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1. Perceived Stress of Quarantine and Isolation During COVID-19 Pandemic: A Global Survey

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TMGH-Global COVID-19 Collaborative, Nguyen Tien Huy, Nguyen Tran Minh Duc, Shamael Thabit Mohammed Alhady, Luu Ngoc Mai, Amr K. Hassan, Tran Van Giang, Le Van Truong, Rohanti Ravikulan, Akshay Raut, Farouq Muhammad Dayyab, Shyam Prakash Durme, Vu Thi Thu Trang, Le Quang Loc, and Pham Ngoc Thach

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perceived stress status, COVID-19, mental health, quarantine, survey, Psychiatry, RC435-571
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Aims: Understanding of the perceived stress and coping strategies adopted by people is important for contemplating the consequences of a pandemic on mental health of people globally. In this study, we intended to assess the perceived stress status under quarantine/isolation globally during the COVID-19 pandemic.Methods: This is a multicentre, multinational cross-sectional study that recruited isolated/quarantined individuals suspected or confirmed to have COVID-19 to assess the psychological impact of the quarantine/isolation experience by answering a survey distributed online.Results: The study was conducted across 63 participating countries, gaining 1,871 valid responses. There was a higher proportion of female participants in the Moderate to High Perceived Stress Scores (MH-PSS) group compared to the Low Perceived Stress Score group (66.0 vs. 52.0%) and a higher proportion of individuals whose marital status was single had MH-PSS (57.1%). Also, individual's religion (Christian, Hindu, and Muslim), no formal education level, being exposed to a confirmed or suspected COVID-19 patient, being forced to be quarantined/isolated, uncomfortable feeling during quarantine period may significantly increase the risk of MH-PSS (p < 0.05).Conclusions: Many factors can predict stress in COVID-19 pandemic including female sex, being single, religion, no formal education, involuntary quarantine, location and reason of quarantine/isolation, and place of exposure.

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2021
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2. Efficacy of face masks against respiratory infectious diseases: a systematic review and network analysis of randomized-controlled trials

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Mohammed Abdelgawad Soliman, Thach Quang Tran, Nguyen Tien Huy, Rohanti Ravikulan, Vinh Dong, Shyam Prakash Dumre, Suleiman Alhijazeen, Randi Mahabir, Gehad Mohamed Tawfik, Seshini Mahabir, Esraa Mahmoud Mostafa, Doha Ahmed Farrag, and Kenji Hirayama

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Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, medicine.medical_specialty, business.product_category, Infectious Disease Transmission, Patient-to-Professional, media_common.quotation_subject, Network Meta-Analysis, law.invention, Randomized controlled trial, law, Hygiene, Occupational Exposure, Clinical endpoint, medicine, Humans, Respirator, Respiratory Protective Devices, Respiratory Tract Infections, media_common, Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic, Influenza-like illness, business.industry, SARS-CoV-2, Risk of infection, Masks, Respiratory infection, COVID-19, Clinical trial, Breath Tests, Emergency medicine, Communicable Disease Control, business
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During the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, face masks are among the most common and practical control measures used globally in reducing the risk of infection and disease transmission. Although several studies have investigated the efficacy of various face masks and respirators in preventing infection, the results have been inconsistent. Therefore, we performed a systematic review and network meta-analysis (NMA) of the randomized-controlled trials (RCTs) to assess the actual efficacy of face masks in preventing respiratory infections. We searched nine electronic databases up to July 2020 to find potential articles. We accepted trials reporting the protective efficacy of face masks against respiratory infections, of which the primary endpoint was the presence of respiratory infections. We used the ROB-2 Cochrane tool to grade the trial quality. We initially registered the protocol for this study in PROSPERO (CRD42020178516). Sixteen RCTs involving 17 048 individuals were included for NMA. Overall, evidence was weak, lacking statistical power due to the small number of participants, and there was substantial inconsistency in our findings. In comparison to those without face masks, participants with fit-tested N95 respirators were likely to have lesser infection risk (RR 0.67, 95% CI 0.38–1.19, P-score 0.80), followed by those with non-fit-tested N95 and non-fit-tested FFP2 respirators that shared the similar risk, (RR 0.73, 95% CI 0.12–4.36, P-score 0.63) and (RR 0.80, 95% CI 0.38–1.71, P-score 0.63), respectively. Next, participants who donned face masks with and without hand hygiene practices showed modest risk improvement alike (RR 0.89, 95% CI 0.67–1.17, P-score 0.55) and (RR 0.92, 95% CI 0.70–1.22, P-score 0.51). Otherwise, participants donning double-layered cloth masks were prone to infection (RR 4.80, 95% CI 1.42–16.27, P-score 0.01). Eleven out of 16 RCTs that underwent a pairwise meta-analysis revealed a substantially lower infection risk in those donning medical face masks (MFMs) than those without face masks (RR 0.83 95% CI 0.71–0.96). Given the body of evidence through a systematic review and meta-analyses, our findings supported the protective benefits of MFMs in reducing respiratory transmissions, and the universal mask-wearing should be applied—especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. More clinical data is required to conclude the efficiency of cloth masks; in the short term, users should not use cloth face masks in the outbreak hot spots and places where social distancing is impossible.

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2021

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