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Variables related to social distancing can have negative effects on the emotional well-being and cognition of adults and the elderly. Objective: The aim of this study was to analyze the available studies that address the relationship between situations of social distancing, socioemotional aspects, and cognition in the lives of mature and older adults. Methods: A literature review study was carried out between December 2021 and January 2022, involving the SciELO, PubMed, and ScienceDirect databases, with studies published between February 2018 and December 2021. Results: A total of 754 studies were identified, and after selection, 18 were included. Notably, 16 showed significant effects of social distancing on cognition and socioemotional aspects, that is, the greater the social distancing, the lower the capacity for cognitive performance and the higher the index of symptoms of depression and anxiety, for example. Conclusions: Greater engagement in social activities and a closer contact with friends and family are protective factors against symptoms of depression and anxiety and cognitive decline.
Variáveis relacionadas ao distanciamento social podem gerar efeitos negativos para o bem-estar emocional e para a cognição de adultos e idosos. Objetivo: Analisar os estudos disponíveis que abordam a relação entre situações de distanciamento social, sofrimento emocional e cognição na vida de adultos maduros e idosos. Métodos: Realizou-se um estudo de revisão de literatura entre dezembro de 2021 e janeiro de 2022, que envolveu as bases de dados Scientific Electronic Library Online (SciELO), United States National Library of Medicine (PubMed) e ScienceDirect, com estudos publicados entre fevereiro de 2018 a dezembro de 2021. Resultados: O total de 754 trabalhos foi identificado e, após a seleção, 18 foram incluídos. Dezesseis mostraram efeitos significativos do distanciamento social na cognição e no sofrimento emocional, ou seja, quanto maior o distanciamento social, menor a capacidade de desempenho cognitivo e maior o índice de sintomas de depressão e ansiedade, por exemplo. Conclusões: O maior engajamento em atividades sociais e a maior aproximação com amigos e familiares são fatores de proteção contra sintomas de depressão e ansiedade e declínio cognitivo.
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Aims: Globally, mental illness and substance use disorders are the leading cause of disability and disease burden for young people. Orygen is an Australian youth mental health organization with a mission to reduce the impact of mental ill-health on young people, families and society, and one of only a few known research and clinical centres with a dedicated Knowledge Translation division. This paper provides a case study of the workforce development team within Orygen Knowledge Translation, outlining how implementation science informs their work and how the division has adapted its model of service support in the face of COVID-19. Method(s): Process data on training and resources developed and delivered by the workforce development team at Orygen over the period 2017-2021 was collated and synthesized with team reflections about the adaptations made by team in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Results and Conclusion(s): Since 2017, the team has delivered training to more than 4000 youth mental health workers across Australia, on the topics of trauma, psychosis, mood and anxiety disorders, brief interventions, cognition and other areas of youth mental health. The COVID-19 pandemic generated abrupt and dramatic changes to the delivery of workforce and service development initiatives in Australia due to significant restrictions to travel and in-person events. It also placed major delivery demands on youth mental health services. The COVID-19 pandemic facilitated profound and rapid changes to service delivery and development in Australian youth mental health. Implementation science offers flexible models to support a changing system.
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Suicide remains to be one of the leading causes of death amongst young people worldwide. Help-seeking, however, remains disproportionately suboptimal in the youth population. Identifying more effective and less stigmatizing markers of suicidal ideation and behaviours can be important for improving early engagement and intervention work. We therefore examined the prevalence of suicidal ideation, plan, and attempt in a large epidemiological youth sample in Hong Kong (n = 2540) during the period of 2019-2021, as well as the factors associated with each of these outcomes using separate multivariable logistic regression models. In this sample, the 12-month prevalence of suicidal ideation, plan, and attempt was 20.0%, 4.6%, and 1.3%, respectively. In particular, we found 'suicide-related rumination' to be amongst the only factor that was significant for all three outcomes (p < .010). Using a two-stage approach (i.e., selecting only those with suicidal ideation), we found that suicide-related rumination, poorer cognitive ability, and 12-month major depressive episode were specifically associated with 12-month suicide plan, while environmental factors, including COVID-19 stressors, personal life stressors, poorer family relationships, as well as non-suicidal selfharm, were specifically associated with 12-month suicide attempt. A two-stage approach should be considered in future interventions targeting youth suicide. Suicide-related rumination may be an important marker of overall suicidal risk. The role of environmental stressors in addition to intrinsic vulnerability also need to be emphasized to best support young people at risk.
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Cognitive sequelae after recovery from an initial COVID-19 disease are present in a subset of affected individuals, coalescing around several important issues such as effects of age, COVID-19 disease severity, comorbidities, and other factors. Some neuropsychological symptoms appear more common among certain patient populations. Comorbidities may complicate neuropsychological assessment as well. Hence, we need a guideline-based evaluation to guide neuropsychological rehabilitation. Drawing from the recent revision of the German National Guideline for the Long- and Post-COVID Syndrome and current advances in international guidance on neuropsychological assessment, this article provides practical and scientifically informed recommendations for the neuropsychological assessment of individuals recovering from coronavirus-related diseases.
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PurposeThis study evaluates the impact of online menus and perceived convenience of online food ordering on consumer purchase intention and shows how a desire for food creates a relationship between an online menu and a customer's purchase intention. Suggestions for management are proposed to design an effective menu to improve business performance in the competitive market in Vietnam.Design/methodology/approachThe paper follows a quantitative method. Quantitative research aims to analyze and critically evaluate the research question(s) to discover new factors.FindingsFindings indicate a positive relationship between menu visual appeal (MV), menu informativeness (MI), desire for food (DF), the perceived convenience (PC) of ordering food online and intention to purchase (PI). The attractiveness of images and information is a significant factor affecting diners' desire to eat, while the demand for food and the convenience of ordering food online are also factors affecting purchase intention.Practical implicationsThe study confirms the importance of online menus to purchase intention. Economically, when supply and demand are reasonable, the market is stable and technology develops. In terms of social, hygiene, attractiveness and price factors, it is helpful to have an overview. Research is the premise for further studies with factors from menu to customer trust.Originality/valueThe study provides a solid foundation for further studies on restaurant menu elements as well as a new perspective on how restaurants improve their dishes.
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This study aimed to optimize the line managers performances in the human resources (HR) division in answering the role of the HR management function problem in Medan City Manufacturing Company. The novelty proposed is a concept of HR management called "Human Resources Professional Transformation". Specifically, this concept discussed the ability of HR division line managers to make adaptive changes to the company's business-oriented functional divisions with managerial competence, commitment, innovation capability, and readiness for changes towards work performance. The population of this research was the line manager of the HR division, totaling 185 respondents. The sampling technique used a probability sampling approach with simple random sampling through the slovin formula, totaling 126 respondents. The analytical tool used is structural equation software through the SmartPLS application program. The results showed that managerial competence, commitment, innovation capability had a positive and significant effect through the HR professional transformation on the performance of line managers in the HR division. Meanwhile, readiness for change has a positive and insignificant effect on the HR Professional Transformation. Readiness for change also has a positive and insignificant effect on the Line Managers Performances in the Human Resources Division through HR Professional Transformation. Based on the suitability test of the research model, it proved that the HR Professional Transformation can answer the problem of the role of the management function to improve the line managers performances in the HR division with managerial competence, commitment, innovation capability, and readiness for change of 0.907.
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The number of people with long-term consequences of COVID-19 is increasing worldwide. The long-term prognosis for patients remains poorly understood. Objective. To study cardiometabolic and psychocognitive features in comorbid elderly patients with atrial fibrillation (AF), de-pending on the presence of post-COVID syndrome (PCS). Material and methods. The observational analytical cohort study included 223 patients with AF and comorbidity (coronary artery disease, hypertension, obesity, type 2 diabetes mellitus) aged 60-74, who were divided into two groups: group 1 included 123 patients without COVID-19 and group 2 included 110 patients with a history of COVID-19 and the presence of PCS. The study evaluated laboratory and instrumental tests, and a general clinical study assessing psychocognitive disorders using the SPMSQ and HADS questionnaires was conducted. Results and discussion. In COVID-19 survivors, compared with patients of group 1, there were more pronounced atherogenic changes in total cholesterol (TC) (p=0.003), low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (p<0.001), and triglycerides (p=0.011). Lower dia-stolic blood pressure was found in COVID-19 survivors (p<0.001). In addition, patients in group 2 had higher median pulse pressure (p<0.001) and heart rate (p<0.001). In group 2 patients, a larger ascending aorta diameter was observed (p<0.001). The anx-iety-depressive syndrome was more common in COVID-19 survivors with comorbidities, and a statistically significant difference was found in clinical anxiety (24%, p=0.041) and subclinical depression (21%, p=0.015). When assessing cognitive function, mod-erate cognitive impairment was detected in 22% (p=0.005) of patients with PCS and severe cognitive impairment in 2% (p=0.007). Conclusion. In comorbid elderly patients with the post-COVID syndrome, a high prevalence of psychocognitive disorders and adverse cardiometabolic changes were observed, supporting the need for long-term monitoring of the general clinical condition and psychocognitive status of COVID-19 survivors.Copyright © 2023, Media Sphera Publishing Group. All rights reserved.
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Until pharmacological measures are rolled out on a global scale, reducing the transmission of COVID-19 and preventing future outbreaks require the continued promotion of behaviors known to effectively limit the spread of infections (e.g., physical distancing, hand hygiene practices). The success of such behavioral measures, however, relies on widespread compliance, highlighting the importance of theory-and evidence-based behavior change interventions targeting COVID-19 preventive behaviors. Theories of social cognition have recently been applied to COVID-19 preventive behaviors to identify the key modifiable determinants of behavior that can be targeted by strategies or techniques in interventions. The identification of key modifiable determinants of COVID-19 preventive behaviors permits the matching of evidence-based behavior change strategies or techniques proposed to affect change in the targeted determinants. The goal of this chapter is to provide an overview of the social cognition literature and interventions targeting key psychological constructs as means to adopt and maintain COVID-19 preventive behaviors. The chapter also provides example materials used in behavior change interventions based on social cognition theory, which may have application across a broad range of COVID-19 preventive behaviors. First, the chapter provides an overview of social cognition theories that have been used to explain and predict health and social behavior and how behavior change occurs. Next, the emerging research evidence of potentially modifiable social cognition determinants of COVID-19 preventive behaviors are reviewed. Finally, a step-by-step example of how interventionists might develop a theory-based intervention targeting change in an important COVID-19 preventive behavior is provided. The chapter concludes with a summary of some key challenges and future directions in moving forward behavior change research in this area. Overall, this chapter provides information useful to the design and development of effective behavior change interventions targeting the adoption and maintenance of COVID-19 preventive behaviors which are relevant to current and future pandemic contexts. © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022.
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About 10 % of all symptomatic COVID-19 patients suffer from long-lasting health complaints. Fatigue, cognitive and emotional disorders are the most frequent neuropsychiatric symptoms. Evidence-based therapies for these post-covid impairments are still lacking. Here, we examined the feasibility of a newly developed group-therapy program for patients with fatigue, emotional and cognitive disorders following COVID-19. 24 patients with ICD-10 diagnosis of F06.8 and U0.09 participated in the group therapy on average 13 month after their acute COVID-19 infection. Before and after the group therapy they underwent a comprehensive clinical and neuropsychological assessment. The group therapy was held online and consisted of 8 weekly sessions with psychotherapeutic and psychoeducational elements regarding fatigue and pacing, mindfulness, psychiatric disorders, cognition as well as physical activity after COVID-19. Participation in the group was high with an average of 7.25 of 8 visited sessions. Mean overall group satisfaction was 7.78 out of 10 points. Patients improved in their self-reported fatigue, daily living skills, depression and subjective cognitive abilities as well as in their objective performance in neuropsychological tests of attention during the study time. The newly developed group therapy program for patients with fatigue and emotional and cognitive disorders following an infection with SARS-CoV-2 was well accepted and evaluated and is feasible in an online setting. Copyright © 2023. Thieme. All rights reserved.
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The novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 is associated with a significant incidence of neuropsychiatric disorders, which tend to have a long course in the post-COVID period. Objective(s): to study post-COVID mental disorders in clinical psychiatric practice. Patients and methods. 30 patients aged 37.75+/-14.07 years with anamnesis of SARS-CoV-2 infection were examined. Clinical scale assessment was carried out using the Hamilton Depression and Anxiety Scale. The Symptom-Checklist (SCL-90-R) was used to assess the psychopathological status of the patient. Patients' cognitive functioning was assessed using the Mini-Cog Cognitive Assessment Questionnaire. Patients' sleep quality was assessed by the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI). Results and discussion. Mental disorders associated with a previous coronavirus infection are observed in a wide time range from less than 1 month to a year after the previous disease, and in no case did the coronavirus infection have a severe course. Sleep disorders, anxiety and depressive disorders, which did not exceed a moderate degree of severity, and asthenia dominated in the structure of the post-COVID syndrome. The level of mental distress in patients with post-COVID syndrome increased 2 times. Post-COVID mental disorders are interrelated with female gender, age, and psychotraumatic factors associated with the pandemic. Cognitive impairment mediated by mental disorders was observed in approximately 60% of patients and did not reach the degree of dementia. Conclusion. The clinical picture of the post-COVID syndrome is represented by a wide range of mental disorders, the development of which involves not only biological, but also psychosocial factors associated with the COVID-19 pandemic, which determines the specifics of diagnostic approaches and the feasibility of complex treatment of the post-COVID syndrome.Copyright © 2022 Ima-Press Publishing House. All rights reserved.
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Objectives: While persistent and relapsing symptoms of COVID-19 are increasingly documented, limited data exist on the post-acute population. The objective of this analysis is to identify the characteristics of patients diagnosed with long COVID using real-world data. Method(s): Children/adolescents (age 0-17) and adults (age 18-39, 40-64 and >=65) with >=2 primary diagnoses for U09.9 "Post COVID-19 condition" from 10/01/2021 (ICD-10 code introduction) until 03/31/2022 were selected from Optum's de-identified Clinformatics Data Mart Database, with the first diagnosis deemed index. Included patients had >=1 diagnosis for COVID-19 and continuous enrollment 12 months prior to index (baseline). To ensure alignment with most institutional definitions, >=4 weeks between initial COVID-19 infection and index was required. Diagnoses recorded +/-2 weeks from index that were not present prior to the initial COVID-19 diagnosis were summarized. Newly prescribed treatments and total medical costs were evaluated during the month following index (continuous enrollment required). Result(s): 3,587 patients met eligibility criteria (mean age 59.02, 57.56% female) with a median time from initial COVID-19 infection to long COVID diagnosis of 83 days (IQR: 46-201 days). The most common concurrent diagnoses included breathing complications such as dyspnea (20.38%) and respiratory failure (15.23%);malaise and fatigue (15.31%);symptoms related to cognitive functioning/anxiety (11.35%);and chest pain (7.67%). Children/adolescents had the highest prevalence of chest pain, while patients >=65 years of age had the highest prevalence of issues with coordination. The average total medical cost during the month following long COVID diagnosis was $4,267 (SD $14,662), with common prescriptions including albuterol (4.42%), prednisone (3.51%), and methylprednisolone (2.01%). Conclusion(s): This retrospective analysis confirms clinically documented symptoms of long COVID in a large, real-world population. Once more data become available, further research on the long term economic and clinical outcomes among patients diagnosed with post-acute COVID-19 syndrome are warranted.Copyright © 2023
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Working and studying remotely has become increasingly prevalent, especially due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Research and design of these locations have thus become even more relevant. Distributed Cognition and particularly the DiCoT (Distributed Cognition for Teamwork) framework has been used in previous studies to analyse and design teamwork and teamworking locations. However, research on this specific topic of remote working and hybrid work with DiCoT has been limited. This paper targets this research gap. The empirical research is conducted with an online diary and ethnographic field study, to produce insights into these locations of remote- and hybrid work and about the framework itself. As a result, 13 Primary Empirical Conclusions are produced. DiCoT can be seen as a promising lens for the analysis and design of remote working locations. © 2023 Author(s).
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CD4+ T Cells from Preeclamptic patients with or without a history of COVID-19 during pregnancy cause hypertension, autoantibodies and cognitive dysfunction in a pregnant rat model Objective: Preeclampsia (PE) new onset hypertension (HTN) during pregnancy, is associated with increased autoantibodies, cerebral blood flow (CBF) impaired cognitive function and memory loss. We have shown adoptive transfer of placentalCD4+T cells from PE women into athymic nude pregnant rats causesHTNand autoantibodies associated with PE.COVID-19 (CV) during pregnancy is associated with increased diagnosis of PE. However, we do not know the role of CD4+ T cells stimulated in response to CV in contributing to the PE phenotype seen patients with a Hx of CV during pregnancy. Therefore, we hypothesize that adoptive transfer of placental CD4+ T cells from patients with a CV History (Hx) during pregnancy with PE causes HTN, increased CBF and cognitive dysfunction in pregnant athymic nude recipient rats. Study Design: Placental CD4+ T cells isolated from normotensive (NP), PE, Hx of CV normotensive (CV Hx NT), and Hx of CV with PE (CV Hx+PE) at delivery. One million CD4+ T cells were injected i.p. into nude athymic rats on gestational day (GD) 12. The Barnes maze and the novel object recognition behavioral assays were used to assess cognitive function on GDs 15-19. Blood pressure (MAP) and CBF were measured by carotid catheter and laser Doppler flowmetry on GD19, respectively. A two-way ANOVA was used for statistical analysis. Result(s):MAPincreased inCVHx+PE (111 +/- 4, n = 4) and PE recipient rats (115 +/- 2 mmHg, n = 5) compared to CV Hx NT (100 +/- 4, n = 5) and NP (99 +/- 3 mmHg, n = 4, P < .05). CV Hx+PE and PE exhibited latency with errors navigating in the Barnes maze compared to CV Hx NT and NP groups. Locomotor activity was decreased in CV Hx+PE (P < .05) compared to PE, CV Hx NT, and NP groups. CV Hx+PE and PE spent more time exploring identical objects compared to CV Hx NT and NP groups. PE and CV Hx+ PE had increased CBF compared to CV Hx NT and NP rats. Conclusion(s): Our findings indicate that pregnant recipients of CD4+ T cells from PE with or without a Hx CV during pregnancy cause HTN, increased CBF and cognitive dysfunction compared to recipients of NP or NT Hx COVID-19 CD4+ T cells.
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Aims: During the COVID-19 pandemic, care for the elderly in the community was greatly limited. Accordingly, the demand for alternative community care have increased to cope with changing situations. In this study, we tried to find out whether the companion robot improved mood state and related problem in depressive or isolated community dwelling elderly. Method(s): For 186 community dwelling elderly who have received social welfare service due to depression or social isolation, we provided companion robot that could support their daily living. The robot was equipped with special program that could recognize and respond to the participant's own emotion. It was part of behavioural activation techniques which is one of powerful treatment for depression. The self-report questionnaires were used to measure changes in cognitive function, depression, suicidality, loneliness, resilience and satisfaction of life. Outcomes were measured before using companion robot and after 3 months, and we compared them. Result(s): The elderly using companion robot for 3 months showed improved cognitive function, depression (p < .001), suicidality (p < .001), and loneliness (p = .033) in the self-report questionnaire. Resilience (p = .749) and satisfaction of life (p = .246) were also improved but not reached significance. Conclusion(s): These findings showed that the use of companion robot with emotional recognition coaching program could help improve depression, cognitive function, loneliness and suicidal ideation. In particular, this effect was also useful for those who were diagnosed with depression. Also if we can put more techniques of behavioural activation programs into robot, it could be useful in community care for depressive and isolated elderly.
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Cognitive dysfunction is one of the manifestations of the neurological complications in coronavirus infection. In this article, we have collected material on the state of cognitive functions after suffering a coronavirus infection with aspects of possible pathogenetic mechanisms and a discussion on the prospects for treatment and rehabilitation. The COVID-19 pandemic, having manifested itself in December 2019, remains one of the most controversial topics in the world to the day. The growing number of reports about damage to the nervous system during coronavirus infection suggests that the virus is neurotropic. In the clinical picture of the disease, less attention is paid to such symptoms as severe weakness, fatigue, memory impairment. At the same time, it is this symptomatology that most often accompanies patients in the postcovid period and significantly reduces their quality of life, thereby making it difficult to adapt to social and work activities. The search was conducted for literatures published within the period from 2020 to the third quarter of 2021, domestic and foreign sources from the Web of Science, PubMed databases were analysed. The search queries were the following ones: "COVID-19", "cognitive impairment", "postcovid syndrome".Copyright © 2022, Krasnoyarsk State Medical University. All rights reserved.
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Background: Although research on mathematics learning programs has taken off in recent years, little is known about how different person characteristics are related to practice behaviour with such programs. When implementing a mathematics learning program in the classroom, it might be important to know whether students with specific characteristics need more encouragement to make use of this learning opportunity. Objectives: Using a supply‐use model, we analysed the predictive power of students' cognitive characteristics (prior mathematics knowledge), personality traits (conscientiousness), motivational‐affective characteristics (mathematics self‐concept and mathematics anxiety), and family background characteristics (socioeconomic status and migration background) for practising with an adaptive arithmetic learning program. Methods: We used longitudinal data from 203 fifth graders from seven non‐academic‐track schools in Germany. Practice behaviour, measured by completed tasks in the learning program, was recorded weekly for every student over a period of 22 weeks. Results and Conclusions: The results of our multilevel analyses showed that mathematics anxious students practised less with the program. We did not find any relationship with the other characteristics. Takeaways: Our results suggest that mathematics anxious students need more encouragement when practising with a mathematics learning program;otherwise, they do not get the chance to benefit from the use. Lay Description: What is already known about this topic: The use of mathematics learning programmes in mathematics education has recently intensified.It is important that students practice with such learning programmes regularly over a longer period of time in order for them to achieve learning success.Students differ in their mathematics learning behaviour. What this paper adds: Little is known about how person characteristics are related to practice behaviour with mathematics learning programmes.Students may differ in their use of a mathematics learning programme, which is why cognitive characteristics, personality traits, motivational‐affective characteristics, and family background characteristics may affect students' practice behaviour. Implications for practice: Mathematics anxious students practiced less with a mathematics learning program, and need more encouragement to benefit equally from the implementation in school.Teachers should keep in mind that after the initial enthusiasm, practice with a programme may decrease over time, especially after school holidays.
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Within the conditions of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, when many questions regarding prevention and treatment strategies remain unsolved and the search for the best antiviral agents is underway, attention should be paid to the role of trace elements zinc and selenium in increasing the body's resistance to viral infections and their direct antiviral activity against SARS-CoV-2. Experimental data show that trace elements zinc and selenium not only actthrough regulating the immune response at all levels of humoral and cellular immunity, but also can play a significant role in adjuvant therapy for viral diseases. This is especially relevant in the case of COVID-19. Studies of the direct antiviral effect of these micro-elements testify to its 3 main ways to SARS-Cov-2: I - counteraction to virus replication and its transcription through: (i) their covalent binding to the SH-group of the cysteine of the main protease M(Pro) of the virus;(ii) inhibition of its RNA polymerase activity by zinc;II - preventing the penetration of the virus into cells due to blocking SH-groups of protein disulfide isomerase (RDI) of the protein of its spikes (peplomers);III - decreasing the adsorption capacity of the virus due to the blocking of the electrostatic interaction of SARS-CoV-2 peplomers and angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE-2) in ultra-low, uncharacteristic oxidation states (Zn+1and Se-2). The intensity of the antiviral action of these trace elements may depend on their chemical form. It was found that zinc citrate (a five-membered complex of zinc with citric acid) and monoselenium citric acid obtained with the help of nanotechnology have a greater intensity of action and higher chemical purity. Taking into account the immunostimulating and direct antiviral effect of zinc and selenium, their use in the form of pharmaceuticals and dietary supplements should be considered as adjunctive therapy for SARS-CoV-2 in patients, or as a preventive strategy for uninfected people from risk groups during the spread of COVID-19.Copyright © Publisher PH <<Akademperiodyka>> of the NAS of Ukraine, 2023.
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The earthquake has long-lasting various mental and behavioral effects on children and adolescents. The aim of this review was to discuss the nature and extent of psychiatric problems, management options, and the process of organizing psychological interventions for affected children. Individuals show a range of physically, emotionally, and cognitively healthy responses that can help them cope with the aftermath of a disaster. Psychiatric symptoms such as acute stress reactions, post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, anxiety disorder, increased risk of suicide, sleep disorders, substance use disorders, and psychotic disorders may develop in some children. Comorbidities and sub-clinical syndromes are also common. There are many risk factors and protective factors in the development of mental disorders. Close follow-up of children at high risk and interventions for psychosocial support may prevent the development of mental disorders. It is very important to start the intervention at the earliest period. The psychological impacts of young disaster victims can be addressed by skilled local volunteers, medical professionals, and educators in primary health care programs. With the nation's overall social and economic recovery, children can recover more quickly from traumatic experiences.Copyright © 2023, Duzce University Medical School. All rights reserved.