Ecuador and Covid-19: A pandemic we won't be able to run away from

Molina, Gabriel A; Ayala, Andrés; Endara, Santiago A.; Aguayo, William G.; Rojas, C. Liebana de; Jiménez, Galo Enrique; Moyón, Miguel A; Moyon, Fernando X

doi:10.1016/j.ijid.2021.05.077

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“…En menos de un año, la pandemia por COVID-19 transformó las vidas de millones de personas alrededor del mundo. En Ecuador, el primer caso se reportó el 29 de febrero de 2020, y se convirtió así en el tercer país de América Latina en lidiar con esta enfermedad (Molina et al, 2021). Al igual que en otros países, las autoridades declararon una serie de medidas en el ámbito nacional con el fin de detener la propagación del virus, prevenir la saturación del sistema de salud y evitar el incremento de los índices de mortalidad asociados a la enfermedad (Garcia et al, 2020).…”

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Uso de tecnología y malestar durante la pandemia por COVID-19 en Ecuador

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Para prevenir el avance de la COVID-19, países como Ecuador adoptaron medidas de confinamiento obligatorio, el teletrabajo y la educación remota. Durante estos periodos, las personas recurrieron al uso de sus teléfonos móviles, al igual que a otros dispositivos, con el fin de informarse, socializar y trabajar. Este estudio buscó identificar los efectos del uso de estos dispositivos sobre los niveles de malestar psicológico. Se reclutó una muestra de 766 personas quienes respondieron una encuesta en línea durante la primera fase de confinamiento por COVID-19 en Ecuador. Los resultados sugieren que las personas estuvieron aproximadamente 9.75 horas al día conectadas a sus dispositivos tecnológicos, incluido el teléfono móvil. Igualmente, se encontró que el nivel de malestar de las personas aumenta conforme incrementa el uso problemático del teléfono móvil, el número total de minutos empleados por día conectados a dispositivos tecnológicos y el número de minutos empleados en redes sociales. Asimismo, el uso problemático del teléfono móvil, usarlo para distraerse de algo incómodo y para expresar o buscar afecto se asociaron con mayores niveles en cuanto al grado de malestar de los participantes. Por el contrario, el uso del teléfono móvil para hacer compras en línea y percibir mayores niveles de control del uso se asoció con una disminución del malestar. Se discuten las implicaciones de estos hallazgos a la luz de las condiciones actuales de la pandemia, las nuevas variantes del coronavirus y las cuarentenas obligatorias para aquellas personas diagnosticadas con el virus.

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Uso de tecnología y malestar durante la pandemia por COVID-19 en Ecuador

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Paz

Bosano

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“…Ecuador reported the first case of coronavirus by the end of February 2020. A 71-year-old woman who had traveled back from Spain was infected and then died by mid-March Foreign language anxiety in Ecuador (Santil an Haro and Palacios Calder on, 2020;Molina et al, 2021). The virus spread rapidly, and the Ecuadorian Government issued a regulation restricting free mobilization.…”

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“…The virus spread rapidly, and the Ecuadorian Government issued a regulation restricting free mobilization. However, the first wave hit Guayaquil very hard, leaving thousands of deaths, mainly because the country was unprepared for it (Castellanos Santamar ıa et al, 2021;Molina et al, 2021). As a result, Ecuador's death count was the highest in South America during March and April 2020 (Briones-Claudett et al, 2021).…”

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Foreign language anxiety of an Ecuadorian polytechnic university’s English undergraduate students during the COVID-19 pandemic

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2022

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PurposeThis research aimed to identify the levels of stress students experience, the different sources that generate them and the relationship between the stress levels and the students' gender.Design/methodology/approachA mixed-methods design was used, focusing on the quantitative stage. The qualitative section was designed to obtain supporting information. 86 Ecuadorian undergraduate polytechnic students enrolled in an English course took part in this study. Quantitative data are obtained using the Telecollaborative Foreign Language Anxiety Scale (T-FLAS), while online interviews supply insight from students.FindingsThe present research identified four types of anxiety related to emergency remote teaching (ERT). Communication anxiety is one of them that has also been found in regular foreign language classes (Horowitz et al., 1986). However, the actual contribution is regarding the other three sources of ERT-related anxiety: Online interaction anxiety, ERT anxiety and technology anxiety. Also, it was identified that girls experience higher anixety levels than men do.Research limitations/implicationsA limitation of this study is the T-FLAS, a tool that has not been widely used. However, as Fondo and Jacobetty (2020) reported, other papers have made use of this novel tool. Another limitation to this research is the number of participants; although it is not very small, it might not be considered large enough for generalization purposes. Also, this study was limited by its scope, which only looked at the relationship between the students' genders and anxiety levels.Practical implicationsFirst, this researcher recommends that language departments use the survey at the beginning of each semester. That way, there will be a clear idea of the sources of anxiety students are experiencing, and measures can be taken to lower those anxiety-causing factors. Also, this study shows students experiencing a high level of anxiety when they are required to interact with their peers using a foreign language. Thus, supplying practice through guided discussions and role-plays should allow learners to reduce their anxiety levels and perform better during these kinds of exchanges in the short term.Social implicationsAnother issue reported by this study is the feelings of uneasiness when turning cameras on to do an exercise or taking quizzes and exams, as learners feel like their classmates and teachers are invading their homes. It is recommended that the Student Welfare Department of the educational institutions deal with this and other issues. They can design intervention, relaxation and yoga programs for students who are feeling anxious to help them lower those feeling and allow them to have better interactions in class during these times of remote learning.Originality/valueThis paper's originality lies in the fact that it looks at anxiety from the point of view of the COVID-19 pandemic and the move it had to be made to the digital realm. It identifies three factors that are new and related 100% to emergency remote teaching–learning. It is also valuable as it is looking at data emerging for a South American country, as data are scarce from this continent and especially from Ecuador.

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“…In Latin America, there is little information on the use of sedation or general anesthesia in dental offices. In the case of Ecuador, ambulatory anesthesia became a necessity during the time of COVID-19 confinement, since access to a hospital environment to treat children’s, dental needs was practically impossible [ 21 ]. In this context, the dental care of preschool children under sedation in the hospital setting has been limited, so the outpatient sedation service has been promoted.…”

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Ambulatory Sedation for Dental Procedures—Case of Cuenca, Ecuador

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In recent years, the dental treatment of children under sedation and/or general anesthesia on an outpatient basis has been developed as a behavioral management model in pediatric dentistry. The objective of this study was to establish the percentage of pediatric patients who required deep sedation on an outpatient basis in dental offices in the city of Cuenca, Ecuador. An observational study was conducted with a sample of 450 records of school- and preschool-age patients, where the variables were type and time of treatment, age, and sex. Statistical data were analyzed using the statistical program SPSS V.27 (IBM, Armonk, NY, USA). The highest percentage of children who received sedation were of preschool age. In general, there were three types of procedures per session, the most frequent being restorations (67%), followed by pulp treatment (49.8%) and, less frequently, minor surgery. The need for sedation for dental procedures is high in preschool patients, and ambulatory sedation has contributed to meeting this need. However, a regulation for its use is required at a national level.

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Ecuador and Covid-19: A pandemic we won't be able to run away from

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Foreign language anxiety of an Ecuadorian polytechnic university’s English undergraduate students during the COVID-19 pandemic

Ambulatory Sedation for Dental Procedures—Case of Cuenca, Ecuador

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