COVID-19 has caused a global pandemic that has spread rapidly to six continents, with over 2.5 million deaths from December 2019 to March 2021. The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases is still growing worldwide, and quarantines have been recommended to prevent the disease’s spread. However, quarantines affect people’s quality of life (QOL). The aim of this study is to assess the effect of social isolation—quarantine—on QOL during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Saudi Arabia. A cross-sectional, descriptive design was used in the present study. We obtained data from an online survey conducted in Saudi Arabia. We included a convenience sample of 775 participants in the study. Most of the participants were female (67%), with a mean age of 46 years ranging from 18 to 75 years. Many participants were government employees (n = 308, 39.7%) and had a bachelor’s degree or greater (n = 513, 66.2%). Most of the participants (n = 629, 81%) were free from any chronic disease. Nearly 88% of participants were partially isolated socially owing to COVID-19. Concerning QOL, the means of both the Physical Health Composite Scale and the Mental Health Composite Scale SF-12 scores were 44.7 and 34.6, respectively. Furthermore, the results demonstrate that partially socially isolated participants appeared to have significantly better physical health statuses (M = 44.96, SD = 5.90) than completely socially isolated participants (M = 42.87 ± 7.26). There was no significant social isolation effect on mental health status (t (773) = 2.5, p = 0.115). Social isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic considerably influenced various aspects of QOL including physical and mental health. Community-based interventions such as online counseling services and wellness programs are required to reduce the pandemic’s negative impact and enhance overall health status and QOL.

Context: Hypertension (HTN) is identified as the most common non-communicable disease. HTN is considered one of the causes of premature mortality worldwide. Aim: This review aimed to identify the HTN self-management practice gaps in the Kingdom of Saudia Arabia (KSA). Methods: Search for the narrative review was conducted by using different electronic databases (e.g., Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature, Medical Literature Online, the Excerpta Medica dataBase, Elsevier’s Science Direct, ProQuest, the EBSCO library database, and PubMed through Saudi Digital, as well as an Internet search using Google Scholar), books and manual search of journals’ references lists to find relevant studies. Using title searching generated keywords from the research aim to identify self-management practice gaps among patients with HTN. Results: The review demonstrates that there are HTN self-management practice gaps among patients in the KSA. Despite the knowledge and accessibility of effective drugs, there is low adherence to the recommended self-management practices. Conclusion: The review indicates a lack of local data in self-management practice gaps for patients with hypertension in KSA. There is a need to develop an education program to improve self-management practice among patients with HTN. This review could improve the form of drugs taken, decrease the severity of side effects, and create safer health care services.

Background: A number of malignant and nonmalignant medical problems, frequently in severely ill patients, demand for the advanced therapeutic technique known as a bone marrow transplant. To offer patients with high-quality care following bone marrow transplants, the nurses required knowledge and practice. Aim: This study aimed to determine the effect of social media-assisted inservices training instructional guidelines on nurses' performance regarding bone marrow transplant recipients. Research design: A quasi-experimental design was utilized to achieve the aim of this study. Setting: The study was conducted at an outpatient clinic Oncology Institute affiliated with Sohag City, Egypt. Subject: A convenient sample of (50)nurses were included. Tools: a structured interview Questionnaire tool that included four parts. Part I: Personal data, part II: Nurses' knowledge, and part III: Nurses' reported practices (pre and post). Results: This study found those nurses' reported practices, attitudes, and knowledge had all improved statistically respectively pre and post-social media-assisted in-services training instructional guidelines. Conclusion: The current study concluded that social media-assisted in-service training instructional guidelines regarding bone marrow transplant recipients have a positive effect on improving nurses' knowledge and reported practices. Recommendation: Provide continuous in-service training instructional guidelines regarding bone marrow transplant recipients to nurses in different healthcare settings