In this blog Manas Dave takes a look at another review of the risk and precautions for dental setting during this COVID-19 pandemic.
[read the full story...]Dental risk and precautions during the COVID-19 pandemic
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COVID-19 transmission risk and protective protocols in dentistry
In this blog Manas Dave looks at a review of the risk of transmission of COVID-19 during dental treatment and pathways and protective protocols to minimise this included 39 papers. While helpful the review has some limitations and our unserstanding of both the disease and its management continues to change rapidly.
[read the full story...]COVID-19 Dental Elf Blogs -4
This blog pulls together a number of our blogs on COVID-19 publishing since July. We also include links to our other COVID-19 relevant blogs published since March 2020.
[read the full story...]Is there a causal link between mental health problems and risk of COVID-19 infection?
In his debut blog, Andrew Steptoe summarises two recent papers using electronic health record datasets, which suggest that having a psychiatric diagnosis may put people at risk of COVID-19 infection.
[read the full story...]What impact has the COVID-19 pandemic had on people with mental health problems and the services they use?
Dafni Katsampa summarises a broad review which explores the impact that the COVID-19 pandemic has had on mental health care and people with pre-existing mental health problems.
[read the full story...]Staff views on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health services and service users #COVIDMentalHealth
Charlotte Huggett reviews a recent mixed-methods study from the Mental Health Policy Research Unit, which explores mental health staff views on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health patients and services.
[read the full story...]Telling the tale: working in social care during the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020
Jill Manthorpe discusses a qualitative study which examines the experiences of frontline workers in care homes and home care
[read the full story...]Lockdown loneliness: who is lonely before and during the pandemic?
Aggelos Stamos reviews a recent cohort study led by the team behind the UCL COVID-19 Social Study on the predictors of loneliness before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.
[read the full story...]Stay fit in response to COVID: simple recommendations and COH-FIT
Marco Solmi tells us about the importance of physical activity as people in the UK enter a second period of coronavirus lockdown.
He also introduces us to the huge international COH-FIT study, which will help us better understand how the pandemic is affecting people and what can help.
[read the full story...]Dementia ward inpatients need better protection from COVID-19
Clarissa Giebel summarises a recent study on the prevalence, management, and outcomes of COVID-19 infections in older people and dementia patients on mental health wards.
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