Impact of COVID-19 on the Work, Health, and Quality of Life of Brazilian Hand Surgeons.

ABSTRACT:

Background

To evaluate the impact of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) on the clinical practice, health, and quality of life of Brazilian hand surgeons when only essential services and emergency procedures were being provided.

Method

A questionnaire of 50 questions was sent to members of the Brazilian Society of Hand Surgery addressing work and life routines before the pandemic and during the initial quarantine period from April to August 2020.

Results

Two hundred ten hand surgeons answered the questionnaire; 55.2% lived in the southeast region and worked in the capital and metropolitan regions, in both the private and public systems. Thirty-eight percent of the sample had other sources of income besides medicine, and due to a drop of 50% or more in the volume of co

SUBMITTER: Cagnolati AF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10798199 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature