scholarly journals Investigation and Analysis of the Sub-health Status of the Members of the Medical Team Aiding Wuhan During the Novel Coronavirus Pneumonia (COVID-19) Outbreak

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Meixian Zhang ◽  
Haoyuan Chen ◽  
Chen Huang ◽  
Xia Li ◽  
Dihui Xu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Status ◽  
Influencing Factors ◽  
Rating Scale ◽  
Family Relations ◽  
Influence Factors ◽  
Medical Team ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Physical And Mental Health ◽  
Team Members ◽  
Novel Coronavirus

Abstract Objective: To understand the sub-health status of the medical team members of the aid to Wuhan during the outbreak of the new coronavirus pneumonia in Wuhan, China, to analyze the possible influencing factors that cause the sub-health status, and to provide a theoretical basis for scientifically maintaining and improving the physical and mental health of the medical team members.Methods: 131 members of the military medical team aiding Wuhan who were treating patients with novel coronavirus pneumonia were selected as subjects in the survey, and a questionnaire on the sub-health influencing factors was designed. After the medical treatment task, the SHMS V1.0 was used for assessment.Results: The sub-health detection rate of the medical team members was 76.3%, and the overall sub-health rating scale score was (69.11 ± 10.20) points. The scores of the three subscales of physiology, psychology, and society are (71.16 ± 11.30) points, (67.99 ± 13.51) points, and (67.41 ± 12.31) points, respectively. Work pressure, family structure, frustration, and diet may be the influence factors of the sub-health. Conclusion: During the outbreak of the novel coronavirus pneumonia, factors such as high-intensity work, non-nuclear families, low hobbies, and irregular diet may lead to the sub-healthy state of the members of the medical aid team in Wuhan. Reasonable arrangements for work and rest, maintaining harmonious family relations, focusing on the development of interests and hobbies, and healthy and regular diet, will help maintain and improve the health of medical team members, consolidate and maintain the combat effectiveness of medical team members, and complete epidemic prevention and control tasks with high quality and efficiency.

scholarly journals Impact of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Outbreak Quarantine, Isolation, and Lockdown Policies on Mental Health and Suicide

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Balasankar Ganesan ◽  
Adel Al-Jumaily ◽  
Kenneth N. K. Fong ◽  
Palak Prasad ◽  
Surendra Kumar Meena ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Social Stigma ◽  
Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
Physical And Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Issues ◽  
Huge Impact ◽  
Coronavirus Infection ◽  
Novel Coronavirus

The novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has made a huge impact on people's physical and mental health, and it remains a cause of death for many all over the world. To prevent the spread of coronavirus infection, different types of public health measures (social isolation, quarantine, lockdowns, and curfews) have been imposed by governments. However, mental health experts warn that the prolonged lockdown, quarantine, or isolation will create a “second pandemic” with severe mental health issues and suicides. The quarantined or isolated people may suffer from various issues such as physical inactivity, mental health, economic and social problems. As with the SARS outbreak in 2003, many suicide cases have been reported in connection with this current COVID-19 pandemic lockdown due to various factors such as social stigma, alcohol withdrawal syndrome, fear of COVID infection, loneliness, and other mental health issues. This paper provides an overview of risk factors that can cause suicide and outlines possible solutions to prevent suicide in this current COVID-19 pandemic.

scholarly journals COVID-19 and Slums: A Pandemic Highlights Gaps in Knowledge About Urban Poverty

10.2196/19578 ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. e19578
Author(s):  
John Friesen ◽  
Peter F Pelz
Keyword(s):  
Health Status ◽  
Cardiovascular Diseases ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Urban Poverty ◽  
Risk Groups ◽  
Data Availability ◽  
Noncommunicable Diseases ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Limited Extent ◽  
Novel Coronavirus

According to the United Nations, about 1 billion persons live in so-called slums. Numerous studies have shown that this population is particularly vulnerable to infectious diseases. The current COVID-19 pandemic, caused by the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, emphatically underlines this problem. The often high-density living quarters coupled with a large number of persons per dwelling and the lack of adequate sanitation are reasons why measures to contain the pandemic only work to a limited extent in slums. Furthermore, assignment to risk groups for severe courses of COVID-19 caused by noncommunicable diseases (eg, cardiovascular diseases) is not possible due to inadequate data availability. Information on people living in slums and their health status is either unavailable or only exists for specific regions (eg, Nairobi). We argue that one of the greatest problems with regard to the COVID-19 pandemic in the context of slums in the Global South is the lack of data on the number of people, their living conditions, and their health status.

scholarly journals COVID-19 and Slums: A Pandemic Highlights Gaps in Knowledge About Urban Poverty (Preprint)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Friesen ◽  
Peter F Pelz
Keyword(s):  
Health Status ◽  
Cardiovascular Diseases ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Urban Poverty ◽  
Risk Groups ◽  
Data Availability ◽  
Noncommunicable Diseases ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Limited Extent ◽  
Novel Coronavirus

UNSTRUCTURED According to the United Nations, about 1 billion persons live in so-called slums. Numerous studies have shown that this population is particularly vulnerable to infectious diseases. The current COVID-19 pandemic, caused by the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, emphatically underlines this problem. The often high-density living quarters coupled with a large number of persons per dwelling and the lack of adequate sanitation are reasons why measures to contain the pandemic only work to a limited extent in slums. Furthermore, assignment to risk groups for severe courses of COVID-19 caused by noncommunicable diseases (eg, cardiovascular diseases) is not possible due to inadequate data availability. Information on people living in slums and their health status is either unavailable or only exists for specific regions (eg, Nairobi). We argue that one of the greatest problems with regard to the COVID-19 pandemic in the context of slums in the Global South is the lack of data on the number of people, their living conditions, and their health status.

Implementation of a Mobile App to Facilitate Socially-Distanced Hospital Communication and Patient Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic (Preprint)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emeka C. Anyanwu ◽  
R. Parker Ward ◽  
Atman Shah ◽  
Vineet Arora ◽  
Craig Umscheid
Keyword(s):  
Call Center ◽  
Early Period ◽  
Mobile App ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Team Members ◽  
Social Distancing ◽  
Incident Command ◽  
Hospital Policies ◽  
Novel Coronavirus ◽  
Observation Period

BACKGROUND The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has significantly altered the delivery of healthcare, requiring clinicians and hospitals to adapt to rapidly changing hospital policies, as well as social distancing guidelines. To help address these challenges, we adapted an existing mobile app to communicate hospital policies, as well as enable direct communication between clinical team members and hospitalized patients. OBJECTIVE To describe the features and utilization of a novel mobile application. METHODS We implemented moblMD, a mobile app for iOS and Android. We worked with our Hospital Incident Command System to identify key policies to distribute using the app. The app was also populated with a searchable directory of numbers to patient bedside phones and hospital locations. We monitored anonymized user activity from February 1 – July 31, 2020. RESULTS Following its announcement the app was downloaded by a total of 1104 clinicians during the observation period, with 504 downloads within 72 hours of the first announcement. Review of COVID policies using the app was most common during the first week. Users made sustained use of hospital phone dialing features throughout the observation period and its use mirrored hospital activity and call center volume trends. CONCLUSIONS We were able to rapidly develop and deploy a communication-focused mobile app in the early period of the COVID-19 pandemic that has demonstrated initial and sustained value for clinicians in communicating with inpatients and each other in the context of social distancing.

Normoxic barotherapy in medical rehabilitation of patients after the novel coronavirus infection

2020 ◽  
pp. 29-35
Author(s):  
A. S. Kaisinova ◽  
A. N. Semukhin ◽  
A. V. Abramtsova ◽  
N. V. Efimenko ◽  
D. I. Velikanov ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Rehabilitation Program ◽  
Medical Rehabilitation ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Spa Therapy ◽  
Blood Oxygen ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Physical And Mental Health ◽  
Blood Oxygen Saturation ◽  
Coronavirus Infection ◽  
Novel Coronavirus

The purpose of the study is to develop a medical rehabilitation program for the patients who have come through a new coronavirus infection in the resort of Pyatigorsk. Material and methods. In the conditions of the health center named after S.M. Kirov in Pyatigorsk, a branch of FSBI NCFSCC FMBA of Russia, there have been observed 52 patients who had the new coronavirus infection COVID-19 of moderate severity, at the age from 18 up to 65 years old. Two groups have been formed by simple randomization: in the main group, the patients received normoxic barotherapy against the background of traditional spa therapy for pulmonary patients; in the control group, the patients had only conventional therapy. Results. The inclusion of normoxic barotherapy in the complex of medical rehabilitation of patients who came through the novel coronavirus infection contributed to the increase of tolerance to exercise and improved blood oxygen saturation in 92,9 % of cases, restoration of impaired functions of bronchopulmonary apparatus in 89,3 % and physical and mental health in 85.7 % of cases, which was significantly higher in comparison to similar indicators in the control group. Conclusion. Medical rehabilitation of patients after the new coronavirus infection in the resort is justified and advisable.

scholarly journals Foreword

2020 ◽  
Vol 85 ◽  
pp. 00001
Author(s):  
Professor Karmen Toros
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Social Development ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
Scientific Committee ◽  
Scientific Conference ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Physical And Mental Health ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Novel Coronavirus ◽  
Editing Process

The second part of the 7th International Interdisciplinary Scientific Conference “Society. Health. Welfare” Proceedings addresses challenging discussions on urban and rural social development dynamics and welfare internationally from an interdisciplinary perspective. During the editing process of the Proceedings, the novel Coronavirus disease known as COVID-19 was discovered. Due to the pandemic caused by COVID-19, which has had a global and multi-layered impact with far-reaching physical and mental health implications, the conference scientific committee decided to include COVID-19 related papers in the proceedings to contribute to responding to the challenges of the pandemic. The Proceedings presents 31 papers from various international authors, including Latvia, Ukraine, Slovakia, Croatia, Lithuania and the Russian Federation.

scholarly journals Spatial statistics and influencing factors of the novel coronavirus pneumonia 2019 epidemic in Hubei Province, China

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yongzhu Xiong ◽  
Yunpeng Wang ◽  
Feng Chen ◽  
Mingyong Zhu
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Autocorrelation ◽  
Influencing Factors ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
Hubei Province ◽  
County Level ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Land Area ◽  
Novel Coronavirus ◽  
And Control ◽  
Global Spatial Autocorrelation

Abstract An in-depth understanding of the spatiotemporal dynamic characteristics of infectious diseases could be helpful for epidemic prevention and control. Based on the novel coronavirus pneumonia (NCP) data published on official websites, GIS spatial statistics and Pearson correlation methods were used to analyze the spatial autocorrelation and influencing factors of the 2019 NCP epidemic from January 30, 2020 to February 18, 2020. The following results were obtained. (1) During the study period, Hubei Province was the only significant cluster area and hotspot of cumulative confirmed cases of NCP infection at the provincial level in China. (2) The NCP epidemic in China had a very significant global spatial autocorrelation at the prefecture-city level, and Wuhan was the significant hotspot and cluster city for cumulative confirmed NCP cases in the whole country. (3) The cumulative confirmed NCP cases had a very significant global spatial autocorrelation at the county level in Hubei Province, and the county-level districts under the jurisdiction of Wuhan and neighboring Huangzhou district in Huanggang City were the significant hotspots and spatial clusters of cumulative confirmed NCP cases. (4) Based on Pearson correlation analysis, the number of cumulative confirmed NCP cases in Hubei Province had very significant and positive correlations (p<0.01) at the prefecture-city and the county levels with four population indexes (registered population, resident population, regional GDP and total retail sales of consumer goods) during the study period. (5) The number of the cumulative confirmed NCP cases in Hubei Province also had a very significant and positive correlation (p<0.01) on the prefecture-city scale with the Baidu migration index and population density but not with land area, whereas that in Hubei Province had a significant and positive correlation (p<0.05) at the county level with land area but not with population density from January 30, 2020, to February 18, 2020. It was found that the NCP epidemic in Hubei Province had distinctive characteristics of a significant centralized outbreak, significant spatial autocorrelation and complex influencing factors and that the spatial scale had a significant effect on the global spatial autocorrelation of the NCP epidemic. The findings help to deepen the understanding of spatial distribution patterns and transmission trends of the NCP epidemic and may also benefit scientific prevention and control of epidemics such as COVID-19.

scholarly journals Challenges to Managing Virtual Teams in Georgian SMEs

2021 ◽  
Vol 119 ◽  
pp. 03003
Author(s):  
Anna Ābeltiņa ◽  
Ketevan Rizhamadze
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Teams ◽  
Organizational Support ◽  
Virtual Team ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Limited Data ◽  
Group Discussions ◽  
Team Members ◽  
Geographically Dispersed ◽  
Novel Coronavirus ◽  
Digital Training

The novel coronavirus pandemic has brought about an unprecedented economic and social crisis. The work methods have seen a significant change, and telework has experienced swift growth. The practical application of teleworking needs technology, social and organizational support. Employees who are less tech-savvy require digital training. There is limited data on this topic. Therefore, this research will contribute to a deeper understanding of the issue related to managing virtual teams. An objective of this study is to examine how virtual teams are developed and to identify the challenges to managing virtual reams in selected Georgian SMEs. This study seeks to obtain data that will help to analyze and review issues that arise in the process of managing diverse and geographically dispersed virtual teams. This research is constructed on a brief literature review, survey and focus group discussions among the representatives of SMEs operating in the financial and IT sector in Georgia. According to study findings, companies that pursue successful eleadership consider teleworking as an opportunity. The most interesting finding is that timely availability of necessary information, effective communication and well-defined tasks influence the collaboration between virtual team members and is pivotal whilst managing a virtual team.

scholarly journals Psychiatric Aspects of COVID-19: Depression, Anxiety and Stress - A Case Report

2020 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Case Report ◽  
Panic Attacks ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Physical And Mental Health ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
Novel Coronavirus

The novel coronavirus has had an impact on our physical and mental health, as well as enforcing dramatic changes to our daily lives. On top of this, it has become more difficult for people to find outlets to release stress because of limited outdoor and indoor activities. In these circumstances, some people begin to feel depressed and/or anxious. This article reports a case of panic attacks and anxiety caused by the stress experienced due to the pandemic.

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