Covid-19 in Peru: from supervised walks for children to the first case of Kawasaki-like syndrome

Yáñez, Jaime A.; Álvarez-Risco, Aldo; Delgado-Zegarra, Jaime

doi:10.1136/bmj.m2418

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“…47 This significant increase in confirmed cases and the accompanying coverage in the national and international media could have also caused increased anxiety and distress in healthcare workers. In addition, the reported precarious health system and saturation of every hospital in Peru with COVID-19 patients 3 could have also caused an increase in turnover intention for healthcare workers. Similar to Iran, 17 China, 13 and the United States, 58 we did not identify a universal risk factor that could predict specific mental disorders in Peruvian healthcare workers.…”

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“…Peru has enabled the most restrictive measures in its national public health history to control the current COVID-19 outbreak. 1 – 4 The first patient with COVID-19 in Peru was detected in Lima on March 5, 2020. 5 Five days after, classes in schools were suspended nationwide, and on March 12, all classes at universities were suspended nationally.…”

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Anxiety, Distress, and Turnover Intention of Healthcare Workers in Peru by Their Distance to the Epicenter during the COVID-19 Crisis

Yáñez

Jahanshahi

Álvarez-Risco

et al. 2020

The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

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We conducted a cross-sectional survey to assess the anxiety, distress, and turnover intention (likelihood to leave their current job) of healthcare workers in Peru during the COVID-19 pandemic. Our results reported that 21.7% healthcare workers in Peru experienced severe anxiety, whereas 26.1% of them experienced severe mental distress. A higher level of education related with a lower level of anxiety. Younger workers had a higher level of turnover intention than their older colleagues did. Healthcare workers in the private sector had a higher turnover intention than those in the public sector. Most importantly, people who were geographically far from Lima, the epicenter in Peru, during the outbreak experienced less anxiety and mental distress, corroborating the ripple effect and disconfirming the typhoon eye theory. However, the direction of these relationships can change depending on the type of institutions (public versus private) and the type of employees' contract (full time versus part time). Our research helps provide insights for clinical professionals in identifying the vulnerable groups to mental disorders in Peru. This is the first study to assess anxiety, mental distress, and turnover intention in healthcare workers in Peru during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Anxiety, Distress, and Turnover Intention of Healthcare Workers in Peru by Their Distance to the Epicenter during the COVID-19 Crisis

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Jahanshahi

Álvarez-Risco

et al. 2020

The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

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“…As Peru becomes a new epicenter of the pandemic in Latin America multiple publications have illustrated its fragmented healthcare system, which has not been the most effective during the COVID-19 pandemic resulting in a high number of physicians’ deaths ( Gonzales-Tamayo et al, 2020b ) and detrimental effects in the mental status of healthcare workers ( Yáñez et al, 2020e ). Furthermore, Peru has reported discrepancies in the official reports of COVID-19 deaths nationwide ( Yáñez et al, 2020c ), poor execution of SARS-CoV-2 testing and reporting ( Yáñez et al, 2020b ), and an increase number of COVID-19 cases in children and adolescents ( Yáñez et al, 2020a , Yáñez et al, 2020d ). The Ministry of Health in Peru was prompt in publishing COVID-19 symptomatic pharmacological treatment options to try to control de pandemic ( MINSA, 2020c ).…”

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Self-medication practices during the COVID-19 pandemic among the adult population in Peru: A cross-sectional survey

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Fidel-Rosales

Manrique

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Saudi Pharmaceutical Journal

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“…In many regions during 2020, the low level of education and health have made it challenging to manage the pandemic. The physical and mental health of people and health professionals have been affected [36][37][38][39][40][41], while the low literacy regarding health matters in many countries explains the overabundance of information both online and offline (sometimes referred to as an infodemic) generated by the population at a global level [42][43][44].…”

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Expectations and Interests of University Students in COVID-19 Times about Sustainable Development Goals: Evidence from Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, and Peru

Álvarez-Risco

Del-Aguila-Arcentales

Rosen

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The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has changed the world, creating the need for new actions from society, including universities and companies. The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are part of a global agenda, but this priority is not significant to university students. Although some research has focused on SDGs and university students, there is a lack of evaluation and comparison in Latin American countries. The current study aims to evaluate student knowledge of the SDGs, the relation of student professional careers to the SDGs, the importance of the SDGs for economic development after the COVID-19 pandemic, and student interest research in SDG issues. The study is carried out with students in Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, and Peru. The instrument was developed and validated. The highest score of level of knowledge was reported in Mexico and the lowest score in Colombia. This outcome can be explained by the availability of training programs in the universities about SDGs. The availability of programs created and promoted by the governments can also be a reason; however, students from Mexico are the ones who felt the most that the authorities are not making efforts to promote the SDGs. With research interests, interests in creating sustainable cities and communities, and responsible consumption and production were recognized for the four countries. The outcomes reveal several interesting insights through comparisons among the four countries considered according to descriptive analyses. Some SDGs were found to be more important for some countries than others. Interests were noted in research on some SDGs.

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Covid-19 in Peru: from supervised walks for children to the first case of Kawasaki-like syndrome

Cited by 58 publications

References 9 publications

Anxiety, Distress, and Turnover Intention of Healthcare Workers in Peru by Their Distance to the Epicenter during the COVID-19 Crisis

Anxiety, Distress, and Turnover Intention of Healthcare Workers in Peru by Their Distance to the Epicenter during the COVID-19 Crisis

Self-medication practices during the COVID-19 pandemic among the adult population in Peru: A cross-sectional survey

Expectations and Interests of University Students in COVID-19 Times about Sustainable Development Goals: Evidence from Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, and Peru

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