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Article: COVID‐19: Current and future challenges in spine care and education ‐ a worldwide study

TitleCOVID‐19: Current and future challenges in spine care and education ‐ a worldwide study
Authors
KeywordsCOVID‐19
coronavirus
education
future
guidelines
Issue Date2020
PublisherWiley Open Access. The Journal's web site is located at https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/25721143
Citation
JOR Spine, 2020, Epub 2020-08-28, p. article no. e1122 How to Cite?
AbstractBackground: The COVID‐19 pandemic has impacted spine care around the globe. Much uncertainty remains regarding the immediate and long‐term future of spine care and education in this COVID‐19 era. Study design: Cross‐sectional, international study of spine surgeons. Methods: A multi‐dimensional survey was distributed to spine surgeons around the world. A total of 73 questions were asked regarding demographics, COVID‐19 observations, personal impact, effect on education, adoption of telemedicine, and anticipated challenges moving forward. Multivariate analysis was performed to assess factors related to likelihood of future conference attendance, future online education, and changes in surgical indications. Results: A total of 902 spine surgeons from seven global regions completed the survey. Respondents reported a mean level of overall concern of 3.7 on a scale of one to five. 84.0% reported a decrease in clinical duties, and 67.0% reported a loss in personal income. The 82.5% reported being interested in continuing a high level of online education moving forward. Respondents who personally knew someone who tested positive for COVID‐19 were more likely to be unwilling to attend a medical conference 1 year from now (OR: 0.61, 95% CI: [0.39, 0.95], P = .029). The 20.0% reported they plan to pursue an increased degree of nonoperative measures prior to surgery 1 year from now, and respondents with a spouse at home (OR: 3.55, 95% CI: [1.14, 11.08], P = .029) or who spend a large percentage of their time teaching (OR: 1.45, 95% CI: [1.02, 2.07], P = .040) were more likely to adopt this practice. Conclusions: The COVID‐19 pandemic has had an adverse effect on surgeon teaching, clinical volume, and personal income. In the future, surgeons with family and those personally affected by COVID‐19 may be more willing to alter surgical indications and change education and conference plans. Anticipating these changes may help the spine community appropriately plan for future challenges.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/286749
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2023 Impact Factor: 3.4
2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.892
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dc.contributor.authorNolte, MT-
dc.contributor.authorHarada, GK-
dc.contributor.authorLouie, PK-
dc.contributor.authorMcCarthy, MH-
dc.contributor.authorSayari, AJ-
dc.contributor.authorMallow, GM-
dc.contributor.authorSiyaji, Z-
dc.contributor.authorGermscheid, N-
dc.contributor.authorCheung, JPY-
dc.contributor.authorNeva, MH-
dc.contributor.authorEl-Sharkawi, M-
dc.contributor.authorValacco, M-
dc.contributor.authorSciubba, DM-
dc.contributor.authorChutkan, NB-
dc.contributor.authorAn, HS-
dc.contributor.authorSamartzis, D-
dc.date.accessioned2020-09-04T13:29:47Z-
dc.date.available2020-09-04T13:29:47Z-
dc.date.issued2020-
dc.identifier.citationJOR Spine, 2020, Epub 2020-08-28, p. article no. e1122-
dc.identifier.issn2572-1143-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/286749-
dc.description.abstractBackground: The COVID‐19 pandemic has impacted spine care around the globe. Much uncertainty remains regarding the immediate and long‐term future of spine care and education in this COVID‐19 era. Study design: Cross‐sectional, international study of spine surgeons. Methods: A multi‐dimensional survey was distributed to spine surgeons around the world. A total of 73 questions were asked regarding demographics, COVID‐19 observations, personal impact, effect on education, adoption of telemedicine, and anticipated challenges moving forward. Multivariate analysis was performed to assess factors related to likelihood of future conference attendance, future online education, and changes in surgical indications. Results: A total of 902 spine surgeons from seven global regions completed the survey. Respondents reported a mean level of overall concern of 3.7 on a scale of one to five. 84.0% reported a decrease in clinical duties, and 67.0% reported a loss in personal income. The 82.5% reported being interested in continuing a high level of online education moving forward. Respondents who personally knew someone who tested positive for COVID‐19 were more likely to be unwilling to attend a medical conference 1 year from now (OR: 0.61, 95% CI: [0.39, 0.95], P = .029). The 20.0% reported they plan to pursue an increased degree of nonoperative measures prior to surgery 1 year from now, and respondents with a spouse at home (OR: 3.55, 95% CI: [1.14, 11.08], P = .029) or who spend a large percentage of their time teaching (OR: 1.45, 95% CI: [1.02, 2.07], P = .040) were more likely to adopt this practice. Conclusions: The COVID‐19 pandemic has had an adverse effect on surgeon teaching, clinical volume, and personal income. In the future, surgeons with family and those personally affected by COVID‐19 may be more willing to alter surgical indications and change education and conference plans. Anticipating these changes may help the spine community appropriately plan for future challenges.-
dc.languageeng-
dc.publisherWiley Open Access. The Journal's web site is located at https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/25721143-
dc.relation.ispartofJOR Spine-
dc.rightsThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.-
dc.subjectCOVID‐19-
dc.subjectcoronavirus-
dc.subjecteducation-
dc.subjectfuture-
dc.subjectguidelines-
dc.titleCOVID‐19: Current and future challenges in spine care and education ‐ a worldwide study-
dc.typeArticle-
dc.identifier.emailCheung, JPY: cheungjp@hku.hk-
dc.identifier.authorityCheung, JPY=rp01685-
dc.description.naturepublished_or_final_version-
dc.identifier.doi10.1002/jsp2.1122-
dc.identifier.scopuseid_2-s2.0-85114003895-
dc.identifier.hkuros314112-
dc.identifier.volumeEpub 2020-08-28-
dc.identifier.spagearticle no. e1122-
dc.identifier.epagearticle no. e1122-
dc.identifier.isiWOS:000566065300001-
dc.publisher.placeUnited States-
dc.identifier.issnl2572-1143-

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