Documenting the Recovery of Vascular Services in European Centres Following the Initial COVID-19 Pandemic Peak: Results from a Multicentre Collaborative Study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To document the recovery of vascular services in Europe following the first COVID-19 pandemic peak.

Methods

An online structured vascular service survey with repeated data entry between 23 March and 9 August 2020 was carried out. Unit level data were collected using repeated questionnaires addressing modifications to vascular services during the first peak (March - May 2020, "period 1"), and then again between May and June ("period 2") and June and July 2020 ("period 3"). The duration of each period was similar. From 2 June, as reductions in cases began to be reported, centres were first asked if they were in a region still affected by rising cases, or if they had passed the peak of the first wave. These centres were asked additional questions about adaptations mad

SUBMITTER: VERN COVER study collaborative 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9581639 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature