This website is intended for healthcare professionals
This website is intended for healthcare professionals
Loneliness is difficult to accurately define. Several theories and definitions have been put forward in an attempt to explain loneliness (Table 1). Early theorists described loneliness as a universal...
Never before has the modern healthcare service encountered such a challenge as the COVID-19 global pandemic (Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), 2020). As of May 2022, coronavirus...
The purpose of this cross-sectional study was to explore the impact that prolonged PPE use has on the skin integrity of Canadian health professionals. The two research questions posed were:.
A total of 472 patients were hospitalised because of COVID-19 disease in the hospital during the evaluated period. Group A consisted of 48 patients, predominantly males (77%), with 9/48 patients...
The authors started by asking the participants a few general questions around their wellbeing and anxieties (Table 2). The feeling of support from the general public was strong, with 74% of...
COVID-19 is an infectious respiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus, severe acute respiratory syndrome 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Transmission is primarily via respiratory (droplet and aerosol) and...
COVID-19 is now at the forefront of everyday life in the UK, and practices such as social distancing, support bubbles, shielding and wearing face masks have become the norm. The pandemic has severely...
Micro-organisms are classified into groups (microbes) according to their key characteristics. These include viruses, bacteria, protozoa, helminths, fungi, prions and ectoparasites. Microbes that have...
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