QScience ConnectPub Date : 2022-08-31DOI: 10.5339/connect.2022.medhumconf.9
Farah Alyaqout
{"title":"“Mental” Illness: Subjectivity in Shahd Alshammari’s Notes on the Flesh and Lauren Slater’s Lying","authors":"Farah Alyaqout","doi":"10.5339/connect.2022.medhumconf.9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5339/connect.2022.medhumconf.9","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":121009,"journal":{"name":"QScience Connect","volume":"108 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-08-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127308025","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
QScience ConnectPub Date : 2022-08-31DOI: 10.5339/connect.2022.medhumconf.33
Natalia Gómez-Carlier, S. Powell
{"title":"Brief Report: An Art Therapy Pilot Dyadic (parent/caregiver and child) Telehealth for Children Living with Autism Spectrum Disorder","authors":"Natalia Gómez-Carlier, S. Powell","doi":"10.5339/connect.2022.medhumconf.33","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5339/connect.2022.medhumconf.33","url":null,"abstract":"Due to COVID-19 safety protocols, the vulnerable within our community had limited access to resources. Children of determination have encountered disruption to therapeutic services especially from March 2020 to November 2020. The pilot attempted to address question(s) of feasibility in maintaining services, preventing mental health and deterioration of symptoms and behaviour, and in increasing access to resources for children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). The research looked to question, if online services could substitute in-person services with this population, and to determine plausibility of online group art therapy services for children and their caregivers. The impact of COVID-19 on mental health is still unclear;early published reports indicate the onset of moderate to severe depressive symptoms, anxiety, and stress, potentially having a prolonged psychological impact on some individuals (Qiu et al., 2020). Overall, there is a lack of literature on art therapy in the region, and more so for online intervention, specifically in support of ASD during the pandemic. ASD is a neurodevelopmental disorder that impairs a person's ability to communicate, socialize, and respond to certain stimuli within environments. Parents, pediatricians, and nurseries typically identify concerns that prompt diagnosis, ideally by age 3;prevalence is higher in males than females (Elsabbagh et al., 2012). ASD is recognized by delayed language development, repetitive and stereotyped patterns of behavior, impacting imagination, and difficulty with social interaction (Rapin & Dunn, 1997). Overall, the Middle East has had relatively little published research on ASD etiology, although statistics indicate that ASD affects 1 in 146 births in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) (Virolainen, 2020). Genetic linkage such as kinship and multiparity is culturally and regionally common. Epidemiological research into autism in the UAE is relatively new. The prevalence of autism likely remains underdetermined as many cases of autism potentially go undiagnosed within the community due to stigma and lack of awareness;mild cases can be unnoticed, and delayed diagnoses might result from a lack of focus or training in the area of early intervention (Salhia et al., 2014). It is, therefore, crucial that there is a continuation of support without disruption. Art Therapy is an integrative mental health profession that engages participants with the creative process, active art-making, and integrated psychological theory within the context of a therapeutic relationship (American Art Therapy Association, 2020). Art psychotherapists have a minimum of a master's degree in art psychotherapy with clinical practice and supervised experience before gaining professional registration, a rigorous process. Children with autism are generally referred to art therapy specifically in the West (Martin, 2009;Teeuw, 2011) to support coping with communication challenges, behaviour, and low self-esteem (Schwei","PeriodicalId":121009,"journal":{"name":"QScience Connect","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-08-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131222970","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
QScience ConnectPub Date : 2022-08-31DOI: 10.5339/connect.2022.medhumconf.20
N. Ali, Abdulsalam S. Sultan, M. Ahmed, Muna Hameed Faris, Mohammed Modar Hameed, Marab Younis Abdullah Al-Fathy
{"title":"Communication Skills with the Unsighted and Visually Impaired During Medical Interview - Mosul, Iraq","authors":"N. Ali, Abdulsalam S. Sultan, M. Ahmed, Muna Hameed Faris, Mohammed Modar Hameed, Marab Younis Abdullah Al-Fathy","doi":"10.5339/connect.2022.medhumconf.20","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5339/connect.2022.medhumconf.20","url":null,"abstract":"Background: Disability is any restriction or lack of ability to perform an activity (WHO, 2022). The numbers of visually impaired persons globally was 285 million during 2020 and grows by up to 2 million yearly (Jabnoun et al., 2016). They receive the least benefits from health care services (Pratt et al, 2018). Realizing the principles of human rights regarding health care provision (Duffly, 2022), communication is an important human feature during the medical interview (Ben-noun, 2014) and it is very important to deliver a useful health service in any health system (Kaplonyi, 2017). It has been noted that unsighted persons suffer from communication problems with health care providers that affect their health care. Aim: To identify needs of unsighted persons during the medical interview. Materials and Methods: This study was done in Um Al-Rabean Development Foundation for Blinds and Purblinds in Mosul, Iraq, using a case series study design from January1 to February 1, 2022. Sixty-seven blind (unsighted) persons. Data were collected by using an electronic data collection Google form consisting of two axes, the 1st one included the demographic information of the study sample, and the 2nd one included the doctor- communication skills followed during the medical interview with the unsighted patients. Results: This study revealed that the participants' response rate was equal among both sexes. Most of them were aged 18 years and above and about one third were married. The percentage of celibacy was high, about 58.2%. Only (44.8%) of respondents had access to education, and the percentage of government employees was very low at 26.9%. The doctors' communication skills followed during the medical interview with the participants were weak;more than half of doctors did not introduce their names, lower their voice, or give enough time for the patient to present their problem;adding to that, 74.6% did not shake hands with patients (before the COVID-19 pandemic). 20% of doctors did not assist during seating, only one third asked permission before giving help, and only 25.4% of doctors treat unsighted patients as normal persons. Roughly one fifth of doctors called the participants by their names more than once. Conclusion: Training of doctors in communication skills techniques concerning this group is seriously needed. We recommend broader research work on a larger sample to study this topic from the point of view of doctors and patients. [ FROM AUTHOR] Copyright of QScience Connect is the property of Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press) and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full . (Copyright applies to all s.)","PeriodicalId":121009,"journal":{"name":"QScience Connect","volume":"60 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-08-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126262730","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
QScience ConnectPub Date : 2022-05-19DOI: 10.5339/connect.2022.spt.4
Marwen Hjiri, Alexandre Freire Dormeier
{"title":"Towards disruptive education: The potential role of artificial intelligence in customized learning","authors":"Marwen Hjiri, Alexandre Freire Dormeier","doi":"10.5339/connect.2022.spt.4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5339/connect.2022.spt.4","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":121009,"journal":{"name":"QScience Connect","volume":"7 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130677230","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
QScience ConnectPub Date : 2022-04-30DOI: 10.5339/connect.2022.spt.3
باسل عبدالهادي صوفان, باسل عمر بيرقدار, ، اياد عبدالهادي صوفان
{"title":"دراسة تأثير كوفيد-19 على الصحة النفسية في سوريا مقارنة بعينة من البلاد العربية: دراسة متغيرات مستوى القلق قبل اندلاع جائحة كوفيد-19 وفي ظل وجودها","authors":"باسل عبدالهادي صوفان, باسل عمر بيرقدار, ، اياد عبدالهادي صوفان","doi":"10.5339/connect.2022.spt.3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5339/connect.2022.spt.3","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":121009,"journal":{"name":"QScience Connect","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-04-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125999916","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
QScience ConnectPub Date : 2022-04-30DOI: 10.5339/connect.2022.spt.2
Seema Sylvia Dsouza
{"title":"Seasonal influenza disease and annual influenza vaccine coverage at Primary Health Care Corporation, Qatar, 2018–2019: a descriptive study","authors":"Seema Sylvia Dsouza","doi":"10.5339/connect.2022.spt.2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5339/connect.2022.spt.2","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":121009,"journal":{"name":"QScience Connect","volume":"10 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-04-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134579719","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
QScience ConnectPub Date : 2022-04-30DOI: 10.5339/connect.2022.spt.1
Muneera Ahmed Alkhelaifi, Maria Alejandra Martinez
{"title":"Doping in sports and current regulations","authors":"Muneera Ahmed Alkhelaifi, Maria Alejandra Martinez","doi":"10.5339/connect.2022.spt.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5339/connect.2022.spt.1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":121009,"journal":{"name":"QScience Connect","volume":"8 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-04-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125395020","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
QScience ConnectPub Date : 2022-02-28DOI: 10.5339/connect.2022.2
Kevin Zhai, Fatema Al-Wahshi, Latifa Mahmoud, Majda Sebah, Mohammad S Yousef
{"title":"Data mining indicates an association between ambient PM2.5 levels and wind speed in an urban environment (Education City, Doha, Qatar)","authors":"Kevin Zhai, Fatema Al-Wahshi, Latifa Mahmoud, Majda Sebah, Mohammad S Yousef","doi":"10.5339/connect.2022.2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5339/connect.2022.2","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":121009,"journal":{"name":"QScience Connect","volume":"25 3","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-02-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132609525","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
QScience ConnectPub Date : 2022-02-28DOI: 10.5339/connect.2022.3
Latifa Mahmoud, Fatema Al-Wahshi, Kevin Zhai, Majda Sebah, Mohammad S Yousef
{"title":"The improvement in PM2.5 levels in Education City, Doha, Qatar during the COVID-19 lockdown was limited and transient","authors":"Latifa Mahmoud, Fatema Al-Wahshi, Kevin Zhai, Majda Sebah, Mohammad S Yousef","doi":"10.5339/connect.2022.3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5339/connect.2022.3","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":121009,"journal":{"name":"QScience Connect","volume":"126 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-02-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122463535","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}