A systematic scoping review of digital health technologies during COVID-19: a new normal in primary health care delivery

C Ndayishimiye, H Lopes, J Middleton - Health and Technology, 2023 - Springer
This scoping review compiled information concerning digital health technologies (DHTs)
evolution to support primary health care (PHC) during COVID-19 and lessons for the future …

Clinical effectiveness of nirmatrelvir plus ritonavir in patients with COVID‐19 and substance use disorders based on real‐world data

TH Liu, PY Huang, JY Wu, MH Chuang… - Journal of Medical …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
This study assessed the clinical efficacy of nirmatrelvir plus ritonavir (NMV‐r) in treating
patients with coronavirus disease‐2019 (COVID‐19) and substance use disorders (SUDs) …

[HTML][HTML] “There are solutions and I think we're still working in the problem”: The limitations of decriminalization under the good Samaritan drug overdose act and …

J Xavier, A Greer, B Pauly, J Loyal, Z Mamdani… - International journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Drug prohibition has been associated with increased risk of overdose.
However, drug prohibition remains the dominant drug policy, including in Canada with the …

Trends in deaths following drug use in England before, during, and after the COVID-19 lockdowns

A Sekeris, T Algahtani, D Aldabergenov… - Frontiers in public …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Aim This research aimed to describe how the characteristics of deaths following drug use
changed during the COVID-19 pandemic in England, and how this can inform future strategy …

Substances of abuse and their effect on SAR-CoV-2 pathogenesis

I Antwi, D Watkins, A Pedawi, A Ghrayeb… - Neuroimmune …, 2023 - degruyter.com
Following the emergence of SARS-CoV-2, various reports suggest that there has been a
significant increase in substance abuse due to social distancing and related issues. Several …

COVID-19 vaccine uptake in mental healthcare users: Czech nationwide register study

V Pisl, J Vevera - Vaccine, 2023 - Elsevier
Background The excessive covid-related mortality of psychiatric patients was reduced by
vaccination. The vaccine uptake in patients diagnosed with different mental health disorders …

Individual factors associated with COVID-19 infection: a machine learning study

T Ramírez-del Real, M Martínez-García… - Frontiers in Public …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The fast, exponential increase of COVID-19 infections and their catastrophic effects on
patients' health have required the development of tools that support health systems in the …

COVID-19 impact on australian patients with substance use disorders: emergency department admissions in Western Sydney before vaccine roll out

M Jefferies, H Rashid, R Graham, S Read, GR Banik… - Vaccines, 2022 - mdpi.com
Background: In this study, we determined the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Western
Sydney patients with substance use disorders (SUD) by comparing emergency department …

COVID-19 vaccination intention among people who use drugs in France in 2021: results from the international community-based research program EPIC

C Lacoux, V Villes, L Riegel, S Coulmain… - Harm Reduction …, 2024 - Springer
Background COVID-19 vaccination is crucial to reduce the incidence of severe forms of the
disease in the population. However, people who use drugs (PWUD) face structural and …

[HTML][HTML] COVID-19 Vaccination Rates of People Who Use Drugs—Chengdu City, Sichuan Province, China, November 2021–February 2022

E Du, P Jiang, C Zhang, S Zhang, X Yan, Y Li… - China CDC …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
This study seminally uncovers that the vaccination rate among PWUDs was about 79.34% in
one district of Chengdu City, Sichuan Province, China. Assuming that unvaccinated PWUDs …