Investigation of the effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the operation decision of the patients

Authors : Cem Ece, Şeyda Canli, Ece Başak Ünal, Orhan Çakir

Pages : 1-8

Doi:10.30621/jbachs.972963

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Publication Date : 2022-01-27

Article Type : Research

Abstract :Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic has had significant impacts on healthcare organizations and patients. In our study, the effect of the pandemic period and the application of PCR test results on the decision to perform the operation were investigated. Material Method 300 patients who applied to the Anesthesia outpatient clinic of … Hospital were included in our study. In the collection of data, the Individual Introduction Form with 17 questions prepared by the research team in line with the literature was used. Statistical analyzes were performed using IBM® SPSS® 22 (SPSS Inc., Chicago, IL, USA) software. The conformity of the variables to the normal distribution was examined using analytical methods (Kolmogorov-Smirnov/Shapiro-Wilk tests). Results In our study, 50 patients (16.7%) reported that the pandemic caused a change in the decision to undergo surgery. This rate was found to be 12.1% (n=20) in patients who will undergo elective surgery and 22.2% (n=30) in patients who will undergo emergency or oncological surgery. In our study, it was determined that the effect of the pandemic on the operation decision was not affected by gender, age and educational status. The effect of the pandemic on the operation decision was found to be statistically significantly higher in patient groups who had Covid-19 infection in themselves or in their immediate surroundings during the pandemic period. Likewise, all of the people who lost their lives due to Covid-19 in their immediate vicinity stated that there was a change in the operation decision. It was observed that the pandemic had no effect in the process of giving a new operation in patients who had been operated during the pandemic period. 90.4% (n=122) of those who will undergo emergency or oncological surgery answered "I would not have been operated on if there was an elective operation". It was observed that PCR had an effect on the decision-making process in all patient groups. Result The results of our study showed that the pandemic was closely followed by all patient groups and that demographic data did not affect the operation decision of the patient groups; It has been shown that he or his close friends have been affected by the Covid 19 infection and the losses are effective in the decision-making process. The reliability of health institutions during the pandemic process is also effective in the decision-making process. According to the PCR test results, admission to the operating room was effective in the decision-making process for all patient groups.
Keywords : covid 19 pandemic, PCR, OPERATION DECISION