Abduelmula R Abduelkarem, Catarina Samorinha, Suleiman I Sharif, Amar M Hamrouni, Mohammed M Hassanein
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Abstract
Background: Since the declaration of the COVID-19 pandemic, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) government has taken a series of preventive measures to control the spread of the Coronavirus. Dealing with the unforeseen challenges caused by the pandemic has had a profound impact on people all around the world. Pharmacists played an important public health role during the COVID-19 pandemic, and they were the first point of contact with the public and the first source of information, providing accurate and reliable management and preventive measures. The aim of this study was to analyse the distress symptoms and the associated factors among a sample of the UAE population.
Materials and methods: This was an observational cross-sectional study conducted over the period of September to October 2020. A bilingual online self-administered questionnaire was distributed among individuals aged 15 years and above. Data was analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS).
Results: Most of the students in the sample found online learning less effective than in-class learning. Among these, 49.9% and 62.8 % reported that they had normal sleep and eating habits, respectively. In all the sample, most of the participants (96%) were adherent to preventive measures. Higher levels of distress during the COVID-19 lockdown were found among females, individuals younger than 35 years old, those who neglected personal hygiene and who had worse quality of family gatherings and relationships.
Conclusion: This study identified factors associated with distress symptoms experienced by people during the lockdown and perceived attitudes regarding online learning, preventive measures and changes in people's behaviours and family environment. Knowledge about how lockdown has affected the lives of the populations can be used to design public health interventions aimed at promoting the health and well-being of the communities.
背景:自宣布新冠肺炎大流行以来，阿联酋政府采取了一系列预防措施，以控制新冠病毒的传播。应对疫情带来的不可预见的挑战对世界各地人民产生了深远影响。在新冠肺炎疫情大流行期间，药师发挥了重要的公共卫生作用，是与公众接触的第一接触点和信息的第一来源，提供了准确可靠的管理和预防措施。本研究的目的是分析阿联酋人口样本中的困扰症状和相关因素。材料和方法:这是一项在2020年9月至10月期间进行的观察性横断面研究。在15岁及以上的个人中分发了一份双语在线自我管理问卷。数据分析采用SPSS (Statistical Package for Social Sciences)软件。结果:样本中的大多数学生发现在线学习不如课堂学习有效。其中，49.9%和62.8%的人表示他们有正常的睡眠和饮食习惯。在所有样本中，大多数参与者(96%)坚持采取预防措施。在COVID-19封锁期间，女性、35岁以下的人、忽视个人卫生的人、家庭聚会和家庭关系质量较差的人的痛苦程度更高。结论:本研究确定了与封锁期间人们经历的痛苦症状相关的因素，以及对在线学习、预防措施以及人们行为和家庭环境变化的感知态度。有关封锁如何影响民众生活的知识可用于设计旨在促进社区健康和福祉的公共卫生干预措施。
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Pharmacy Practice is a free full-text peer-reviewed journal with a scope on pharmacy practice. Pharmacy Practice is published quarterly. Pharmacy Practice does not charge and will never charge any publication fee or article processing charge (APC) to the authors. The current and future absence of any article processing charges (APCs) is signed in the MoU with the Center for Pharmacy Practice Innovation (CPPI) at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) School of Pharmacy. Pharmacy Practice is the consequence of the efforts of a number of colleagues from different Universities who belief in collaborative publishing: no one pays, no one receives. Although focusing on the practice of pharmacy, Pharmacy Practice covers a wide range of pharmacy activities, among them and not being comprehensive, clinical pharmacy, pharmaceutical care, social pharmacy, pharmacy education, process and outcome research, health promotion and education, health informatics, pharmacoepidemiology, etc.
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