COVID-19, Health Behavior
Conditions
Keywords
COVID-19, Survey, Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) protocol, perioperative management
Brief summary
The coronavirus 2019 pandemic (COVID-19) strongly affected clinical care worldwide. Due to a shortage of hospitals and beds in intensive care units (ICU), in Italy during outbreaks, surgical resources were temporarily and partially shifted to COVID-19 patients. In addition, the risk of cross-infection could have determined a shit in surgical perioperative care. To counterbalance these limitations, many centers routinely changed their clinical practice, which could be maintained by surgeons across Italy. The aim of the present study is to evaluate how the COVID-19 pandemic determined a change in daily clinical practice among all specialties.
Detailed description
The purpose of this investigation, organized by the Italian Young Surgeon Society (S.P.I.G.C.), is to establish the impact of the coronavirus 2019 pandemic (COVID-19) on clinical care in Italy. There will be collected from any Italian surgeon (resident, Fellow, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) candidate, attending surgeon, professor) impressions by completing a survey on this topic. The analysis is divided into three study periods. For each question, participants must answer for each period. Time frames were divided according to three distinct phases of the pandemic: pre-COVID-19 period, COVID-19 pandemic period, COVID-19 Endemic period. The pre-COVID-19 period was defined between eighth March 2019 and seventh March 2020, whereas the COVID-19 pandemic period was identified between the declaration of Italian lockdown measures (eighth March 2020) until the release of this questionnaire (sixteenth March 2022) with the periodic pandemic outbreaks. Finally, COVID-19 endemic period was described as a future phase where lockdown measures and social distancing will be removed.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALCOVID-surg-SPIGC questionnaire
The questionnaire aimed to evaluate how the COVID-19 pandemic determined a shift in daily practice through a multidimensional assessment of surgical clinical care in three different time frames.
Sponsors
SPIGC
University of Rome Tor Vergata
Study design
Observational model
OTHER
Time perspective
PROSPECTIVE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Resident, Fellow, PhD candidate, consultant or attending surgeon in Italy in the following surgical specialties: cardiothoracic surgery, colon and rectal surgery, general surgery, gynecology and obstetrics, gynecologic oncology, neurological surgery, ophthalmic surgery, oral and maxillofacial surgery, orthopedic surgery, otorhinolaryngology, pediatric surgery, plastic and maxillofacial surgery, urology, and vascular surgery
Exclusion criteria
* undergraduate students * Non-Surgical consultant
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| The measure of the Italian surgical daily practice before coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) | 12 months before the beginning of COVID-19 emergency in Italy (between eighth March 2019 and seventh March 2020) | Analysis of this outcome will be held through COVID-surg-SPIGC questionnaire. Variables will be collected as absolute numbers (e.g., number of procedures in a month) or percentages (e.g., percentage of elective surgery compared to total procedures). A sub-analysis will be held regarding the different surgical subspecialties, Italian medical centers, and academic grades. |
| The measure of the Italian surgical daily practice during coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) | COVID-19 pandemic (between eighth March 2020 and sixteenth March 2022) | Analysis of this outcome will be held through COVID-surg-SPIGC questionnaire. Variables will be collected as absolute numbers (e.g., number of procedures in a month) or percentages (e.g., percentage of elective surgery compared to total procedures). A sub-analysis will be held regarding the different surgical subspecialties, Italian medical centers, and academic grades. |
Other
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Expectation of the Italian surgical daily practice after coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) | 12 months after the release of COVID-surg-SPIGC questionnaire. | Analysis of this outcome will be held through COVID-surg-SPIGC questionnaire. Variables will be collected as absolute numbers (e.g., number of procedures in a month) or percentages (e.g., percentage of elective surgery compared to total procedures). A sub-analysis will be held regarding the different surgical subspecialties, Italian medical centers, and academic grades. |
Countries
Italy
Outcome results
None listed