Availability of personal protective equipment and diagnostic and treatment facilities for healthcare workers involved in COVID-19 care: A cross-sectional study in Brazil …

J Martin-Delgado, E Viteri, A Mula, P Serpa… - PloS one, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Many affected counties have had experienced a shortage of personal protective equipment
(PPE) during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. We aimed to investigate the …

Effect of the COVID-19 lockdown on disease recognition and utilisation of healthcare services in the older population in Germany: a cross-sectional study

B Michalowsky, W Hoffmann, J Bohlken… - Age and …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Background There is little evidence about the utilisation of healthcare services and disease
recognition in the older population, which was urged to self-isolate during the COVID-19 …

“We all really need to just take a breath”: composite narratives of hospital doctors' well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic

J Creese, JP Byrne, E Conway, E Barrett… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic poses a challenge to the physical and
mental well-being of doctors worldwide. Countries around the world introduced severe …

Psychosocial burden and working conditions during the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany: The VOICE survey among 3678 health care workers in hospitals

E Morawa, C Schug, F Geiser, P Beschoner… - Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Objective The aim of this cross-sectional web-based study was to examine self-reported
mental distress, psychosocial burdens, working conditions and potential risk and protective …

Stress perception, sleep quality and work engagement of German outpatient nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic

M Bernburg, MS Hetzmann, N Mojtahedzadeh… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, outpatient nurses have been exposed to a
double burden of already known occupational and new pandemic-related stressors. Recent …

Psychological factors underpinning vaccine willingness in Israel, Japan and Hungary

R Goodwin, M Ben-Ezra, M Takahashi, LAN Luu… - Scientific reports, 2022 - nature.com
The spread of SARS-CoV-2 led to rapid vaccine development. However, there remains
considerable vaccine hesitancy in some countries. We investigate vaccine willingness in …

Health problems and violence experiences of nurses working in acute care hospitals, long-term care facilities, and home-based long-term care in Germany: A …

A Schaller, T Klas, M Gernert, K Steinbeißer - PLoS one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Background Working in the nursing sector is accompanied by great physical and mental
health burdens. Consequently, it is necessary to develop target-oriented, sustainable …

COVID‐19 pandemic and allergen immunotherapy—an EAACI survey

O Pfaar, I Agache, M Bonini, HA Brough, T Chivato… - Allergy, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Background As in many fields of medical care, the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19)
resulted in an increased uncertainty regarding the safety of allergen immunotherapy (AIT) …

The COVID-19 Vaccine: Trust, doubt, and hope for a future beyond the pandemic in Germany

A Fiske, F Schönweitz, J Eichinger, B Zimmermann… - PloS one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Public perceptions of COVID-19 vaccines are critical in reaching protective levels of herd
immunity. Vaccine skepticism has always been relatively high in Germany, and surveys …

Experiences from the epicenter: Professional impact of the COVID‐19 pandemic on genetic counselors in New York

KL Bergstrom, TE Brander, KE Breen… - American Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The COVID‐19 pandemic disrupted the delivery of healthcare services, including genetic
counseling. This study assessed the professional impact of the pandemic on genetic …