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May 1, 2023 · Martin-Escalante MD 9 , Ruiz FR 9 , Onieva-García MÁ 9 , Toso CR 10 , Risk MR 11 , Klén R 12 , Pollán JA 1 , Gómez-Varela D 13. Show less. Author information. Affiliations. 1. Intensive Care Unit, Italian Hospital of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina. (6 authors)
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The COVID-19 pandemic dramatically affected many aspects of everyday life and necessitated rapid changes to healthcare delivery. Health systems around the world started to rely more heavily upon remote consultations for safe healthcare delivery.1 Despite the clear advantage of limiting movement, and, hence, reducing the risks of either contracting ...
All consultants in the cardiology department of Whiston Hospital were invited to participate in this survey, although none were obliged to do so. At the end of outpatient telephone consultations, verbal consent for participation was obtained from patients. The survey was posted along with an information sheet detailing the purpose of the study and ...
Local context
During the study period in Knowsley (the local authority region which contains the hospital and much of its catchment area), the median number of daily COVID-19 cases was eight (interquartile range [IQR] 3–30.25). The trend of local cases closely matched the national picture, with a rise in cases in both January 2021 (peak 374 per day) and January 2022 (peak 1,009 per day).10 At the start of the survey 46.5% of residents in Knowsley had received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccination, comp...
Demographics
During the study period, 157 patients consented to have a survey posted out to them, from which 56 surveys were returned (36% return rate). Of the respondents, 22 (39%) were female. The median age range was 66–75 years (with none younger than 46 or older than 95 years). Seventeen (30%) reported that they had a disability, of which 16 were physical and one was sensory. Of the respondents, 55 (98%) reported their ethnicity as White British and one as Black British.
Consultation satisfaction
Overall satisfaction levels were high with 36 (64%) patients selecting ‘agree’ or ‘strongly agree’ to the question “I am completely satisfied with my consultation with the doctor”, compared with only three (5.4%) selecting ‘disagree’ and none selecting ‘strongly disagree’. An average response was calculated for each of the four domains in the CSQ and the responses are shown in a ridge plot in figure 1. There was a significant difference between the responses to each category by the Friedman r...
This survey found overall high levels of consultation satisfaction. However, a majority of patients would have preferred for the consultation to be conducted face-to-face. With a median age range of 66–75 years, the population studied was older than the current UK median age of 40.0 years,11 although likely broadly representative of those attending...
We found that despite overall high levels of patient satisfaction, a majority of patients in cardiology outpatients would have preferred a face-to-face appointment. There was, however, heterogeneity and a portion of patients expressed a strong preference for telephone consultations. No trends were evident that might predict patient preference. Pati...
Just over half the respondents were completely satisfied with remote consultationsA flexible and hybrid approach is the way forward1. Hawrysz L, Gierszewska G, Bitkowska A. The research on patient satisfaction with remote healthcare prior to and during the covid-19 pandemic. Int J Environ Res Public Health 2021;18:5338. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18105338 2. McKinstry B, Hammersley V, Burton C et al. The quality, safety and content of telephone and face-to-face consultation...
May 23, 2023 · Abstract. The aim of this study was to analyze whether the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine reduces mortality in patients with moderate or severe COVID-19 disease requiring oxygen therapy.
Aug 24, 2023 · There is an urgent need for easily implementable and clinically effective Early Warning Scores (EWSs) that can predict the risk of complications within the next 24–48 hr. Although EWSs have been used in the evaluation of COVID-19 patients, there are several clinical limitations to their use.
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Aug 24, 2023 · There is an urgent need for easily implementable and clinically effective Early Warning Scores (EWSs) that can predict the risk of complications within the next 24–48 hr. Although EWSs have been used in the evaluation of COVID-19 patients, there are several clinical limitations to their use.
Nov 3, 2020 · Olalla J, Correa AM, Martin-Escalante MD, et al. Search for asymptomatic carriers of SARS-CoV-2 in healthcare workers during the pandemic: a Spanish experience. medRxiv . 2020. pmid:32777050
