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Social Distancing and Quarantine as COVID-19 Control Remedy
Published in Hanadi Talal Ahmedah, Muhammad Riaz, Sagheer Ahmed, Marius Alexandru Moga, The Covid-19 Pandemic, 2023
Adeel Ahmad, Muhammad Hussaan, Fatima Batool, Sahar Mumtaz, Nagina Rehman, Samina Yaqoob, Humaira Kausar
Many of the participants stated lack of information from authorities, poor guidelines on actions, and uncertainty about the cause of the isolation [46, 60]. Following the onset of SARS in Toronto, participants believed that the cause of the confusion was the diversity of systems, methods, and contents in various health information systems [60]. In particular, a lack of understanding of the various risk factors caused participants to worry about the worst-case scenario [53]. Participants also reported that health and government agencies did not know the severity of the disease [45]. In one study, it may have been associated with a lack of clear instructions or reasons. He considers difficulty in complying with backup rules to be an important threat to mental illness after a crisis [44].
Survival Tips
Published in John Larkin, 101 Top Tips in Medicine, 2021
It’s difficult to define. I’ve heard the suggestion ‘if there’s anything that can go wrong, then it will’ or ‘always expect the worst-case scenario’ – but I think there’s a bit more to it. A touch of fatalism – or irony. Maybe just that there’s nothing you can do about a bad outcome, or even that your efforts will turn out to cause the problem in the end.
The relationship between personality and career choice
Published in Janet Thomas, Understanding and Supporting Professional Carers, 2021
When a doctor or nurse becomes ill, she may deny her symptoms and try to carry on as though nothing is happening, or at the other extreme she may imagine the worst-case scenario. Social workers who find that they are expected to ration resources instead of giving out help may complain that This is not the job I thought I would be doing.’ Professional carers often seem to gravitate towards extremes and find it hard to occupy the middle ground. The stress that is provoked by this polarisation is explored in Chapter 4.
Behavioral Intentions of Bystanders to Image-Based Sexual Abuse: A Preliminary Focus Group Study with a University Student Sample
Published in Journal of Child Sexual Abuse, 2023
Chelsea Mainwaring, Adrian J Scott, Fiona Gabbert
In addition to informing the victim of their victimization, across all focus groups and all scenarios, participants discussed some element of supporting the victim in the situation. However, showing concern and support for the victim was most commonly reported for both the sharing and threatening scenarios. Specifically, participants described how they would be supportive of the victim, using reassurance and validation of how the victim feels:Amy: I think maybe one of the most important things to do would be giving like moral support … so saying like, even if, worst case scenario, the pictures do get sent, you’re always going to be there, so that they have kind of like a safety net. (f, FG2, threatening)Hope: I would want to be there for them and be like “are you ok?” and like “how are we going to go about it, because obviously this person is like disrespecting you … ” (f, FG7, sharing)
Patient perspectives of positive messages from clinicians: a qualitative secondary analysis and conceptual model
Published in Contemporary Nurse, 2023
Sue Dean, Serra Ivynian, Jeremy Howick, Tracy Levett-Jones
This image of ‘expertise’ could also be communicated non-verbally. For example, in one instance, physicians delivered positive health messages wearing a white coat and tie to promote their authority (Kemeny et al., 2007). Explaining previous success provided reassurance and comfort for patients in a vulnerable position. Emphasising the appropriateness of treatment for the individual’s circumstance was another way of providing reassurance and reducing anxiety. Describing the effectiveness of treatment ‘for people like you’ suggests personalisation of care – and that individual factors have been considered in the provision of medical advice. Furthermore, ruling out a worst-case scenario as soon as possible, where appropriate, was another way to reduce anxiety and provide reassurance that whatever health threat may be present would be more easily manageable than another serious underlying health condition.
Lung cancer with dual EGFR and ALK driver alterations at baseline: a retrospective observational cohort study
Published in Acta Oncologica, 2022
Vanita Noronha, Anuradha Chougule, Pratik Chandrani, Rajiv Kumar Kaushal, Vijay Maruti Patil, Nandini Menon, Akhil Kapoor, Sunil Chopade, Ajaykumar Singh, Omshree Shetty, Amit Dutt, Shripad Banavali, Kumar Prabhash
Our study was limited by the small sample size, and the heterogenous treatment given to the patients. The targeted therapies consisted predominantly of first-generation oral TKIs; because many of the patients were started on therapy prior to the availability of data for the frontline use of third generation oral TKIs, and financial constraints. Imaging of the central nervous system was not performed in asymptomatic patients; thus, we were unable to determine the true incidence of brain metastases. We did not perform NGS at baseline and were unable to perform repeat biopsies in all patients at progression. Testing for ALK was by IHC [20,21]. Patient follow-up was performed at 3- to 6-month intervals, as per the institutional protocol, which may have impacted the PFS data. As our study was conducted in the midst of the global COVID-19 pandemic, several patients defaulted, due to inability to reach our hospital [22–24], and 17% patients were lost-to-follow-up [25]. In order to minimize the risk of bias and over-estimation of outcomes, we used the worst-case scenario to analyze survival data.