scholarly journals Psychological Impact and Associated Factors during the Initial Stage of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic among the General Population in Spain.

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rocío Rodríguez-Rey ◽  
Helena Garrido-Hernansaiz ◽  
Silvia Collado
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (7) ◽  
pp. e39810716822
Author(s):  
Lúcia Silva Albuquerque de Melo ◽  
José Erivaldo da Silva ◽  
Roberto Roman dos Santos ◽  
Ângela Maria Cavalcanti Ramalho

O artigo tem como objetivo analisar a produção científica internacional sobre o novo coronavírus (COVID-19) na perspectiva das ciências sociais e naturais, visando compreender as características das publicações científicas. Como procedimento metodológico foi realizado uma análise Bibliométrica, por meio de métodos bibliométricos como técnicas avaliativas, técnicas relacionais utilizando o programa VOSviewer. O protocolo de pesquisa consistiu em análise de artigos referentes às temáticas da COVID-19 no contexto das áreas de Ciências sociais e Naturais, a partir da base de dados Web of Science abrangendo o ano de 2020. Foram executadas duas etapas de filtragem. Na primeira optou-se por manter como tipos de documentos apenas artigos científicos no idioma inglês e, na segunda, procedeu-se a inclusão de áreas de pesquisa dentro do escopo da temática em estudo, totalizando, ao final, 379 artigos. A etapa seguinte constituiu-se de avaliação relacionada às áreas de pesquisa, periódicos, países, referências com maior número de citação e estudos mais relevantes do fator H (H-index). O uso do software VosViewer possibilitou a organização de grupos (cluster) baseados em cocitação e as redes de coocorrências de palavras-chave. Os resultados demonstram em termos avaliativos, que as instituições mais influentes nas pesquisas relacionadas a pandemia da COVID-19 estão concentradas em países como China (22,9%) do universo, seguidas por Itália, Estados Unidos, Inglaterra, Canadá, Austrália, Índia, Espanha, Brasil e Alemanha. Os periódicos mais relevantes em termos de publicação, dos 51 periódicos identificados, são: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health e Science of the Total Environment, A obra de referência é   Immediate Psychological Responses and Associated Factors during the Initial Stage of the 2019 Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Epidemic among the General Population in China‎. O mapa de palavras-chave apresentou o coronavírus como tema central do mapa seguido por termos como surto, confinamento, mortalidade, saúde pública, China, crise, risco, gestão, modelo, desempenho, comportamento, resiliência, incerteza, saúde metal, ansiedade, infecção, conhecimento, depressão, impacto psicológico e estresse. Além disso, também realizou-se uma análise nas obras consideradas referência na rede de citações, destacando os principais propósitos e/ou resultados de cada estudo. Evidenciando, portanto, a emergência e relevância do tema e como este vem sendo explorado.


Author(s):  
Olga Obrazhey

The article deals with the fear of children of primary school age to open water, which appears at the initial stage of teaching swimming and is a serious obstacle to mastering the skills of swimming. Analysis of the scientific researches indicate a lack of reasonable methods of overcoming fears associated with the water during swimming training and scientific methodological developments in the prevention and overcoming fears associated with water, which leads to certain problems and violations of logical consistency in teaching swimming. The following empirical methods as questionnaires, interviews, pedagogical observations are used. The article presents the results of a study of this problem, especially: the results of the survey of primary school children who arrived at the base of the summer camp «Lastochka» in Skadovsk of Kherson region in 2016 during the month of June as well as conversations and observations with them that took place in real conditions of training swimming. This study provided the opportunity to determine the origin of fear causes of primary school age children, to reveal the reasons and statistics of accidents at open water, to identify factors fear of open water of primary school age children. The article indicates signs of the most important physical symptoms associated with the fear of open water. Methodical recommendations developed to overcome fears at the initial stage of swimming lessons in open water based on the principles of psychological impact on the minds of everyone as well as the use of innovative techniques while swimming. Methodical recommendations focus on the preparation and organization of lessons with children of primary school age, with the problem of fear of open water. They aim to overcome fear and to achieve the main goals of the swimming lessons in the summer camp to teach swimming every child.


2019 ◽  
Vol 31 ◽  
pp. 32-36
Author(s):  
Abdullatif S. Al Rashed ◽  
Abdullah F. Al-Naim ◽  
Bayan J. Almulhim ◽  
Mohammed S. Alhaddad ◽  
Abdulaziz I. Al-Thafar ◽  
...  

Author(s):  
Hasan Saeed Alamri ◽  
Abdullah Algarni ◽  
Shehata F. Shehata ◽  
Ali Al Bshabshe ◽  
Nada N. Alshehri ◽  
...  

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has had a significant impact on public mental health. Our objective was to assess prevalence of depression, anxiety, and stress among the general population in Saudi Arabia during this pandemic. A descriptive cross-sectional approach was used targeting all accessible populations in Saudi Arabia. Data were collected from participants using an electronic pre-structured questionnaire. Psychological impact was assessed using the Arabic version of Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scale (DASS-21). A total of 1597 participants completed the survey. In total, 17.1% reported moderate to severe depressive symptoms; 10% reported moderate to severe anxiety symptoms; and 12% reported moderate to severe stress levels. Depression, anxiety, and stress were significantly higher among females, younger respondents, and health care providers. Depression was higher among smokers, singles, and non-working respondents. Anxiety was higher among those reporting contacts with COVID-19 positive cases, previously quarantined and those with chronic health problems. Our findings reaffirm the importance of providing appropriate knowledge and specialized interventions to promote the mental well-being of the Saudi population, paying particular attention to high-risk groups.


2020 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Songxu Peng ◽  
Xin Lai ◽  
Yukai Du ◽  
Yuting Li ◽  
Kunming Tian ◽  
...  

Background: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has been rapidly transmitted worldwide, which contributed to various psychological problems (such as fear, depression, and anxiety) among the general population in China. The purpose of this study is to investigate the prevalence and associated factors of depressive symptoms among Chinese adults.Methods: A cross-sectional study of Chinese adults was conducted during 17–29 February 2020. Symptoms of depression were assessed using the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression scale (CES-D).Results: A total of 3,399 respondents were included in the analysis. It was observed that 14.2% (481/3,399) of the participants were screened positive for depressive symptoms. In a multivariate logistic regression analysis, older age (OR = 0.98; 95% CI, 0.97–0.99), smoking (OR = 1.57; 95% CI, 1.10–2.26), self-rated health (good: OR = 0.49; 95% CI, 0.37–0.66; fairly: OR = 0.60; 95% CI, 0.45–0.80), having greater support scores (OR = 0.95; 95% CI, 0.94–0.96), knowledge about the main symptom of COVID-19 (very clearly: OR = 0.58; 95% CI, 0.42–0.79; relatively clearly: OR = 0.59; 95% CI, 0.44–0.79), and staying in Wuhan within 3 months before the outbreak of epidemic (OR = 1.78; 95% CI, 1.34–2.38) were associated with depressive symptoms.Conclusion: A considerable proportion of the general population in China had depressive symptoms during the COVID-19 epidemic. Routine screening and targeted interventions for depression are needed among high-risk depressed individuals during the COVID-19 epidemic.


2015 ◽  
Vol 49 (3) ◽  
pp. 440-449 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fernanda Mateus Queiroz Schmidt ◽  
Vera Lúcia Conceição de Gouveia Santos ◽  
Rita de Cássia Domansky ◽  
Elaine Barros ◽  
Mariana Alves Bandeira ◽  
...  

OBJECTIVE To estimate the prevalence of self-reported constipation and associated factors in the general population of a Brazilian city. METHOD Secondary analysis of an epidemiological study, population-based, cross-sectional study, about bowel habits of Brazilian population. A total of 2,162 individuals were interviewed using two instruments: sociodemographic data and the adapted and validated Brazilian version of the "Bowel Function in the Community" tool. RESULTS There was a prevalence of 25.2% for the self-reported constipation, 37.2% among women and 10.2% among men. Stroke and old age were associated with constipation in the three statistical models used. CONCLUSION The prevalence found showed to be similar to the findings in the literature, although some associated factors obtained here have never been investigated.


2008 ◽  
Vol 24 (5) ◽  
pp. 407-412
Author(s):  
Manami Yamashita ◽  
Hitoshi Okamura ◽  
Yoshie Murakami ◽  
Kokichi Sugano ◽  
Teruhiko Yoshida ◽  
...  

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