Ambient Intelligence in Business Environments and Internet of Things Transformation Guidelines

Demir, Kadir Alpaslan; Turan, Buğra; Onel, Tolga; Ekin, Tufan; Demir, Seda

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-04173-1_3

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“…In the literature, during the COVID-19 pandemic, some researchers found a significant relationship between gender and stress, anxiety, and depression levels. They attributed this difference to have higher anxiety for protecting their families in female health workers (19). Arpacıoğlu et al (33), in their study on healthcare workers working actively during the pandemic, found the mean score of the COVID-19 fear scale to be higher in women than in men, similar to our study.…”

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confidence: 88%

“…The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID- 19), started in Wuhan, China, at the end of December 2019, has spread rapidly worldwide and been announced a pandemic, with the first coronavirus case in Turkey emerged on March 11, 2020 (1,2). Losing the lives of healthcare workers, always at the forefront of combating pandemics, has become one of the world's major problems.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Problems Experienced by Family Physicians in Sivas during the Pandemic Period and Its Relationship with COVID-19 Fear

KARAHAN

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Yilmaz³

2021

Euras J Fam Med

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Aim: To determine the COVID-19 fear level of family physicians during the pandemic working in Sivas and its relationship to their experienced problems. Methods: This descriptive study was delivered to 225 family physicians in Sivas between December-January 2021 via an online survey containing 24 questions of participants' sociodemographic data, the problems they experienced in family medicine, and the COVID-19 Fear Scale. Descriptive statistics and logistic regression analysis were used to analyze thedata. Results: A total of 138 family physicians whose mean age was 37.6±7.3, with 52.2 % males and 47.8% females, included. Participants’ 16.7% had the COVID-19 infection. COVID-19 Fear Scale mean score of 18.3±6.5, appearing significantly higher in females (19.6±5.8) than in males (17.2±6.9). 28.3% of subjects needed taking professional psychological support, on which increase of working period in family medicine and COVID-19 Fear Scale Score and being single had a positive effect. Also, 86.2% experienced primary health care services problems, most frequently ranked as cancer screening, mobile service, and chronic illness follow-up. Conclusion: Necessary psychosocial support should be provided to all healthcare workers, especially family physicians, during the pandemic. So, we recommend authorities take proper precautions to continue without interruption for primary preventive health services. Keywords: COVID-19, fear, family practice, COVID-19, fear, primary care physicians

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confidence: 99%