Effect of COVID-19 Pandemic on the Cardiac Outpatients’ Perception of Seeking Medical Advice
| Autor: | Abdulrahman Almoghairi, Mohammad Mosaad, Bandar AlShehri, Mohammad Alahmari, Jamal M Nour Ahmed, Hussein Al Amri, Turki Al Garni, Sondos Samargandy, Shaza Samargandy |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Telemedicine
media_common.quotation_subject 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology Stress 03 medical and health sciences Presentation 0302 clinical medicine Medical advice Phone Perception Pandemic medicine Outpatient clinic 030212 general & internal medicine media_common Hotline business.industry COVID-19 Fear of infection Cardiovascular disease medicine.disease Original Article Medical emergency Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine business |
| Zdroj: | Journal of the Saudi Heart Association |
| ISSN: | 2212-5043 |
| Popis: | Objectives During this unprecedented time of COVID-19 pandemic, it was noticed a decline in cardiovascular cases presentation to the Emergency rooms in many countries, raising many speculations about the reasons and its ramifications. 1 - Identify the reasons during this pandemic that refrain patients from seeking medical care and its impact on stress level and medication adherence. 2 - Emphasize the new role of virtual medicine. Methods A quantitative descriptive cross-section survey study of 388 patients. It has been done in the cardiac outpatient department and conducted virtually through telemedicine. Results Despite this pandemic and its consensuses, the majority of cardiac outpatients will still seek medical advice in case of experiencing symptoms. Nevertheless, the fear of contracting COVID-19 infection, which can alter patient's decisions from visiting the emergency room and the increase in stress level during these challenging times, is genuine and no more an element of guessing. Conclusion The majority of cardiac outpatients will wisely seek medical advice in case of serious cardiac symptoms and are adherent to their medications during this pandemic. Nevertheless, they face many concerns which need to implement a preventive and helping measures to fight the consensuses of COVID-19 such as, patient educations, establishing a hotline to all patients, telemedicine, new phone applications, and delivering medications to patients are essential in such circumstances to ensure continuity of care. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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