Nahid Aghaei; Iman Asdaghijahromi; Hedayat Jafari; Tahereh Yaghoubi; Abdol Jalil Keragholi
Volume 25, Issue 4 , 2023
Abstract
Background: The risk perception of the COVID-19 disease has a direct impact on vulnerability and preventive behaviors. Considering the special position of medical students in society, this research aims to assess the risk perception among medical students.
Objectives: The present study aimed to investigate ...
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Background: The risk perception of the COVID-19 disease has a direct impact on vulnerability and preventive behaviors. Considering the special position of medical students in society, this research aims to assess the risk perception among medical students.
Objectives: The present study aimed to investigate the medical students risk perception in regard to COVID-19 Diseases.
Methods: A descriptive-analytical study was conducted in 2020-2021 through an online self-report questionnaire. The data were collected by the Iranian questionnaire on COVID-19-associated risk perception. The questionnaire consisted of two parts the demographics (11 options) and a part for the COVID-19-related risk perception (20 options). The questionnaire included the dimensions of the cognitive factors (5 items), beliefs (6 items), political factors (4 items), social factors (3 items), and cultural factors (2 items). Scoring was done on a 5-point Likert scale (1=Absolutely disagree to 5=Absolutely agree).
Results: A total of 392 students completed the COVID-19-associated risk perception questionnaire. Undergraduates with 278 (71.6%) comprised the majority of the students participating in the study, 237 (60.6%) had the experience of being infected with COVID-19 disease, 262 (66.8%) of the students participated in taking care of the COVID-19 patients, and 242 (61.7%) of the students experienced the COVID-19 incurred death of friends and relatives. The majority of the students, 268 (68.4%) were ranked at the moderate level in terms of the student risk perception of COVID-19. The total mean score of the students' risk perception was 72.98 ± 6.55. Moreover, cognitive dimension was the highest mean score of the risk perception dimensions among the students.
Conclusion: The medical students' risk perception of COVID-19 disease was ranked moderate. Considering the main role of medical students in taking care of hospitalized patients and preventing the disease from spreading in the community, the managers of the educational system are required to plan for promoting the students' risk perception.
Zoya Hadinejad; Fereshteh Araghian Mojarad; Tahereh Yaghoubi
Volume 24, Issue 9 , 2022
Abstract
Background: Coronavirus will not be the first and the last pandemic in the world. Problem-solving and crisis management methods are determined by the ways in which people, statesmen, and experts treat various fields.
Objectives: The present qualitative study was conducted pursuing the goal to illustrate ...
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Background: Coronavirus will not be the first and the last pandemic in the world. Problem-solving and crisis management methods are determined by the ways in which people, statesmen, and experts treat various fields.
Objectives: The present qualitative study was conducted pursuing the goal to illustrate COVID-19 epidemic management learned lessons from the perspective of the managers of the educational and medical centers of Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran, in 2022.
Methods: This qualitative study was conducted based on a content analysis type in Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences and its subdivisions (hospitals and educational centers). The data were collected using semi-structured interviews, and interview coding was performed manually by the researcher. To increase the study accuracy, the methods proposed by Lincoln and Goba (1998) were used with such criteria as validity, reliability, verifiability, and transferability.
Results: In total, 15 managers (8 men and 7 women) in the age range of 32-70 years participated in this study and underwent deep and semi-structured interviews. Initially, 1079 semantic units and 85 subcategories were extracted. After reducing, removing, and integrating being conducted at various stages of data analysis, 3 themes and 12 categories were extracted. The present study themes are made up of "Management Challenges", "Personnel Challenges", and "Social Challenges".
Conclusion: One of the factors for promoting quality in planning is benefiting from the prior learned experiences and lessons. Taking advantage of the consulting team, the intra-organizational and extra-organizational coordination, optimally benefitting from the human workforce, paving the ground for virtual training for health system staff, and elevating the quality of public information are critical in the effective management of COVID-19.
Tahereh Yaghoubi; Yadollah Jannati; Mahmood Moosazadeh; Abolfazl Hosseinnataj; Fereshteh Aaraghian Mojarad
Volume 23, Issue 12 , 2021
Abstract
Background: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has made the grief process more complicated and brought about loads of unexpressed grief.
Objectives: The present study aimed to determine the severity of grief reactions following the death of first-degree relatives (FDRs) due to COVID-19.
Methods: This ...
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Background: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has made the grief process more complicated and brought about loads of unexpressed grief.
Objectives: The present study aimed to determine the severity of grief reactions following the death of first-degree relatives (FDRs) due to COVID-19.
Methods: This analytic cross-sectional study was conducted to determine the grief score of people aged over 18 with the experience of losing one of their FDRs (i.e., father, mother, and siblings) due to COVID-19. Convenience sampling was employed to select the participants. The instrument used in this study was the Grief Experience Questionnaire (GEQ-34) which was completed via phone calls. The inclusion criteria entailed a willingness to participate in the study, the age range of above 18, and experience of FDRs death. On the other hand, the exclusion criteria were severe discomfort and restlessness while talking on the phone. Descriptive statistics and multiple linear regression were employed to diagnose the factors affecting grief using SPSS software (version 22) with a significance level of 0.05.
Results: The findings indicated that the mean score of GEQ was 67.22±19.24 (ranging from 34 to 126). In this study, 54.5%, 40.2%, and 5.3% of subjects experienced low, moderate, and severe levels of grief, respectively. The grief score showed a positive relationship with the gender of the mourners and marital status; nonetheless, it was negatively correlated with subjects employment and the age of their deceased FDRs.
Conclusion: As evidenced by the obtained results, among the subscales of mourning, the highest scores were related to the dimensions of justification, coping, and guilt. Communication and social support were reduced due to the COVID-19 pandemic; therefore, the provision of online mental health services can be a useful way to treat and help the bereaved.
