The global challenges humanity faces today, such as social and economic inequalities, occupational deprivation, racism, exclusion, displacement and migration crises, violence, wars, and political oppression, all contribute to health and participation
CONCLUSION: While most study participants experienced delays in care, they did not report an increase in symptoms associated with OI. They also frequently utilized telehealth as a tool to see their providers. Future research should focus on the
In Hong Kong, two infectious disease outbreaks occurred in 2003 (SARS) and 2020 (COVID-19), and a large-scale social unrest happened in 2019. These were stressful societal events that influenced the mental well-being of the public. We aimed to
CONCLUSIONS: The present study revealed a significantly higher MTC variability as well as medium effect sizes for a lower MTC and higher MTC dual-task costs in glaucoma patients compared with healthy controls, which might be related to a higher risk
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic dramatically changed how people socialized. However, little is known about the extent to which the pandemic changed the social connections of people with tenuous interpersonal relationships at baseline
CONCLUSIONS: Findings indicate the potential of occupational therapy fatigue management interventions to enable self management strategies and reduce the negative impact of fatigue among people with post COVID-19 condition.
CONCLUSION: The secondary transmission rate from patients with negative RAT and positive PCR results was low. Our data suggest that RAT may be useful for rapid exclusion of high transmissible cases. However, further evaluation using whole genome
Despite the great impact of severe acute respiratory syndrome caused by coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), we still lack techniques that allow us to anticipate the natural history of the disease in order to avoid or shorten the clinical period of the
CONCLUSIONS: The results indicate the importance of active lifestyles in reducing negative impacts of the fear of being infected with a disease during times of crisis such as outbreaks and ruminative thoughts on lifestyle. The findings of this study