Concerns, quality of life, access to care and productivity of the general population during the first 8 weeks of the coronavirus lockdown in Belgium and the Netherlands

Ballegooijen, Hanne van; Goossens, Lucas; Bruin, Ralph H.; Michels, R.; Krol, Marieke

doi:10.1186/s12913-021-06240-7

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“…Younger participants indicated more often to have no access to medical appointments throughout all three points in time. Previously, a study on access to health care in Europe reported younger people having challenges in access to medical appointments [ 42 ] and a population-based survey from the Netherlands and Belgium carried out during the first lockdown confirmed this observation [ 43 ]. Although several studies further report that scheduled treatments for patients with chronic diseases were frequently cancelled by health care providers [ 30 , 31 ], in the present study, participants with reported chronic conditions did not report a lower perceived access to health care.…”

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Perceived Access to Health Care Services and Relevance of Telemedicine during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Germany

Reitzle

Schmidt

Färber

et al. 2021

IJERPH

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During the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany, non-pharmaceutical interventions were imposed to contain the spread of the virus. Based on cross-sectional waves in March, July and December 2020 of the COVID-19 Snapshot Monitoring (COSMO), the present study investigated the impact of the introduced measures on the perceived access to health care. Additionally, for the wave in December, treatment occasion as well as utilization and satisfaction regarding telemedicine were analysed. For 18–74-year-old participants requiring medical care, descriptive and logistic regression analyses were performed. During the less strict second lockdown in December, participants reported more frequently ensured access to health care (91.2%) compared to the first lockdown in March (86.8%), but less frequently compared to July (94.2%) during a period with only mild restrictions. In December, main treatment occasions of required medical appointments were check-up visits at the general practitioner (55.2%) and dentist (36.2%), followed by acute treatments at the general practitioner (25.6%) and dentist (19.0%), treatments at the physio-, ergo- or speech therapist (13.1%), psychotherapist (11.9%), and scheduled hospital admissions or surgeries (10.0%). Of the participants, 20.0% indicated utilization of telemedical (15.4% telephone, 7.6% video) consultations. Of them, 43.7% were satisfied with the service. In conclusion, for the majority of participants, access to medical care was ensured during the COVID-19 pandemic; however, access slightly decreased during phases of lockdown. Telemedicine complemented the access to medical appointments.

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Perceived Access to Health Care Services and Relevance of Telemedicine during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Germany

Reitzle

Schmidt

Färber

et al. 2021

IJERPH

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“…Many factors may contribute to fear and stress following COVID-19, including not only the direct impact on people's health, but also fears for unemployment due to COVID-19related restrictions, economic difficulties, and concerns about one's health. These stressors and concerns may result in a lower quality of life and negative coping strategies especially after the COVID-19 lockdown (Achterberg et al 2020;van Ballegooijen et al 2021).…”

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Effects of remote virtual work environment during COVID-19 pandemic on technostress among Menoufia University Staff, Egypt: a cross-sectional study

Gabr

Soliman

Allam

et al. 2021

Environ Sci Pollut Res

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Technostress during the COVID-19 pandemic has become more prevalent as a result of the global preventive measures applied to limit the spread of infection. These measures included remote working from home in both public and private organizations. The objective of this study is to study technostress and challenges of remote virtual work environment among university staff members at Menoufia University, Egypt. A cross-sectional study was conducted over Menoufia University academic staff members in Egypt. The participants were chosen from both practical and theoretical colleges in Menoufia University using a multistage random sample. Tarfadar technostress questionnaire was used. Cortisol blood level was measured for all participants. This study included 142 participants. The mean age of the group was 36.32±6.41 years. 52.1 percent worked in practical colleges, and 60.6% were lecturers or higher. Their mean cortisol level was 15.61±7.07mcg/dl. Participants who were females, reside in rural areas, held a lecturer or higher position, had poor work-environment WiFi, and lacked technical training had significantly higher levels of technostress subscales. Most of the technostress subscales were significantly correlated with age and blood cortisol levels. The predictors of work overload in multivariate regression were female gender and a work environment with poor WiFi. Female gender, theoretical colleges, being lecturer or higher, and poor WiFi were the predictors for invasion. Among university staff members, technostress was found to be evident. High levels of technostress were significantly influenced by age, higher professions, female gender, and a bad workplace environment.

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“…Among various measures taken to halt the spread of COVID-19 in the workplace, self-reporting of physical condition and restriction of attendance by employees who have fever or other health problems are particularly important -the fact that some employees still come to work despite feeling ill is now an issue. Some studies have considered the assumption that the COVID-19 epidemic affects the experience of workers' sickness presenteeism 21,22 . An analysis that combined survey data from 20,974 employees collected in Europe with Eurostat's regional unemployment data shows that high unemployment rates enhance the presenteeism of disadvantaged workers 21 .…”

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A cross-sectional study of psychosocial factors and sickness presenteeism in Japanese workers during the COVID-19 pandemic

Masuda

Ishimaru

Hino

et al. 2021

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Background: We examined the relationship between socioeconomic and health status, and lifestyle habits and sickness presenteeism among Japanese workers during the COVID-19 epidemic. Methods: A cross-sectional study using Internet monitors was conducted in December, 2020 in Japan. Of 33,302 survey participants, we analysed 27,036 (13,814 males and 13,222 females) who reported experience with sickness presenteeism. Results: The OR of sickness presenteeism associated with unmarried versus married status was 1.15. Respective figures for other variables were 1.11 for manual laboring work compared to desk work; 1.79 and 2.29 for loss of employment at the time the pandemic began and continuation of unemployment compared to maintaining employment during the pandemic; and 3.34 for a feeling of financial instability compared to stability. Conclusion: The issue of sickness presenteeism has been highlighted by COVID-19.

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Concerns, quality of life, access to care and productivity of the general population during the first 8 weeks of the coronavirus lockdown in Belgium and the Netherlands

Cited by 52 publications

References 13 publications

Perceived Access to Health Care Services and Relevance of Telemedicine during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Germany

Perceived Access to Health Care Services and Relevance of Telemedicine during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Germany

Effects of remote virtual work environment during COVID-19 pandemic on technostress among Menoufia University Staff, Egypt: a cross-sectional study

A cross-sectional study of psychosocial factors and sickness presenteeism in Japanese workers during the COVID-19 pandemic

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