Knowledge and Self-Protective Practices Against COVID-19 Among Healthcare Workers in Vietnam

Nguyễn, Anh Ngọc; Le, Xuan Thi Thanh; Ta, Nhung Thi Kim; Wong, Danny; Nguyen, Nguyen Thao Thi; Le, Huong Thi; Nguyen, Thao Thanh; Trung, Phạm Quang; Nguyen, Quynh Thi; Duong, Quan Van; Luong, Anh Mai; Koh, David; Hoang, Men Thi; Pham, Hai Quang; Vu, Thuc Minh Thi; Vu, Giang Thu; Latkin, Carl A.; Ho, Cyrus S.H.; Ho, Roger

doi:10.3389/fpubh.2021.658107

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“…After the first psychological status evaluation of all HCWs during the COVID-19 epidemic in the previous paper conducted by the authors of this study (14), a total of 58 HCWs with high psychological evaluation scores voluntarily participated in psychotherapy. The psychological scores from the first evaluation during the COVID-19 epidemic and the scores from the 6-month follow-up were compared.…”

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“…[4][5][6][7][8][9][10] Indeed, HCWs have been prone to psychological manifestations, such as depression, anxiety, insomnia, and stress, during the COVID-19 outbreak. [11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20] Therefore, psychological disorders in HCWs are also an important issue to be addressed. 21 About one thousand seven hundred studies evaluate the mental health of HCWs during the COVID- 19.…”

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Psychotherapy and Follow-Up in Health Care Workers After the COVID-19 Epidemic: A Single Center’s Experience

Chen¹,

Qian²,

Du³

et al. 2022

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Objective The present study aims to analysis the mental health of high-risk health care workers (HHCWs) and low-risk HCWs (LHCWs) who were respectively exposed to COVID-19 wards and non-COVID-19 wards by following up on mental disorders in HCWs in China for 6 months. Methods A multi-psychological assessment questionnaire was used to follow up on the psychological status of HCWs in the Affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University in Xuzhou City (a non-core epidemic area) at 6 months after the first evaluation conducted during the COVID-19 epidemic. Based on the risk of exposure to COVID-19 patients, the HCWs were divided into two groups: high-risk HCWs, who worked in COVID-19 wards, and low-risk HCWs, who worked in non-COVID-19 wards. Results A total of 198 HCWs participated in the study, and 168 questionnaires were selected for evaluation. Among them, 93 (55.4%) were in the HHCW group and 75 (44.5%) were in the LHCW group. Significant differences were observed in salary, profession, and altruistic behavior between the two groups (P < 0.05). There were no significant differences in the anxiety, depression, insomnia, or posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) scores between the two groups. Logistic regression revealed that work stress was a major joint risk factor for mental disorders in HCWs. Among all the HCWs, a total of 58 voluntarily participated in psychotherapy; the analysis showed a significant decrease in anxiety, depression, PTSD, work stress, and work risk after attending psychotherapy. There were also significant differences in positive and negative coping styles before and after psychotherapy. Conclusion In the present follow-up, work stress was the major contributing factor to mental disorders in HCWs. Psychotherapy is helpful in terms of stress management and should be provided to first-line COVID-19 HCWs.

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Psychotherapy and Follow-Up in Health Care Workers After the COVID-19 Epidemic: A Single Center’s Experience

Chen¹,

Qian²,

Du³

et al. 2022

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“… 2 The rapidly increasing number of suspected and confirmed cases, extreme workload, inadequate protective equipment, shortage of drugs and hand sanitizers, widespread media coverage, and feeling of lack of support may increase the physical and mental burden for these HCWs. 11 , 17 According to recent reports, a large number of medical staff have acquired the infection while treating the infected patients leading to their deaths. 18 This insecurity and all other factors are making them more liable to develop anxiety and depression.…”

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Psychological Impact of COVID-19 on Doctors and Medical Students of Punjab, Pakistan: A Logistic Regression Analysis

Tahir¹,

Tariq²,

Asar³

et al. 2022

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Background This study was carried out to find the awareness level, prevalence of anxiety and depression, and their associated factors among doctors and medical students during the COVID-19 pandemic in Punjab province, Pakistan. Materials and Methods An online questionnaire-based cross-sectional study was conducted; data were collected regarding the demographic profile, awareness of COVID-19, anxiety symptoms using a self-rating anxiety scale (SAS), and depression symptoms using a self-rating depression scale (SDS). A total of 504 responses were obtained. The Chi-square test was used to compare groups and the logistic regression model for the association of factors with anxiety and depression. Results A total of 504 medical students and doctors responded to the questionnaire. The mean age of participants was 25.66 ± 6.71 years. The awareness rate of COVID-19 was 97.6%. The prevalence rate of anxiety and depression was 3.4% and 15.1%, respectively. According to the logistic regression model, those with low awareness levels (≤6 points) and spending more time on the news (>3 hours) had higher levels of anxiety, while higher levels of depression symptoms were reported in females, young people, and medical students. Conclusion Doctors and medical students had a high level of awareness of COVID-19 and a low level of anxiety and depression. However, female gender and younger age group were the most vulnerable groups significantly associated with depression.

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“…Given the unprecedented nature of COVID-19, there are very few studies describing the challenges of conducting RDS during the pandemic. Yet evidence suggests that RDS was effectively used during COVID-19 to recruit men that have sex with men in Portugual (MSM) ( 13 ); isolated positive COVID-19 cases in Finland ( 14 ); and frontline care workers in Vietnam ( 15 ), Canada ( 16 ) and Brazil ( 17 ). Although Stark et al employed RDS to recruit a sample of people who inject drugs (PWID) in the rural United States during the pandemic to document the impact on substance use behaviors and overdose risk perception ( 18 ), to our knowledge, no study of PWID or HIV populations has been conducted employing RDS methods.…”

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Employing Respondent Driven Sampling (RDS) to recruit people who inject drugs (PWID) and other hard-to-reach populations during COVID-19: Lessons learned

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BackgroundRespondent Driven Sampling (RDS) is an effective sampling strategy to recruit hard-to-reach populations but the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the use of this strategy in the collection of data involving human subjects, particularly among marginalized and vulnerable populations, is not known. Based on an ongoing study using RDS to recruit and study the interactions between HIV infection, injection drug use, and the microbiome in Puerto Rico, this paper explores the effectiveness of RDS during the pandemic and provided potential strategies that could improve recruitment and data collection.ResultsRDS was employed to evaluate its effectiveness in recruiting a group of people who inject drugs (PWID) and controls (N = 127) into a study in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. The participants were distributed among three subsets: 15 were HIV+ and PWID, 58 were HIV- PWID, and 54 were HIV+ and not PWID.FindingsResults show that recruitment through peer networks using RDS was possible across all sub-groups. Yet, while those in the HIV+ PWID sub-group managed to recruit from other-sub groups of HIV- PWID and HIV+, this occurred at a lower frequency.ConclusionDespite the barriers introduced by COVID-19, it is clear that even in this environment, RDS continues to play a powerful role in recruiting hard-to-reach populations. Yet, more attention should be paid at how future pandemics, natural disasters, and other big events might affect RDS recruitment of vulnerable and hard-to-reach populations.

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Knowledge and Self-Protective Practices Against COVID-19 Among Healthcare Workers in Vietnam

Cited by 9 publications

References 23 publications

Psychotherapy and Follow-Up in Health Care Workers After the COVID-19 Epidemic: A Single Center’s Experience

Psychotherapy and Follow-Up in Health Care Workers After the COVID-19 Epidemic: A Single Center’s Experience

Psychological Impact of COVID-19 on Doctors and Medical Students of Punjab, Pakistan: A Logistic Regression Analysis

Employing Respondent Driven Sampling (RDS) to recruit people who inject drugs (PWID) and other hard-to-reach populations during COVID-19: Lessons learned

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