system experienced periods of very high instantaneous penetration of non-synchronous renewables, compromising system stability due to the lack of inertia in the grid  In this paper, a detailed analysis of the consequences of the lockdown on the GB electricity system is provided, focusing on the ancillary services procured to guarantee stability  Ancillary-services costs increased by £200m in the months of May to July 2020 compared to the same period in 2019 (a threefold increase), highlighting the importance of ancillary services in low-carbon systems  Furthermore, a frequency-secured scheduling model is used in the present paper to showcase the future trends that GB is expected to experience, as penetration of renewables increases on the road to net-zero emissions by 2050  Several sensitivities are considered, demonstrating that the share of total operating costs represented by ancillary services could reach 35%","","https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2021.116500","","Database: COVIDWHO; Publication details: Applied Energy;285:116500, 2021.; Publication details: Applied Energy;285:116500, 2021.; Publication type: article","WHO","Undecided","","","","","","","","","","","","","False","False","","","","","False","False","False","","2021-01-21","",9674,""
"Coping during the COVID-19 pandemic: Relations with mental health and quality of life","The COVID-19 pandemic is causing widespread detrimental effects on mental health and quality of life, yet little research has examined effective coping strategies to mitigate these negative effects  The current study examined the association of 14 different coping strategies (categorized as approach or avoidance coping) with symptoms of depression, anxiety, and quality of life both cross-sectionally (N = 797) and longitudinally (n = 395)  Avoidance coping was associated with higher depression, higher anxiety, and lower quality of life at baseline, and increased depression and anxiety over time  Approach coping was associated with lower depression and better quality of life at baseline but not over time  Further, depression and anxiety significantly mediated the association between coping and quality of life  Of the specific coping strategies examined, positive reframing was the most beneficial, suggesting that interventions focusing on reframing negative aspects of the pandemic may be most beneficial to improve general well-being  (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved) Impact Statement Public Significance Statement -The current study examined the effectiveness of different coping strategies during the COVID-19 pandemic to help anxiety, depression, and quality of life  Avoidance coping was unhelpful and was associated with increased depression and anxiety  The most helpful coping strategy was positive reframing  Positively reframing the negative effects of COVID-19 may help to cope with the pandemic  (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved)","","https://doi.org/10.1037/cap0000263","","Database: COVIDWHO; Publication details: Canadian Psychology/Psychologie canadienne;: No Pagination Specified, 2021.; Publication details: Canadian Psychology/Psychologie canadienne;: No Pagination Specified, 2021.; Publication type: article","WHO","Undecided","","","","","","","","","","","","","False","False","","","","","False","False","False","","2021-01-21","",9675,""
"""A youth perspective on suicide prevention"": Correction","Reports an error in ""A youth perspective on suicide prevention"" by Bliss Croton, Cleo Brocius, Sheherazade Weyland, Jarid Rother, Lydia Lutsyshyna, Morgan Leets, Elissa Schuler Adair, Kahae Rikeman and Emily Moser (The Lancet Psychiatry, 2020[Sep], Vol 7[9], 736-737)  In the original article, some of the hyperlinks were incorrect  These corrections have been made  (The following abstract of the original article appeared in record 2020-64057-012)  Comments on an E  A  Holmes et al  (see record 2020-38866-025)  Holmes et al  have summarized psychological and social effects of COVID-19  The health-care system response needed to address these effects, up to and including suicide risk, provides an opportunity to align direct services (eg, crisis lines), individual providers, and universal population interventions to protect and promote mental health  Therefore, it is useful to consider how alignment might look in practice  Effective youth suicide prevention requires collective action and values at all levels  YouthLine, based in Portland, OR, USA, is one of the few teen support and crisis lines in the USA that uses youth volunteers  Many considerations arise when supporting a young person in crisis  These considerations exist for youth and adult helpers, on crisis calls or in a community  Using a youth-adult codesign process, the YouthLine wrote this Correspondence  (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved)","","https://doi.org/10.1016/S2215-0366%2820%2930385-0","","Database: COVIDWHO; Publication details: The Lancet Psychiatry;7(12):e66, 2020.; Publication details: The Lancet Psychiatry;7(12):e66, 2020.; Publication type: article","WHO","Undecided","","","","","","","","","","","","","False","False","","","","","False","False","False","","2021-01-21","",9676,""
"Mental health care and COVID-19","Replies to comments made by Maji Hailemariam & Soumitra Pathare (see record 2020-88514-011) on the original article by Carmen Moreno et al  (see record 2020-64057-025)  We would like to thank Hailemariam and Pathare for their letter in which, among other issues, they refer to our recently published Position Paper  In our Position Paper, we provide an international perspective, with authors and users and family associations from 14 countries, on how the pandemic offers an opportunity to improve mental health-care provision  Finding commonalities and sharing experiences that can translate to different setting helped us to propose a core set of measures to establish the benefits of such changes once implemented  In their reply Celso Arango, Til Wykes and Carmen Moreno maintain that the views and solutions expressed in their paper do apply to medium-income and high-income countries with advanced health systems where granular mental health monitoring might be possible  They are aware that these approaches might not be relevant to low-income countries with no psychiatrists or with no mental health services in place where, ipso facto, priorities are different, and public health or primary health are the focus  (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved)","","https://doi.org/10.1016/S2215-0366%2820%2930480-6","","Database: COVIDWHO; Publication details: The Lancet Psychiatry;7(12):1013, 2020.; Publication details: The Lancet Psychiatry;7(12):1013, 2020.; Publication type: article","WHO","Undecided","","","","","","","","","","","","","False","False","","","","","False","False","False","","2021-01-21","",9677,""
"The role of pediatric psychologists in mitigating disability-specific barriers among youth during the COVID-19 pandemic","Objective: The objective of this article is to provide information about the ways in which the COVID-19 pandemic may affect the physical and psychosocial well-being of youth with disabilities, including assessment and intervention considerations for pediatric psychologists and other mental health professionals  Methods: This article reviews the emerging literature on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on children and adolescents and connects it to the unique needs of youth with disabilities and their families  Results: The COVID-19 pandemic magnifies the inequalities and barriers faced by youth with disabilities and creates new difficulties in accessing health, education, and other intervention services  In particular, this article discusses how the pandemic has affected (a) access to special education;(b) access to health care and personal care;and (c) mental health, including exposures to traumatic events  Conclusions: The COVID-19 pandemic has the potential to greatly affect the biopsychosocial well-being of youth with disabilities  Pediatric psychologists can play an active role in mitigating these effects at both the individual and system levels  (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved) Impact Statement Implications for Impact Statement-This article addresses the unique and increased barriers faced by youth with disabilities and their families during the COVID-19 pandemic (e g , access to education and health care, trauma and mental health concerns) and how pediatric psychologists can help them during these difficult times with effective, culturally responsive, and evidence-based strategies  (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved)","","https://doi.org/10.1037/cpp0000387","","Database: COVIDWHO; Publication details: Clinical Practice in Pediatric Psychology;: No Pagination Specified, 2021.; Publication details: Clinical Practice in Pediatric Psychology;: No Pagination Specified, 2021.; Publication type: article","WHO","Undecided","","","","","","","","","","","","","False","False","","","","","False","False","False","","2021-01-21","",9678,""
"Estimating the prevalence of stress among Indian students during the COVID-19 pandemic: A cross-sectional study from India","Objective Since December 2019, the COVID-19 pandemic has posed a substantial threat with its associated high mortality, infection, and risk of psychological stress  A large number of students are affected because of a prolonged break from academic activities and staying at home  The focus of this study is to understand the stress levels of Indian students, any psychological imbalances, and their major hurdles during the COVID-19 lockdown  Methods Using a snowball sampling method, an online survey of the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) was conducted on students across India  Along with their demographic details, the participants also reported their study patterns and challenges during their confinement period  The statistical scores for the responses were calculated and the demographic variables analysed  The levels indicated by the PSS were compared, and variance and regression analyses were performed  Results We observed that students were generally stressed during lockdown and the pandemic  Females (mean = 3 03) were more stressed than males (mean = 2 61) as they were constantly under pressure because of stressful life events (OR = 0 752, 95% CI = 2 425–310 642) and apprehensive about their studies (RII = 0 67, OR = 2 168, 95% CI = 0 332–6 691)  Conclusion During the pandemic, students’ mental health needs to be continually monitored as they are stressed owing to fear as well as about their studies and future careers","","https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtumed.2020.12.012","","Database: COVIDWHO; Publication details: Journal of Taibah University Medical Sciences;2021.; Publication details: Journal of Taibah University Medical Sciences;2021.; Publication type: article","WHO","Undecided","","","","","","","","","","","","","False","False","","","","","False","False","False","","2021-01-21","",9679,""
"The Impact of COVID-19 Quarantine on Patients With Dementia and Family Caregivers: A Nation-Wide Survey","INTRODUCTION: Previous studies showed that quarantine for pandemic diseases is associated with several psychological and medical effects  The consequences of quarantine for COVID-19 pandemic in patients with dementia are unknown  We investigated the clinical changes in patients with Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias, and evaluated caregivers’ distress during COVID-19 quarantine  METHODS: The study involved 87 Italian Dementia Centers  Patients with Alzheimer’s Disease (AD), Dementia with Lewy Bodies (DLB), Frontotemporal Dementia (FTD), and Vascular Dementia (VD) were eligible for the study  Family caregivers of patients with dementia were interviewed by phone in April 2020, 45 days after quarantine declaration  Main outcomes were patients’ changes in cognitive, behavioral, and motor symptoms  Secondary outcomes were effects on caregivers’ psychological features  RESULTS: 4913 patients (2934 females, 1979 males) fulfilled the inclusion criteria  Caregivers reported a worsening in cognitive functions in 55 1% of patients, mainly in subjects with DLB and AD  Aggravation of behavioral symptoms was observed in 51 9% of patients  In logistic regression analysis, previous physical independence was associated with both cognitive and behavioral worsening (odds ratio 1 85 [95% CI 1 42-2 39], 1 84 [1 43-2 38], respectively)  On the contrary, pandemic awareness was a protective factor for the worsening of cognitive and behavioral symptoms (odds ratio 0 74 [0 65-0 85];and 0 72 [0 63-0 82], respectively)  Approximately 25 9% of patients showed the onset of new behavioral symptoms  A worsening in motor function was reported by 36 7% of patients  Finally, caregivers reported a high increase in anxiety, depression, and distress  CONCLUSIONS: Our study shows that quarantine for COVID-19 is associated with an acute worsening of clinical symptoms in patients with dementia as well as increase of caregivers’ burden  Our findings emphasize the importance to implement new strategies to mitigate the effects of quarantine in patients with dementia","","https://doi.org/10.3389/fnagi.2020.625781","","Database: COVIDWHO; Publication details: Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience;2021.; Publication details: Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience;2021.; Publication type: article","WHO","Undecided","","","","","","","","","","","","","False","False","","","","","False","False","False","","2021-01-21","",9680,""
"The comparison and interaction of age and gender effects on cycling mode-share: An analysis of commuting in England and Wales","Introduction The physical and mental health benefits of cycling are well established  During the COVID-19 pandemic cycling has also presented additional health benefits by enabling social distancing compared to public transport modes  In low-cycling countries these benefits are unevenly realised, with substantial differences in cycling mode share by age and gender  In England and Wales women are four times less likely to commute by bicycle than men;and commuters aged 35–49 cycle more than other age categories  Methods This paper explores these demographic effects and their interactions  It uses logit models to examine the relationship between 17 determinants of cycling mode share and cycling rates for six demographic groups (males and females in age categories of 18-34, 35–49 and 50–74) across 29,694 small geographic units in England and Wales  The determinants comprise: distance;population density;cycle paths;cycle lanes;traffic density;hilliness;temperature;sun;rain;wind;wealth;lower social status;children;green votes;bicycle performance;traffic risk and parking costs  Results Determinants associated with physical effort (hilliness and distance) and traffic (traffic density and cycle lanes) are more important in the older age groups for both men and women  More important than the qualitative mix of determinants is their combined effect, or utility  Women require a higher threshold of utility to start cycling than men;and in higher utility environments gender differences are almost non-existent  Differences in cycling rates by age-group also reduce in higher utility environments, although the effects are less pronounced and older commuters still cycle less than other age-groups even in the highest utility environemnts  Conclusions The results provide insight into the relative importance of gender versus age, and illustrate that cycling rates are more strongly associated with gender than age  For both dimensions, better cycling environments are shown to be more equal cycling environments","","https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jth.2020.101004","","Database: COVIDWHO; Publication details: Journal of Transport & Health;20:101004, 2021.; Publication details: Journal of Transport & Health;20:101004, 2021.; Publication type: article","WHO","Undecided","","","","","","","","","","","","","False","False","","","","","False","False","False","","2021-01-21","",9681,""
"The effect of COVID-19 on hijra (third gender) people in Bangladesh","In South Asia, the hijra are referred to as a third gender, as a group of transgender women and nonbinary and intersex people who were assigned male at birth  Some estimates suggest that more than 10 000 hijras live in Bangladesh, whereas others indicate there are more than 100 000  However, they are deprived of basic human rights in Bangladesh, such as access to primary health-care services, housing facilities, food, and employment opportunities  Hijras in Bangladesh have been adversely affected by the pandemic, particularly during the national lockdown  Mental health problems, such as anxiety, depressive symptoms, discrimination, suicide, and domestic violence increased during the lockdown around the world, including in Bangladesh  (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved)","","https://doi.org/10.1016/S2215-0366%2820%2930464-8","","Database: COVIDWHO; Publication details: The Lancet Psychiatry;7(12):1015-1016, 2020.; Publication details: The Lancet Psychiatry;7(12):1015-1016, 2020.; Publication type: article","WHO","Undecided","","","","","","","","","","","","","False","False","","","","","False","False","False","","2021-01-21","",9682,""
"Mental health insurance in India after COVID-19","In India in 2017, 197 3 million people had been diagnosed with mental disorders, which equates to one in seven of the population, with the most frequently affected being those aged 30-49 years  However, the Indian Government and private insurers have been extremely slow to introduce mental health insurance  In April, 2017, India passed the National Mental Health Act, which mentions provision of health insurance for people with mental illnesses  Up to the end of 2019, a search of the internet, newspapers, and journals (by Madhurima Ghosh) found no signs of private insurers introducing mental health policies  Surprisingly, we observed the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic with lockdown in India from March 25, 2020, changed the scenario  On June 2, 2020, the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India instructed all insurance companies to provide policies for people with mental illnesses by Oct 1, 2020  (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved)","","https://doi.org/10.1016/S2215-0366%2820%2930468-5","","Database: COVIDWHO; Publication details: The Lancet Psychiatry;7(12):1016-1017, 2020.; Publication details: The Lancet Psychiatry;7(12):1016-1017, 2020.; Publication type: article","WHO","Undecided","","","","","","","","","","","","","False","False","","","","","False","False","False","","2021-01-21","",9683,""
"Disaster psychiatry and homelessness: Creating a mental health COVID-19 response","Homeless individuals across the globe live in a constant state of crisis  Yet, during times of societal crisis such as COVID-19 that affect all populations, disaster planning has rarely included this high-risk group  The high burden of co-occurring physical, mental, and substance use disorders, absence of reliable shelter, scant access to health information, and scarcity of financial, transportation, and nutritional resources all create unique vulnerabilities for this population  These factors restrict the ability of people experiencing homelessness to respond and adapt to public health recommendations before and during a disaster  In particular, the mental health needs of people who are homeless during disasters have received minimal attention  (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved)","","https://doi.org/10.1016/S2215-0366%2820%2930343-6","","Database: COVIDWHO; Publication details: The Lancet Psychiatry;7(12):1006-1008, 2020.; Publication details: The Lancet Psychiatry;7(12):1006-1008, 2020.; Publication type: article","WHO","Undecided","","","","","","","","","","","","","False","False","","","","","False","False","False","","2021-01-21","",9684,""
"Staying (mentally) healthy – the impact of COVID19 on personal and professional lives","COVID-19 pandemic has played havoc at various levels throughout the world but has especially impacted the Health care professionals and put them at risk of mental ill health  The morbidity, mortality and financial impact of COVID-19 has been huge and can easily dwarf the issues about mental well being of individuals during these tough times  This can potentially have a long-lasting impact resulting in delayed recovery from this pandemic on all fronts of life  In our review we aim to explore the issue of mental health with particular emphasis on HCWs and try and understand the size of problems, the symptoms and specific causes pertaining to COVID-19 related mental ill health  Finally, we have summarised some of the measures that can be taken by institutions and individuals to minimise the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on our mental well being","","https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tige.2021.01.003","","Database: COVIDWHO; Publication details: Techniques and Innovations in Gastrointestinal Endoscopy;2021.; Publication details: Techniques and Innovations in Gastrointestinal Endoscopy;2021.; Publication type: article","WHO","Undecided","","","","","","","","","","","","","False","False","","","","","False","False","False","","2021-01-21","",9685,""
"COVID-19 and adolescent mental health in India","Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) might not be as lethal in children and adolescents as it is in adults, but it does cause a lot of psychological distress in this age group  Adolescents are experiencing acute and chronic stress because of parental anxiety, disruption of daily routines, increased family violence, and home confinement with little or no access to peers, teachers, or physical activity  To help identify adolescents at risk of mental disorders, frontline health workers in COVID-19 community screening teams could be encouraged to detect recent changes in behaviour, substance use, and excessive isolation among children and adolescents  Teachers and parents can be trained to identify signs and symptoms that suggest poor mental health, such as sleep disturbances, excessive anger, and difficulty concentrating  Any mental health needs can then be addressed by mental health professionals, using telemental health interventions that target adolescents, which have shown promising results  Also, task sharing and task shifting strategies could be used to develop networks of clinical care across existing health systems to provide mental health care for adolescents  (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved)","","https://doi.org/10.1016/S2215-0366%2820%2930461-2","","Database: COVIDWHO; Publication details: The Lancet Psychiatry;7(12):1015, 2020.; Publication details: The Lancet Psychiatry;7(12):1015, 2020.; Publication type: article","WHO","Undecided","","","","","","","","","","","","","False","False","","","","","False","False","False","","2021-01-21","",9686,""
"Psychological Risk Factors of Functional Impairment Following COVID-19 Deaths","Context People bereaved from COVID-19 report higher levels of grief than people bereaved from natural causes  The full impact of this onslaught of grief will not be known for some time  Ensuring high quality bereavement care in the context of COVID-19 presents unprecedented challenges to end-of-life care  Objectives We aimed to determine how psychological symptoms explain functional impairment  Methods A sample of people bereaved through COVID-19 (N = 307) in the United States completed demographic questions and self-report measures of neuroticism;symptoms of depression, generalized anxiety, posttraumatic stress, separation distress, and dysfunctional grief;and functional impairment due to a COVID-19 loss  Results Most participants’ scores were in the clinical ranges for generalized anxiety, depression, dysfunctional grief, and functional impairment  Functional impairment scores were not associated with age, gender, and time since loss but were associated with being diagnosed with COVID-19, having received professional help with the loss, and a close relationship to the deceased  A logistic regression model showed that, after controlling for covariates, the odds of functional impairment significantly increased by 27% for higher scores in separation distress, 25% for higher scores in dysfunctional grief, and 13% for higher scores in posttraumatic stress  Conclusion People bereaved due to COVID-19 are at risk of functional impairment, especially if they have symptoms of separation distress, dysfunctional grief, and/or posttraumatic stress  Attention to identifying and treating functional impairment may be important in facilitating grieving persons’ full participation in social and economic life during and after the pandemic","","https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2021.01.006","","Database: COVIDWHO; Publication details: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management;2021.; Publication details: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management;2021.; Publication type: article","WHO","Undecided","","","","","","","","","","","","","False","False","","","","","False","False","False","","2021-01-21","",9687,""
"Coping strategies in obsessive-compulsive patients during Covid-19 lockdown","Background/Objective: The main aim of this study was to compare coping strategies in obsessive-compulsive patients and a healthy control group during COVID-19 lockdown and to analyze the relationship with some variables which may influence results (depression, anxiety, comorbidity, subtype of obsession-compulsion)  Method: There were 237 participants, 122 OCD and 115 healthy controls, aged 17-61 years old (M = 33 48, SD = 11 13)  Results: Groups showed differences in the use of some adaptive strategies (positive reinterpretation, acceptance, humor) and maladaptive (denial, self-blame)  Within obsessive-compulsive group, comorbidity affected the greater use of inappropriate strategies (denial, substance abuse and self-blame) while type of obsession-compulsion did not influence use  Anxiety and depression levels were related to the use of less adaptive strategies  Conclusions: These findings strengthen the need for training in the use of effective and adaptive coping strategies, making it necessary to improve clinical follow-up of these patients  It is relevant to be in contact with healthcare professionals, review medication and observe the anxiety and depression levels  Resumen Antecedentes/Objetivo: El objetivo de este estudio fue comparar las estrategias de afrontamiento utilizadas por pacientes con Trastorno obsesivo-compulsivo (TOC) durante el confinamiento debido a la COVID-19 frente a controles sanos y analizar su relación con algunas variables que pueden influir en los resultados (ansiedad, depresión, comorbilidad, tipo de obsesiones-compulsiones)  Método: Los participantes fueron 237, 122 diagnosticados de Trastorno obsesivo-compulsivo y 115 controles sanos, con edades comprendidas entre 13 y 58 años (M = 34,60, DT = 10,41)  Resultados: Los grupos presentaron diferencias en el uso de algunas estrategias adaptativas (reinterpretación positiva, aceptación, humor) y desadaptativas (negación, autoculpa)  Dentro del grupo TOC, la comorbilidad afectó para el mayor uso de estrategias inadecuadas (negación, abuso de sustancias y autoculpa) mientras que el tipo de obsesiones-compulsiones no influyó en el uso de las mismas  Los niveles de ansiedad y depresión estaban relacionadas con el uso de estrategias menos adaptativas  Conclusiones: Estos hallazgos refuerzan la necesidad de entrenar en la utilización de estrategias de afrontamiento eficaces y adaptativas, siendo necesario mejorar el seguimiento clínico de estos pacientes  Es importante estar en contacto con profesionales de la salud, revisar la medicación y observar los niveles de ansiedad y depresión","","https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijchp.2021.100223","","Database: COVIDWHO; Publication details: International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology;: 100223, 2021.; Publication details: International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology;: 100223, 2021.; Publication type: article","WHO","Undecided","","","","","","","","","","","","","False","False","","","","","False","False","False","","2021-01-21","",9688,""
"Psychological impact of the SARS-CoV-2 outbreak on the staff of a French hospital","Background: The outbreak of SARS-CoV-2 has resulted in anxiety, depression and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among hospital staff  The factors associated with this psychological impact remain to be determined  Methods: A cross-sectional study using an online questionnaire completed by the staff of a French hospital, two months after the SARS-CoV-2 outbreak  Results: Among the 353 participants (of whom 67% were healthcare professionals) 32% had symptoms of anxiety, 16% of depression and 16% of PTSD  Eleven % had initiated or increased treatment with sleeping pills, and 6% with anxiolytics  In a multivariate analysis, factors independently associated with anxiety were: change of professional team, having a relative infected by SARS-CoV-2 and a new/increased treatment with sleeping pills or anxiolytics  The only factor associated with depression was the feeling of risk during professional practice  The factors associated with PTSD were: having a relative infected by SARS-CoV-2, the feeling of risk during professional practice, the increase in smoking and treatment with sleeping pills  The observance of transmission preventive measures (TPM) was not associated with the psychological impact of SARS-CoV-2  A personal history of SARS-CoV-2 infection and age < 36 years were associated with insufficient use of protective equipment  Age < 36 years, and being a healthcare professional were associated with the non-observance of social distancing  Conclusion: The hospital staff displayed psychological consequences, resulting in the use of anxiolytics and sleeping pills  Belonging to a group with low-risk of severe disease was associated with lower observance of TPM","","https://doi.org/10.1016/j.idnow.2021.01.007","","Database: COVIDWHO; Publication details: Infectious Diseases Now;2021.; Publication details: Infectious Diseases Now;2021.; Publication type: article","WHO","Undecided","","","","","","","","","","","","","False","False","","","","","False","False","False","","2021-01-21","",9689,""
"Early impact of COVID-19 quarantine on the perceived change of anxiety symptoms in a non-clinical, non-infected Italian sample: Effect of COVID-19 quarantine on anxiety","Background In March 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic led to a national lockdown and quarantine in Italy  The aim of this study was to assess the perceived change in anxiety levels and its predictors in a non-clinical, non-infected, home-quarantined Italian sample in the very first weeks of the lockdown  Methods Online survey data on perceived change in anxiety symptoms since the beginning of the lockdown, health anxiety, social anxiety, depression, and obsessive-compulsive symptomatology before the lockdown, and background information were anonymously collected between March 26 and April 9 2020 on 660 Italian participants  Results Overall, participants reported a substantial increase of anxiety levels  Women reported more increased levels of anxiety symptoms than men  Increase of anxiety was also predicted by higher pre-existing levels of health anxiety and lower socio-economic status  Having lost the job was not associated with a perceived change in anxiety levels  Limitations Crosssectional design;sample of mostly female, young, highly educated, and not infected participants;use of self-report measures  Conclusions The results suggest the need to address mental health issues as a core element of the response to a pandemic, in order to prevent long-term social, psychological, and economic costs to society","","https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadr.2021.100078","","Database: COVIDWHO; Publication details: Journal of Affective Disorders Reports;4:100078, 2021.; Publication details: Journal of Affective Disorders Reports;4:100078, 2021.; Publication type: article","WHO","Undecided","","","","","","","","","","","","","False","False","","","","","False","False","False","","2021-01-21","",9690,""
"The Psychological Impact of COVID-19 and Restrictive Measures in the World","Background In a short time, the COVID-19 pandemic turned into a global emergency  The fear of becoming infected and the lockdown measures have drastically changed people's daily routine  The aim of this study is to establish the psychological impact that the COVID-19 pandemic is entailing, particularly with regards to levels of stress, anxiety and depression, and to the risks of developing Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)  Methods The study, carried out with a sample of 1612 subjects distributed in seven countries (Australia, China, Ecuador, Iran, Italy, Norway and the United States), allowed us to collect information about the psychological impact of COVID-19  Results The findings of this study show that the levels of stress, depression and anxiety, as well as the risks of PTSD, are higher than average in over half of the considered sample  The severity of these disorders significantly depends on gender, type of outdoor activities, characteristics of their homes, eventual presence of infected acquaintances, time dedicated to looking for related information (in the news and social networks), type of source information and, in part, to the level of education and income  Conclusions We conclude that COVID-19 has a very strong psychological impact on the global population  This appears to be linked to the coping strategies adopted, level of mindful awareness, socio-demographic variables, people's habits and the way individuals use means of communication and information","","https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2021.01.020","","Database: COVIDWHO; Publication details: Journal of Affective Disorders;2021.; Publication details: Journal of Affective Disorders;2021.; Publication type: article","WHO","Undecided","","","","","","","","","","","","","False","False","","","","","False","False","False","","2021-01-21","",9691,""
"Maybe we are stronger than we thought: Explore protective factors for the public's mental health in COVID-19","","","https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajp.2021.102555","","Database: COVIDWHO; Publication details: Asian Journal of Psychiatry;: 102555, 2021.; Publication details: Asian Journal of Psychiatry;: 102555, 2021.; Publication type: article","WHO","Undecided","","","","","","","","","","","","","False","False","","","","","False","False","False","","2021-01-21","",9692,""
"FORECAST FOR A CHANGED WORLD","Wood offers insights about the risks and opportunities can businesses expect in 2021 and what are the biggest factors for internal auditors to consider  According to him, second pandemic is arising in the wake of COVID-19: poor mental health  Huge stress is being induced by lockdowns, threats of business failure or personal bankruptcy, changed family circumstances, and the prospects of short- or long-term health problems from the virus  Companies that prioritize emotional well-being can stand out from the crowd in new ways","","https://www.google.com/search?q=FORECAST+FOR+A+CHANGED+WORLD","","Database: COVIDWHO; Publication details: The Internal Auditor;77(6):14, 2020.; Publication details: The Internal Auditor;77(6):14, 2020.; Publication type: article","WHO","Undecided","","","","","","","","","","","","","False","False","","","","","False","False","False","","2021-01-21","",9693,""
"PostCOVID mental health","This letter discusses mental health situation post-COVID  The SARS-CoV2 (COVID-19) pandemic is a current challenge for the healthcare systems of the world  From a descriptive point of view, there are several classifications of the healthcare needs derived from COVID-19, through which the consequences of the pandemic could be studied or analyzed  In a few weeks, COVID-19 has put in check the health systems' capacity throughout the world, with almost 3 million people infected, more than 200,000 deaths and 850,000 patients recovered  A very important fact to take into account, is that it has occurred in a limited space of time, which has been a unique stress test for the health systems across the world, which have had to adjust in a record time, in order to absorb all demand and meet the needs of the population  The second wave has to do with to the health care needs of the general population for reasons other than COVID-19, which begin to appear after the withdrawal of the first wave  There are needs related to chronic conditions and the temporary withdrawal of continuity care programs, mostly patients who, during this time, have lowered their self-care protocols, often limited by the confinement circumstances  The last wave is the most specific of mental health problems  It is a longitudinal and cumulative wave  From a conceptual perspective, WHO defines health as the balance between physical, social and psychological well-being  There is no doubt that the deployment of health care resources to approach COVID-19 is being memorable  (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved)","","https://www.google.com/search?q=PostCOVID+mental+health","","Database: COVIDWHO; Publication details: Actas Espanolas de Psiquiatria;48(2):96-98, 2020.; Publication details: Actas Espanolas de Psiquiatria;48(2):96-98, 2020.; Publication type: article","WHO","Undecided","","","","","","","","","","","","","False","False","","","","","False","False","False","","2021-01-21","",9694,""
"From Pivot to Pirouette: An Administrative Perspective on the 2020 Migration to Remote Instruction","In the 2020 release for the annual Online College Students Report from Wiley Education Services and Aslanian Market Research, Wiley Education Services president Todd Zipper commented, The radical shift to virtual learning during COVID-19, made possible by the heroic efforts of faculty, was critical to helping students continue their education, but should not be considered a true or sustainable online learning solution   From an administrative standpoint, it is useful to consider the events of2020 through a five-framed lens: * Triage (Spring) * React (Summer) * Respond (Fall) * Evaluate (Throughout) * Act (Future) The University of Central Florida (UCF) is a large, public metropolitan research university and like many others across the country (and world) dealt with the challenges associated with a rapid pivot to remote instruction  Because their classroom-based work had been temporarily suspended, this team was cross-trained on fundamental LMS support issues and added to the Microsoft Teams online support group  The summer timeline in preparation for fall also allows the student support staff to ramp up their services, including medical services, mental health counseling, advising, acquisition of loaner equipment for remote learning, and orientation","","https://www.google.com/search?q=From+Pivot+to+Pirouette:+An+Administrative+Perspective+on+the+2020+Migration+to+Remote+Instruction","","Database: COVIDWHO; Publication details: The Journal of Faculty Development;34(3):39-42, 2020.; Publication details: The Journal of Faculty Development;34(3):39-42, 2020.; Publication type: article","WHO","Undecided","","","","","","","","","","","","","False","False","","","","","False","False","False","","2021-01-21","",9695,""
"Creating Community from a Physical Distance: Insights and Reflections from a Bilingual Teacher Educator","Education is an act of love  One may argue however, that because it is such a personal act, it is difficult and nearly impossible to achieve it in an authentic manner beyond the face-to-face interaction of teacher and student  Yet, we now live in a time in which education has been transmitted to a virtual platform  This paper highlights how I navigated the virtual world as a bilingual teacher educator to create community and connection among bilingual teacher candidates (BTCs) as Covid-19 changed the course of life and instruction  I begin by discussing the challenges faced when reimagining how virtual education can serve as a tool to authentically foster critical inquiry, praxis, and tive education for multilingual learners  I then discuss how I utilized Freirean pedagogy as my moral and pedagogical compass to implement a four-phase approach to foster a transformative virtual environment: cultivating online social equality;promoting self-care to protect mental health;engaging in inward connections for learning;and writing the personal as political  Through this process, BTCs cultivated a transformative community built on self-reflection, trust, and shared vulnerabilities","","https://www.google.com/search?q=Creating+Community+from+a+Physical+Distance:+Insights+and+Reflections+from+a+Bilingual+Teacher+Educator","","Database: COVIDWHO; Publication details: Issues in Teacher Education;29(1/2):65-74, 2020.; Publication details: Issues in Teacher Education;29(1/2):65-74, 2020.; Publication type: article","WHO","Undecided","","","","","","","","","","","","","False","False","","","","","False","False","False","","2021-01-21","",9696,""
"Physical Activity, Mental Health and Technology Preferences for Support during COVID-19: A Cross-Sectional Report of Cancer Survivors","COVID-19 has had significant health and behavioral impacts on populations worldwide. Cancer survivors are at particular risk of changes in behavioral patterns, as they were encouraged to be more vigilant and observe stricter social distancing guidelines. We explored 1) changes in physical activity/sedentary behaviors since COVID-19, and mental health status, 2) alternative strategies to support the survivors' physical activity and social support during and after COVID-19 including the role of digital health. A survey was distributed to cancer survivors participating (currently or in the past) in a community-based physical activity program, LIVESTRONG at the Y, from 3 sites surrounding an urban area of Massachusetts. Questions addressed pre-COVID vs. current changes in physical activity and sedentary time. Anxiety and depression were assessed using the GAD-2 and PHQ-2 with scores ≥3 classified as clinically diagnosed anxiety/depression. Digital health preferences were assessed using closed ended questions. Descriptive statistics were calculated. Open-ended responses addressing other preferences for physical activity programs and social support were analyzed, coded and categorized into themes. Of the 61 participants, (mean age=62 ± 10.4; female=83.6%), 67.2% reported performing less physical activity and 67.2% reported sitting more since COVID-19 began. For the GAD-2 and PHQ-2, 24.6% and 26.2% met the criteria for clinical anxiety and depression, respectively. All participants (100%) reported having a cellphone; 90% had a smartphone. Preferences reported for physical activity programming (n=28) included three themes: 1) Use of digital/remote platforms (Zoom, online, videos), 2) Specific activities and locations (e.g. outdoors, walking, gardening, biking, YMCA, senior centers) and 3) Social support is important regardless of the type of activity (e.g. family, friends, peers and coaches). Participants reported a mean score of 71.8 ± 21.4 (scale 0-100) for importance of social support during physical activity programs. Social support preferences (n=15) included three themes: 1) Support from remote platforms (e.g. text messaging, Zoom, phone calls, emails and Facebook), 2) Tangible support in person (YMCA, Senior Center), and 3) Social support with no specific platform (e.g. small groups and family/friend visits). Since the start of COVID-19, cancer survivors in our study have experienced decreased physical activity and increased sedentary time. Depression and anxiety were reported by one-quarter of respondents. Both physical activity and mental health are critical factors in survivor's quality of life, and interventions tailored to survivors' preferences for activity are necessary. Digital remote physical activity programs with added social support may be a promising way to address ongoing needs during and after the pandemic.","Faro, Mattocks, Nagawa, Lemon, Wang, Cutrona, Sadasivam","https://doi.org/10.2196/25317","20210120","","PubMed","Undecided","","","","","","","","","","","","","False","False","","","","","False","False","False","","2021-01-21","",9697,""
"Physical and Mental Health of Older People while Cocooning during the COVID-19 Pandemic","Cocooning or shielding, i.e. staying at home and reducing face-to-face interaction with other people, was an important part of the response to the COVID-19 pandemic for older people. However, concerns exist regarding the long-term adverse effects cocooning may have on their physical and mental health. To examine health trajectories and healthcare utilization while cocooning in a cohort of community-dwelling people aged ≥70 years. Survey of 150 patients (55% female, mean age 80 years, mean Clinical Frailty Scale Score 4.8) attending ambulatory medical services in a large urban university hospital. The survey covered four broad themes: access to healthcare services, mental health, physical health and attitudes to COVID-19 restrictions. Survey data was presented descriptively. Almost 40% (59/150) reported that their mental health was 'worse' or 'much worse' while cocooning, while over 40% (63/150) reported a decline in their physical health. Almost 70% (104/150) reported exercising less frequently or not exercising at all.Over 57% (86/150) of participants reported loneliness with 1 in 8 (19/150) reporting that they were lonely 'very often'. Half of participants (75/150) reported a decline in their quality of life (QOL).Over 60% (91/150) agreed with government advice for those ≥70 years but over 40% (61/150) reported that they disliked the term 'cocooning'. Given the likelihood of further restrictions in coming months, clear policies and advice for older people around strategies to maintain social engagement, manage loneliness, continue physical activity and access timely medical care and rehabilitation services should be a priority.","Bailey, Ward, DiCosimo, Baunta, Cunningham, Romero-Ortuno, Kenny, Purcell, Lannon, McCarroll, Nee, Robinson, Lavan, Briggs","https://doi.org/10.1093/qjmed/hcab015","20210120","COVID-19; Loneliness; Mental health; Older; Shielding","PubMed","Undecided","","","","","","","","","","","","","False","False","","","","","False","False","False","","2021-01-21","",9698,""
"Tinnitus in COVID-19 Pandemic","Tinnitus is a symptom that can significantly affect the quality of life of every patient. In patients with tinnitus, one of the most important diagnostic element is medical history data. Patients classify the pitch and loudness of tinnitus graphically using the visual analog scale (VAS). Visual analog scale and similar questionnaires constitute a valuable addendum of the clinical picture in patients with tinnitus. It seems essential, especially in the light of the information presented in the case report on the probability of correlation between tinnitus and stress and depression associated with social isolation infection avoidance. The knowledge about the patient's hearing condition before contracting COVID-19, the early symptoms of SARS-CoV-2 infection, the method of diagnosis of the infection, the time and method of isolation of the patient, and the time from the diagnosis of COVID-19 to the appearance of otolaryngological symptoms might enable the reader to gain more knowledge on the correlation between COVID-19 and tinnitus. New research reveals that tinnitus is being exacerbated by COVID-19.","Narozny, Tretiakow, Skorek","https://doi.org/10.1177/0145561320988364","20210120","COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; hearing loss; tinnitus","PubMed","Undecided","","","","","","","","","","","","","False","False","","","","","False","False","False","","2021-01-21","",9699,""
"Impact of COVID-19 on Maternal Mental Health","The COVID-19 pandemic led to several states mandating social distancing and sheltering in place along with a shift in health care delivery, unprecedented unemployment rates, financial stress, and emotional concerns. For pregnant and postpartum women, limited social support and social isolation with social distancing and fear of COVID-19 exposure or infection for themselves, their fetus, or their newborn infants, have implications for maternal mental health. An overview of the potential impact of COVID-19 on mental health risk for pregnant and postpartum women is presented with implications for nursing practice to promote maternal-infant wellbeing.","Goyal, Selix","https://doi.org/10.1097/NMC.0000000000000692","20210120","","PubMed","Undecided","","","","","","","","","","","","","False","False","","","","","False","False","False","","2021-01-21","",9700,""
"[Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on adolescent health and development: a role to play for physicians]","This article summarizes the conclusion of a two-days interprofessional online workshop held under the auspices of the Brocher Foundation. The objectives were to review the impact of COVID on adolescent health and development and to generate some key responses to the situation. The pandemic has severely affected the mental health of a large proportion of adolescents and has significantly reduced access to health care. It has as well disturbed the school education of vulnerable youngsters and decreased social contacts with adults and peers. In the future, authorities should better consider the rights of young people and request their opinion and participation in decision making. Physicians should systematically explore their young patients' opinions and queries regarding the COVID and address problematic situations such as family conflicts, misuse of internet or risky behaviour. Cet article résume le contenu d’un colloque participatif interprofessionnel en ligne de 2 jours visant à faire un état des lieux et à élaborer des réponses à la situation des adolescent·e·s à l’ère du Covid. La pandémie affecte leur santé en réduisant l’accès aux soins (confinement) et en induisant des problèmes psychologiques chez certains d’entre eux. Elle affecte la formation et la scolarité des plus démunis, réduit les contacts sociaux avec les adultes et les pairs. À l’avenir, les autorités devraient mieux respecter les droits des jeunes en sollicitant leur avis et leur participation et en adaptant leurs messages. Les médecins doivent, lors des consultations avec eux, offrir systématiquement un dialogue et des informations, et repérer des problématiques telles que conflits familiaux, abus d’internet ou prise de risque sanitaire.","Michaud, Vassalli, Schmitt, Jaffé, Ambresin","https://www.google.com/search?q=[Impact+of+the+COVID-19+pandemic+on+adolescent+health+and+development:+a+role+to+play+for+physicians].","20210120","","PubMed","Undecided","","","","","","","","","","","","","False","False","","","","","False","False","False","","2021-01-21","",9701,""
"Promoting Healthy Aging During COVID-19","Older adults have been markedly impacted by the coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) pandemic. The American Geriatrics Society previously published a White Paper on Healthy Aging in 2018 that focused on a number of domains that are core to healthy aging in older adults: health promotion, injury prevention, and managing chronic conditions; cognitive health; physical health; mental health; and social health. The potentially devastating consequences of COVID-19 on health promotion are recognized. The purpose of this article is multifold. First, members of the Healthy Aging Special Interest Group will present the significant difficulties and obstacles faced by older adults during this unprecedented time. Second, we provide guidance to practicing geriatrics healthcare professionals overseeing the care of older adults. We provide a framework for clinical evaluation and screening related to the five aforementioned domains, that uniquely impact older adults. Last, we provide strategies that could enhance healthy aging in the era of COVID-19.","Batsis, Daniel, Eckstrom, Goldlist, Kusz, Lane, Loewenthal, Coll, Friedman","https://doi.org/10.1111/jgs.17035","20210120","COVID-19; healthy aging; older adults","PubMed","Undecided","","","","","","","","","","","","","False","False","","","","","False","False","False","","2021-01-21","",9702,""
"A severe COVID-19 case with schizophrenia as well as other chronic diseases","The prognosis of COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) is usually poor when it occurs in aged adults or in patients with chronic diseases, which brought a great challenge to clinical practice. Furthermore, widespread depression, anxiety, and panic related to SARS-CoV-2 (severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus 2) infection affected treatment compliance and recovery. Here we report the successful treatment of a 57-year-old male with severe COVID-19, schizophrenia, hypertension, and type 2 diabetes. The patient's negative emotions (such as tension, panic, and anxiety), particularly his aggression and paranoia, seriously hindered treatment, leading to a deteriorating condition. Psychological counseling and supportive psychotherapy were given but the effect was weak. To improve adherence, risperidone and quetiapine fumarate were replaced by olanzapine for anti-schizophrenic treatment to reduce insomnia and anxiety side effects, associated with sedative-hypnotic drugs as well as psychological counseling. The treatment compliance of the patient improved significantly. The patient's serum alanine aminotransferase increased abnormally in the late stage of hospitalization, suggesting potential liver damage after complex medication strategies. We also monitored the changes of lymphocyte subsets and retrospectively analyzed the virus-specific antibody response. The results suggested that dynamic monitoring of lymphocyte subsets and virus-specific antibody response could facilitate disease progression evaluation and timely treatment plan adjustments. An effective psychotropic drug intervention associated with psychological counselling and psychotherapy are essential for the successful adherence, treatment, and rehabilitation of psychiatric disorders in COVID-19 patients.","Zeng, Zhang, He, Lai, Huang, Lin, Zhong, Guo","https://doi.org/10.1590/1414-431X202010426","20210120","","PubMed","Undecided","","","","","","","","","","","","","False","False","","","","","False","False","False","","2021-01-21","",9703,""
"Association between maternity harassment and depression during pregnancy amid the COVID-19 state of emergency","Maternity harassment, known in English as pregnancy discrimination, remains prevalent in developed countries. However, research examining the mental health effects of maternity harassment is lacking. We aimed to examine the association between maternity harassment and depression during pregnancy in Japan. A cross-sectional Internet survey was conducted on 359 pregnant employees (including women who were working at the time their pregnancy was confirmed) from May 22 to May 31, 2020, during which time a COVID-19 state of emergency was declared. Maternity harassment was defined as being subjected to any of the 16 adverse treatments prohibited by national guidelines. Depression was defined as a score of ≥9 on the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (Japanese version). Logistic regression analysis was performed. Overall, 24.8% of the pregnant employees had experienced maternity harassment by supervisors and/or colleagues. After adjusting for demographics, pregnancy status, work status, and fear of COVID-19, pregnant employees who experienced maternity harassment were more likely to have depression than those who did not (odds ratio 2.48, 95% confidential interval 1.34-4.60). This association was not influenced by whether they were teleworking or not as a COVID-19 measure. One quarter of pregnant employees experienced maternity harassment and had a higher prevalence of depression than those who did not. Being physically away from the office through teleworking may not reduce the effect of maternal harassment on depression. To protect the mental health and employment of pregnant women, employers should comply with the laws and take measures to prevent maternity harassment.","Kachi, Fujiwara, Eguchi, Inoue, Baba, Ohta, Tsutsumi","https://doi.org/10.1002/1348-9585.12196","20210120","maternity harassment; mental health; pregnancy discrimination; pregnant employees","PubMed","Undecided","","","","","","","","","","","","","False","False","","","","","False","False","False","","2021-01-21","",9704,""
"Male sex and age biases viral burden, viral shedding, and type 1 and 2 interferon responses during SARS-CoV-2 infection in ferrets","SARS-CoV-2 (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2) hospitalizations and deaths disportionally affect males and the elderly. Here we investigated the impact of male sex and age by infecting adult male, aged male, and adult female ferrets with SARS-CoV-2. Aged male ferrets had a decrease in temperature which was accompanied by prolonged viral replication with increased pathology in the upper respiratory tract after infection. Transcriptome analysis of the nasal turbinates and lungs indicated that female ferrets had significant increases in interferon response genes (OASL, MX1, ISG15, etc.) on day 2 post infection which was delayed in aged males. In addition, genes associated with taste and smell such as RTP1, CHGA, and CHGA1 at later time points were upregulated in males but not in females. These results provide insight into COVID-19 and suggests that older males may play a role in viral transmission due to decreased antiviral responses.","Francis, Richardson, McNeil, Rioux, Foley, Ge, Pechous, Kindrachuk, Cameron, Richardson, Lew, Cameron, Gerdts, Falzarano, Kelvin","https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.01.12.426381","20210120","","PubMed","Undecided","","","","","","","","","","","","","False","False","","","","","False","False","False","","2021-01-21","",9705,""
"Mixed Method Study to Explore Ethical Dilemmas and Health Care Workers' Willingness to Work Amid COVID-19 Pandemic in Palestine","<b>Background:</b> The high potential risks involved in working in a healthcare setting during a pandemic and the associated fear that may affect health care workers' (HCWs') willingness to work are important to understand to eliminate potential barriers to working. This study aimed to assess Palestinian HCWs' willingness to work and the related factors as well as to explore their ethical dilemmas during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. <b>Materials and Methods:</b> Quantitative (survey questionnaire) and qualitative (semi-structured interviews) data were collected. Frontline HCWs (<i>n</i> = 550) received an online survey link via closed institutional networks. Frequencies summarized the data, and chi-square compared variables and outcomes. Odds ratios (ORs) and multivariable analysis examined predictors for willingness to work. Fifteen HCWs (physicians, nurses, and lab and radiology technicians) were purposefully sampled and agreed to interviews to explore their thoughts, motivations, and worries. Thematic analysis focused on ethical dilemmas to enhance the breadth and the depth of the study. <b>Results:</b> Almost 25% of surveyed HCWs were not willing to work during the pandemic. Logistic model results showed that physicians and nurses had higher willingness to work than others (<i>p</i> = 0.004, Adj. OR = 3.5). Lower stress levels and longer professional experience were predictors of more willing to work (<i>p</i> = 0.03, Adj. OR = 2.5; <i>p</i> = 0.03, Adj. OR = 2.6, respectively). Interviews showed that willingness to work did not preclude HCWs from fulfilling their duties despite grueling workloads and grave fears about safety and security. HCWs felt poorly prepared, unappreciated, and frustrated by unfair work distribution. The occupation presented additional safety issues. <b>Conclusion:</b> Physicians and nurses were more likely to comply with a commitment to their professional ethics and the duty or obligation to work. Stress levels could be mitigated in the future with better leadership, adding supports to address mental health and psychosocial challenges to enhance HCWs' well-being and improve quality of care. The realities of the occupation added additional threats and uncertainty.","Maraqa, Nazzal, Zink","https://doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2020.576820","20210120","COVID 19; Palestine; duty to work; ethical dilemmas; health care workers; willingness to work","PubMed","Undecided","","","","","","","","","","","","","False","False","","","","","False","False","False","","2021-01-21","",9706,""
"Mental Health Outcomes in Healthcare Workers in COVID-19 and Non-COVID-19 Care Units: A Cross-Sectional Survey in Belgium","The literature shows the negative psychological impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak on frontline healthcare workers. However, few are known about the mental health of physicians and nurses working in general hospitals during the outbreak, caring for patients with COVID-19 or not. This survey assessed differences in mental health in physicians and nurses working in COVID-19 or non-COVID-19 medical care units. A cross-sectional mixed-mode survey was used to assess burnout, insomnia, depression, anxiety, and stress. A total of 1,244 physicians and nurses from five general hospitals in Belgium, working in COVID-19 care units (CCU), non-COVID-19 care units (NCCU), or both (CCU + NCCU) were informed of the study. Six hundred forty-seven healthcare workers participated in the survey (response rate = 52%). Validated instruments were used to assess the outcomes: the <i>PFI</i> (burnout/professional fulfillment), the <i>ISI</i> (insomnia), and the <i>DASS-21</i> (depression, anxiety, and stress). Results showed high prevalence of burnout, insomnia, depression, and anxiety among participants. After adjusting for confounders, multivariate analysis of variance showed no differences between CCU, NCCU, and CCU + NCCU workers. Univariate general linear models showed higher level of burnout, insomnia, and anxiety among nurses in comparison to physicians. Being a nurse, young, isolated, with an increased workload were risk factors for worse mental health outcomes. The mental health of the tested sample, before the outbreak, is unknown. Moreover, this cross-sectional design provides no information on the evolution of the mental health outcomes over time. Directly caring for patients with COVID-19 is not associated with worse mental health outcomes among healthcare workers in general hospitals. High prevalence of burnout, insomnia, depression, and anxiety among physicians and nurses requires special attention, and specific interventions need to be implemented. ClinicalTrials.gov, identifier NCT04344145.","Tiete, Guatteri, Lachaux, Matossian, Hougardy, Loas, Rotsaert","https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.612241","20210120","COVID-19; Health Psychology; burnout; distress; healthcare workers","PubMed","Undecided","","","","","","","","","","","","","False","False","","","","","False","False","False","","2021-01-21","",9707,""
"Is Fear of COVID-19 Contagious? The Effects of Emotion Contagion and Social Media Use on Anxiety in Response to the Coronavirus Pandemic","The novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has become a global pandemic, causing substantial anxiety. One potential factor in the spread of anxiety in response to a pandemic threat is emotion contagion, the finding that emotional experiences can be socially spread through conscious and unconscious pathways. Some individuals are more susceptible to social contagion effects and may be more likely to experience anxiety and other mental health symptoms in response to a pandemic threat. Therefore, we studied the relationship between emotion contagion and mental health symptoms during the COVID-19 pandemic. We administered the Emotion Contagion Scale (ESC) along with a measure of anxiety in response to COVID-19 (modified from a previous scale designed to quantify fear of the Swine Flu outbreak) and secondary outcome measures of depression, anxiety, stress, and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) symptoms. These measures were completed by a large (<i>n</i> = 603) student sample in the United States. Data were collected in the months of April and May of 2020 when the fear of COVID-19 was widespread. Results revealed that greater susceptibility to emotion contagion was associated with greater concern about the spread of COVID-19, more depression, anxiety, stress, and OCD symptoms. Consumption of media about COVID-19 also predicted anxiety about COVID-19, though results were not moderated by emotion contagion. However, emotion contagion did moderate the relationship between COVID-19-related media consumption and elevated OCD symptoms. Although limited by a cross-sectional design that precludes causal inferences, the present results highlight the need for study of how illness fears may be transmitted socially during a pandemic.","Wheaton, Prikhidko, Messner","https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.567379","20210120","COVID-19; anxiety; emotion contagion; media effect; pandemic (COVID-19)","PubMed","Undecided","","","","","","","","","","","","","False","False","","","","","False","False","False","","2021-01-21","",9708,""
"Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Ovarian Cancer Management: Adjusting to the New Normal","COVID-19, also known as the coronavirus disease 2019, is caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) declared pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO). As the world faces the coronavirus disease 2019 crisis, the oncology community is being impacted by unprecedented challenges. During this trying time, patients with ovarian cancer (OC) have been affected by a delay in diagnosis, surgery, chemotherapy and radiation treatments, and oncology follow-ups being conducted via telemedicine instead of in-person visits. OC patients and their oncologists are balancing the fears of COVID-19 and cancer treatment with the consequences of delaying cancer care. The delay in treatment care that women with OC are experiencing has resulted in higher levels of cancer worry, anxiety, and depression. In this article, we succinctly review the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the diagnosis and treatment and ongoing clinical trials of OC. We also discuss the psychological effects of COVID-19 on women with OC and alternative therapeutic strategies to limit in-person hospital visits to reduce the spread of the disease, and the impact of COVID-19 on OC patients.","Jacome, Deshmukh, Thulasiraman, Holliday, Singh","https://doi.org/10.2147/CMAR.S287152","20210120","COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; cancer care delay; ovarian cancer management; pandemic","PubMed","Undecided","","","","","","","","","","","","","False","False","","","","","False","False","False","","2021-01-21","",9709,""
"Patients' Responses to the Sudden Interruption of Chemotherapy During the Outbreak of the Novel Coronavirus: A Cross-Sectional Study","This cross-sectional study aimed to describe the responses of cancer patients' indifferent chemotherapy cycles to the unstructured treatment interruption during the COVID-19 pandemic in China. Data from 156 adult patients with common solid tumors undergoing chemotherapy or ready to begin chemotherapy after surgery before the COVID-19 outbreak were analyzed in the study. Patients' responses to the chemotherapy interruption and their anxiety were assessed. Overall, 141 (90%) patients completed the study, and 115 (81.6%) accepted a switch from their previous intravenous chemotherapy to oral chemotherapy. Of these, 29 (65.9%) patients with lung cancer, 25 (86.2%) with gastric cancer, 33 (89.2%) with colorectal cancer and 28 (90.3%) with breast cancer switched from intravenous to oral treatment, heeding their doctor's advice. Of the participants, 85 (60.3%) patients reported that they had taken at least one kind of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). The hospital anxiety and depression scale (HADS) scores increased in patients with advanced refractory cancer compared with the scores of adjuvant chemotherapy patients (<i>P</i> &lt; 0.05). The prevalence of anxiety was high in cancer patients aged 60 years or older. Furthermore, anxiety was associated with advanced incurable cancer (<i>P </i>&lt; 0.05), and this finding remained after adjusting for chronic pain. In addition, there were significantly increased scores of anxiety in patients with lung cancer (<i>P </i>&lt;0 0.05). Our study shows that most cancer patients remained relatively stable and had switched from intravenous to oral treatment at home. Among them, an increasing number of patients began to seek CAM as a complementary therapeutic approach. Patients with advanced refractory cancer were more likely to experience anxiety, and lung cancer patients should receive special attention.","Zhang, Yin, Wang, Yuan, Zhu, Li, Xu, Dang, Jia, Zhang","https://doi.org/10.2147/CMAR.S274525","20210120","COVID-19; chemotherapy interruption; complementary and alternative medicine; mental health","PubMed","Undecided","","","","","","","","","","","","","False","False","","","","","False","False","False","","2021-01-21","",9710,""
"Perspectives from the Society for Pediatric Research: advice on sustaining science and mentoring during COVID-19","The COVID-19 pandemic will leave an indelible mark on the careers of current medical trainees. Given the disruptions to medical education, economic impact on institutions, and the uncertainties around future job prospects, trainees are facing unprecedented challenges. This situation is especially concerning for futures of pediatric physician-scientist trainees, where concerns regarding maintaining the pipeline were well documented prior to the emergence of COVID-19. In this Perspectives article, we leverage the unique expertise of our workgroup to address concerns of physician-scientist trainees and to provide suggestions on how to navigate career trajectories in the post-COVID-19 era. We identified and addressed four major areas of concern: lack of in-person conferences and the associated decrease access to mentors and networking activities, decreased academic productivity, diminished job prospects, and mental health challenges. We also suggest actions for trainees, mentors and educational leaders, and institutions to help support trainees during the pandemic, with a goal of maintaining the pediatric physician-scientist pipeline.","Forster, Nguyen, Powell, Moore, Ho, Heyman, Wenger, Gonzalez, Hostetter, Nowalk, Rassbach, Boyer, Weiss, Blankenburg, Orange, Ackerman, Burns","https://doi.org/10.1038/s41390-020-01321-5","20210120","","PubMed","Undecided","","","","","","","","","","","","","False","False","","","","","False","False","False","","2021-01-21","",9711,""
"Impact on health and provision of healthcare services during the COVID-19 lockdown in India: a multicentre cross-sectional study","The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in a national lockdown in India from midnight on 25 March 2020, with conditional relaxation by phases and zones from 20 April. We evaluated the impact of the lockdown in terms of healthcare provisions, physical health, mental health and social well-being within a multicentre cross-sectional study in India. The SMART India study is an ongoing house-to-house survey conducted across 20 regions including 11 states and 1 union territory in India to study diabetes and its complications in the community. During the lockdown, we developed an online questionnaire and delivered it in English and seven popular Indian languages (Hindi, Tamil, Marathi, Telegu, Kannada, Bengali, Malayalam) to random samples of SMART-India participants in two rounds from 5 May 2020 to 24 May 2020. We used multivariable logistic regression to evaluate the overall impact on health and healthcare provision in phases 3 and 4 of lockdown in red and non-red zones and their interactions. A total of 2003 participants completed this multicentre survey. The bivariate relationships between the outcomes and lockdown showed significant negative associations. In the multivariable analyses, the interactions between the red zones and lockdown showed that all five dimensions of healthcare provision were negatively affected (non-affordability: OR 1.917 (95% CI 1.126 to 3.264), non-accessibility: OR 2.458 (95% CI 1.549 to 3.902), inadequacy: OR 3.015 (95% CI 1.616 to 5.625), inappropriateness: OR 2.225 (95% CI 1.200 to 4.126) and discontinuity of care: OR 6.756 (95% CI 3.79 to 12.042)) and associated depression and social loneliness. The impact of COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown on health and healthcare was negative. The exaggeration of income inequality during lockdown can be expected to extend the negative impacts beyond the lockdown.","Raman, Rajalakshmi, Surya, Ramakrishnan, Sivaprasad, Conroy, Thethi, Mohan, Netuveli","https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-043590","20210120","COVID-19; general diabetes; quality in health care","PubMed","Undecided","","","","","","","","","","","","","False","False","","","","","False","False","False","","2021-01-21","",9712,""
"Hospital-wide SARS-CoV-2 antibody screening of staff in a university psychiatric centre in Belgium","In this first serosurvey among psychiatric healthcare providers, only 3.2% of a sample of 431 staff members of a Belgian University Psychiatric Centre, screened 3-17 June 2020, had SARS-CoV-2 immunoglobulin G antibodies, which is considerably lower compared with both the general population and other healthcare workers in Belgium. The low seroprevalence was unexpected, given the limited availability of personal protective equipment and the high amount of COVID-19 symptoms reported by staff members. Importantly, exposure at home predicted the presence of antibodies, but exposure at work did not. Measures to prevent transmission from staff to patients are warranted in psychiatric facilities.","El Abdellati, Coppens, Goossens, Theeten, Van Damme, Berens, Morrens, De Picker","https://doi.org/10.1192/bjo.2020.172","20210120","COVID-19; Psychiatric nursing; infection prevention; mental health services; serology testing","PubMed","Undecided","","","","","","","","","","","","","False","False","","","","","False","False","False","","2021-01-21","",9713,""
"Post-traumatic growth during the COVID-19 pandemic in carers of children in Portugal and the UK: cross-sectional online survey","Although the negative effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health have attracted interest, little attention has focused on its positive effects and possible post-traumatic growth. To assess anxiety, well-being and post-traumatic growth in carers of children aged 6-16 years in Portugal and the UK. A cross-sectional online survey of volunteers conducted at the peak of the first wave of COVID-19 during lockdown (1 May to 27 June 2020). A total of 385 caregivers (Portuguese, n = 185; UK, n = 200), predominantly mothers (n = 341, 88.6%), completed the survey. The majority were working exclusively from home (n = 271, 70.4%), almost half reported a reduction in income (n = 174, 45.2%), most children were home taught (n = 358, 93%), and 75 (19.5%) identified a family member with suspected or confirmed COVID-19 infection. In total, 341 caregivers (88.6%) identified positives arising from COVID-19, most commonly related to the post-traumatic growth domains of improved relationships, a greater appreciation of life, discovering and embracing new possibilities, and positive spiritual change. A comparison of those who did (n = 341) and did not (n = 34) report any positives found a significant difference in well-being scores (t373 = 2.24, P = 0.025) but not in anxiety scores (t373 = 0.75, P = 0.45). Despite experiencing considerable adversity, examples of post-traumatic growth during the lockdown were common. Although the voluntary online nature of our survey is a limitation, our findings suggest that further research exploring post-traumatic growth following pandemics is warranted.","Stallard, Pereira, Barros","https://doi.org/10.1192/bjo.2021.1","20210120","COVID-19; Carers; cross sectional; post-traumatic growth; well-being","PubMed","Undecided","","","","","","","","","","","","","False","False","","","","","False","False","False","","2021-01-21","",9714,""
"What was the impact of a global pandemic (COVID-19) lockdown period on experiences within an eating disorder service? A service evaluation of the views of patients, parents/carers and staff","The World Health Organization declared the outbreak of COVID-19 as a global pandemic on the 11th March 2020. As a result, the UK Government imposed severe restrictions on working and social contact as part of &quot;lockdown.&quot; Whilst the full extent of the pandemic's impact on eating disorder patients is unknown, the literature suggests that patients with pre-existing mental illness may be more vulnerable to the mental health impacts. In addition, the restrictions greatly reduced the access to mental health services and presented new challenges to service delivery. A service evaluation was carried out to explore how the COVID-19 global pandemic changed service provision in a young person's eating disorder service and how this affected patient, family and staff experiences. An audit was carried out to explore how the lockdown period had impacted referrals and service delivery. Quantitative data was collected in an online survey and qualitative data was collected in two formats: open ended answers as part of the online survey and open-ended focus groups, structured using narrative enquiry. The 43 participants consisted of 12 patients, 19 parents/carers, and 12 staff members. Patients were under the age of 18 and had a diagnosis of an eating disorder. COVID-19 and lockdown increased the pressure on the service and changed service provision significantly. This has impacted the relational experiences for patients and their carers and staff have been faced with new challenges. Patients, parents/carers and staff all preferred face-to-face appointments over virtual options. There was no difference in service satisfaction before and during COVID-19. It is possible to provide an eating disorder service in lockdown restrictions that patients and parents report high satisfaction with. Providing face-to-face appointments at the beginning of treatment and including families in the planning should be prioritised. Staff support is crucial to be able to continue delivering high quality services. The key themes are identified, and clinical recommendations are made to guide service delivery.","Shaw, Robertson, Ranceva","https://doi.org/10.1186/s40337-021-00368-x","20210120","COVID-19; Eating disorders; Global pandemic; Lockdown; Parent/Carer experience; Patient experience; Service development; Service evaluation; Service satisfaction; Staff experience","PubMed","Undecided","","","","","","","","","","","","","False","False","","","","","False","False","False","","2021-01-21","",9715,""
"Physician Athletes Promoting Physical Fitness Through Social Media During the COVID-19 Pandemic","The COVID-19 pandemic has had an unprecedented impact on our daily lives and functioning. To reduce the potential transmission, countries throughout the world practiced social distancing. Unfortunately, this social distancing often contributed to a sense of social isolation and physical inactivity. Two physician athletes on opposite coasts of the United States sought to change this narrative by promoting physical activity among the general population with the #SocialDistancingFitnessChallenge. During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in March and April 2020, these physicians would post exercises during the 5-day workweek-one would post yoga/flexibility exercises, while the other would post high-intensity cardio and strength exercises on two social media platforms. Some posts would amass over 100,000 views. They received daily feedback on how this challenge not only encouraged others to be engaged in physical activity during the most challenging pandemic of our lifetimes, but it also improved their mental health and outlook on the future amid great uncertainty.","Stanford, Salles","https://doi.org/10.1177/1524839920988261","20210120","COVID-19; exercise; fitness; health; physical activity","PubMed","Undecided","","","","","","","","","","","","","False","False","","","","","False","False","False","","2021-01-21","",9716,""
"Inter-proteomic posttranslational modifications of the SARS-CoV-2 and the host proteins ‒ A new frontier","Posttranslational modification of proteins, which include both the enzymatic alterations of protein side chains and main-chain peptide bond connectivity, is a fundamental regulatory process that is crucial for almost every aspects of cell biology, including the virus-host cell interaction and the SARS-CoV-2 infection. The posttranslational modification of proteins has primarily been studied in cells and tissues in an intra-proteomic context (where both substrates and enzymes are part of the same species). However, the inter-proteomic posttranslational modifications of most of the SARS-CoV-2 proteins by the host enzymes and <i>vice versa</i> are largely unexplored in virus pathogenesis and in the host immune response. It is now known that the structural spike (S) protein of the SARS-CoV-2 undergoes proteolytic priming by the host serine proteases for entry into the host cells, and N- and O-glycosylation by the host cell enzymes during virion packaging, which enable the virus to spread. New evidence suggests that both SARS-CoV-2 and the host proteins undergo inter-proteomic posttranslational modifications, which play roles in virus pathogenesis and infection-induced immune response by hijacking the host cell signaling. The purpose of this minireview is to bring attention of the scientific community to recent cutting-edge discoveries in this understudied area. It is likely that a better insight into the molecular mechanisms involved may open new research directions, and thereby contribute to novel therapeutic modality development against the SARS-CoV-2. Here we briefly discuss the rationale and touch upon some unanswered questions in this context, especially those that require attention from the scientific community.","Mishra, Bassi, Nyomba","https://doi.org/10.1177/1535370220986785","20210120","Covid-19; host reaction; protein modifications; proteome","PubMed","Undecided","","","","","","","","","","","","","False","False","","","","","False","False","False","","2021-01-21","",9717,""
"American Association for Emergency Psychiatry Recommendations to Address Psychiatric Staff Shortages in Emergency Settings","The psychological sequelae of the COVID-19 crisis will increase demands for psychiatric care in already strained emergency and mental health systems. To address the shortage of psychiatrists (and nurse practitioners and physician assistants) in emergency settings (ESs), the American Association for Emergency Psychiatry (AAEP) has established recommendations for utilizing nonprescribing mental health professionals in the evaluation and management of psychiatric patients in these contexts. Faced with limited research on the roles and competencies of nonprescribing psychiatric emergency clinicians (PECs), a multidisciplinary committee of members of AAEP was tasked with developing recommendations for use of PECs. The committee developed eight recommendations regarding the role of PECs in evaluation and management of patients who present to ESs with behavioral emergencies. PECs should have the following competencies: conducting independent psychiatric and substance abuse evaluations; managing behavioral emergencies; aiding in the recognition of confounding medical illnesses, intoxication and withdrawal states, and adverse drug reactions; developing appropriate treatment plans; recognizing when consultation from a psychiatrist or emergency physician is indicated; possessing self-awareness and recognizing clinician-patient dynamics; understanding medicolegal issues, such as involuntary holds and decision-making capacity; and collaborating with clinical teams in ESs. PECs are not meant to replace psychiatrists but to extend the psychiatrist's reach. Use of PECs has already been implemented in some areas of the country. On the basis of the AAEP recommendations, ESs can address staffing shortages while ensuring safe management of patients with behavioral emergencies. With appropriate orientation and training, the PEC can serve effectively and competently in an ES.","Richmond, Dragatsi, Stiebel, Rozel, Rasimus","https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201900501","20210120","Emergency psychiatry; Staff relationships/roles","PubMed","Undecided","","","","","","","","","","","","","False","False","","","","","False","False","False","","2021-01-21","",9718,""
"Palliative Care Professionals' Inner Lives: Cross-Cultural Application of the Awareness Model of Self-Care","Compassionate professional qualities traditionally have not received the most attention in either critical or end of life care. Constant exposure to death, time pressure and workload, inadequate coping with personal emotions, grieving, and depression urge the development of an inner curricula of competences to promote professional quality of life and compassionate care. The COVID-19 pandemic highlights the universality of these problems and the need to equip ourselves with rigorously validated measurement and monitoring approaches that allow for unbiased comparisons. The main objective of this study was to offer evidence on the generalizability of the awareness model of self-care across three care systems under particular idiosyncrasy. Regarding the sample, 817 palliative care professionals from Spain, Argentina, and Brazil participated in this cross-sectional study using a multigroup structural equation modeling strategy. The measures showed good reliability in the three countries. When testing the multigroup model against the configural and constrained models, the assumptions were fulfilled, and only two relationships of the model revealed differences among contexts. The hypotheses posited by the awareness model of self-care were supported and a similar predictive power on the professional quality of life dimensions was found. Self-care, awareness, and coping with death were competences that remained outstanding no matter the country, resulting in optimism about the possibility of acting with more integrative approaches and campaigns by international policy-makers with the consensus of world healthcare organizations.","Oliver, Galiana, Simone, Tomás, Arena, Linzitto, Grance, Sansó","https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare9010081","20210120","compassion fatigue; compassion satisfaction; compassionate care; cross-cultural comparison","PubMed","Undecided","","","","","","","","","","","","","False","False","","","","","False","False","False","","2021-01-21","",9719,""
"Physical Activity, Sedentary Behavior, Sleep and Self-Regulation in Spanish Preschoolers during the COVID-19 Lockdown","A better understanding of the effects of the lockdown on lifestyle behaviors may help to guide the public health response to COVID-19 at a national level and to update the global strategy to respond COVID-19 pandemic. The aim of the study was to examine the effects of the COVID-19 lockdown on device-measured physical activity (PA), sedentary time, sleep and self-regulation; and to determine whether PA and sleep are related to self-regulation problems during the lockdown. PA, sedentary time and sleep were assessed using accelerometry in the week in which the Spanish national state of alarm was declared (<i>n</i> = 21). Parents reported preschooler's self-regulation difficulties (internalizing and externalizing) before (<i>n</i> = 268) and during the lockdown (<i>n</i> = 157) by a validated questionnaire. Preschoolers showed a decrease in total PA (mean difference [MD] = -43.3 min per day, 95% CI -68.1 to -18.5), sleep efficiency (MD = -2.09%, 95% CI -4.12 to -0.05), an increase in sedentary time (MD = 50.2 min per day, 95% CI 17.1 to 83.3) internalizing (MD = 0.17, 95% CI 0.06 to 0.28) and externalizing (MD = 0.33, 95% CI 0.23 to 0.44) problems. Preschoolers who met the World Health Organization recommendations for PA had lower internalizing scores than non-active peers (MD = -1.28, 95% CI -2.53 to -0.03). Our findings highlight the importance of meeting PA recommendations to reduce psychosocial difficulties during a lockdown situation.","Alonso-Martínez, Ramírez-Vélez, García-Alonso, Izquierdo, García-Hermoso","https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18020693","20210120","coronavirus; healthy lifestyle; mental health; quarantine","PubMed","Undecided","","","","","","","","","","","","","False","False","","","","","False","False","False","","2021-01-21","",9720,""
"The effects of health-preserving sports on the treatment of COVID-19: A protocol for systematic review","From the end of 2019, COVID-19 has become a global epidemic, threatening the physical and mental health of everyone. How to effectively prevent and treat COVID-19 is concerned. Some studies have shown that Health-Preserving Sports plays an active role in the prognosis treatment of COVID-19. Therefore, this study aims to provide a method to assess the efficacy and safety of Health-Preserving Sports for the prognosis of COVID-19. This protocol is guided by the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews. The following electronic databases will be searched: PubMed, the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, Excerpta Medica Database, MEDLINE, Web of Science, China National Knowledge Infrastructure Database, Chinese Biomedical Literature Database, China Science and Technology Journal Database, and Wan-Fang Database. We will be screened for data extraction and analysis, to summarize the therapeutic effect of Health-Preserving Sports on the treatment of COVID-19. This study will provide a reliable evidence for the treatment of COVID-19 by Health-Preserving Sports. To provide a method to assess the efficacy and safety of Health-Preserving Sports for the prognosis of COVID-19, and guide future researches. CRD42020219526.","Ji, Qiu, Song, Liu, Chen","https://doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000024201","20210120","","PubMed","Undecided","","","","","","","","","","","","","False","False","","","","","False","False","False","","2021-01-21","",9721,""
"Estimating the real-world usage of mobile apps for mental health: development and application of two novel metrics","","","https://doi.org/10.1002/wps.20827","20210201","","Scopus","Undecided","","","","","","","","","","","","","False","False","","","","","False","False","False","","2021-01-21","",9722,""
"“My brain feels like a browser with 100 tabs open”: A longitudinal study of teachers’ mental health and wellbeing during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020","Teaching and caring for pupils during the COVID-19 pandemic has been a challenge for many teachers. In a time of greater job demands and limited job resources, its impact on teachers’ mental health and wellbeing (MHWB) should be of great national and international concern, especially as it has implications for educational systems now and in the future. In this light, the current study examines 24 primary and secondary school teachers’ MHWB experiences across three time points (April to November 2020) using longitudinal qualitative trajectory analysis. Generally, teachers’ MHWB seemed to have declined throughout the pandemic, especially for primary school leaders. Moreover, using the Job Demands–Resources Model as a theoretical framework, we identified six job demands contributing negatively to teachers’ MHWB (i.e., uncertainty, workload, negative perception of the profession, concern for others’ wellbeing, health struggles, and multiple roles) and three job resources contributing positively to their MHWB (i.e., social support, work autonomy, and coping strategies). Implications for policymakers and practitioners in supporting teachers’ MHWB by engaging in more collaborative communication and ensuring greater accessibility to sources of social support are discussed.","Lisa E. Kim Dr et al.","https://share.osf.io/preprint/46019-38A-E83","20210121","PsyArXiv|Social and Behavioral Sciences; PsyArXiv|Social and Behavioral Sciences|Educational Psychology; PsyArXiv|Social and Behavioral Sciences|School Psychology; teachers; longitudinal trajectory analysis; thematic analysis; mental health and wellbeing; covid-19","PsyArXiv","Undecided","","","","","","","","","","","","","False","False","","","","","False","False","False","","2021-01-21","",9723,""