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Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is a pandemic disease that has caused long-term social, economic and psychological effects. This disease is spreading rapidly all around the world and has led to a great deal of fear and anxiety among the people due to the unknown, complex and different behaviors of COVID-19. The elderly seems to be one of the special groups who experience this fear and anxiety largely, because they are highly vulnerable to COVID-19 and this disease appears to be more dangerous for them and leads them to experience various consequences. Hence, the present study aims to investigate the negative consequences of COVID-19 outbreak on the life of the elderly. This was a qualitative study of phenomenological type. The study sample consisted of 15 elderly people in Rafsanjan, Iran, selected by purposive sampling method and interviewed using an in-depth semi-structured. Data were analyzed using Colaizzi method. The results obtained from the analysis of the interviews indicated that the outbreak of COVID-19 has had negative consequences for the elderly, which can be categorized into six components. These components included psychological problems, feeling of fear caused by hearing/reading COVID-19-related news, the reduction or absence of referral to health centers, weakening of the economic status, complete cessation of sports activities and obsession in observance of health issues. Therefore, the prevention and management of such problems are of great importance. Moreover, special attention should be paid to the elderly in performing psychological and other interventions, and special plans are needed to reduce their problems. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved)
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Post-COVID-19 syndrome is an urgent and acute problem with a diverse clinical picture, including reproductive disorders. The key to minimizing Post-COVID-19 complications is timely vaccination, active treatment of covid-associated inflammation and hypercoagulation syndrome, an individual rehabilitation program to maintain gynecological health and reproductive potential of each woman. The article presents the results of the work of the of the obstetric department of the Filatov City Clinical Hospital No.15 for the period of the COVID-19 pandemic from 03/27/2020 to 03/26/2022 (inclusive). The results of the study «Post-COVID-19 syndrome in Obstetrics and Reproductive Medicine» are presented. Issues of the impact of COVID-19 on the reproductive and sexual health of women and men were brought up for discussion. A clinical case with an effective multidisciplinary treatment and diagnostic tactics of management and a personalized rehabilitation program is demonstrated. © 2022, Media Sphera Publishing Group. All rights reserved.
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This reprinted chapter originally appeared in the Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 2020, 63[6-7], 713-716. (The following of the original article appeared in record 2021-00510-033.) We write this letter to call attention to the implications of loneliness and social isolation to the wellbeing of minority older adults, especially during the time of COVID-19, and describe our program aimed at mitigating these challenges. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)
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Introduction: Humanity has been surprised in 2020 by the proliferation of a global pandemic produced by SARS-CoV-2. The COVID-19 is a disease defined by the World Health Organization as an infectious disease with a high level of contagion. There are many impacts that this disease has generated in the field of health, society and the economy, however, the impact for those who cannot survive the virus due to various risk factors is much greater. Objective: To identify the knowledge of medical personnel of the main sequelae faced by patients who overcome COVID-19. Methods: The databases included in the LILACS, EBSCO and HINARI services were consulted, and very good coverage was achieved, both in Cuba, Latin America and the Caribbean. as in the rest of the world. Web sites on the Internet that should be consulted were also visited due to their prestige and leadership on the subject. Conclusions: Being a pandemic in progress, determining the long-term effects that this disease can cause is a challenge, although the immediate sequelae in patients recovered after having undergone treatment are evidenced in multiple investigations. © 2021, Editorial Ciencias Medicas. All rights reserved.
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Introduction: This paper is based on the results of special research focused on mapping and gaining a deeper understanding of how, in the current period of post-COVID syndrome analysis and diverse life-long health effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, involuntarily infertile couples diagnosed with various lifetime health consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic and post-COVID-19 syndrome, which have significantly decreased their chances of having a baby, perceive their situation and their relationship towards pre-implantation genetic diagnostics. Methods: The survey was conducted during the period from January 2021 to July 2021 in various foreign countries. The respondents were couples that were suffering from involuntarily infertility and that were shown to have various health consequences due to the COVID-19 pandemic, including post-COVID syndrome. Due to the focus of the survey, which showed the personal and subjective views of respondents, a qualitative approach was chosen using in-depth online interviews. Prior to conducting the in-depth online interviews themselves, focus group discussions were conducted with the respondents. Results: The results of this survey revealed several key areas that have to be taken into account when providing effective help and support to involuntarily infertile couples, be it on a medical or social level. Respondents also found it very difficult to come to grips with the deterioration in their medical, mental and cognitive conditions caused by overcoming the COVID-19 virus. Participating in training that was specially designed for them during the survey period has led to improvements, which are still being researched and monitored. Conclusion: Similar studies serve as a basis for the realization of further surveys focusing on mitigation of post-COVID 19 syndrome effects in involuntarily infertile couples, individuals and groups influenced by difficult situations and social pathologies as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. For example, this includes individuals, groups and communities of various age categories suffering especially from different neurological, cognitive and mental issues which have significantly decreased the quality of their lives after recovering from COVID-19. These studies can also contribute to the creation of various support strategies in other scientific areas which have also been significantly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, focusing on support for physical and mental health, as well as the strengthening of relationships with the intention of removing or preventing social and pathological phenomena as much as possible. © 2021. All Rights Reserved.
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The COVID-19 pandemic has significant consequences in many areas and has largely contributed to rising unemployment in almost all countries. The situation is similar in Slovavkia, where various degrees of shutdown measures have caused an inflow of newly unemployed people in all age groups. This article focuses on unemployed youth as a vulnerable and disadvantaged group of the working population, as starting a career during a pandemic is complicated or even impossible in some industries under these conditions. In this study, the real situation in Slovakia in 2020-2021 is compared with the development of the job market before the pandemic and its counterfactual prediction under the hypothetical situation of no pandemic. The main contribution of the study is the quantification of the extent of the pandemic impact on unemployed youth, but also on other age groups;this evaluation can be considered very accurate given the counterfactual approach used. The analysis uses a counterfactual before-after comparison together with a statistical model for predicting the development of the inflow of the number of newly unemployed, which provides an accurate quantification of the amount of the pandemic's impact on unemployment. The results of this study can be used in practice to identify the most affected groups of the population and to implement policy measures aimed at mitigating the effects of the pandemic, and then to adjust the intensity and amount of allocated funds that will be needed to be spent to support the placement of young people into the labor market.
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Recently, with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, several lockdown and stay-at-home regulations have been implemented worldwide. In this regard, loneliness has been identified as the signature mental health consequence of this pandemic. The aim of this study is to explore the associations among loneliness, hopelessness, depression, ego-resilience and life satisfaction in a random sample of young adults (N = 337) at a university in the Western Cape of South Africa. Parallel and serial mediation analysis supported the hypothesis that loneliness is associated with hopelessness, which in turn is associated with depression, and that ego-resilience mediates the association between all the negative indices of psychological well-being and life satisfaction. These findings suggest that mental health interventions that boost ego-resilience and target loneliness may help in dealing with the mental health consequences of COVID-19.