The experiences of early career geriatricians throughout Europe during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Anxiety
COVID-19
Early career geriatricians
Survey
Training
Journal
European geriatric medicine
ISSN: 1878-7649
Titre abrégé: Eur Geriatr Med
Pays: Switzerland
ID NLM: 101533694
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
06 2022
06 2022
Historique:
received:
09
10
2021
accepted:
14
12
2021
pubmed:
30
1
2022
medline:
3
6
2022
entrez:
29
1
2022
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
The COVID-19 pandemic has severely affected older adults and brought about unprecedented challenges to geriatricians. We aimed to evaluate the experiences of early career geriatricians (residents or consultants with up to 10 years of experience) throughout Europe using an online survey. We obtained 721 responses. Most of the respondents were females (77.8%) and residents in geriatric medicine (54.6%). The majority (91.4%) were directly involved in the care of patients with COVID-19. The respondents reported moderate levels of anxiety and feelings of being overloaded with work. The anxiety levels were higher in women than in men. Most of the respondents experienced a feeling of a strong restriction on their private lives and a change in their work routine. The residents also reported a moderate disruption in their training and research activities. In conclusion, early career geriatricians experienced a major impact of COVID-19 on their professional and private lives.
Identifiants
pubmed: 35091891
doi: 10.1007/s41999-021-00605-1
pii: 10.1007/s41999-021-00605-1
pmc: PMC8799436
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
719-724Informations de copyright
© 2021. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to European Geriatric Medicine Society.
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