Bora, Kaustubh Pagdhune, Avinash Patgiri, Saurav Jyoti Barman, Bhupen Das, Dulmoni Borah, Probodh
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Health education research
Social media offers an opportune platform for educating the public about the recommended interventions during global health emergencies. This case study evaluated information in the popular social media platform YouTube about two key interventions (namely, 'social distancing' and 'hand washing') recommended during coronavirus disease-2019. Using th...
Fushimi, M
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QJM : monthly journal of the Association of Physicians
Carrillo de Albornoz, Sara Sia, Kah-Ling Harris, Anthony
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Family practice
The COVID-19 pandemic has focussed attention on models of healthcare that avoid face-to-face contacts between clinicians and patients, and teleconsultations have become the preferred mode of primary care delivery. However, the effectiveness of remote consultations in this setting remains unclear. To evaluate the impact of telephone or video consult...
Travers, John Romero-Ortuno, Roman Ní Shé, Éidin Cooney, Marie-Therese
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Family practice
Our research paper describes how we involved 112 older adults in the co-design of an intervention aiming to reverse frailty and build resilience. Involving participants in research can improve its feasibility and impact. However, there have been few studies involving older people in frailty research and involvement has fallen further during the Cov...
Ahsanuddin, Salma Nasser, Wissam Roy, Savannah C Povolotskiy, Roman Paskhover, Boris
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Family practice
Vaccinations are a cornerstone of preventative medicine in the USA. However, growing concerns regarding facial nerve palsy following vaccination exist. This study aims to assess the occurrence of facial palsy as reported by the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) database. A retrospective analysis of the VAERS database was performed for ...
Al-Anezi, Fahad M
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International health
Electronic health (e-health) approaches such as telemedicine, mobile health, virtual healthcare and electronic health records are considered to be effective in increasing access to healthcare services, reducing operational costs and improving the quality of healthcare services during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak, a pandemic resu...
Arrais, Margarete Dias, Welwitschia Gama, Jorge M R Brito, Miguel
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International health
Healthcare professionals represent a vulnerable group in terms of responding to COVID-19. Knowledge can influence healthcare professionals through adoption of the correct attitudes and practices. The aim of this study was to evaluate, by a questionnaire, the perceptions of physicians about their level of knowledge as well as conditions in their wor...
van Kessel, Sophie A M Olde Hartman, Tim C Lucassen, Peter L B J van Jaarsveld, Cornelia H M
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Family practice
It is expected that GPs are increasingly confronted with a large group of patients with symptoms persisting three weeks after initial symptoms of a mild (managed in the outpatient setting) COVID-19 infection. Currently, research on these persistent symptoms mainly focuses on patients with severe infections (managed in an inpatient setting) whereas ...
Emeribe, Anthony Uchenna Abdullahi, Idris Nasir Shuwa, Halima Ali Uzairue, Leonard Musa, Sanusi Anka, Abubakar Umar Adekola, Hafeez Aderinsayo Bello, Zakariyya Muhammad Rogo, Lawal Dahiru Aliyu, Dorcas
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International health
As the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic continues to rise and second waves are reported in some countries, serological test kits and strips are being considered to scale up an adequate laboratory response. This study provides an update on the kinetics of humoral immune response to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-Co...
Norman, Francesca F Chamorro, Sandra Braojos, Francisco López-Miranda, Elena Chamorro, Jesús González, Irene Martín, Oihane Pérez-Molina, José-Antonio
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Journal of travel medicine
