The prediction ability of coping strategies in mental ill-health indicators among frontline workers during coronavirus pandemic

Background: Many frontline workers are at high risk of the infection of coronavirus and they might develop mental ill- health indicators particularly fear of coronavirus and Posttraumatic stress disorders. Literature reviews revealed that this depends on their coping strategies which are rarely discussed and investigated within Jordanian context. This study aims at investigating the prediction ability of the coping strategies in mental ill-health indicators among frontline workers during coronavirus pandemic. Participants are 408 volunteer frontline workers; 17.2%females and 82.8%males. Ages ranged between (less than 25 and over than 25) years, work place (Ministry of Health 54.5% and Civil Defense 45.5%), Major (doctors 18.6%, nurses 21.6%, paramedic 33.3%, others 26.5%). Participants are asked to fill out online self-report measures of brief coping, fear of coronavirus and Posttraumatic stress disorders.Results: The results show that coping strategies predicted 28.8% of the variance in fear of coronavirus and 43.6% of the variance in Posttraumatic stress disorders. Moreover, there is a low level of fear of coronavirus and Posttraumatic stress disorders also there are no significant differences in the level of fear of coronavirus in favor to study variables. At the same time, there are significant differences in the level of Posttraumatic stress disorders in favor to males: but not for other study variables. Conclusion: Mental ill-health indicators are predicted by coping strategies that frontline workers use.

Health-Related Rehabilitation after the 2008 Great Wenchuan Earthquake in China: A Ten Year Retrospective Systematic Review

Being one of the world’s seismically hazard-prone countries, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) witnessed an 8.0-magnitude earthquake on May 12th 2008—which was reported as one of the most destructive disasters since its founding. Following this earthquake, rehabilitation was greatly required for survivors to enable them to achieve and maintain optimal independence; functioning; full physical, mental and social ability; inclusion; and participation in all aspects of life and environments. We conducted a systematic review based on Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines to retrospectively identify, in five English databases/sources, the existing evidence about the Health-Related Rehabilitation (HRR) that was rendered to the survivors of the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake between 2008 and 2018. Only 11 studies out of 828 initial studies retrieved were included in our study and reported the survivors of the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake to have been aged between 10.5 and 55.7, and predominantly diagnosed with posttraumatic stress disorders. Their HRR was mainly premised on physical and physiological therapies, as well as traditional Chinese medicine and digital technologies. Although all HRR interventions used were reported to be effective, none was identified as much more effective than the others in the post-earthquake era —which calls for more robust research to build upon our systematic review.

Analysis of EEG Characteristics and Coherence in Patients Diagnosed as Borderline Personality

Borderline personality disorder is a clinically important psychiatric diagnosis that is distinct from major depressive, bipolar and posttraumatic stress disorders, despite the overlapping symptoms. The diagnosis is mainly clinical and must follow the DMS 5 (or ICD 10) characteristics. The most common age at first presentation is in late adolescence, but the disorder frequently can be stay as misdiagnosed. Our study is concerned to QEEG characteristics, as well as coherence in borderline patients compared with healthy group, matched by number, gender and age and selected randomly. Our obtained results showed that electrophysiological characteristics for borderlines are fairly without statistical differences, except in low bands (delta and theta), which showed significantly lower frequencies and coherence compared to a healthy group. Future research in this filed with more patients is highly recommended.