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A qualitative study examining stressors among Respiratory Therapists in Ontario amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.
PLoS One
December 2024
Department of Population Medicine, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada.
Health care systems were subjected to an unprecedented surge of critically ill patients with the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), which required management by Respiratory Therapists (RTs). Despite the high level of burnout reported in this health care professional group, we have limited knowledge about the lived experience of RTs during the pandemic. This study aims to examine the impact of COVID-19 on RTs in Ontario, Canada.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPredictors of Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) among health care providers during the COVID-19 pandemic at a regional teaching and referral hospital in Western Kenya.
PLoS One
December 2024
Department of Community Health Nursing, School of Nursing, Kibabii University, Bungoma, Kenya.
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- The study investigated generalized anxiety disorder among healthcare providers during the COVID-19 pandemic, surveying 202 participants on various personal and professional factors.
- Findings showed that nearly 60% of healthcare providers experienced anxiety, influenced by factors such as age, work experience, and availability of protective measures.
- The research highlights the urgent need for mental health support and resources for healthcare workers to maintain their well-being and effectiveness during crises.
In 2020, the World Health Assembly endorsed the Immunization Agenda 2030 (IA2030), a 10-year strategy to reduce vaccine-preventable disease (VPD)-associated morbidity and mortality. IA2030 goals include improving equitable vaccination coverage, halving the number of unimmunized (zero-dose) children, and increasing the introduction of new and underutilized vaccines. The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted health systems worldwide, hindering years of childhood vaccination achievements and putting global public health goals at risk.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe changing nature of worry about COVID-19 among the English public: a secondary analysis of 73 national, cross-sectional surveys, January 2020 to April 2022.
BMJ Open
October 2024
Centre for Behaviour Change, University College London, London, UK.
Objectives: To investigate worry about COVID-19 during the pandemic, and whether worry was associated with phase of the pandemic, COVID-19 death and incidence rates, Government interventions (including lockdown and advertising), age, being clinically at-risk, ethnicity, thinking that the Government had put the right measures in place, perceived risk of COVID-19 to self and the UK, and perceived severity of COVID-19.
Design: Secondary analysis of a series of cross-sectional surveys.
Setting: 73 online surveys conducted for the English Department of Health and Social Care between 28 January 2020 and 13 April 2022.
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on health-care use among patients with cancer in England, UK: a comprehensive phase-by-phase time-series analysis across attendance types for 38 cancers.
Lancet Digit Health
October 2024
Institute of Health Informatics, University College London, London, UK.
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in the widespread disruption of cancer health provision services across the entirety of the cancer care pathway in the UK, from screening to treatment. The potential long-term health implications, including increased mortality for individuals who missed diagnoses or appointments, are concerning. However, the precise impact of lockdown policies on national cancer health service provision across diagnostic groups is understudied.
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