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Prevalence and Associated Risk Factors of COVID-19 Infection Among Healthcare Workers in a Pandemic Hospital

İstanbul Medical Journal, 2021
Introduction:This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of Coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) infection among healthcare workers in our hospital with the risk factors affecting the transmission and course of the disease and to determine the control ...
Ramazan Korkusuz, Sevtap Şenoğlu, Özlem Polat, Hayat Kumbasar Karaosmanoğlu, Kadriye Kart Yaşar   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

The implications of the Sudan war on healthcare workers and facilities: a health system tragedy

Conflict and Health
In light of a collapsing healthcare system in Sudan, attacks on healthcare institutions and staff have markedly increased since the eruption of war on the 15th of April, costing many precious lives and valuable hospitals.
Rawa Badri, Iyas Dawood
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Post-Traumatic Stress Symptoms in Healthcare Workers Dealing with the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Systematic Review

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2021
Prevention of post-traumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) in healthcare workers (HCWs) facing the current COVID-19 pandemic is a challenge worldwide as HCWs are likely to experience acute and chronic, often unpredictable, occupational stressors leading to PTSS.
G. d'Ettorre, G. Ceccarelli, Letizia Santinelli, P. Vassalini, G. P. Innocenti, F. Alessandri, A. Koukopoulos, A. Russo, Gabriella d'Ettorre, L. Tarsitani   +9 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

"Cloud" Health-Care Workers

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2001
Certain bacteria dispersed by health-care workers can cause hospital infections. Asymptomatic health-care workers colonized rectally, vaginally, or on the skin with group A streptococci have caused outbreaks of surgical site infection by airborne ...
Robert J. Sherertz, Stefano Bassetti, Barbara Bassetti-Wyss   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Burnout, resilience and the quality of life among Malaysian healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic

Frontiers in Public Health, 2022
BackgroundHealthcare workers have to deal with highly demanding work situations, making healthcare as one of the most challenging professions. Up to now, far too little attention has been paid to burnout, resilience and the quality of life among ...
Roy Rillera Marzo, Roy Rillera Marzo, Yassmein Khaled, Mohamed ElSherif, Muhd Siv Azhar Merican Bin Abdullah, Hui Zhu Thew, Collins Chong, Shean Yih Soh, Ching Sin Siau, Shekhar Chauhan, Yulan Lin   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Healthcare workers in Saudi Arabia (KSA) perceive stress differently according to gender but not in cortisol levels - an immunoassay study [PDF]

, 2019
Background: Working in the healthcare sector is generally regarded as stress inductive, which hampers performance, yet one demanding constant accuracy.
Alyusuf, Danah A, Gard, Paul R, Governo, Ricardo J M   +2 more
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Effectiveness of mindfulness-based interventions on the well-being of healthcare workers: a systematic review and meta-analysis

General Psychiatry
Background Growing evidence attests to the efficacy of mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs), but their effectiveness for healthcare workers remains uncertain.
Natasha Yixuan Ong, Finn Jing Jie Teo, Jane Zi Ying Ee, C. E. Yau, J. Thumboo, Hiang Khoon Tan, Q. X. Ng   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Acceptability of Vaccination Against COVID-19 Among Healthcare Workers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Pragmatic and Observational Research, 2020
Purpose This study aims to estimate the acceptability of a future vaccine against COVID-19 and associated factors if offered in Congolese health-care workers (HCWs), since they have the highest direct exposure to the disease.
Michel Kabamba Nzaji, L. Kabamba Ngombe, Guillaume Ngoie Mwamba, Deca Blood Banza Ndala, Judith Mbidi Miema, Christophe Luhata Lungoyo, Bertin Lora Mwimba, Aimé Cikomola Mwana Bene, Elisabeth Mukamba Musenga   +8 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Two-spotted Spider Mite as a Factor for Occupational Asthma in Nonfarmer Apple-packing Workers

Safety and Health at Work
Few cases of asthma caused by the two-spotted spider mite (TSM) have been reported among nonfarmer apple-packing workers. This study investigated whether allergic sensitization due to the TSM occurs in workers at the Agricultural Products Processing ...
Won-Seok Cha, Deaho Kim, Jae-Hoon Shin, Jin-Ee Baek, Mi-Yeon Kim, Sangjun Choi   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Investigation of anxiety levels of 1637 healthcare workers during the epidemic of COVID-19.

PLoS ONE, 2020
ObjectiveThis study aimed to investigate the anxiety levels of healthcare workers and to provide guidance on potential accurate social and psychological interventions for healthcare workers during the epidemic of COVID-19 in Zhejiang Province, China ...
Meiping Shen, Hongzhen Xu, Junfen Fu, Tianlin Wang, Zangzang Fu, Xiaomei Zhao, Gendi Zhou, Qi Jin, Guixiu Tong   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source