Journal
INJURY-INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF THE CARE OF THE INJURED
Volume 52, Issue 4, Pages 673-678Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2021.03.022
Keywords
Covid-19; Covid-19 pandemic; Public reporting of healthcare data; Financial activities; Psychosocial factors; Professional impairment
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The study aims to assess the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the quality of life of orthopedic trauma surgeons in Latin America. Results showed that local regulations played a decisive role in increasing the risk of COVID-19 infection. The pandemic had negative effects on the professional, financial, and psychosocial well-being of the surgeons, potentially leading to burnout symptoms.
Objective: To assess the quality of life of Latin American orthopedic trauma surgeons during the beginning of COVID-19 pandemic in Latin America. Methods: A total of 400 orthopedic trauma surgeons from 14 Latin American countries were invited to complete an electronic survey aiming to understand the general situation of COVID-19 in each country and how COVID-19 had impacted life's participant financially and psychosocially. The relationship between the occurrence of the disease and the existence of legal regulations on the medical activity in the respondent's country, protocols for tracking the disease among patients hospitalized in an emergency basis due to skeletal trauma, and personal protective equipment to deal with patients diagnosed with COVID-19 who need orthopedic trauma surgery was investigated, as well as the financial and psychosocial impact caused by the disease. Data was statistically analyzed with significance p < 0.05. Results: 220 respondents completed the survey. 21 respondents were diagnosed with COVID-19. Local regulation was decisive in terms of increasing the risk for COVID-19 disease (p = 0.001). 91.8% of the respondents reported being concerned about their financial health and 57.7% described a state of feeling emotionally overextended. 75.0% believe that pandemic can change their professional activity. Conclusion: The rapid spread of the COVID-19 pandemic in Latin America has negatively impacted the professional, financial, and psychosocial health of orthopedic trauma surgeons. It seems reasonable to state that the combination of psychosocial distress and deprivation together with financial uncertainty and decreased revenue can be straightly related to development of burnout symptoms among doctors. (C) 2021 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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