The role of medical students in the COVID-19 pandemic response: A call for ethical guidelines

Kitching, G; Zhong, Adrina; Kogel, Emily Grace; Wilson, Krista; Letourneau, Sasha; Ge, Yipeng; Sayed, Céline

doi:10.36834/cmej.70307

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“…Based on surveys previously used in studies of avian influenza and severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), 13,[20][21][22][23] the disease, its severity, governmental efforts to combat it, and disease outcomes were assessed by 14 attitudinal statements, Agreement with the nine statements "1, 3,5,6,8,9,11,13,14" and disagreement with the five statements "2,4,7,10,12" imply a positive attitude towards COVID-19 pandemic. For the positive statements, a scale of 1 to 4, with 4 = strongly agree, and 1 = strongly disagree was used, and for the negative statements, the opposite score was applied, with 1 = strongly agree and 4 = strongly disagree.…”

Section: Attitudes Toward Covid-19 Pandemicmentioning

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Behavior Responses and Attitude of the Public to COVID-19 Pandemic During Movement Restrictions in Saudi Arabia

Abolfotouh¹,

Almutairi²,

BaniMustafa³

et al. 2021

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Background The behavior of the general public and the adoption of precautionary measures during a pandemic determine the fate of the country in the absence of any specific cure. This study aimed to determine the public attitude and behavior responses to the COVID-19 pandemic in Saudi Arabia during movement restrictions, and the predictors of behavioral responses. Methods A community-based cross-sectional study of 2470 adult individuals in Saudi Arabia, 17–29 April 2020 was conducted via Survey Monkey, using an anonymous validated e-questionnaire. Data were collected on demographic characteristics, COVID-19-related attitudes, and behavioral responses in terms of; precautionary measures, preparedness, and self-quarantine activities, to be responded to by 4-point Likert scales. Multiple linear regression analyses were performed to identify the significant predictors of compliance with different behaviors. Significance was considered at p<0.05. Results Participants reported positive attitudes towards governmental actions (95%), self-hygiene (93.2%), social distancing (97.1%) and choice of healthy food (89.6%), and negative attitudes towards the current worldwide situation of the pandemic (81.0%) and hearing someone tested positive (77.8%) or died from COVID-19 (83.7%). High rates of compliance to behavior were reported by only 55.8% of participants in terms of precautionary measures (71.3%), preparedness (38.4%), and self-quarantine activities (46.1%). After adjusting for all possible confounders, the total attitude score was a significant predictor of the total scores of precautionary measures (t=12.01, p<0.001), preparedness (t=9.29, p<0.001), self-quarantine activities (t=12.05, p<0.001), and overall behavior response (t=14.09, p<0.001). Other significant predictors of higher overall behavior response scores were female gender (t=7.22, p<0.001) and non-Saudi nationality (t=3.40, p<0.001). Conclusion This study provides baseline data on the behavioral response to the national COVID-19 pandemic in Saudi Arabia. The levels of compliance to behavior response and attitude to COVID-19 pandemic were less than satisfactory. Socio-demographics influence public behavior and protective health measures. COVID-19 awareness programs are recommended.

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Behavior Responses and Attitude of the Public to COVID-19 Pandemic During Movement Restrictions in Saudi Arabia

Abolfotouh¹,

Almutairi²,

BaniMustafa³

et al. 2021

IJGM

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“…Kitching and team urged the development of guidelines for medical student recruitment in “The role of medical students in the COVID-19 pandemic response: A call for ethical guidelines.” 29 In this commentary, they called for government organizations, health authorities, and the medical community to develop ethical guidelines for student recruitment in the event of resource shortages. They acknowledged that as the demand on essential workers in the health care system increases, they need guidelines for the potential recruitment of medical students.…”

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The role of medical students in the COVID-19 pandemic response: A call for ethical guidelines

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Behavior Responses and Attitude of the Public to COVID-19 Pandemic During Movement Restrictions in Saudi Arabia

Behavior Responses and Attitude of the Public to COVID-19 Pandemic During Movement Restrictions in Saudi Arabia

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