Coming back to the normal clinic: how has COVID-19 changed us?

Zhang, Xiao; Liu, Zhen; Shi, Kuangyu; Lan, Xiaoli

doi:10.1007/s00259-020-04906-8

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“…Only 44% of the respondents believe that the work in their facility will start to normalise from 2021. This condition is similar to the situation in other countries in Europe [16,17]. Public health analysts are indicated that this state could not change to the pre-COVID era [18].…”

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“…Questions about training were also added to the survey, where the main assumption was to check how respondents assess the effects of the pandemic on the level of training and whether they are willing to use online forms of learning. The questionnaire was divided into several main domains (5): Preparedness (questions 7-15); Training (16)(17)(18)(19)(20)(21)(22)(23)(24)(25)(26); Stress (27)(28)(29)(30)(31)(32)(33); Reduction (34-41); Awareness (42-45+49,50) and single questions-Stress level and Financial problems. Aiming at minimizing the prospect of suggested answers, in blocks 1., 2., 3. and 5. that focused on a subjective participants' evaluation, a Likert-like scale was applied (from 1 to 5), in which the surveyed could choose to what degree they fully did not agree (1) or did fully agree (5) with a given thesis (only block 3., concerning the stress levels, a 1-10 graded scale was applied, in which 1 indicated significantly low and 10 significantly high levels of the studied parameter).…”

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confidence: 99%

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The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Polish orthopedics, in particular on the level of stress among orthopedic surgeons and the education process

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The Coronovirus Disease 2019 –(COVID-19) pandemic had a significant impact on the health care system and medical staff around the world. The orthopedic units were also subject to new restrictions and regulations. Therefore, the aim of our research was to assess how the COVID-19 pandemic affected orthopedic wards in the last year in Poland. We created an online survey, which was sent to 273 members of the Polish Society of Orthopedics and Traumatology. The survey contained 51 questions and was divided into main sections: Preparedness, Training, Stress, Reduction, Awareness. A total of 80 responses to the survey were obtained. In Preparedness section the vast majority of respondents (90%) replied, that they used personal protective equipment during the pandemic, however only 50% of the respondents indicated that their facility received a sufficient amount of personal protective equipment. Most of the respondents indicated that the pandemic negatively affected the quality of training of future orthopedists (69.4%) and that pandemic has had a negative impact on their operating skills (66,7%). In Reduction section most of the doctors indicated that the number of patients hospitalized in their departments decreased by 20–60% (61,2% respondents), while the number of operations performed decreased by 60–100% (60% respondents). The negative impact of pandemic on education was noticeable especially in the group of young orthopedic surgeons: 0–5 years of work experience (p = 0,029). Among the respondents, the level of stress increased over the last year from 4.8 to 6.9 (p <0.001). The greatest increase in the level of stress was observed among orthopedists working in country hospitals (p = 0,03). In section Awareness 36,3% of respondents feel well or very well informed about the latest Covid-19 regulations. In addition, most doctors (82.6%) believe that the Polish health care system was not well prepared to fight the pandemic and that the regulations applied so far are not sufficient to effectively fight the pandemic (66.2%). The COVID-19 pandemic has impact on orthopedics departments in Poland and negatively affected the quality of training of orthopedic surgeons and the level of stress.

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confidence: 69%