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Objectives: The COVID-19 pandemic exposed healthcare workers to heavy stress and made them vulnerable to various types of mental illnesses. This study aims to evaluate the psychological effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental health of healthcare workers in the COVID-19 ward. Methods: This study was performed during the first peak of the COVID-19 pandemic in 9-Dey Hospital of Torbat Heydarieh in Iran, in which a total of 178 healthcare workers in the COVID-19 ward participated via the census sampling method. In this study, we employed the Goldberg general health questionnaire along with a researchermade questionnaire on the experience of exposure to COVID-19 disease. Following the completion of the questionnaires, the participants' data were analyzed by the SPSS software and statistical tests (the Spearman and Pearson correlations). Results: Our results showed 91.1%, 77.57%, 87.55%, 87.07%, 56.75%, and 74.16% for the general health, physical symptoms, anxiety symptoms, sleep disorders, social dysfunction, and depression symptoms, respectively, during the COVID-19 pandemic conditions. The results showed a significant association between the experience of exposure to COVID-19, anxiety symptoms, and sleep disorders (P<0.05). Discussion: Access to counseling and psychotherapy systems, rehabilitation, and the improvement of working conditions can effectively enhance resilience and promote the mental health of healthcare workers and increase the quality of care and treatment services. Highlights • The total general health score for all the participants during the COVID-19 condition was 44.07±1.54, indicating the mild general health of the study population, or in other words, the abnormal general health score. • The Spearman correlation test showed a significant association between the work ward, the total general health score, physical symptoms, and symptoms of anxiety and depression (P<0.05). Also, a significant association was observed between anxiety symptoms, sleep disorders, and the experience of exposure to COVID-19 (P<0.05). • The results of the Pearson correlation coefficient between physical health, its components, and the risk perception in the face of COVID-19 showed a significant association between all components of general health and the risk perception in the face of this disease (P<0.05). Plain Language Summary Given the high prevalence of COVID-19 worldwide and the rate of deaths because of this disease, healthcare workers are more prone to psychological disorders and anxiety than others. This descriptive-analytical and cross-sectional study was performed on 178 healthcare workers of 9-Dey Hospital in Torbat-e Heydariyeh, Iran. The participants were selected by the census sampling method. Only one questionnaire could be completed by each participant. The questionnaire consisted of three parts, including demographic information, occupational exposure to COVID-19, and the general health questionnaire. We first analyzed the experience of exposure to COVID-19. Then, the variance test analysis was used to determine the association between age, work experience, and general health and its components. The Pearson correlation test was used to investigate the association between the perceived risk of exposure to COVID-19 and general health. The Spearman correlation test was also used to determine the correlation between marital status, organizational positions, gender, work wards, and general health and its components. © 2022,Iranian Rehabilitation Journal. All Rights Reserved.
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Staying at home and having a sedentary lifestyle has become a new pattern of life in the world of the Covid-19 pandemic. Office workers were a group of people who had to stay at home during the lockdown and they adopted to this pattern of life. Because of this sedentary pattern of life, the occurrence of back pain became more prevalent in this population. Using MRI as an accurate technique to detection of low back pain was suggested and in this paper we have tried to collect data regarding this new pattern of life style and detection of low back pain among office workers using published papers in Scopus, PubMed, and Web of Science from 2015 till 2020. Copyright © Nova Science Publishers, Inc.
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Aims: One of the important causes of anxiety in COVID-19 is the inability to regulate emotion and lack of self-control during threatening conditions. Psychotherapy techniques have been effective in reducing psychological disorders. This study aimed at evaluating the effectiveness of dialectical behavior therapy on emotional regulation and self-control of these patients. Materials & Methods: It was a quasi-experimental pretest-posttest study with a control group. The statistical population included 30 men who were undergoing COVID-19 quarantine. Available sampling was used and individuals were randomly assigned to experimental and control groups. In the experimental group, the dialectical behavior therapy was performed in 10 sessions of 90 minutes. Tangi self-control and Garnofsky emotion regulation questionnaires were used. Data were analyzed using SPSS 21 software and multivariate analysis of covariance. Findings: There was a significant difference between the mean scores of emotional regulation and self-control variables in the experimental and control groups (p< 0.05) The effect of this treatment on increasing the emotional regulation score was 27% and on increasing the self-control score was 15%. Conclusion: Dialectical behavior therapy can increase cognitive regulation and improve self-control in patients with COVID-19. It is suggested that this intervention be used in psychological treatment programs. © 2022, Tarbiat Modares University. All rights reserved.
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Staying at home and having a sedentary lifestyle has become a new pattern of life in the world of the Covid-19 pandemic. Office workers were a group of people who had to stay at home during the lockdown and they adopted to this pattern of life. Because of this sedentary pattern of life, the occurrence of back pain became more prevalent in this population. Using MRI as an accurate technique to detection of low back pain was suggested and in this paper we have tried to collect data regarding this new pattern of life style and detection of low back pain among office workers using published papers in Scopus, PubMed, and Web of Science from 2015 till 2020.