Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the routine of Brazilian oral radiologists.

Autor: Sampaio-Oliveira M; Division of Oral Radiology, Department of Oral Diagnosis, Piracicaba Dental School, University of Campinas, Piracicaba, SP, Brazil., de Lima MPM; Division of Oral Radiology, Department of Oral Diagnosis, Piracicaba Dental School, University of Campinas, Piracicaba, SP, Brazil., Doriguêtto PVT; Master's Program in Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Juiz de Fora, MG, Brazil., Americano JP; Master's Program in Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Juiz de Fora, MG, Brazil., Devito KL; Department of Dental Clinic, School of Dentistry, Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Campus Universitario S/N, Juiz de Fora, MG, CEP: 36036-900, Brazil. karina.devito@ufjf.br.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Oral radiology [Oral Radiol] 2023 Jul; Vol. 39 (3), pp. 570-575. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Feb 13.
DOI: 10.1007/s11282-023-00673-y
Abstrakt: Objective: To analyze the challenges and impacts of COVID-19 on the routine of Brazilian oral radiologists regarding changes in biosafety protocols, number of patients and staff, the flow of acquisition, and availability of images.
Methods: Structured digital questionnaires with questions related to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on Oral Radiology were applied and analyzed. Descriptive statistical analysis was used to describe the items included in the survey, and means and standard deviations were calculated to describe continuous variables and frequency percentages to describe categorical data.
Results: A high number of Brazilian oral radiologists continued to work in the pandemic period, with little or no change in their working hours. Digital flow and teleradiology are in most of their workplaces and the changes imposed by the pandemic will be incorporated and permanent, according to most of the participants in this study.
Conclusions: The COVID-19 pandemic brought important impacts on radiology clinics, with changes in the flow of patients, in the service and in the type of exam performed. In addition, adaptation to biosafety standards became necessary, with a significant increase in spending on personal protective equipment.
(© 2023. The Author(s) under exclusive licence to Japanese Society for Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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