The Global Impact of COVID-19 on Craniomaxillofacial Surgeons.

ABSTRACT:

Study design

The COrona VIrus Disease-19 (COVID-19) pandemic has disrupted craniomaxillofacial (CMF) surgeons practice worldwide. We implemented a cross-sectional study and enrolled a sample of CMF surgeons who completed a survey.

Objective

To measure the impact that COVID-19 has had on CMF surgeons by (1) identifying variations that may exist by geographic region and specialty and (2) measuring access to adequate personal protective equipment (PPE) and identify factors associated with limited access to adequate PPE.

Methods

Primary outcome variable was availability of adequate PPE for health-care workers (HCWs) in the front line and surgeons. Descriptive and analytic statistics were computed. Level of statistical significance was set at P < .05. Binary logisti

SUBMITTER: van der Tas J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7797976 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature