Several vaccines have been shown to be effective against COVID-19. Existing research on the public’s responses to messages encouraging vaccination during a pandemic or epidemic might provide useful information for policy makers.
In this rapid systematic review, they discovered that messages which over-emphasised the health benefits of vaccines and used terminology that the target populations could not understand had negative impacts.
The COVID-19 pandemic has placed a strain on healthcare services. Existing research on client communication using mobile devices may provide useful information for healthcare providers and policymakers. In this Cochrane review, that tested targeted client communication in pregnant women and postpartum women, and parents of young children. They included 27 studies, from Cameroon (1 study), Canada (1), Ecuador (1) Guatemala (1), India (2), Kenya (7), Nigeria (3), Tanzania (1), Thailand (1), UK ...
In this Cochrane rapid review, the authors included 21 studies of the diagnostic accuracy of routine laboratory testing as a triage test for COVID-19. The included studies showed that none of the 67 different laboratory tests reviewed could be used to accurately rule in or rule out COVID-19 on their own, due to low sensitivity and specificity.
In this rapid review, the authors searched for studies of interactions between psychotropic and some drugs used for COVID-19 patients. They included 30 studies. At the time of this review, the included studies showed that drug interactions were a major concern in the comorbidity of psychiatric disorders and COVID-19 infection, affecting expected therapeutic outcomes and toxicity. At the time of this review, the authors concluded that psychiatric medication can be safely used in combination ...
In this Cochrane review, the authors searched for studies with at least 20 participants that tested targeted client communication in pregnant women, postpartum women and parents of young children. Women and parents who receive targeted mobile text messages may be slightly more likely to make appointments or use healthcare services than those sent non-targeted text messages or messages by other means.