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COVIDâ19 effect on patients with noncommunicable diseases: a narrative review
Background and Aims: On March 11, 2020, the WHO has declared COVIDâ19 a global pandemic, affecting our dayâtoâday lives. Physical distancing and lockdown made significant obstacles to populations, particularly healthcare systems. Most healthcare workers were reallocated to COVIDâ19 facilities. Noncommunicable disease patients were given low priority and are at a higher risk of severe COVIDâ19 infection, which disrupted the treatment and disease management of these patients. This review aimed to assess the effect of COVIDâ19 on different types of noncommunicable diseases and the severity it may cause to patients.
Methods: We have conducted a review of the literature on COVIDâ19 and noncommunicable diseases from December 2019 until January 2022. The search was done in PubMed and Cochrane for relevant articles using variety of searching terms. Data for study variables were extracted. At the end of the selection process, 46 papers were selected for inclusion in the literature review.
Result: The result from this review found that the COVIDâ19 pandemic has affected the efficiency of the patient's treatment indirectly by either delaying or canceling sessions, which solidified the need to rely more on telemedicine, virtual visits, and inâhome visits to improve patient education and minimize the risk of exposure to the patients. The major and most common types of noncommunicable diseases are known to be related to the severe outcomes of COVIDâ19 infection. It is strongly recommended to prioritize these patients for vaccinations against COVIDâ19 to provide them with the protection that will neutralize the risk imposed by their comorbidities.
Conclusion: We recommend conducting more studies with larger population samples to further understand the role of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) in this pandemic. However, this pandemic has also affected the efficiency of NCDs treatment indirectly by delaying or canceling sessions and others
Two Channel Thermally Tunable Band-Stop Filter for Wavelength Selective Switching Applications by Using 1D Ternary Superconductor Photonic Crystal
COVIDâ19 effect on patients with noncommunicable diseases: A narrative review
Abstract Background and Aims On March 11, 2020, the WHO has declared COVIDâ19 a global pandemic, affecting our dayâtoâday lives. Physical distancing and lockdown made significant obstacles to populations, particularly healthcare systems. Most healthcare workers were reallocated to COVIDâ19 facilities. Noncommunicable disease patients were given low priority and are at a higher risk of severe COVIDâ19 infection, which disrupted the treatment and disease management of these patients. This review aimed to assess the effect of COVIDâ19 on different types of noncommunicable diseases and the severity it may cause to patients. Methods We have conducted a review of the literature on COVIDâ19 and noncommunicable diseases from December 2019 until January 2022. The search was done in PubMed and Cochrane for relevant articles using variety of searching terms. Data for study variables were extracted. At the end of the selection process, 46 papers were selected for inclusion in the literature review. Result The result from this review found that the COVIDâ19 pandemic has affected the efficiency of the patient's treatment indirectly by either delaying or canceling sessions, which solidified the need to rely more on telemedicine, virtual visits, and inâhome visits to improve patient education and minimize the risk of exposure to the patients. The major and most common types of noncommunicable diseases are known to be related to the severe outcomes of COVIDâ19 infection. It is strongly recommended to prioritize these patients for vaccinations against COVIDâ19 to provide them with the protection that will neutralize the risk imposed by their comorbidities. Conclusion We recommend conducting more studies with larger population samples to further understand the role of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) in this pandemic. However, this pandemic has also affected the efficiency of NCDs treatment indirectly by delaying or canceling sessions and others