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Velgan M, Vajer P, Michels N, Einasto M, Kalda R
BJGP Open . 2024 Nov; PMID: 39528268
Background: The career decisions of medical students are pivotal in shaping the future healthcare workforce. In many countries, the number of medical students who choose general practice (GP) as their...
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Velgan M, Uibu A, Ounap E, Kangasniemi M, Michels N, Kalda R
Eur J Gen Pract . 2024 Jul; 30(1):2368557. PMID: 38958064
Background: The shortage of general practitioners (GPs) is a worsening problem in many countries and poses a threat to the services provided by primary care and by extension for the...
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Usberg G, Clari M, Conti A, Pold M, Kalda R, Kangasniemi M
Nurs Ethics . 2024 Jun; 31(8):1674-1687. PMID: 38835232
Background: The global pandemic raised ethical issues for nurses about caring for all patients, not just those with COVID-19. Italy was the first European country to be seriously affected by...
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Usberg G, Clari M, Conti A, Pold M, Kalda R, Kangasniemi M
Int J Nurs Pract . 2024 Feb; 30(4):e13250. PMID: 38404227
Aim: The aim of this study is to describe and evaluate how nurses caring for COVID and non-COVID patients assess changes in their work and in nursing activities during the...
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Uuskula A, Pisarev H, Tisler A, Meister T, Suija K, Huik K, et al.
Sci Rep . 2023 Nov; 13(1):20347. PMID: 37989858
A large proportion of the world's population has some form of immunity against SARS-CoV-2, through either infection ('natural'), vaccination or both ('hybrid'). This retrospective cohort study used data on SARS-CoV-2,...
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Mooses K, Vesilind K, Oja M, Tamm S, Haug M, Kalda R, et al.
Sci Rep . 2023 Jul; 13(1):11638. PMID: 37468497
COVID-19 and other acute respiratory viruses can have a long-term impact on health. We aimed to assess the common features and differences in the post-acute phase of COVID-19 compared with...
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Soomagi A, Meister T, Vorobjov S, Suija K, Kalda R, Uuskula A
Eur J Gen Pract . 2023 Jun; 29(2):2195163. PMID: 37259825
Background: Fear of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has been associated with significant health effects. Objectives: To assess COVID-19 fear and investigate factors associated with higher fear among COVID-19 survivors over 6...
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Meister T, Kolde A, Fischer K, Pisarev H, Kolde R, Kalda R, et al.
Sci Rep . 2023 May; 13(1):8531. PMID: 37237050
SARS-CoV-2 vaccination is currently the mainstay in combating the COVID-19 pandemic. However, there are still people among vaccinated individuals suffering from severe forms of the disease. We conducted a retrospective...
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Treiman-Kiveste A, Kangasniemi M, Kalda R, Polkki T
Pain Manag Nurs . 2023 Mar; 24(6):641-649. PMID: 37002054
Background: Aim: To describe parent's participation in their infants' procedural pain alleviation using nonpharmacologic methods in neonatal and neonatal intensive care units. Method: A descriptive cross-sectional survey study was carried...
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Velgan M, Vanderheyde T, Kalda R, Michels N
BJGP Open . 2023 Jan; 7(2). PMID: 36717117
Background: The shortage of GPs is a worldwide phenomenon, which encourages the migration of GPs and consequently exacerbates the GP shortage. This shortage imposes a threat for the entire healthcare...