The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sleep medicine practices.

ABSTRACT:

Study objectives

The COVID-19 pandemic required sleep centers to consider and implement infection control strategies to mitigate viral transmission to patients and staff. Our aim was to assess measures taken by sleep centers due to the COVID-19 pandemic and plans surrounding reinstatement of sleep services.

Methods

We distributed an anonymous online survey to health care providers in sleep medicine on April 29, 2020. From responders, we identified a subset of unique centers by region and demographic variables.

Results

We obtained 379 individual responses, which represented 297 unique centers. A total of 93.6% of unique centers reported stopping all or nearly all sleep testing of at least one type, without significant differences between adult and pediatric labs, geogr

SUBMITTER: Johnson KG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7849634 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature