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Quality of life, sleep quality, depression, anxiety, stress, eating habits, and social bounds in nurses during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic in qatar (The PROTECTOR study): A cross-sectional, comparative study
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MDPI
, 2021 , Article)
There have been numerous concerns regarding the physical and mental health of nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic. Stress, sleep deprivation, anxiety, and depression potentiated nurses’ vulnerability to poor eating habits. ...
Development of mental health services for lower-skilled migrant workers in Qatar
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Elsevier
, 2021 , Article)
The largest group of migrants in Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries are lower-skilled migrant workers. GCC countries have witnessed significant healthcare infrastructure investments over recent decades. Despite this, ...
Mania and hypomania associated with COVID-19: a series of 15 cases seen by the consultation-liaison psychiatry service in Qatar
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Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press)
, 2021 , Article)
Background: A range of neuropsychiatric diagnoses have been reported in association with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). However, only sporadic cases of mania or hypomania have been reported in patients with COVID-19. ...
Cardiovascular risk assessment for patients with serious mental illnesses: An internal review
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Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press)
, 2021 , Article)
Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are the leading cause of excess premature mortality among patients with serious mental illness (SMI), mainly because of higher cardiovascular risk and metabolic syndrome compared to the general ...
Mental wellbeing of healthcare workers working in quarantine centers during the COVID-19 pandemic in Qatar
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Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press)
, 2020 , Article)
Background: Healthcare workers managing Coronavirus 19 (COVID-19) patients are at increased risk of poor mental wellbeing. The available literature on the psychological impact in the Arabian Gulf region is limited, and a ...
Prevalence and potential determinants of covid-19 vaccine hesitancy and resistance in qatar: Results from a nationally representative survey of qatari nationals and migrants between december 2020 and january 2021
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MDPI AG
, 2021 , Article)
Global COVID-19 pandemic containment necessitates understanding the risk of hesitance or resistance to vaccine uptake in different populations. The Middle East and North Africa currently lack vital representative vaccine ...
The role of religiosity types in the phenomenology of hallucinations: A large cross-sectional community-based study in a predominantly Muslim society
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Elsevier
, 2022 , Article)
Religiosity is a multidimensional construct known to influence the occurrence of hallucinations. However, it remains unknown how different religiosity types affect clinically relevant phenomenological features of hallucinations. ...
Psychiatric inpatients' views of their mental health, and their experience of social change, during the pandemic: A report from Qatar
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John Wiley and Sons Inc
, 2022 , Article)
What is known on the subject?: There is only limited information on how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected people diagnosed with mental health disorders, especially people admitted to psychiatric wards. We surveyed the ...
Anxiety symptoms among children visiting a pediatric emergency center in Qatar during the COVID-19 pandemic: A cross-sectional study
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Guilford Publications
, 2022 , Article)
Although the evidence base regarding the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on children has been growing, descriptions of their experiences remain scarce. In this cross-sectional study, the authors used the Child-Reported ...
Management of suicide and self-harm risk by the National Mental Health Helpline in the State of Qatar
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Cambridge University Press
, 2023 , Article)
Background Suicide is a serious public health problem. Aims To investigate the sociodemographic and clinical features of callers (patients) classed by the Qatar National Mental Health Helpline (NMHH) as moderate to high ...