Patient Perspective on Safety of Elective Gastrointestinal Endoscopy During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Patients' perception regarding the risks of COVID-19 infection with gastrointestinal (GI) and the preventive measures taken in GI endoscopy units to mitigate infection risk remains unclear. We aimed to assess patients' perception regarding risks of COVID-19 with GI endoscopy and the changes in the endoscopy unit as a result of the ongoing pandemic.

Methods

Outpatients undergoing GI endoscopy at our institution were categorized into those scheduled to undergo GI endoscopy (preprocedure) and those who had recently undergone GI endoscopy during the pandemic (postprocedure). Two separate but similar survey instruments were designed. Patients were asked to respond on a 5-point Likert scale. Responses were stratified as "low," "neutral," and "high" for analysis.

Resu

SUBMITTER: Taneja V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8118706 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature