Open AccessAssessing Barriers Faced by Surgeons While Providing Surgical Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Pakistan: An Online Cross-Sectional Study
Author(s) -
Abdul Majeed,
Iltaf Hussain,
Imran Imran,
Muhammad Saleem,
Hamid Saeed,
Muhammad Abrar,
Muhammad Sougatul Islam,
Furqan Khurshid Hashmi,
Muqarrab Akbar,
Basit Ramzan,
Muhammad Omer Chaudhry,
Waseem Ashraf,
Muhammad Fawad Rasool
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of multidisciplinary healthcare
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.65
H-Index - 30
ISSN - 1178-2390
DOI - 10.2147/jmdh.s300008
Subject(s) - pandemic , medicine , cross sectional study , health care , covid-19 , descriptive statistics , computer assisted web interviewing , public health , logistic regression , family medicine , population , medical emergency , nursing , environmental health , disease , pathology , statistics , business , mathematics , marketing , infectious disease (medical specialty) , economics , economic growth
The COVID-19 pandemic is not only affecting public health, but it is also impairing the specialized surgical care services in the hospitals. The present study aimed to assess the barriers faced by the surgeons while performing surgical procedures during the COVID-19 pandemic.