COVID-19 hospital outbreaks: Protecting healthcare workers to protect frail patients. An Italian observational cohort study

Vimercati, Luigi; Maria, Luigi De; Quarato, Marco; Caputi, Antonio; Stefanizzi, Pasquale; Gesualdo, Loreto; Migliore, Giovanni; Fucilli, Fulvio Italo Maria; Cavone, Domenica; Delfino, Maria Celeste; Sponselli, Stefania; Chironna, Maria; Tafuri, Silvio

doi:10.1016/j.ijid.2020.10.098

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“…Work-related factors may play a crucial role in exacerbating the effects of the pandemic isolation measures on people's mental well-being. Healthcare workers, especially those on the frontline, migrant workers, and workers in contact with the public are among the most affected with psychological critical issues in the workplace (3)(4)(5). Job insecurity and future uncertainty are significantly contributing to this "psychological pandemic" (3).…”

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Health and Well-Being of Athletes During the Coronavirus Pandemic: A Scoping Review

Haan

Alblooshi

Syed

et al. 2021

Front. Public Health

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Background: The ongoing global pandemic has become the world's leading health problem, causing massive public fear and concern. Reports suggest that athletes are seeking mental health support, showing the pressures of boredom, and tension associated with their anticipated social isolation. The current study seeks to evaluate the evidence regarding the effects of the coronavirus pandemic on occupational stress in professional athletes.Method: A scoping review was conducted. A comprehensive search involving Embase and PubMed databases was conducted using a combination of the following key words: COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, coronavirus, and athletes. In this study, articles were retained if they were original studies reporting on the impact of the pandemic on professional athletes.Results: Nine studies were identified as they investigated the impact of the pandemic on athletes. Most were observational and cross-sectional, and one was longitudinal. Outcome measures mainly investigated were level of depression, anxiety, and stress. Dependent variables were physical activity, nutrition, mental state, sleep quality, individual well-being, social identity, exclusivity, negative affectivity, alcohol consumption, psychological distress, and gambling habits.Conclusions: This review highlights the need for proactive engagement with professional athletes, coaches, trainers, and sports councils to facilitate understanding and awareness-raising, process optimization, and delivery of consistent training and psychosocial aid and occupational therapy programs that maintain the health and well-being of athletes while minimizing occupational stress during a pandemic.

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Health and Well-Being of Athletes During the Coronavirus Pandemic: A Scoping Review

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Alblooshi

Syed

et al. 2021

Front. Public Health

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“…Among the most common clinical symptoms of COVID-19, fever, dyspnea, asthenia, cough, anosmia, and dysgeusia are listed as well as few gastrointestinal symptoms, headache, and sore throat, leading in the most severe cases to acute respiratory distress syndrome with bilateral interstitial acute pneumonia, multiple organ failure, and death [ 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 ]. A study showed that chilblains, urticaria, and tremors have been reported as associated symptoms of the patient with COVID-19 [ 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 ].…”

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SARS-CoV-2 Disease Adjuvant Therapies and Supplements Breakthrough for the Infection Prevention

Inchingolo

Bordea

et al. 2021

Microorganisms

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The SARS-CoV-2 (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2) is a high-risk viral agent involved in the recent pandemic stated worldwide by the World Health Organization. The infection is correlated to a severe systemic and respiratory disease in many cases, which is clinically treated with a multi-drug pharmacological approach. The purpose of this investigation was to evaluate through a literature overview the effect of adjuvant therapies and supplements for the SARS-CoV-2 infection. The research has analyzed the advantage of the EK1C4, by also assessing the studies on the resveratrol, vitamin D, and melatonin as adjuvant supplements for long hauler patients’ prognosis. The evaluated substances reported important benefits for the improvement of the immune system and as a potential inhibitor molecules against SARS-CoV-2, highlighting the use of sartans as therapy. The adjuvant supplements seem to create an advantage for the healing of the long hauler patients affected by chronic symptoms of constant chest and heart pain, intestinal disorders, headache, difficulty concentrating, memory loss, and tachycardia.

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“…In the University Hospital of Bari (Apulia Region, Southern Italy), the enhancement of preventive measures, the design of a reporting system, and the implementation of measures of preventive isolation (COVID-19 Hotel) reduced the prevalence of infection among HCWs [ 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 ].…”

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Role and Tasks of the Occupational Physician during the COVID-19 Pandemic

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Background and Objectives: The first clusters of SARS-CoV-2 infection were identified in an occupational setting, and to date, a significant portion of the cases may result from occupational exposure; thus, COVID-19 should also be considered a new occupational risk that both directly and indirectly impacts the health of workers. Given the significance of occupational-exposure-related infections and deaths, this study aims to assess the roles and tasks of occupational physicians (OPs) in countering the spread of the infection. Indeed, despite the OP’s centrality in risk management in the workplace, its activity in the current epidemic context has rarely been mentioned. Materials and Methods: Three different databases (PubMed, Google Scholar, and Embase) were questioned using the main keywords “COVID-19” and “SARS-CoV-2” that were crossed, according to different needs, with the terms “occupational medicine”, “occupational physician”, “workplace”, and “risk assessment” using, when possible, the MeSH database research. Additionally, a systematic research of the regulatory changes of workplaces health surveillance was performed on reference sites of international, European, and Italian authorities. Results: Fundamental tasks and duties of OPs in the current COVID-19 outbreak are highlighted by examining their clinical activity and technical action. A risk assessment and management workflow is proposed, and medico-legal implications in case of infection at work are also discussed in the light of recent regulatory changes that clearly attribute to OPs an important role in safeguarding public health. Conclusion: The proposed approach can provide new instruments to contrast the spread of the infection as part of a comprehensive system response to the current pandemic, for which OPs are called to assume full responsibility.

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COVID-19 hospital outbreaks: Protecting healthcare workers to protect frail patients. An Italian observational cohort study

Cited by 43 publications

References 17 publications

Health and Well-Being of Athletes During the Coronavirus Pandemic: A Scoping Review

Health and Well-Being of Athletes During the Coronavirus Pandemic: A Scoping Review

SARS-CoV-2 Disease Adjuvant Therapies and Supplements Breakthrough for the Infection Prevention

Role and Tasks of the Occupational Physician during the COVID-19 Pandemic

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