Impact of the novel coronavirus on surgical practices at a tertiary pediatric hospital: A 3 year cross-sectional study

Problems caused by the novel coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) and its mutations have brought challenges in pandemic control for all countries worldwide. The present study examines the mediating roles of fear of COVID-19 and trust in the healthcare system in the association between individual’s risk perception and performing preventive COVID-19 behaviours among Iranians. A cross-sectional study design was used to collect data from 3652 residents of Qazvin province in Iran from 3 February to 15 April 2021 using a multistage stratified cluster sampling method. Participants responded to an online questionnaire concerning their fear of COVID-19, risk perception, trust in the healthcare system, and preventive COVID-19 behaviours. Small to medium positive interrelationships were observed between the variables of the study. Fear of COVID-19, trust in the healthcare system or both (fear of COVID-19 and trust in the healthcare system) mediated the association between an individual’s risk perception and performing preventive COVID-19 behaviours. The study demonstrated there are at least four ways through which an individual’s risk perception can influence preventive COVID-19 behaviours. Therefore, clinicians, health communicators, and researchers may capitalize on these findings to enhance preventive COVID-19 behaviours to help mitigate the spread of COVID-19 infection.

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Patients’ Responses to the Sudden Interruption of Chemotherapy During the Outbreak of the Novel Coronavirus: A Cross-Sectional Study

Cancer Management and Research ◽

10.2147/cmar.s274525 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol Volume 13 ◽

pp. 351-358

Author(s):

Hao Zhang ◽

Jianhao Yin ◽

Xin Wang ◽

Dawei Yuan ◽

Kun Zhu ◽

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Keyword(s):

Cross Sectional Study ◽

The Novel ◽

Sectional Study ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Novel Coronavirus

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The knowledge and practice towards COVID-19 pandemic prevention among residents of Ethiopia: An Online Cross-Sectional Study

10.1101/2020.06.01.127381 ◽

2020 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Daniel Bekele ◽

Tadesse Tolossa ◽

Reta Tsegaye ◽

Wondesen Teshome

Keyword(s):

Social Distance ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Hand Washing ◽

World Health ◽

The Novel ◽

Snowball Sampling ◽

Sectional Study ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Novel Coronavirus ◽

Health Organization

AbstractBackgroundThe Novel coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) is now the international concerns and a pandemic, since the World Health Organization declared as the outbreaks. The objective of this study to assess the prevention knowledge and practices towards the COVID-19 among the residents of Ethiopia.MethodsAn online cross-sectional study was conducted among the sample of Ethiopian residents via social platforms of the author’s network with the popular media such as Facebook, in Ethiopia from the April 15-22, 2020 and successfully recruited 341 responses. The snowball sampling was employed to recruit the participants. The data were analyzed using STATA version 14. Descriptive statistics were used to summarize the level of knowledge and practices.ResultsThe majority of the respondents (80.35%) were male. The overall prevention knowledge of the participants towards the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) was high. About 91.2% of the participant was heard about the novel coronavirus disease and Social Medias’ were the main source of the information. About 90% of the participants had a good prevention knowledge of maintaining social distance and frequent hand washing. The practices of the participants towards the COVID-19 prevention were very low. Out of 341 participants, only 61% and 84% of the participants were practicing social distance and frequent hand washing, respectively.ConclusionsMajority of the participants had knew the ways of protecting themselves from the novel coronavirus. But, there was deficiencies of changing these prevention knowledge to practice. This indicates that there was gap between knowledge and implementation of prevention strategies in the community. The concerned body should focus on providing education for the community regarding the implementation of the prevention knowledge to practice.

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Telemedicine acts as an Ambulatory Hospital during COVID-19 Crises: A cross-sectional study (Preprint)

10.2196/preprints.32565 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Sirwan Ahmed ◽

Rawand Essa ◽

Paiman Ahmad ◽

Omed Qadir ◽

Issa A Issa

Keyword(s):

Communication Networks ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

The Novel ◽

Kurdistan Region ◽

Sectional Study ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Health Crisis ◽

Client Care ◽

Novel Coronavirus ◽

First Time

BACKGROUND In close touch with communication networks, telemedicine has often developed. The COVID-19 outbreak has changed how client care is delivered in the hospitals. In recent years, Telemedicine is more acceptable and more widely available in more than 100 countries. OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness telemedicine services to reduce psychological problems, reduce infection spread with screening and management patients both those with and those without COVID-19 METHODS This was cross-sectional (descriptive study) was conducted in Raparin district Kurdistan region-iraq, From 11 March 2020 to 11 April 2020 RESULTS Nine hundred people participated in this study, mean age 39 years old. Hundred percent of them had heard about the word of quarantine for the first time. And 85% of populations have asked about the threats of the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2). Approximately 75% of calls were questions about COVID-19; 72% of them had symptoms of cough and flu, 28% had fever. Above 98% participants have been reassured psychologically and 92% of them have gotten benefit from our team CONCLUSIONS Using telemedicine is more tolerable during health crisis particularly in developing countries.

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Factors Associated with Access and Use of PPE during COVID-19: A Cross-sectional Study of Italian Physicians

10.1101/2020.04.24.20073924 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

E Savoia ◽

G Argentini ◽

D Gori ◽

E Neri ◽

R Piltch-Loeb ◽

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Keyword(s):

Risk Perception ◽

Healthcare Workers ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Protective Equipment ◽

The Novel ◽

Sectional Study ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Factors Associated ◽

Adequate Information ◽

Novel Coronavirus

AbstractObjectivesDuring the course of the Novel Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic, Italy has reported one of the highest number of infections. Nearly ten percent of reported coronavirus infections in Italy occurred in healthcare workers. This study aimed to understand physicians’ access to personal protective equipment (PPE) and to information about their use, risk perception and strategies adopted to prevent contracting the infection.MethodsWe undertook a cross-sectional, online self-reported survey implemented between March 31 and April 5 2020 of Italian physicians.ResultsResponses were received from 529 physicians, only 13% of which reported to have access to PPE every time they need them. Approximately half of the physicians reported that the information received about the use of PPE was either clear (47%) or complete (54%). Risk perception about contracting the infection was influenced by receiving adequate information on the use of PPE. Access to adequate information on the use of PPE was associated with better ability to perform donning and doffing procedures [OR=2.2 95% C.I. 1.7-2.8] and reduced perception of risk [OR=0.5, 95% C.I. 0.4-0.6].ConclusionsResults from this rapid survey indicate that while ramping up supplies on PPE for healthcare workers is certainly of mandatory importance, adequate training and clear instructions are just as important.

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Two-week global trends on 2019-nCoV fatality and virulence rates: a cross-sectional study

10.21203/rs.2.23981/v1 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Jorge Arroz

Keyword(s):

Time Frame ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

World Health ◽

Severe Illness ◽

The Novel ◽

Fatality Rate ◽

Sectional Study ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Global Trends ◽

Novel Coronavirus

Abstract BackgroundThe recent Public Health Emergency of International Concern, caused by a novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) is fast spreading, and contribution for the increase of knowledge about this outbreak is desired. The aim of this study is to analyse the global trend of 2019-nCoV fatality and virulence rates from 24 January to 06 February 2020.MethodsA cross-sectional study was carried out. Data from 2019-nCoV, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV) and Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus (MERS CoV) were obtained from World Health Organization. Only confirmed cases and deaths directly attributed to these viruses were considered. For 2019-nCoV, severe illness was also considered. Two endpoints of interest were analysed: trends in fatality rate (death among confirmed cases x 100) and virulence rate (severe illness among confirmed cases x 100).ResultsThe 2019-nCoV fatality and virulence rate decreased 1.0 and 7.3 percent points during the analysed time-frame, respectively. The SARS-CoV and MERS-CoV fatality rate are five and 17 times higher than the current 2019-nCoV fatality rate. The current cumulative 2019-nCoV confirmed cases exceeded 3.5 and 11.3 times the SARS-CoV and MERS-CoV confirmed cases, respectivelly.ConclusionsA reduction in fatality and virulence rate associated with the novel coronavirus was observed in the analyzed time-frame. The novel coronavirus is spreading at higher rates than SARS-CoV and MERS-CoV, although with comparative lower fatality rates. Continuous surveillance using additional indicators such as virulence rate (in addition to the fatality rate) may contribute to broaden and deepen the knowledge about the novel coronavirus.

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The knowledge and practice towards COVID-19 pandemic prevention among residents of Ethiopia. An online cross-sectional study

PLoS ONE ◽

10.1371/journal.pone.0234585 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 16 (1) ◽

pp. e0234585

Author(s):

Daniel Bekele ◽

Tadesse Tolossa ◽

Reta Tsegaye ◽

Wondesen Teshome

Keyword(s):

Social Distance ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

World Health ◽

The Novel ◽

Snowball Sampling ◽

Sectional Study ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Knowledge And Practice ◽

Novel Coronavirus ◽

Health Organization

Background The disease from the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has been considered as an international concern and a pandemic starting from the declaration of the World Health Organization (WHO) as an outbreak disease. Objective The objective of this study is to assess the prevention of knowledge and practices towards the COVID-19 pandemic among the residents of Ethiopia. Methods An online cross-sectional study was conducted among a sample of Ethiopian residents via social platforms of the author’s network with popular social media such as Facebook, Telegram, and email. The snowball sampling was employed to recruit participants. In doing so, we collected the responses of 341 participants successfully from April 15 to 22, 2020. The collected data were analyzed by STATA version 14 software and descriptive statistics were employed to summarize the knowledge and practices of the community towards the COVID-19 pandemic. Results The majority of respondents 80.5% were male. About 91.2% of the participants heard about the COVID-19 pandemic. Moreover, out of 341 participants 90.0%, 93.8% of them knew that the COVID-19 pandemic was prevented by maintaining social distance and frequent handwashing, respectively. This shows that the prevention knowledge of the participants towards the COVID-19 by maintaining social distance and frequent handwashing was high. However, out of 341 participants only 61%,84% of them practiced social distance and frequent handwashing toward COVID-19, respectively. Conclusions The majority of the participants knew the ways to protect themselves from the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), but there was a great problem of changing this prevention knowledge to practices. This shows that there is an action gap between having prevention knowledge of the COVID-19 and implementing it into practices to tackle the spread of the COVID-19 among communities. Therefore, the concerned body should be focused on providing awareness and education for the community regarding the implementation of prevention knowledge to practices.

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Knowledge, Attitude, and Behavior of Egyptian Medical Students Toward the Novel Coronavirus Disease-19: A Cross-Sectional Study

Open Access Macedonian Journal of Medical Sciences ◽

10.3889/oamjms.2020.5279 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 8 (T1) ◽

pp. 443-450

Author(s):

Shaimaa A. M. Abd El Fatah ◽

Marwa Salem ◽

Ahmed Abdel Hakim ◽

Eman D. El Desouky

Keyword(s):

Medical Students ◽

Medical School ◽

Online Survey ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

The Novel ◽

Sources Of Information ◽

Sectional Study ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Novel Coronavirus ◽

And Behavior

BACKGROUND: People in times of pandemics, crave after any medical field member (including medical students) to gain their knowledge and correct their behaviors. AIM: We aimed to assess medical students’ coronavirus disease (COVID)-19 related knowledge, attitude, and behavior (KAB). METHODS: The study is an exploratory cross-sectional study, conducted among medical students using an online survey. Medical students were classified according to their current academic year into either early year’s group (first 3 years in the medical school) or final year’s group (past 3 years in the medical school). RESULTS: A total of 2255 students completed the questionnaire. Regarding their COVID-19 related knowledge; 63.4% gave unsatisfactory responses (answered <75% of the questionnaire items correctly). Most of males (62.9%) and females (64.1%) gave unsatisfactory responses. CONCLUSION: Most of students had unsatisfactory responses of the current pandemic; however, the final year’s group had a significantly higher score in nearly all questionnaire (KAB) subsections than the early year’s group. The majority of both groups significantly believed that there are undeclared numbers in Egypt. Facebook and other platforms were the most common sources of information.

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