Highlights Lack of protective equipment is the most important problem of the healthcare employees during COVID-19 pandemy. The major cause of the anxiety or stress levels of healthcare employees comes from the fear to contaminate COVID-19 virus to their families. The highest depression, anxiety and stress levels come from pandemy, emergency and internal services. Levels of depression, anxiety and stress of the female employees are higher than that of male employees.

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Chronic diseases served as a silent global epidemic before the pandemic, and individuals living with chronic disease now form one of the groups most affected by COVID-19. This study aims to determine the problems that employees with chronic disease face during the COVID-19 pandemic. As part of the study, data were collected from 952 individuals who live with chronic disease in Turkey. Of these, 76.6% of respondents worked for the public sector, a large majority of whom (67.7%) have worked full time during the COVID-19 pandemic. It was found that the COVID-19 fear level of employees living with chronic disease was higher than moderate (21.061 ± 7.607). When the variables affecting the COVID-19 fear level are listed in order of relative significance, eating problems, residing in the Mediterranean region, having asthma, and working as a female employee made the greatest impact, respectively. Necessary conditions of work should be provided to those living with chronic disease who could adapt themselves to working flexibly or working from home, so that they would not feel isolated from business life. This group should be provided with essential protective equipment, their working conditions must be reviewed and vaccination priority could be given to them.

Amaç: Tıbbı hatalar hasta güvenliğinin önemli bir bileşenidir. Bu çalışma hekim ve hemşirelerin tıbbı hata tutumlarının belirlenmesi amacıyla yapılmıştır. Yöntem: Tanımlayıcı ve kesitsel tipte olan araştırmada veriler kişisel bilgi formu ve “Tıbbi Hatalarda Tutum Ölçeği” ile toplanmıştır. Çalışmaya bir devlet hastanesinde çalışmakta olan 203 hekim ve hemşire katılmıştır. Veriler SPSS 21 programında tanımlayıcı istatistikler ve parametrik olmayan testler kullanılarak değerlendirilmiştir. Bulgular: Çalışmaya katılanların %37,4’ü hekim, %62,6’sı hemşiredir. Katılımcıların %29,6’sı lisans mezunu, %71,4’ü kadın, %59,6’sı 31-40 yaş aralığında olup 76,8’i dahili birimlerde, %61,1’i haftada 40 saatin atında çalışmaktadır. %53,2’sinin mesleki çalışma süresi 10 yılın altındadır. Katılımcıların tıbbı hata ölçeğinden aldıkları toplam puan ortalaması 3,55±0,36 olup, tıbbı hata algısı, tıbbı hataya yaklaşım ve tıbbı hata nedenleri alt boyutlarından aldıkları puan ortalamaları sırasıyla; 3,09±0,73; 3,56±0,46; ve 3,70±0,45’dir. Sonuç: Hekim ve hemşirelerin tıbbı hatalara yönelik farkındalık düzeylerinin yüksek olduğu saptanmıştır.

Background: Depression is considered one of the significant pressing public health problems globally. The Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression (CES-D) scale is valuable for assessing subthreshold depression. The purpose of this study was to investigate various aspects of the CES-D scale's validity and reliability in the Afghan population. Method: This methodological study was conducted between 6th June 2021 and 12th July 2021 among the general population in the Herat province of Afghanistan. A total of 424 participants filled out the questionnaires provided to them. The forward-backward translation method translated the CES-D scale into the Dari language. The data was statistically analyzed using IBM SPSS version 24.0 and AMOS version 24.0 software for Windows. Exploratory (EFA) and confirmatory factor analysis were used to assess the factor structure (CFA). The reliability was assessed by Cronbach’s alpha, inter-item correlation, and total item correlation. Result: The exploratory factor analysis resulted in three factors (Depressed affect & Somatic complaints factor, the Interpersonal factor, and the Positive affect factor). The CFA result suggested that the resulted model of the Dari version of the CES-D scale with 19 items was the best fit for our data. The Cronbach’s alpha for the 19 items scale was 0.874. Conclusion: The results of this study show that the Dari version of the CES-D scale is valid and reliable to use among the general population of Herat province of Afghanistan. The scale can assess depression and its symptoms among the population mentioned above with confidence.