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Community Care in the Time of COVID-19
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Community Care in the Time of COVID-19

A special issue of Healthcare (ISSN 2227-9032). This special issue belongs to the section "Community Care".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 March 2022) | Viewed by 10207

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Emina Hadziabdic

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Department of Health and Caring Sciences, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Linnaeus University, SE-351 95 Växjö, Sweden
Interests: nursing community care; migrants care; qualitative methods
Dr. Jalal Safipur

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Department of Health and Caring Sciences, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Linnaeus University, SE-351 95 Växjö, Sweden
Interests: Health behaviour; Social determinants of health; Health outcome measurement; Adolescent health

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

This special issue will be focused on aspects on Community Care in the Time of COVID-19. This special issue will cover also issues of community research practice and policy and welcomes across the full range of empirical research, review papers and protocol papers. Further, special issue welcome papers from all involved in the community care e.g. nurses, researchers, academics, and policy makers.

Dr. Emina Hadziabdic
Dr. Jalal Safipur
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • Nursing community care
  • Older people
  • Migrants healthcare
  • Qualitative and quantitative methods

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A Structural Equation Modeling Analysis to Explore Diabetes Self-Care Factors in a Rural Sample
by Laurie Abbott, Lucinda Graven, Glenna Schluck and Jennifer Lemacks
Healthcare 2022, 10(8), 1536; https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10081536 - 14 Aug 2022
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Diabetes is a public health problem that requires management to avoid health sequelae. Little is known about the determinants that influence diabetes self-care activities among rural populations. The purpose of this analysis was to explore the relationships among diabetes self-care activities, diabetes knowledge, [...] Read more.
Diabetes is a public health problem that requires management to avoid health sequelae. Little is known about the determinants that influence diabetes self-care activities among rural populations. The purpose of this analysis was to explore the relationships among diabetes self-care activities, diabetes knowledge, perceived diabetes self-management, diabetes fatalism, and social support among an underserved rural group in the southern United States. A diabetes health promotion program was tested during a cluster randomized trial that tested a disease risk reduction program among adults living with prediabetes and diabetes. A structural equation model was fit to test psychosocial factors that influence diabetes self-care activities using the Information–Motivation–Behavioral Skills Model of Diabetes Self-Care (IMB-DSC) to guide the study. Perceived diabetes self-management significantly predicted self-care behaviors, and there was also a correlation between perceived diabetes self-management and diabetes fatalism. Perceived diabetes self-management influenced diabetes self-care activities in this rural sample and had an association with diabetes fatalism. The findings of this study can facilitate clinical care and community programs targeting diabetes and advance health equity among underserved rural groups. Full article
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Factors Associated with the Level of Physical Activity in Middle-Aged Colombian People during Lockdown in Response to COVID-19: A Cross-Sectional Study
by Patricia Alexandra García-Garro, Agustín Aibar-Almazán, Yulieth Rivas-Campo, Gloria Cecilia Vega-Ávila, Diego Fernando Afanador-Restrepo, Antonio Martínez-Amat, María Isabel Afanador-Rodríguez and Fidel Hita-Contreras
Healthcare 2022, 10(6), 1050; https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10061050 - 5 Jun 2022
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(1) Background: Due to the pandemic caused by COVID-19, mandatory confinement was declared, which generated a decrease in the practice of physical activity (PA). Based on this problem, it was proposed to study the associations between PA in relation to depressive symptoms, quality [...] Read more.
(1) Background: Due to the pandemic caused by COVID-19, mandatory confinement was declared, which generated a decrease in the practice of physical activity (PA). Based on this problem, it was proposed to study the associations between PA in relation to depressive symptoms, quality of sleep, and the quality of life of middle-aged people who work in the university context during compulsory confinement as a result of COVID-19. (2) Methods: A total of 336 middle-aged people (48 ± 6.67) participated in this analytical cross-sectional study. The variable levels of PA, quality of sleep, symptoms of depression, and quality of life were measured with the International Physical Activity Questionary (IPAQ), the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), the Zung Self-Rating Depression Scale (ZSDS), and the SF-12v2 questionnaire, respectively. (3) Results: A logistic regression model was used to analyze the relationships between the level of PA and depressive symptoms (OR = 2.053), total sleep duration (OR = 0.495), sleep disturbances (OR = 2.414), quality of sleep (OR = 2.471), use of sleep medication (OR = 0.348), daytime dysfunction (OR = 1.809), general health (OR = 0.949), and physical functioning (OR = 0.987). (4) Conclusions: In middle-aged people, during compulsory confinement, being insufficiently active is a risk for depressive symptoms and disturbances in sleep quality. Full article
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Factors Affecting Nurses’ Internal Transfer Intentions after the Introduction of COVID-19-Related Family Visiting Restrictions
by Yoshiko Kitamura, Hisao Nakai and Keiko Teranishi
Healthcare 2022, 10(5), 959; https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10050959 - 23 May 2022
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Hospitals have established visiting restrictions to block coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) external transmission routes. This study investigated factors associated with nurses’ internal transfer intentions and changes in their workloads, burdens, and daily lives owing to pandemic-related family visiting restrictions. Participants were nurses from [...] Read more.
Hospitals have established visiting restrictions to block coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) external transmission routes. This study investigated factors associated with nurses’ internal transfer intentions and changes in their workloads, burdens, and daily lives owing to pandemic-related family visiting restrictions. Participants were nurses from three medical institutions designated for infectious diseases in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan. An original self-report questionnaire was developed based on previous studies and a web-based survey conducted. Responses were received from 152 nurses and 84 were included in the analysis. Factors influencing internal transfer intentions were age ≥30 years [odds ratio (OR): 6.54, 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.19–35.83]; ≥11 years of experience (OR: 12.57, 95% CI: 2.32–68.02); and longer working hours (OR: 4.51, 95% CI: 1.48–13.72). The effect of visitation restrictions on daily life and internal transfer intentions was greater in nurses with ≥11 years of experience (OR: 4.31, 95% CI: 1.09–17.04), those with increased night awakening (OR: 3.68, 95% CI: 1.33–10.18), and those who desired to receive counseling (OR: 4.38, 95% CI: 1.07–17.91). In conclusion, excessive working hours may affect nurses’ internal transfer intentions during the COVID-19 pandemic. Nocturnal awakening and desire to receive counseling may predict nurses’ internal transfer intentions. Full article
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Emotions in the Time of COVID-19: Affections and Impacts among the Spanish Primary Care Workforce
by Montserrat Pulido-Fuentes, Juan Antonio Flores-Martos, Luisa Abad-González, María Victoria Navarta-Sánchez, Laura Valera-Oviedo and Carmen Cipriano-Crespo
Healthcare 2021, 9(12), 1723; https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare9121723 - 13 Dec 2021
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Background: The literature review shows that most studies on the psychological impact of COVID-19 on healthcare professionals have focused on hospital staff, with few specifically addressing the primary care workforce. This study aims to explore primary care workers’ verbal accounts of the emotions [...] Read more.
Background: The literature review shows that most studies on the psychological impact of COVID-19 on healthcare professionals have focused on hospital staff, with few specifically addressing the primary care workforce. This study aims to explore primary care workers’ verbal accounts of the emotions they experienced. Methods: This is a qualitative study carried out between July and December 2020 in Spain. Semi-structured interviews and focus groups were conducted with primary care workers. Data were analysed through thematic content analysis. Participants were selected using purposive sampling. Results: A total of 53 primary care workers participated in the study, of whom 38 were individually interviewed, and 15 participated in three focus groups. Our analysis revealed themes in two categories: (1) from infection to affection; and (2) affected, but not patients—a discourse based on the acceptance of their experience as part of their work in primary care, creating an ideological construct or “shield” based on emotional self-management. Conclusions: Self-reflection on the emotional impact of COVID-19 is scarce. Examples of emotional affections include an obsessive focus on hygiene, the inability to establish clear boundaries between the personal and the professional spheres, and experiencing—and having to self-manage—emotional strain. Full article
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