TY  - JOUR
A1  - Hesselbach, Robert
T1  - <<Nous sommes en guerre sanitaire contre le COVID-19>> – A Corpus-based Approach of Official French, Italian, and Spanish Social Media Discourse in the Light of the Coronavirus Crisis
JF  - promptus - Würzburger Beiträge zur Romanistik
N2  - France, Italy, and Spain are three Romance-speaking countries which – at least in Europe – have been affected to a very high degree by the consequences of the Corona pandemic. This paper examines discursive strategies on social media (Twitter and Facebook) by the three heads of government/state of the aforementioned countries – namely Emmanuel Macron (France), Giuseppe Conte (Italy), and Pedro Sánchez (Spain)- from a corpuslinguistic point of view. For this purpose, a corpus was created which contains all Twitter and Facebook messages posted by these heads of government/state from the beginning of February until the end of April 2020. By applying corpus-linguistic methods we find that all three politicians consciously use social media to sensitize, inform, and – in view of a dramatic pandemic situation – unite their respective populations behind them.
KW  - corpus linguistics
KW  - coronavirus
KW  - Covid-19
KW  - political discourse
KW  - social media
KW  - lexical  co-occurrences
Y1  - 2020
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-244251
VL  - 6
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Guggenberger, Konstanze V.
A1  - Bley, Thorsten A.
A1  - Vogt, Marius L.
A1  - Urbach, Horst
A1  - Meckel, Stephan
T1  - High-Resolution Black Blood Vessel Wall Imaging in COVID-19 Encephalopathy-Is it Really Endotheliitis?
JF  - Clinical Neuroradiology
N2  - No abstract available.
KW  - Covid-19
KW  - encephalopathy
KW  - endotheliitis
Y1  - 2022
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-264794
VL  - 32
IS  - 1
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Hübner, Theresa
A1  - Wolfgang, Tanja
A1  - Theis, Ann-Catrin
A1  - Steber, Magdalena
A1  - Wiedenmann, Lea
A1  - Wöckel, Achim
A1  - Diessner, Joachim
A1  - Hein, Grit
A1  - Gründahl, Marthe
A1  - Kämmerer, Ulrike
A1  - Kittel-Schneider, Sarah
A1  - Bartmann, Catharina
T1  - The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on stress and other psychological factors in pregnant women giving birth during the first wave of the pandemic
JF  - Reproductive Health
N2  - Background
The onset of mental illness such as depression and anxiety disorders in pregnancy and postpartum period is common. The coronavirus induced disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and the resulting public policy responses represent an exceptional situation worldwide and there are hints for adverse psychosocial impact, hence, the study of psychological effects of the pandemic in women during hospitalization for delivery and in the postpartum period is highly relevant.
Methods
Patients who gave birth during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany (March to June 2020) at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Würzburg, Germany, were recruited at hospital admission for delivery. Biosamples were collected for analysis of SARS-CoV-2 infection and various stress hormones and interleukin-6 (IL-6). In addition to sociodemographic and medical obstetric data, survey questionnaires in relation to concerns about and fear of COVID-19, depression, stress, anxiety, loneliness, maternal self-efficacy and the mother–child bonding were administered at T1 (delivery stay) and T2 (3–6 months postpartum).
Results
In total, all 94 recruited patients had a moderate concern of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) at T1 with a significant rise at T2. This concern correlated with low to low-medium general psychosocial stress levels and stress symptoms, and the women showed a significant increase of active coping from T1 to T2. Anxiety levels were low and the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale showed a medium score of 5 with a significant (T1), but only week correlation with the concerns about SARS-CoV-2. In contrast to the overall good maternal bonding without correlation to SARS-CoV-2 concern, the maternal self-efficiency correlated negatively with the obstetric impairment caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Conclusion
Obstetric patients` concerns regarding SARS-CoV-2 and the accompanying pandemic increased during the course of the pandemic correlating positively with stress and depression. Of note is the increase in active coping over time and the overall good mother–child-bonding. Maternal self-efficacy was affected in part by the restrictions of the pandemic.
KW  - Covid-19
KW  - stress
KW  - pregnancy
Y1  - 2022
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-300189
VL  - 19
IS  - 1
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Herrmann, Johannes
A1  - Lotz, Christopher
A1  - Karagiannidis, Christian
A1  - Weber-Carstens, Steffen
A1  - Kluge, Stefan
A1  - Putensen, Christian
A1  - Wehrfritz, Andreas
A1  - Schmidt, Karsten
A1  - Ellerkmann, Richard K.
A1  - Oswald, Daniel
A1  - Lotz, Gösta
A1  - Zotzmann, Viviane
A1  - Moerer, Onnen
A1  - Kühn, Christian
A1  - Kochanek, Matthias
A1  - Muellenbach, Ralf
A1  - Gaertner, Matthias
A1  - Fichtner, Falk
A1  - Brettner, Florian
A1  - Findeisen, Michael
A1  - Heim, Markus
A1  - Lahmer, Tobias
A1  - Rosenow, Felix
A1  - Haake, Nils
A1  - Lepper, Philipp M.
A1  - Rosenberger, Peter
A1  - Braune, Stephan
A1  - Kohls, Mirjam
A1  - Heuschmann, Peter
A1  - Meybohm, Patrick
T1  - Key characteristics impacting survival of COVID-19 extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
JF  - Critical Care
N2  - Background
Severe COVID-19 induced acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) often requires extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO). Recent German health insurance data revealed low ICU survival rates. Patient characteristics and experience of the ECMO center may determine intensive care unit (ICU) survival. The current study aimed to identify factors affecting ICU survival of COVID-19 ECMO patients.
Methods
673 COVID-19 ARDS ECMO patients treated in 26 centers between January 1st 2020 and March 22nd 2021 were included. Data on clinical characteristics, adjunct therapies, complications, and outcome were documented. Block wise logistic regression analysis was applied to identify variables associated with ICU-survival.
Results
Most patients were between 50 and 70 years of age. PaO\(_{2}\)/FiO\(_{2}\) ratio prior to ECMO was 72 mmHg (IQR: 58–99). ICU survival was 31.4%. Survival was significantly lower during the 2nd wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. A subgroup of 284 (42%) patients fulfilling modified EOLIA criteria had a higher survival (38%) (p = 0.0014, OR 0.64 (CI 0.41–0.99)). Survival differed between low, intermediate, and high-volume centers with 20%, 30%, and 38%, respectively (p = 0.0024). Treatment in high volume centers resulted in an odds ratio of 0.55 (CI 0.28–1.02) compared to low volume centers. Additional factors associated with survival were younger age, shorter time between intubation and ECMO initiation, BMI > 35 (compared to < 25), absence of renal replacement therapy or major bleeding/thromboembolic events.
Conclusions
Structural and patient-related factors, including age, comorbidities and ECMO case volume, determined the survival of COVID-19 ECMO. These factors combined with a more liberal ECMO indication during the 2nd wave may explain the reasonably overall low survival rate. Careful selection of patients and treatment in high volume ECMO centers was associated with higher odds of ICU survival.
KW  - Covid-19
KW  - extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO)
KW  - intensive care unit
Y1  - 2022
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-299686
VL  - 26
IS  - 1
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Ludwig, Jonas
A1  - Strack, Fritz
T1  - Asymmetrical friendships? People are willing to risk COVID‐19 infection from friends but are reluctant to pass it on to them
JF  - Journal of Applied Social Psychology
N2  - Although most protective behaviors related to the COVID‐19 pandemic come with personal costs, they will produce the largest benefit if everybody cooperates. This study explores two interacting factors that drive cooperation in this tension between private and collective interests. A preregistered experiment (N = 299) examined (a) how the quality of the relation among interacting partners (social proximity), and (b) how focusing on the risk of self‐infection versus onward transmission affected intentions to engage in protective behaviors. The results suggested that risk focus was an important moderator of the relation between social proximity and protection intentions. Specifically, participants were more willing to accept the risk of self‐infection from close others than from strangers, resulting in less caution toward a friend than toward a distant other. However, when onward transmission was the primary concern, participants were more reluctant to effect transmission to close others, resulting in more caution toward friends than strangers. These findings inform the debate about effective nonclinical measures against the pandemic. Practical implications for risk communication are discussed.
KW  - Covid-19
KW  - protective behavior
KW  - cooperation
Y1  - 2023
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-312411
VL  - 53
IS  - 1
SP  - 69
EP  - 79
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Halfmann, Marie
A1  - Castioni, Noah
A1  - Wetzel, Lea
A1  - Koopmann, Anne
A1  - König, Sarah
A1  - Schmieder, Astrid
T1  - Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental health of medical students and young physicians in Germany: Gender-specific results of an online survey
JF  - Heliyon
N2  - Background
Healthcare workers and medical students faced new challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic. Processes within many hospitals were completely disrupted. In addition, the face to face teaching of medical students was drastically reduced. Those at risk of developing mental health problems appear to be younger health care workers and women.

Objective
To investigate potential COVID-19 pandemic-related gender differences in psychological distress among medical students and physicians in their first years of practice.

Design and setting
An anonymous survey was carried out online between December 1, 2021, and March 31, 2022, at the Mannheim Medical Faculty and the Würzburg Medical Faculty, Germany, after obtaining informed consent. Primary outcome measures were changes in anxiety and depression symptoms using the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), and changes in participants' current quality of life using the WHO Quality of Life BREF.

Results
The results show wave-like courses for perceived anxiety and burden overlapping with the course of the COVID-19 incidence. In comparison to men, women showed a significant higher increase in HADS (p = 0.005) and a reduced life quality (p = 0.007) after COVID-19. Both sexes showed different frequencies of the factors influencing quality of life, with the presence of a previous mental illness and mean anxiety having a significant higher negative impact in women.

Conclusion
Future and young female physicians reported a disproportionate higher burden during COVID-19 compared to their male colleges. These observations suggest an increased need for support and prevention efforts especially in this vulnerable population.
KW  - mental health
KW  - Covid-19
KW  - medical students
KW  - sex differences
Y1  - 2024
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-350502
SN  - 2405-8440
VL  - 10
IS  - 1
ER  -