Has COVID-19 changed the workload for primary care physicians? The case of Spain.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a massive over-exertion of doctors, multiplying their work intensity, overload and stress. Yet no studies have been conducted on the changes in primary care physician overload during the pandemic.

Objective

To address this research gap, the aim of this article is to document the subjective dimensions of physicians' work during the peak of the pandemic for comparison with a pre-COVID-19 situation. In addition, the relationship between workload and the individual characteristics of the physician or the percentage of tele-assistance is examined.

Methods

This study performs a subjective measurement procedure for the analysis of work overload through the NASA-TLX questionnaire, with a total of 102 records from 16 doctors from a P

SUBMITTER: Fernandez-Aguilar C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8499994 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature