Abstract

DELLO RUSSO, Bibiana et al. Efecto de la pandemia en las actividades laborales de nuestros asociados desde el inicio (marzo 2020) hasta la etapa posvacunación (julio 2021). Rev. Asoc. Argent. Ortop. Traumatol. [online]. 2022, vol.87, n.3, pp.433-446. ISSN 1852-7434.  http://dx.doi.org/https://doi.org/10.15417/issn.1852-7434.2022.87.3.1451.

Introduction: On March 11, 2020, the WHO declared a global pandemic due to COVID-19 that affected orthopedic practice world-wide. To analyze the influence of COVID-19 on the employment situation of the members of the Argentine Association of Orthopedics and Traumatology (AAOT), we have conducted 3 surveys from the beginning of March 2020 to the post-vaccination stage in July 2021. The objectives were to determine differences between the relative reduction of work (outpatient clinics, surgeries) during the three phases of the pandemic: pre-peak, peak, and vaccination stage and to differentiate between the studied population, protective care, activity, tests, infection, isolation, and vaccination. Materials and Methods: Prospective survey, in three stages, to members in general, authorized by the Board of Directors, from the beginning of compulsory social isolation (R0 2.8), through the peak and post-vaccination stages. Results: We observed a low degree of participation that progressively decreased between phases. In the first survey, 6.99% had been tested; in the second, 25.29%; and after 6 months, 88.2%. The reduction of habitual activities and the incorporation of telemedicine as a new way of doctor-patient exchange was the novelty in the second part of the survey. Conclusion: Protection systems have given an acceptable percentage of reliability with a high vaccination rate among specialists. Despite the risk and fears of contagion, telemedicine has not managed to be an alternative accepted by both professionals and patients.

Keywords : COVID-19; survey; personal protection; telemedicine.

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