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    What Factors Predict Prosocial Behavior during Social Crisis? A Cross-Sectional Study during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Spain

    Agar Marín-Morales1,2,*, Sofia Amaoui2, Carmen Fernández-Fillol2,3,4, Gustavo Carlo5, Sandra Rivas-García2,6

    International Journal of Mental Health Promotion, Vol.27, No.4, pp. 561-576, 2025, DOI:10.32604/ijmhp.2025.058881 - 30 April 2025

    Abstract Background: Prosocial behavior plays a crucial role in improving interpersonal relationships and social well-being, especially in times of crisis. The COVID-19 pandemic caused a severe humanitarian crisis, prompting governments to implement measures such as social confinement. The main objective of the study was to analyze the psychological and sociodemographic variables that may predict prosocial behavior during quarantine. Methods: The sample consisted of 172 participants from Spain, divided into two groups based on whether they reported an increase in prosocial behaviors during quarantine. An online survey was administered to analyze the psychological and sociodemographic variables. Results: Overall, More >

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    ARTICLE

    Psychological Distress in the Association between Medical Education Changes and Clinical Learning Worry among Students Receiving Clinical Education during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Taiwan

    Shikha Kukreti1,#, Min-Chi Hsieh2,#, Musheer A. Aljaberi3, Ru-Yi Huang4,5,6, I-Ting Hwang7, Carol Strong2, Jung-Sheng Chen8, Ming-Ta Hsieh9,10,*, Mark D. Griffiths11, Chung-Ying Lin12,13,*, Nai-Ying Ko1

    International Journal of Mental Health Promotion, Vol.26, No.12, pp. 987-996, 2024, DOI:10.32604/ijmhp.2024.057708 - 31 December 2024

    Abstract Background: The COVID-19 pandemic profoundly impacted medical education and caused psychological distress and worry about clinical learning for those who received clinical medical education during this period. Although the acute phase of COVID-19 has now ended, understanding its impact is essential for strengthening medical system preparedness. Therefore, the present study examined the association between changes in medical education and worry about clinical learning, considering the mediating role of psychological distress among participants who received clinical training. Methods: A cross-sectional online survey was conducted with 542 post-graduate year (PGY) doctors and allied health students from the… More >

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    ARTICLE

    Prostate cancer temporal and regional trends in Brazil

    MEHRSA JALALIZADEH1,#, HEVELINE RAYANE MOURA ROESCH1,#, FERNANDO KORKES2, QUOC DIEN-TRINH3, LEONARDO OLIVEIRA REIS1,4,*

    Oncology Research, Vol.32, No.10, pp. 1565-1573, 2024, DOI:10.32604/or.2024.052179 - 18 September 2024

    Abstract Objectives: The Brazilian Unified Health System (Sistema Único de Saúde−SUS) is the universal public healthcare system of Brazil that maintains a nationwide database of its patients. Our primary objective was to analyze regional and temporal trends, while our secondary goal was to establish correlations between states’ health economy status and their prostate cancer (PCa) epidemiology. Methods: We analyzed Brazil’s nationwide data on prostate cancer (PCa) incidence, mortality, and care gathered between 2013 and 2021 by the Information Technology Department of SUS (DATA-SUS), updated monthly using the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10) code. Results: In the period,… More >

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    ARTICLE

    Prospect Theory Based Individual Irrationality Modelling and Behavior Inducement in Pandemic Control

    Wenxiang Dong, H. Vicky Zhao*

    CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.140, No.1, pp. 139-170, 2024, DOI:10.32604/cmes.2024.047156 - 16 April 2024

    Abstract Understanding and modeling individuals’ behaviors during epidemics is crucial for effective epidemic control. However, existing research ignores the impact of users’ irrationality on decision-making in the epidemic. Meanwhile, existing disease control methods often assume users’ full compliance with measures like mandatory isolation, which does not align with the actual situation. To address these issues, this paper proposes a prospect theory-based framework to model users’ decision-making process in epidemics and analyzes how irrationality affects individuals’ behaviors and epidemic dynamics. According to the analysis results, irrationality tends to prompt conservative behaviors when the infection risk is low More >

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    ARTICLE

    Sleep Quality and Emotional Adaptation among Freshmen in Elite Chinese Universities during Prolonged COVID-19 Lockdown: The Mediating Role of Anxiety Symptoms

    Xinqiao Liu*, Linxin Zhang, Xinran Zhang

    International Journal of Mental Health Promotion, Vol.26, No.2, pp. 105-116, 2024, DOI:10.32604/ijmhp.2023.042359 - 08 March 2024

    Abstract Under the effects of COVID-19 and a number of ongoing lockdown tactics, anxiety symptoms and poor sleep quality have become common mental health issues among college freshmen and are intimately related to their emotional adaptation. To explore this connection, this study gathered data from a sample of 256 freshmen enrolled in an elite university in China in September 2022. The association between sleep quality, anxiety symptoms, and emotional adaptation was clarified using correlation analysis. Additionally, the mediating function of anxiety symptoms between sleep quality and emotional adaptation was investigated using a structural equation model. The… More >

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    ARTICLE

    Do Public Health Events Promote the Prevalence of Adjustment Disorder in College Students? An Example from the COVID-19 Pandemic

    Rong Fu*, Luze Xie

    International Journal of Mental Health Promotion, Vol.26, No.1, pp. 21-30, 2024, DOI:10.32604/ijmhp.2023.041730 - 05 February 2024

    Abstract COVID-19, as one of the most serious sudden public health problems in this century, is a serious threat to people’s mental health. College students, as a vulnerable group, are more likely to develop mental health problems. When the body is unable to adapt to new changes in the environment, the main mental health problem that arises is adjustment disorder. The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence and influencing factors of adjustment disorder among college students during the COVID-19 outbreak in China. Cross-sectional data collected by web-based questionnaires were obtained through convenience sampling… More >

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    REVIEW

    Social Media-Based Surveillance Systems for Health Informatics Using Machine and Deep Learning Techniques: A Comprehensive Review and Open Challenges

    Samina Amin1, Muhammad Ali Zeb1, Hani Alshahrani2,*, Mohammed Hamdi2, Mohammad Alsulami2, Asadullah Shaikh3

    CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.139, No.2, pp. 1167-1202, 2024, DOI:10.32604/cmes.2023.043921 - 29 January 2024

    Abstract Social media (SM) based surveillance systems, combined with machine learning (ML) and deep learning (DL) techniques, have shown potential for early detection of epidemic outbreaks. This review discusses the current state of SM-based surveillance methods for early epidemic outbreaks and the role of ML and DL in enhancing their performance. Since, every year, a large amount of data related to epidemic outbreaks, particularly Twitter data is generated by SM. This paper outlines the theme of SM analysis for tracking health-related issues and detecting epidemic outbreaks in SM, along with the ML and DL techniques that… More >

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    ARTICLE

    Insight to urology patients’ preferences regarding telemedicine

    Elizabeth Ellis1, Lauren Gochenaur1, Helena Temkin-Greener2, Jean Joseph1, Divya Ajay1

    Canadian Journal of Urology, Vol.30, No.1, pp. 11438-11444, 2023

    Abstract Introduction: Due to COVID-19, telemedicine has become a common method of healthcare delivery. Our goal was to evaluate urology patients’ satisfaction with telemedicine, examine patient preferences, and identify opportunities for improvement in readiness, access, and quality of care.
    Materials and methods: A total of 285 adult urology patients who completed at least one telemedicine visit from September to December 2020 were eligible. A paper survey was disseminated by postal mail with an option to complete electronically. Those who returned completed surveys received a $15 gift card.
    Results: Seventy-six subjects completed the survey (response rate of 27%). The most… More >

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    ARTICLE

    Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on ambulatory urologic oncology surgeries

    Zhiyu Qian1,2, Jamie Ye2, David F. Friedlander3, Mara Koelker1,2, Muhieddine Labban1,2, Bjoern Langbein1,2, Cheryl Chang-Rong Chen1,2, Mark A. Preston1,2, Timothy Clinton1, Matthew Mossanen1,2, Firas Abdullah4,5, Stuart R. Lipsitz2, Adam S. Kibel1,2, Quoc-Dien Trinh1,2, Alexander P. Cole1,2

    Canadian Journal of Urology, Vol.30, No.6, pp. 11714-11723, 2023

    Abstract Introduction: Robot-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy (RALP) and transurethral resection of bladder tumor (TURBT) are two common surgeries for prostate and bladder cancer. We aim to assess the trends in the site of care for RALP and TURBT before and after the COVID outbreak.
    Materials and methods: We identified adults who underwent RALP and TURBT within the California Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project State Inpatient Database and the State Ambulatory Surgery Database between 2018 and 2020. Multivariable analysis and spline analysis with a knot at COVID outbreak were performed to investigate the time trend and factors associated with ambulatory… More >

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    VIEWPOINT

    Future of the current anticoronaviral agents: A viewpoint on the validation for the next COVIDs and pandemics

    AMGAD M. RABIE*

    BIOCELL, Vol.47, No.10, pp. 2133-2139, 2023, DOI:10.32604/biocell.2023.030057 - 08 November 2023

    Abstract Despite the global decline in the severity of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases, the disease still represents a major concern to the relevant scientific and medical communities. The primary concern of drug scientists, virologists, and other concerned specialists in this respect is to find ready-to-use suitable and potent anticoronaviral therapies that are broadly effective against the different species/strains of the coronaviruses in general, not only against the current and previous coronaviruses (e.g., the recently-appeared severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 “SARS-CoV-2”), i.e., effective antiviral agents for treatment and/or prophylaxis of any coronaviral infections, including More > Graphic Abstract

    Future of the current anticoronaviral agents: A viewpoint on the validation for the next COVIDs and pandemics

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