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1. Effects of social prescribing pilot project for the elderly in rural area of South Korea during COVID‐19 pandemic

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Ji Eon Kim, Yu Lim Lee, Min Ah Chung, Hye Jin Yoon, Dong Eun Shin, Jin Hee Choi, Sangheon Lee, Hae Kyung Kim, and Eun Woo Nam

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COVID‐19, depression, elderly, rural area, social prescribing, Medicine
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Abstract Background Older adults—classified as a high‐risk group—are highly likely to experience increased loneliness due to the implementation of various policies designed to prevent the spread of COVID‐19. Accordingly, this study aims to examine the effects of a pilot social prescribing project for elderly people in rural area of South Korea during the COVID‐19 pandemic. Methods Using the PRECEDE‐PROCEED model, the effectiveness of the pilot project was verified through pre‐ and post‐impact and outcome evaluation. Results According to the results of the impact evaluation, loneliness reduced significantly, while the social participation attitude score increased. Although the average score of self‐efficacy increased, it was not statistically significant. Moreover, it was found that self‐esteem increased significantly. In the outcome evaluation, depression reduced considerably. Conclusion To conclude, the pilot social prescribing project was effective in reducing depression and loneliness for the elderly in rural areas of Korea. It was also confirmed that there is potential to develop a new health promotion project that can improve the self‐esteem of the elderly, and expand their social activities. Second, the pilot project was carried out in an integrated manner by utilizing resources in communities with good accessibility. Therefore, it is expected to be used as a new “Integrated community care model” to improve the mental health of the elderly in rural areas. Third, during the COVID‐19 pandemic, the elderly tend to experience increasing feelings of depression, isolation, and loneliness due to “social distancing.” Therefore, it is expected that social prescribing programs for the elderly in rural areas would become a new alternative for relieve mental disorder of the seniors.

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2021
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2. International Comparison of Depression During the COVID-19 Pandemic Among University Students in 13 Countries: A Web-Based Cross-Sectional Survey

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Dohyeong Kim, Seungwoo Nam, Nadia Rönnebeck, Myo Nyein Aung, Chavez Rosemary Cosme, Hye Jin Yoon, Hafutu Berhe, Hocheol Lee, Yu Lim Lee, Dong Eun Shin, Sanggon Nam, Ji Ho Lee, Bo Zhao, Maybin Herrera, Su Been Lim, Haekweun Nam, Paul Mansiangi, Emnet Terefe, Sukri Palutturi, Yanghee Kang, Ga Ram Lee, Ji Eon Kim, Yeseul Jung, Seok Jun Moon, Sung Jong Park, Min Ah Chung, Grace Ossak Ndombi, Sang Baek Koh, Motoyuki Yuasa, Fanlei Kong, John Robert C Medina, and Eun Woo Nam

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2019-20 coronavirus outbreak, medicine.medical_specialty, Universities, Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), Cross-sectional study, Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), Short Communications, MEDLINE, Anxiety, Pandemic, medicine, Humans, Web application, Students, Pandemics, Depression (differential diagnoses), Internet, Depression, SARS-CoV-2, business.industry, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, COVID-19, Cross-Sectional Studies, Family medicine, business, Psychology
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2021
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3. Chemical Regeneration of Wound Defects: Relevance to the Canine Palatal Mucosa and Cell Cycle Up-Regulation in Human Gingival Fibroblasts

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Richard Leesungbok, Suk-Won Lee, Kyung-Ho Lee, Heithem Ben Amara, Ki-Tae Koo, Sang Cheon Lee, and Min Ah Chung

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medicine.medical_treatment, 0206 medical engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Gingiva, Medicine (miscellaneous), 02 engineering and technology, Andrology, 03 medical and health sciences, Dogs, In vivo, medicine, Animals, Humans, Regeneration, Viability assay, Oral mucosa, Trichloroacetic Acid, 030304 developmental biology, 0303 health sciences, Chemistry, Cell growth, Palate, Regeneration (biology), Growth factor, Mouth Mucosa, Cell Cycle Checkpoints, Cell cycle, Fibroblasts, 020601 biomedical engineering, Up-Regulation, medicine.anatomical_structure, Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins, Original Article, Wound healing, Signal Transduction
Abstract

BACKGROUND: Trichloroacetic acid (TCA) is an agent widely applied in dermatology for skin regeneration. To test whether TCA can offer an advantage for the regeneration of oral soft tissue defects, the cellular events following TCA application were explored in vitro and its influence on the oral soft tissue wound healing was evaluated in a canine palate model. METHODS: The cytotoxicity and growth factor gene expression in human gingival fibroblasts were tested in vitro following the application of TCA at four concentrations (0.005%, 0.05%, 0.5% and 1%) with different time intervals (0, 3, 9 and 21 h). One concentration of TCA was selected to screen the genes differentially expressed using DNA microarray and the associated pathways were explored. TCA was injected in open wound defects of the palatal mucosa from beagle dogs (n = 3) to monitor their healing and regeneration up to day 16-post-administration. RESULTS: While the 0.5–1% concentration induced the cytoxicity, a significantly higher expression of growth factor genes was observed after 3 and 9 h following the 0.5% TCA application in comparison to other groups. DNA microarray analysis in 0.5% TCA group showed 417 genes with a significant 1.5-fold differential expression, involving pathways of cell cycle, FoxO signaling, p53 signaling, ubiquitin mediated proteolysis and cAMP signaling. In vivo results showed a faster reepithelialization of TCA-treated wounds as compared to spontaneous healing. CONCLUSION: TCA promoted the healing and regeneration of oral soft tissue wound defects by up-regulating the cell cycle progression, cell growth, and cell viability, particularly at a concentration of 0.5%. ELECTRONIC SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: The online version of this article (10.1007/s13770-019-00227-6) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

Published
2019

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