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The article aims at understanding the challenges and risks that arise for remote research-intervention with children and adolescents as digital devices during the Covid-19 pandemic are used. The method consisted of interviews by means of cell phones and computers with 18 children and adolescents during the months of March to September 2020. The results indicate that the relationship established between the researcher and the child is affected, above all, by the limitations due to face-to-face contact. On the other hand, it was noted that both researcher and child were highly committed to develop a relationship of trust. As conclusion, it is highlighted the expansion of the use of two digital devices, above all, of video and voice calls. © 2022, Centro de Estudos Educacao e Sociedade - CEDES. All rights reserved.
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The COVID-19 pandemic presented unprecedented challenges for the early childhood education (ECE) sector in Australia, adding further pressure to a workforce already grappling with high levels of stress and emotional exhaustion. Research shows that poor educator wellbeing has adverse consequences for the sustainability of the ECE workforce and program quality, but less is known about wellbeing from the perspectives of early childhood educators themselves. As part of a larger mixed-method project focusing on early childhood educator wellbeing within the extraordinary circumstances of the COVID-19 pandemic, this chapter presents findings from open-ended survey questions completed by 209 Australian early childhood educators as well as subsequent follow-up focus groups conducted with 15 educators in 2020. Thematic analysis revealed that educators in this study perceived wellbeing as a holistic concept, encompassing healthy boundaries, supportive relationships, professional purpose and contribution, and professional recognition and status. Findings highlight that early childhood educators can clearly identify constitutive elements of wellbeing and articulate why their wellbeing matters not only for their own lives and professional stability, but also to support the children and families they work with. The implications from this work for practice and policy include providing flexible working conditions, empowering educators to prioritise self-care, supporting initiatives that foster strong collegial relationships, encouraging educators to take part in ongoing professional learning and upgrading of qualifications, and lifting the status of the profession by publicly acknowledging the valuable contribution educators make to the lives of children and families. © 2022, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.
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OBJECTIVE: Assess clinical evolution and health-related quality of life at three months after discharge in patients who were admitted and diagnosed with COVID-19 pneumonia, evaluated by the Rehabilitation Service and received physiotherapy in Fuenlabrada Hospital. METHODS: Data were collected from 59 patients, separating those who were assessed in ICU (41 patients) from those assessed in the hospital ward (18). Data were obtained from their Electronic Medical Record, and a telephone interview was performed three months after their discharge. Data about their clinical progress during their hospitalization, after discharge, over the next months and their condition at the time of the interview is analyzed. Patients were asked to assess the quality of the physiotherapy received and to answer the SF-36 health-related quality of life questionnaire. RESULTS: These patients had the worst progress of the COVID pneumonia among all patients hospitalized in our hospital, but they had a good functional recovery with the inpatient physiotherapy received, which was positively rated. After three months, 84% have persistent symptoms, with the most common being dyspnoea, fatigue and anxiety/depression, and score worse in the SF-36 questionnaire than the reference population. CONCLUSIONS: Most patients who require rehabilitation during their COVID pneumonia admission have persistent symptoms and perceive a deterioration in their health-related quality of life after three months of discharge.
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Objetivo Conocer la evolución y calidad de vida relacionada con la salud a los tres meses del alta, en pacientes que fueron hospitalizados en el hospital de Fuenlabrada con diagnóstico de neumonía por COVID-19, valorados por el Servicio de Rehabilitación y que realizaron fisioterapia. Métodos Se recogen datos de 59 pacientes, diferenciando los que fueron valorados en UCI (41 pacientes), de los valorados en planta de hospitalización (18). Los datos se toman de su historia clínica electrónica, y se realiza una entrevista telefónica tres meses después del alta hospitalaria. Se analizan datos de su evolución durante hospitalización, tras el alta y durante los meses siguientes, y de su situación en el momento de la entrevista. Se pide a los pacientes una valoración de la fisioterapia recibida y que contesten el cuestionario de calidad de vida relacionado con la salud SF-36. Resultados Estos pacientes han tenido la peor evolución de su neumonía COVID de entre los ingresados en nuestro hospital, pero tuvieron una buena recuperación funcional con la fisioterapia intrahospitalaria recibida, la cual fue valorada muy positivamente por los pacientes. Después de tres meses, el 84% tienen síntomas persistentes, siendo los más frecuentes disnea, cansancio y depresión/ansiedad, y tienen peores puntuaciones en SF-36 que la población de referencia. Conclusiones La mayoría de los pacientes que requieren rehabilitación durante su hospitalización por neumonía COVID-19, tienen síntomas persistentes y perciben un deterioro de su calidad de vida relacionada con la salud, tras tres meses del alta hospitalaria.