Assessing healthcare workers' knowledge and their confidence in the diagnosis and management of human monkeypox: a cross-sectional study in a middle eastern …

M Sallam, K Al-Mahzoum, AB Al-Tammemi, M Alkurtas… - Healthcare, 2022 - mdpi.com
The ongoing multi-country human monkeypox (HMPX) outbreak was declared as a public
health emergency of international concern. Considering the key role of healthcare workers …

Rasch modeling and multilevel confirmatory factor analysis for the usability of the impact of event Scale-Revised (IES-R) during the COVID-19 pandemic

MA Aljaberi, KH Lee, NA Alareqe, MA Qasem… - Healthcare, 2022 - mdpi.com
Background: Several instruments are currently used to assess Coronavirus Disease 2019
(COVID-19)-induced psychological distress, including the 22-item Impact of Event Scale …

[HTML][HTML] The outbreak of Ebola virus disease in 2022: A spotlight on a re-emerging global health menace

B Ala'a, M Sallam, A Rebhi, L Soliman, L Al Sarayrih… - Narra J, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Ebola virus disease (EVD) is a rare but highly contagious and lethal disease that occurs
predominantly in African countries, with a case-fatality rate of 30–90%. The causative viral …

Social stigma during COVID-19: A systematic review

SA SeyedAlinaghi, AM Afsahi, R Shahidi… - SAGE Open …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Objectives: Stigmatization was reported throughout the COVID pandemic for COVID-19
patients and close contacts. The aim of this systematic review was to comprehensively …

Psychological toll of the COVID-19 pandemic: An in-depth exploration of anxiety, depression, and insomnia and the influence of quarantine measures on daily life

MA Aljaberi, MA Al-Sharafi, MUH Uzir, A Sabah, AM Ali… - Healthcare, 2023 - mdpi.com
The COVID-19 pandemic, on a global scale, has prompted multifaceted challenges,
including a notable psychological toll on the general population. This study uses mixed …

A qualitative exploration of university students' perspectives on distance education in Jordan: An application of Moore's theory of transactional distance

AB Al-Tammemi, R Nheili, CH Jibuaku… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The current study aimed at exploring university students' perspectives on the emergency
distance education strategy that was implemented during the COVID-19 crisis in Jordan, one …

Association between self-compassion and cyber aggression in the COVID-19 context: roles of attribution and public stigma

Q Wu, TM Zhang - BMC psychology, 2023 - Springer
Self-compassion is negatively associated with aggressive behaviors. However, the
association between self-compassion and cyber aggression toward stigmatized people (eg …

COVID-19 related stigma, empathy and intention for testing in Jordan

G Shahrour, L Dardas, M Aldalaykeh - Plos one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Stigmatization of COVID-19 disease has been speculated due to misinformation about the
disease, fearing of contracting the infection, absence of available cure, and holding …

Willingness to share contacts in case of COVID-19 positivity–predictors of collaboration resistance in a nation-wide Italian survey

B Bikbov, M Tettamanti, A Bikbov, B D'Avanzo… - Plos one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Background The unwillingness to share contacts is one of the least explored aspects of the
COVID-19 pandemic. Here we report the factors associated with resistance to collaborate on …

[HTML][HTML] Systematic Review of Scales for Measuring Infectious Disease–Related Stigma

A Paterson, A Cheyne, B Jones, S Schilling… - Emerging Infectious …, 2024 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Infectious disease outbreaks are associated with substantial stigma, which can have
negative effects on affected persons and communities and on outbreak control. Thus …