How the COVID-19 Pandemic Affected Developing Countries: the Tunisian Investigation

Labidi, Mohamed Ali

doi:10.1007/s13132-021-00875-x

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“…Moreover, when comparing Tunisia to Italy and China, a resource gap between developed and developing countries could explain our results. Hence, the Covid-19 pandemic has only exposed the failures and shortcomings of the health system and has consequently increased the suffering of HCWs [ 27 ]. In this context, an immediate priority for Tunisian healthcare authorities is to implement extraordinary measures in order to alleviate the physical burden as well as the psychological frustration that HCWs suffer during this critical phase and it must involve all Public Health actors to improve the management of the covid-19 crisis in a multisectoral strategic approach.…”

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Compassion fatigue among frontline healthcare workers during the covid-19 pandemic in Tunisia

Omri

Ezzi²,

Ammar³

et al. 2022

PLoS ONE

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Background Healthcare workers (HCWs) are highly vulnerable to compassion fatigue (CF), which not only leads to decreased mental and physical health, but also to deterioration in the safety of care delivered. Our study aims to measure compassion satisfaction (CS), CF levels and their predictors among Tunisian HCWs. Methods We conducted a cross-sectional study among HCWs caring for confirmed and suspected Covid-19 patients, staff at two university hospitals in Sousse, Tunisia during the 4thwave of coronavirus through a self-administrated Questionnaire, using the French version of the Professional Quality of Life scale ProQol, version 5. Results A total of 274 professionals were recruited with a mean age of 32.87±8.35 years. HCWs tend to have an overall moderate levels of compassion satisfaction, secondary traumatic stress and burnout with mean scores 35.09±7.08, 29.72±7.62, 28.54±5.44 respectively. Self-reported resilience (β = 0.14, p = 10−3), work engagement (β = 0.39, p = 10−3) and burnout (β = -0.32, p = 10−3) were the predictors of compassion satisfaction in the linear regression analysis (adjusted r2 = 0.45). Similarly, limited work experience, compassion satisfaction and secondary traumatic sub-scores were the determinants of burnout (β = -0.1, p = 0.04; β = -0.54, p = 10−3; β = 0.35, p = 10−3 respectively); (adjusted r2 = 0.48). Regarding STS, female professionals (β = 0.20, p = 10−3), being married (β = 0.19, p = 10−3), the fear of transmitting the infection (β = 0.11, p = 0.03) and burnout (β = 0.39, p = 10−3) were the predictors for the occurrence of secondary traumatic stress (adjusted r2 = 0.48). Conclusion More resilience promoting interventions and more coping skills programs must be implemented to fulfill HCWs’ psychological well-being needs.

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Compassion fatigue among frontline healthcare workers during the covid-19 pandemic in Tunisia

Omri

Ezzi²,

Ammar³

et al. 2022

PLoS ONE

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“…Gedeon et al [67]; Hamade [130]; Hesham et al [174]; Kaitibie et al [146]; Koussani and Khamassi [184]; Labidi [185]; Lafta and Mawlood [110]; Mansour et al [142]; Olaimat et al [116]; Saidi et al [137]; Saidi et al [138]; Saleh [123]; Sobaih and Moustafa [179]; Sundarakani and Onyia [193]; YahiaMarzouk and Jin [108]; Zainal et al [124] Employment Financial management Income Jobs Market/marketing Poverty Prices of inputs and products Table 10. Cont.…”

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“…Zakout et al [181] Sudan (0) Syria (1) Alhaffar et al [182] Tunisia (5) Ghali-Zinoubi [183]; Koussani and Khamassi [184]; Labidi [185]; Ragetlie et al [186]; Turki et al [187] United Arab Emirates (8) AlBlooshi et al [188]; Ali et al [189]; Radwan et al [190]; Radwan et al [191]; Sajwani et al [72]; Samara et al [192]; Sundarakani and Onyia [193]; Takshe et al [194] Yemen (2) Butt et al [66]; Rahmat et al [47] Near East/Middle East * (7)…”

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Regional Agriculture and Food Systems Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Case of the Near East and North Africa Region

El Bilali,

Ben Hassen

2024

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The COVID-19 pandemic affected agri-food systems worldwide. However, while the impacts differed from one country/region to another, the scholarly literature seems to focus on developed countries in the Global North. Consequently, this review scrutinizes the literature on the pandemic’s impacts in the Near East and North Africa (NENA) region. A search on the Web of Science in March 2023 generated 334 documents, of which 151 were eligible for inclusion in the systematic review. According to the bibliometric analysis, the most active nations are Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Jordan, the United Arab Emirates, and Lebanon. In general, the coverage of studies is better in the Gulf region than in the less developed countries of North Africa and those suffering from wars (cf. Libya, Syria, and Yemen). Studies generally focus on crop production and the downstream food chain (cf. distribution and consumption). While the pandemic influenced every pillar of food security, this research concentrates on access and utilization. Meanwhile, the lion’s share of the literature deals with the pandemic’s socio-economic effects, especially those linked to food (in)security and health. The pandemic, which laid bare the agri-food system vulnerabilities, should be seized to foster the transition towards more resilient agri-food systems in the NENA region.

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“…The lockdown rules during the COVID-19 outbreak resulted in sizeable job losses, which impaired mental health significantly in South Africa (Posel et al, 2021 ). In Tunisia, COVID-19 has a negative impact on employment and the industrial sector, while the agriculture sector benefits most from the pandemic (Labidi, 2022 ). The effect of COVID-19 has a negative correlation between exchange rate and inflation in Latin America and Asia; the higher infections increase inflation and result in a lower exchange rate (Abdelkafi et al, 2022 ).…”

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“…While numerous researchers have focused on the potential impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic in developing countries on job losses and business closure (Nicolas et al, 2020 ), socioeconomic (Gautam et al, 2022 ), income (Kansiime et al, 2021 ), employment (Labidi, 2022 ), poverty (Sumner et al, 2020 ), and the relationship between mental health and employment (Posel et al, 2021 ), there is limited information on how the pandemic, and associated lockdown rules, is affecting the socioeconomic and sociodemographic status including their relationships. This study investigated the association between losing salary and working status, and business shutdown and gender during the outbreak of COVID-19 in the KRG and assessed their related factors.…”

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The Effect of COVID-19 on the Kurdistan Region Government (KRG) Economy

2023

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The COVID-19 pandemic has affected employment globally, especially in the private sector. This study aims to identify the effects of the pandemic on the employment statuses such as lower wages and lack of jobs in the Kurdistan Region Government ( KRG). The research questions guiding the study are the following: How has the COVID-19 crisis affected livelihoods in the KRG? How have these changes affected the association among income loss, working status, business closure, and gender? We have conducted a survey in May 2021 to examine changes in the work situation; the empirical cases cover a sample of 72 people aged between 20 and 60 years old in the Kurdistan Region in Iraq. In addition, we perform a chi-square test to check whether the relationships between losing salary and working status, and business shutdown and gender are significant or not. The findings revealed 37.5% of salary cut and about 50% of employees’ businesses shut down and 51% of working hours get shorter due to the COVID-19 crisis in the KRG. Our result shows no association between losing salary and working status, while there is an association between gender and business shutdown. Beyond this, the study seeks to highlight new and essential information about position reduction related to age class, difficulty to find a job related to the level of education, and working hours related to gender. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s13132-023-01130-1.

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How the COVID-19 Pandemic Affected Developing Countries: the Tunisian Investigation

Cited by 7 publications

References 26 publications

Compassion fatigue among frontline healthcare workers during the covid-19 pandemic in Tunisia

Compassion fatigue among frontline healthcare workers during the covid-19 pandemic in Tunisia

Regional Agriculture and Food Systems Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Case of the Near East and North Africa Region

The Effect of COVID-19 on the Kurdistan Region Government (KRG) Economy

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