1. Evaluation of anxiety and fear of COVID‐19 in patients admitted to an ophthalmology outpatient clinic
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Elif Ateş Budak, Mine Karahan, Çağla Çilem Han, Dicle Üniversitesi, Tıp Fakültesi, Dahili Tıp Bilimleri Bölümü, Ruh Sağlığı ve Hastalıkları Ana Bilim Dalı, Budak, Elif Ateş, and Karahan, Mine
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Psychiatry ,medicine.medical_specialty ,2019-20 coronavirus outbreak ,Letter ,Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) ,SARS-CoV-2 ,business.industry ,Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) ,MEDLINE ,COVID-19 ,Fear ,General Medicine ,Anxiety ,Ambulatory Care Facilities ,Ophthalmology ,Emergency medicine ,Humans ,Medicine ,Outpatient clinic ,In patient ,Letters ,medicine.symptom ,business - Abstract
PMID: 34535059 Dear Editor,Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak has brought gross changes to the community and many studies revealed that stress and anxiety have increased during the pandemic.1,2The new coronavirus has been shown in conjunctival samples, however, ocular transmission has not yet been clearly shown in studies.6,7 Apart from viral load in secretions, the ophthalmolog-ical examination itself poses a high risk because of close contact with the patient and that may lead to fear of being infected and anxiet y.
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- 2021