Healthcare professional experiences of making surgical oncology decisions and delivering COVID-19 safe care: a qualitative study.
COVID-19
decision-making
qualitative
surgical oncology
Journal
Acta chirurgica Belgica
ISSN: 0001-5458
Titre abrégé: Acta Chir Belg
Pays: England
ID NLM: 0370571
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Dec 2023
Dec 2023
Historique:
medline:
15
11
2023
pubmed:
13
9
2022
entrez:
12
9
2022
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
The COVID-19 pandemic was declared a public health emergency in March 2020. The British National Health Service (NHS) redirected medical attention towards prioritising COVID-19-positive patients in favour of less urgent care affecting cancer service provision. This study aims to explore experiences of healthcare professionals (HCPs) and investigate the impact of COVID-19 on decision-making in surgical oncology. HCPs with experience in surgical oncology were recruited from January 2021 to June 2021. Qualitative semi-structured telephone interviews were conducted and transcribed verbatim. Interviews were conducted until data saturation. Thematic analysis was used to identify frequently discussed themes. A total of 13 participants were interviewed, identifying three main pandemic-related challenges: multi-disciplinary team (MDT) processes - telephone pre-operative assessments impoverished information elicited from in-person examination; service delivery - personal protective equipment (PPE) added complexity to surgical practice and more difficult communication; work routines - increased workload to deliver COVID-safe remote practices and decreased training time. COVID-19 influenced cancer service provision with teams making significant changes to ensure that effective clinical reasoning and surgical standards were maintained. Managing safe COVID-19 surgical care impacted daily-life and work stressors. Post crisis, service delivery is looking to integrate telemedicine within care whilst reducing its impact on workload and in-practice training.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
UNASSIGNED
The COVID-19 pandemic was declared a public health emergency in March 2020. The British National Health Service (NHS) redirected medical attention towards prioritising COVID-19-positive patients in favour of less urgent care affecting cancer service provision. This study aims to explore experiences of healthcare professionals (HCPs) and investigate the impact of COVID-19 on decision-making in surgical oncology.
METHODS
UNASSIGNED
HCPs with experience in surgical oncology were recruited from January 2021 to June 2021. Qualitative semi-structured telephone interviews were conducted and transcribed verbatim. Interviews were conducted until data saturation. Thematic analysis was used to identify frequently discussed themes.
RESULTS
UNASSIGNED
A total of 13 participants were interviewed, identifying three main pandemic-related challenges: multi-disciplinary team (MDT) processes - telephone pre-operative assessments impoverished information elicited from in-person examination; service delivery - personal protective equipment (PPE) added complexity to surgical practice and more difficult communication; work routines - increased workload to deliver COVID-safe remote practices and decreased training time.
CONCLUSIONS
UNASSIGNED
COVID-19 influenced cancer service provision with teams making significant changes to ensure that effective clinical reasoning and surgical standards were maintained. Managing safe COVID-19 surgical care impacted daily-life and work stressors. Post crisis, service delivery is looking to integrate telemedicine within care whilst reducing its impact on workload and in-practice training.
Identifiants
pubmed: 36089887
doi: 10.1080/00015458.2022.2122313
pii: 10.1080/00015458.2022.2122313
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Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
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