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Impact of Pandemic COVID-19 on Surgical Specialities Residents in Italy

Completed
Conditions
COVID
Registration Number
NCT04338945
Lead Sponsor
Piazza della Vittoria 14 Studio Medico - Ginecologia e Ostetricia
Brief Summary

The Coronavirus Emergency has severely affected Italian Healthcare National System. This event made it necessary to adopt extraordinary containment measures and to allocate extraordinary resources in Italian hospitals. In many centers routinely elective surgical activity has been decreased or even completely abolished. We believe that this exceptional condition is being consequently having a significant impact on surgical training programs.

Detailed Description

Purpose of this investigation, organized by the Italian Polispecialistic Society of Young Surgeons (S.P.I.G.C.), is to establish the impact of COVID-19 emergency in the work and training activities of Italian surgical residents.

There will be collected the residents' impressions by completing a survey on this topic. A sub-analysis for each pandemic wave (first, second, third) will be done.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
800
Inclusion Criteria
  • Residents in the following surgical specialities: cardiothoracic surgery, colon and rectal surgery, general surgery, gynecology and obstetrics, gynecologic oncology, neurological surgery, ophthalmic surgery, oral and maxillofacial surgery, orthopaedic surgery, otorhinolaryngology, pediatric surgery, plastic and maxillofacial surgery, urology, and vascular surgery
Exclusion Criteria
  • Undergratuated and postgraduated students
  • Consultants in surgical areas

Study & Design

Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Measure of the impact of first wave of COVID Pandemic on surgical specialist training programs1-3 months after the beginning of COVID emergency in Italy

Analysis of this outcome with regard to the different surgical subspecialities and different Italian medical centers

Measure of the impact of second wave of COVID Pandemic on surgical specialist training programs1 year after the beginning of COVID emergency in Italy

Analysis of this outcome with regard to the different surgical subspecialities and different Italian medical centers

Measure of the impact of third wave of COVID Pandemic on surgical specialist training programs2 years after the beginning of COVID emergency in Italy

Analysis of this outcome with regard to the different surgical subspecialities and different Italian medical centers

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Measure of impact of second wave of COVID Pandemic on wellness of residents1 year after the beginning of COVID emergency in Italy

Analysis of this outcome with regard to the different surgical subspecialities and different Italian medical centers

Measure of impact of third wave of COVID Pandemic on wellness of residents2 years after the beginning of COVID emergency in Italy

Analysis of this outcome with regard to the different surgical subspecialities and different Italian medical centers

Measure of impact of first wave of COVID Pandemic on wellness of residents1-3 months after the beginning of COVID emergency in Italy

Analysis of this outcome with regard to the different surgical subspecialities and different Italian medical centers

Trial Locations

Locations (7)

U.O.C. Chirurgia Generale Universitaria "V. Bonomo"

🇮🇹

Bari, Italy

Ospedale Perrino Asl Brindisi

🇮🇹

Brindisi, Italy

Dipartimento di scienze mediche e chirurgiche, Università di Catanzaro

🇮🇹

Catanzaro, Italy

Ospedale Policlinico San Martino

🇮🇹

Genova, Italy

Azienda Ospedaliera San Camillo-Forlanini

🇮🇹

Roma, Italy

IRCCS Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli

🇮🇹

Roma, Italy

Ospedale Cristo re

🇮🇹

Roma, Italy

U.O.C. Chirurgia Generale Universitaria "V. Bonomo"
🇮🇹Bari, Italy
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