Open AccessPatient Perceptions of Cardiac Electrophysiology Procedural Postponement at an Urban Center During the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic
Author(s) -
Anne-Sophie Lacharite-Roberge,
Abdullah Haddad,
Benjamin Khazan,
Joseph Noto,
Lauren Tragesser,
Rebecca Garber,
Chethan Gangireddy,
Edmond M. Cronin,
Anuj Basil,
George Yesenosky,
Richard M. Greenberg,
Anjali Vaidya,
Meredith A. BriscoBacik,
Joshua M. Cooper,
Isaac R. Whitman
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of patient experience
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2374-3743
pISSN - 2374-3735
DOI - 10.1177/23743735211048054
Subject(s) - postponement , pandemic , medicine , covid-19 , anxiety , perception , medical emergency , psychology , psychiatry , operations management , disease , neuroscience , infectious disease (medical specialty) , economics
To curb transmission of SARS-CoV-2 and preserve hospital resources, elective procedures were postponed in the United States, affecting patients previously scheduled for electrophysiology (EP) procedures. We aimed to understand patients’ perceptions related to procedural postponements during the first wave of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. We performed a telephone survey between May 1-15 2020, of consecutive patients who experienced procedural postponement from March-April. Of 112 patients, 20% may have been lost to follow up and 12% lost interest in having their procedures done. The level of anxiety related to postponement was moderate to high in more than two thirds of patients.