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Identifying the Fear Feelings of COVID-19 During National Lockdown in Egypt: Implication for Social Work

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Last updated: 03 Jan 2025

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Social work has a long history in dealing with epidemics. The follower of the historical development of social work finds that in February 1919, the first scientific article concerned with the response of medical social work to deal with the flu epidemic appeared. Cannon, in her article "Medical Social Work and influenza", referred to the central role that social workers played in hospitals to face the influenza pandemic. Social work continues to respond to epidemics and to work on forwarding defense lines with patients from that time until the emergence of one of the most mysterious epidemics in history. This epidemic is referred to, by WHO, as the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19). This study attempts to investigate the fear feelings of COVID-19 in Egypt. An online survey was conducted using a scale of a non-probability snowball sampling technique. A total of 1079 responses were received. Findings indicate that the COVID-19 led to a high percentage of fears, anxiety, and tension among Egyptians. There are differences in these concerns related to infection with COVID-19 regarding the study sample and due to the type variables, residency, and marital status. Strategies for helping social workers to deal with COVID-19 feelings in Egypt are suggested.

DOI

10.21608/ejsw.2021.72358.1135

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Fears Feelings – Coronavirus- COVID-19 Pandemic- SARS-COV2- National Lockdown -Social Work, Egypt

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Mohamed

Last Name

khalaf

MiddleName

Abdelhakim

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Department of Social Sciences, Qatar University

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mkhalaf.dr@gmail.com

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monfia

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19871112875281

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Ahmed

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Helal

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Thabet

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13

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1

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29969

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2022-01-01

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2021-04-16

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2022-01-15

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41

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61

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2356-9204

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2356-9212

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Egyptian Journal of Social Work

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https://ejsw.journals.ekb.eg/

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Identifying the Fear Feelings of COVID-19 During National Lockdown in Egypt: Implication for Social Work

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22 Jan 2023