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. 2023 Sep;37(5):803.e1-803.e9.
doi: 10.1016/j.jvoice.2021.04.017. Epub 2021 Jun 23.

Adjustment of Health-Care Service Delivery Among Phoniatricians and ENT Specialists During the COVID-19 Pandemic, A UEP Survey

Mariam S Shadi  1 , John S Rubin  2 , Ahmed Geneid  3 , Elham Magdy  4 , Reham Abdelwakil Ibrahim  5
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Adjustment of Health-Care Service Delivery Among Phoniatricians and ENT Specialists During the COVID-19 Pandemic, A UEP Survey

Mariam S Shadi et al. J Voice. 2023 Sep.

Abstract

Background: Applying measures that prioritize staff safety, while protecting patient safety and care, represents a challenge during the current pandemic. Many documents of recommendations toward safe practice have been developed for this purpose.

Objective: To assess adjustments that have been undertaken by phoniatricians and otolaryngologists in the delivery of health-care services during the pandemic in order to reduce staff exposure to COVID-19 and improve safety.

Study design: Cross-sectional.

Methods: An online self-administered survey was used during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in June 2020 to collect data related to demographics of participants, their sources of information, administrative alterations, and changes they adopted when meeting patients for a consultation/procedure/surgery.

Results: The eligible 154 responses were grouped into 4 groups based on country of residence. Alterations to service delivery amongst the different groups were compared.

Conclusions: The majority of participants were following the suggested recommendations to service delivery adjustments, with some inconsistencies in practice across countries.

Keywords: COVID-19; Otolaryngologists; Phoniatricians; Service delivery.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of Interest The authors neither received specific funding to this work nor they have any conflicts of interest to disclose.

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Sources of COVID-19 information among the different groups of participants.
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