Are we losing awareness of other infections due to the fear of coronavirus disease-2019 and MIS-C?

Erfidan, Gökçen; Özdemir-Şimşek, Özgür; Aksay, Ahu Kara; Üstündağ, Gülnihan; Mutlubaş, Fatma; Çiftdoğan, Dilek Yılmaz; Demir, Belde Kasap; Alaygut, Demet

doi:10.18683/germs.2021.1299

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“…Some authors have correctly asked the question: “Are we losing awareness of other infections due to the fear of coronavirus disease-2019 and MIS-C”? ( 29 , 30 ) Instead, Nino (22) in Table 1 should be Niño-Taravilla (22). …”

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Commentary: Hematuria as an early sign of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children: A case report of a boy with multiple comorbidities and a review of the literature

2022

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Commentary: Hematuria as an early sign of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children: A case report of a boy with multiple comorbidities and a review of the literature

2022

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“…Addressing this issue and understanding its contributing factors are essential for raising awareness and developing future interventions. Previous case reports have described isolated events of delayed or missed second diagnosis in COVID-19 patients, 6,11,12 yet no broader perspective of clinical implications in an infectious pandemic setting has been described. Our study aimed to assess the occurrence of delayed second diagnoses in the ED among hospitalized COVID-19 patients and to evaluate contributing factors for this phenomenon.…”

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Diagnostic delays among COVID‐19 patients with a second concurrent diagnosis

Freund

Azolai

Sror

et al. 2023

Journal of Hospital Medicine

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Background: Little is known about the effect of a new pandemic on diagnostic errors. Objective: We aimed to identify delayed second diagnoses among patients presenting to the emergency department (ED) with COVID-19. Designs: An observational cohort Study. Settings and Participants: Consecutive hospitalized adult patients presenting to the ED of a tertiary referral center with COVID-19 during the Delta and Omicron variant surges. Included patients had evidence of a second diagnosis during their ED stay. Main Outcome and Measures: The primary outcome was delayed diagnosis (without documentation or treatment in the ED). Contributing factors were assessed using two logistic regression models.Results: Among 1249 hospitalized COVID-19 patients, 216 (17%) had evidence of a second diagnosis in the ED. The second diagnosis of 73 patients (34%) was delayed, with a mean (SD) delay of 1.5 (0.8) days. Medical treatment was deferred in 63 patients (86%) and interventional therapy in 26 (36%). The probability of an ED diagnosis was the lowest for Infection-related diagnoses (56%) and highest for surgical-related diagnoses (89%). Evidence for the second diagnosis by physical examination (adjusted odds ratios [AOR] 2.35, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.20-4.68) or by imaging (AOR 2.10, 95% CI 1.16-3.79) were predictors for ED diagnosis. Low oxygen saturation (AOR 0.38, 95% CI 0.18-0.79) and cough or dyspnea (AOR 0.48, 95% CI 0.25-0.94) in the ED were predictors of a delayed second diagnosis.

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“…Already published literature on fear of disease demonstrates that fear of COVID-19 has also been studied in comparison to the fear of other infections [17]. Similarly, the pandemic fear was reported to have increased due to the misinformation on social media [18].…”

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Development and validation of the Post-Pandemic Fear of Viral Disease scale and its relationship with general anxiety disorder: A cross-sectional survey from Pakistan

Mahmood

Jalil

Farooq

et al. 2023

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Background: Given the worldwide reach of COVID-19, media coverage has amplified the psychological and social effects of this pandemic causing a widespread fear. Despite substantial research on the short-term psychological impact of COVID-19, its long-term consequences on mental health remain relatively unexplored. This research aims (i) to develop and validate a Post-Pandemic Fear of Viral Disease (PPFVD) scale and (ii) to investigate the presence of fear of viral diseases and its association with general anxiety disorder among the Pakistani population. Methods: A cross-sectional online-based survey was conducted with 457 respondents in August and September 2022. We adopted the modified fear of coronavirus scale (FCV-19S) consisting of seven items and the Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) questionnaire to measure anxiety disorder. Confirmatory factor analysis was applied using the maximum likelihood estimation method. Scale dimensions and item reliability were tested for their validity and goodness of fit. SPSS and AMOS were used for data management and analyses. Results: All inter-item correlations were found to be significant and ranged between 0.30 and 0.70. The value of Cronbach’s alpha was 0.887, indicating good reliability. Corrected item-total correlations ranged between 0.632 and 0.754. Factor loadings ranged from 0.664 to 0.810, indicating a good internal consistency. Overall, these results clearly demonstrate that the one-factor solution model for PPFVD presents a good fit to the data. The composite reliability (CR=0.747) was also good. Conclusions: The COVID-19 pandemic has negatively affected the mental health of people globally. This measurement scale can be trusted and used to test the PPFVD in the post-pandemic situation. Prospective research might validate this instrument in newly emerging scenarios and test it with diverse ethnic groups.

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Are we losing awareness of other infections due to the fear of coronavirus disease-2019 and MIS-C?

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Commentary: Hematuria as an early sign of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children: A case report of a boy with multiple comorbidities and a review of the literature

Commentary: Hematuria as an early sign of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children: A case report of a boy with multiple comorbidities and a review of the literature

Diagnostic delays among COVID‐19 patients with a second concurrent diagnosis

Development and validation of the Post-Pandemic Fear of Viral Disease scale and its relationship with general anxiety disorder: A cross-sectional survey from Pakistan

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