The effect of cyberchondria on anxiety, depression and quality of life during COVID-19: the mediational role of obsessive-compulsive symptoms and Internet addiction

F Ambrosini, R Truzoli, M Vismara, D Vitella, R Biolcati - Heliyon, 2022 - cell.com
Since the global pandemic of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), online health
information-seeking behaviors have notably increased. Cyberchondria can be a …

Government responses to the COVID-19 pandemic of the Gulf Cooperation Council countries: good practices and lessons for future preparedness

S Chen, L Guo, Y Xie, D Dong, R Saber… - Global Health Research …, 2024 - Springer
The COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically threatened the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)
countries which have a large proportion of foreign workers. The governments of GCC …

Are we looking at crises through polarized lenses? Predicting public assessments of the official early responses to the COVID-19 pandemic in eight countries

J Lobera, A Santana, C Gross - European Sociological Review, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Understanding public appraisal of the governments' responses to the COVID-19 pandemic
has extensive implications for the political management of crises that require a substantial …

Association between increased caregiver burden and severe psychological distress for informal caregivers during the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan: A cross-sectional …

I Nakamoto, H Murayama, M Takase, Y Muto… - Archives of Gerontology …, 2022 - Elsevier
Objective During the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, informal caregivers'
mental health deteriorated more than that of non-caregivers. We examined the association …

AGGFORCLUS: A hybrid methodology integrating forecasting with clustering to assess mitigation plans and contagion risk in pandemic outbreaks: the COVID-19 …

M Soto-Ferrari, A Carrasco-Pena… - Journal of Business …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
The COVID-19 pandemic showed governments' unpreparedness as decision-makers hastily
created restrictions and policies to contain its spread. Identifying prospective areas with a …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluating the strategies to control SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant spread in New Caledonia, a zero-COVID country until September 2021

N Ochida, M Dupont-Rouzeyrol, PH Moury… - IJID regions, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Objectives New Caledonia, a former zero-COVID country, was confronted with a
SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant outbreak in September 2021. We evaluate the relative …

[HTML][HTML] Political stringency, infection rates, and higher education students' adherence to government measures in the Nordic countries and the UK during the first …

G Berg-Beckhoff, M Bask, SS Jervelund, JD Guldager… - Preventive …, 2022 - Elsevier
Understanding predictors of adherence to governmental measures to prevent the spread of
the COVID-19 is fundamental to guide health communication. This study examined whether …

[HTML][HTML] Drivers of COVID-19 policy stringency in 175 countries and territories: COVID-19 cases and deaths, gross domestic products per capita, and health …

MF Jalloh, Z Zeebari, SA Nur, D Prybylski… - Journal of Global …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background New data on COVID-19 may influence the stringency of containment policies,
but these potential effect are not understood. We aimed to understand the associations of …

Role of COVID-19 anxiety and community risk factors on physical distancing practice

HY Wang, C Cheng - Behavioral Sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
Existing studies have focused primarily on self-oriented anxiety (ie, anxiety over one's
infection) in the pandemic context, and the role of community risk is largely ignored. This …

The Effects of Lockdown, Urban Meteorology, Pollutants, and Anomalous Diffusion on the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic in Santiago de Chile

P Pacheco, E Mera, G Navarro - Atmosphere, 2024 - mdpi.com
A study was carried out in Santiago de Chile, located in a geographic basin, on the
sustainability and diffusion of the recent SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. Hourly measurements …