Covid19
Conditions
Keywords
chiropractors, strategies, coronavirus, pandemic
Brief summary
Brazil has the Latin America's largest coronavirus outbreak, numbers second only to the United States in the western hemisphere. The first COVID-19 confirmed case in Brazil was on February of 2020. A 61yrs old man tested positive after returning from a trip to Italy. Few other very first cases were also imported from Europe by returning travelers. The first locally transmitted case was registered on March of 2020, when a total of 8 cases have already been confirmed. At the time the WHO declares the outbreak as a pandemic (March 11) Brazil had 52 confirmed cases being 6 of those locally transmitted. Healthcare professionals are now more important than ever. Given the intrinsic nature of the hands-on treatment of the Chiropractic profession, it is extremely important to understand what strategies chiropractors have put in place to address patient care, safety, and self report COVID contamination of those professionals.
Interventions
OTHERElectronic survey
Brazilian chiropractors will be invited by email and social media to answer an electronic survey.
Sponsors
Trate - Tratamentos Especializados
Study design
Observational model
OTHER
Time perspective
CROSS_SECTIONAL
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Chiropractors graduated from national or international accredited colleges.
Exclusion criteria
* Chiropractors who did not treated patients in 2020.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| What measures have been implemented to avoid SARS-COV2 transmission when taking care of patients, during the COVID-19 pandemic. | 2 weeks | Subjects will answer a online survey addressing what measures they have implemented to prevent SARS-COV2 contamination among staff and patients, when taking care of patients. These questions address the use of individual protection devices, sanitizing methods, social distancing, patient orientation, and consultation time. These will be analyzed in conjunct, using descriptive statistics. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Professionals SARS-COV2 infection rates. | 2 weeks | Self declared SARS-COV2 infection rates. |
| Professional financial impact. | 2 weeks | To assess the potential professional financial impact caused by the pandemic, the subjects will answer a question in the survey addressing if they have had a financial loss during the pandemic. This question will have the following answer options: no financial loss, less than 25% financial loss, between 25-50%, between 50-75%, more than 75% of financial loss due the pandemic. |
Contacts
Primary ContactMARCELO B BOTELHO, DC, MD, MSc
Outcome results
None listed