An observational study in Proctologic Practice During COVID-19, sponsored by Societa Italiana di Chirurgia ColoRettale. Completed at 1 site in Italy. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2020-05-18.
Sponsored by Societa Italiana di Chirurgia ColoRettale · Observational
Cross-sectional non-incentivized worldwide web survey.
A worldwide survey of 1050 respondents showed that proctologic practice has been seriously affected by the pandemic. Age, gender and level of hospital preparedness predicted the change of status of surgical and outpatient activities.
The results of our study may inform the development of strategies to reopen activities while protecting frontline healthcare workers.
A 27-item survey (namely, 'ProctoLock 2020') was designed and developed by the authors using an online platform ('Online surveys' [formerly BOS - Bristol Online Survey], developed by the University of Bristol) in accordance with the American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR) guidelines and the Checklist for Reporting Results of Internet E-Surveys [CHERRIES]
7,640 studies on the registry are indexed under COVID-19; 488 are open to participants now.
This study's enrollment of 1,050 is above the median of 261 across 3,136 observational studies indexed under COVID-19.
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Experts in the field who joined a previous qualitative study[15] (N=492) were invited to complete a web survey (participants could be identified only via their valid email address; no other identifying information was collected). The survey link was sent to scientific societies of interest to coloproctologists (i.e. Italian Society of Colorectal Surgery, Russian Association of Coloproctologists, Mediterranean Society of Coloproctology) and disseminated to their members. All collaborators (ProctoLock 2020 Working Group) committed to further recruitment of participants by direct invitation. Participation was entirely voluntary with no compensation offered. Informed consent was obtained from all those agreeing to complete a survey. This study was exempt from review board approval at authors' institutions.
Inclusion Criteria:
Members of renowned scientific societies with an interest in coloproctology
Predictive power of respondents' and hospitals' demographics on the change of status of proctologic surgical and outpatient activities
Time frame: April 15th to 26th 2020
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