Comparison of Attendance of Patients Pre-lockdown and during Lockdown in Gynaecology and Antenatal Outpatient Department in a Tertiary Care Hospital of Nadia, West Bengal, India
| Autor: | Ranita Roy Chowdhury, Suvobrata Sarkar, Gairik Bera, Manaswita Samanta, Jayeeta Mukherji |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) Clinical Biochemistry Abortion 01 natural sciences 03 medical and health sciences coronavirus disease 2019 0302 clinical medicine antenatal care Medicine Outpatient clinic 030212 general & internal medicine 0101 mathematics Old patients Gynecology Pregnancy business.industry pandemic 010102 general mathematics Attendance General Medicine Tertiary care hospital medicine.disease out patient department attendance West bengal business |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, Vol 15, Iss 2, Pp QC05-QC08 (2021) |
| Popis: | Introduction: The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has brought about a paramount change in the life. This has lead to a reduction in the number of routine patients visiting the Outpatient Department (OPD) of various hospitals and this department was no exception. Aim: To compare the attendance of patient in Antenatal Care (ANC) and Gynaecology Out Patient Department (GOPD) between pre-lockdown and lockdown period due to COVID-19 pandemic. Materials and Methods: The study was conducted among patients attending the OPD in ANC and Gynaecology for 70 days lockdown from 23rd March to 31st May and 70 days immediate pre-lockdown period from 12th January to 22nd March 2020. Daily attendance was noted and types of patient attending in different sub clinics in Gynaecology OPD compared. Enrolment of new ANC patient and old booked cases was compared during both periods. Descriptive statistics were used and displayed as percentages. Results: There was a significant reduction in number of patients attending OPD in lockdown period. There was a total of 6088 (87.3%) reduction in number of patients in Gynaecology OPD and 2235 (69.6%) reduction of patients in ANC OPD which was found to be significant with p-value |
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