Perceptions of COVID-19 symptoms, prevention, and treatment strategies among people in seven Arab countries: A cross-sectional study

Jirjees, Feras; Barakat, Muna; Shubbar, Qamar; Othman, Bayan; Alzuabi, Hamzah; Al-Obaidi, Hala J

doi:10.1016/j.jiph.2022.08.019

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“…During the COVID-19 pandemic, social media platforms have been crucial in transmitting health information between people [57]. A previous study from the Middle East during the pandemic reported similar findings on social media platforms being the most common source of information among people [58].…”

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Assessment of Knowledge, Perception, Experience and Phobia toward Corticosteroids Use among the General Public in the Era of COVID-19: A Multinational Study

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Background: Corticosteroids play a significant role in managing the vast majority of inflammatory and immunologic conditions. To date, population-based studies on knowledge and attitudes concerning corticosteroids are scarce. This study aims to comprehensively assess knowledge, perception, experience and phobia toward corticosteroid use among the general population in the era of COVID-19. Methods: A cross-sectional self-administrated questionnaire was used to collect the data from 6 countries. Knowledge and corticophobia scores, descriptive statistics and logistic regression were computed. Results: A total of 2354 participants were enrolled in this study; the majority were females (61.6%) with an average age of 30. Around 61.9% had been infected previously with COVID-19, and about one-third of the participants had experience with corticosteroid use. The mean knowledge score was relatively satisfactory (8.7 ± 4.5 out of 14), and Corticophobia ranked a high score in all countries. Age, female gender, and history of COVID-19 were positively correlated with developing corticophobia. Conclusion: Our study highlights that the general knowledge about steroids was satisfactory. However, the phobia toward its use upon indication is high. Therefore, enhancing awareness and providing essential counseling regarding the rational use of corticosteroids may reduce corticophobia.

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“…14,15,26 The authors speculate that this is due to the unexpected multiple mutations of the coronavirus, the variability in the degree of clinical symptoms, and the route of transmission-shortrange aerosol and airborne transmission or droplet transmission. 27,28 This is due in part to the fact that the world is suddenly faced with the difficult and seemingly contradictory task of maintaining socioeconomic activity and controlling an infectious disease pandemic that governments have not had to perform concurrently in the recent past.…”

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Evidence-Based Policy Making during the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic: A Systematic Review

Matsuda

Yoshimura

2023

Prehosp. Disaster med.

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Introduction: The aim of this systematic review was to collect evidence and recommendations for the applicability of the concept of evidence-based policy making (EBPM) during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and to discuss the implementation of this concept from a medical science perspective. Methods: This study was performed according to the guidelines, checklist, and flow diagram of Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) 2020. An electronic literature search was conducted on September 20, 2022 using PubMed, Web of Science, Cochrane Library, and CINAHL databases with the following search terms: “evidence based policy making” and “infectious disease.” Study eligibility assessment was performed based on the flow diagram of PRISMA 2020, and risk of bias assessment was performed using The Critical Appraisal Skills Program. Results: Eleven eligible articles were included in this review and divided into three groups as follows: early, middle, and late stages of the COVID-19 pandemic. Basics of COVID-19 control were suggested in the early stage. The articles published in the middle stage discussed the importance of the collection and analysis of evidence of COVID-19 from around the world for the establishment of EBPM in the COVID-19 pandemic. The articles published in the late stage discussed the collection of large amounts of high-quality data and the development of methods to analyze them, as well as emerging issues related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Conclusions: This study revealed that the concept of EBPM applicable to emerging infectious disease pandemics changed between the early, middle, and late stages of the pandemic. The concept of EBPM will play an important role in medicine in the future.

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“…COVID-19 can cause mild symptoms like the flu, but can also cause severe and fatal symptoms (Sadeghzadeh-Bazargan et al, 2021). Groups of people who are at high risk for experiencing severe symptoms of COVID-19 are the elderly, people with certain diseases, people with obesity, and smokers (Jirjees et al, 2022).…”

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Educational Effects of Stop Smoking in Adolescents in the Covid-19 Pandemic

Nurhaeni

Supriatin

Rosmiatin

2022

IJNI

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Smoking not only has an impact on yourself but also has an impact on the people around you. Cigarettes have always been a unique phenomenon worldwide. Stop smoking, but cigarette excise is one of the country's significant foreign exchange. The dangers of smoking can interfere with/inhibit the function of the brain, mouth, throat, lungs, stomach, bones, skin, and reproductive organs. This study aimed to determine the effect of the Covid-19 pandemic on adolescent smoking behavior by providing education through counseling to stop smoking. This study uses a survey methodology and quantitative literature studies. The research locations are in two junior high schools in Jakarta. The sample is 60, with details of each junior high school amounting to 30. The results show that the characteristics of adolescent smokers aged 12 to a maximum of 16 years, there are sources of exposure to smoking most commonly found in their family members. There was no effect found on the characteristics of young smokers on the status of the covid-19 pandemic for young smokers, including stop smoking information sources. This research contributes to providing information about activities of stopping smoking during the Covid-19 pandemic.

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Perceptions of COVID-19 symptoms, prevention, and treatment strategies among people in seven Arab countries: A cross-sectional study

Cited by 6 publications

References 40 publications

Assessment of Knowledge, Perception, Experience and Phobia toward Corticosteroids Use among the General Public in the Era of COVID-19: A Multinational Study

Assessment of Knowledge, Perception, Experience and Phobia toward Corticosteroids Use among the General Public in the Era of COVID-19: A Multinational Study

Evidence-Based Policy Making during the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic: A Systematic Review

Educational Effects of Stop Smoking in Adolescents in the Covid-19 Pandemic

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