Religion and Religiosity in the Time of Coronavirus: a Quanti-Qualitative Research During the First Italian Confinement

This article describes the results of a research carried out in Italy in the spring of 2020, during the first confinement due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The goal was to understand how collective religiosity was reconfiguring after the sudden change in rituals and ways of being a community. The questionnaire, disseminated through the networks of contacts and religious groups present on social media, collected 913 responses on a largely self-selected non-probabilistic and convenience sample. From the analysis of the results, it emerged that the respondents did not experience an increase in their religious sentiment, so much so that confinement did not question their value scale, while it strongly influenced daily life and interpersonal sharing, with respect to faith, to belonging and to religious practice, with an expansion of the mediated and mediatic dimensions of religiosity.

Remote Learning in Times of Pandemics: Covid-19 and Its Implications on Teacher-Student Relationship- a Freirean Perspective

The choice for remote learning -name given to the online classes or to the handouts distributed by schools when the COVID-19 Pandemic broke out -became the major alternative in Brazil with the purpose of strengthening the bond between school and students. However, this choice seems to bring along some issues in what refers to relational matters. With that in mind, this study aims at the analysis of modifications that are likely to take place in the teacher-students interactions through dialogic and affective relationships, focusing on students' learning in classes that are not in-person, whether they are based on a synchronous/asynchronous remote learning mode or on the distribution of printed handouts. The study is characterized as a theoretical research based on Freire and its intent is to reflect how relationships of dialogue and affection might interfere in the educational process and consequently in students' learning.

Factors associated with hospitalization due to COVID-19 in patients with psoriasis: Insights from a global registry

Psoriasis is a common immune-mediated inflammatory skin disease with frequent multimorbidity, and immunosuppressants are the mainstay of treatment in moderate-to-severe disease. An understanding of the impact of COVID-19 on individuals with psoriasis and the effect of psoriasis therapies on the course of COVID-19 is urgently required to inform clinical decision-making. This study sought to characterize the clinical course of COVID-19 in patients with psoriasis and to identify factors associated with hospitalization. Clinicianreported cases of confirmed or suspected COVID-19 in psoriasis were collected via an international online registry. Multivariable-adjusted logistic regression identified factors associated with hospitalization. Patient risk-mitigating behaviours were characterized using an independent global selfreport registry. In total, 334 clinician-reported cases (median age 50 years, 62% male, median body mass index 28 kg m-2, 85% white) from 22 countries [most frequently, the U.K. (35%), Italy (22%) and Spain (16%)] were available between 27 March and 20 June 2020. Altogether, 245 (73.3%) patients were receiving a biologic, 54 (16.2%) a nonbiologic and 31 (9.3%) no systemic treatment. Overall, 311 (93.1%) achieved a full recovery, 71 (21.2%) were hospitalized and nine (2.7%) died. Risk factors associated with hospitalization were older age [adjusted odds ratio (aOR) 1.71, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.26-2.32], male sex (aOR 2.37, 95% CI 1.11-5.04) and nonwhite ethnicity (aOR 3.40, 95% CI 1.27-9.11), in addition to chronic lung disease (aOR 4.37, 95% CI 1.62-11.74) and hypertension (aOR 2.23, 95% CI 1.05-4.74). Reduced risk of hospitalization was associated with use of a biologic (aOR 0.42, 95% CI 0.18-0.98) vs. nonbiological systemic therapy. There was no difference in risk of hospitalization between classes of biologics. An independent selfreport psoriasis registry (1167 patients from 39 countries) suggested increased social isolation (76% vs. 66%;P < 0.05) but similar nonadherence to medication (18% vs 22%) in patients receiving biologics vs. nonbiological systemic treatments. In this international moderate-to-severe psoriasis case series, most patients fully recovered from COVID-19;older age, being male and being of nonwhite ethnicity increased risk of hospitalization. Use of biologics, when compared with nonbiological systemic therapies, was associated with reduced risk of hospitalization;however, this requires further study owing to potential selection bias and unmeasured confounding such as a difference in risk-mitigating behaviours.