Female and Younger Orthopaedic Sport Medicine Patients Are More Negatively Affected by COVID-19-Related Health Care Closures.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To determine whether sex or age influence whether coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) health care closures affect the health, recovery, and access to resources of preoperative and postoperative orthopaedic sports medicine patients.

Methods

Electronic questionnaires assessing physical and emotional health, the value of virtual care, and access to resources were distributed to patients with postponed (PP) orthopaedic restorative surgeries and those within 3 months' postoperative (PO), at the time of the COVID-19 health care closures. The EQ-5D-3L was included as a standardized measure of general health. Chi-square tests compared responses between sexes and age groups. Unpaired t-tests compared the EQ visual analog scale (VAS) by sex, and a one-way analysis of va

SUBMITTER: Kopka M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8264518 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature