Management of Rheumatic Diseases During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A National Veterans Affairs Survey of Rheumatologists.
Management of Rheumatic Diseases During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A National Veterans Affairs Survey of Rheumatologists.
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DOI:
10.1002/acr.24487
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发表时间:
2021-07
影响因子:
4.7
通讯作者:
Ng B
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作者:
Singh JA;Richards JS;Chang E;Joseph A;Ng B
To assess the experience, views and opinions of rheumatology providers at Veterans Affairs (VA) facilities about rheumatic disease healthcare issues during the COVID-19 pandemic. We performed an anonymized cross-sectional survey, conducted from April 16 to May 18, 2020, of VA rheumatology providers. We assessed provider perspective on COVID-19 issues and resilience. Of the 153 eligible VA rheumatologists, 103 (67%) completed the survey. A significant proportion of providers reported ≥50% increase related to COVID-19 in visits by: (1) telephone, 53%; (2) video-based VA video connect (VVC), 44%; and (3) clinical video telehealth (CVT) with a facilitator, 29%. A majority of the responders were somewhat or very comfortable with technology for providing healthcare to established patients during COVID-19 pandemic using: (1) telephone, 87%; (2) VA video connect (VVC), 64%; and (3) in-person visits, 54%. A smaller proportion were comfortable with technology providing healthcare to new patients. At least 65% of rheumatologists considered telephone visits appropriate for established patients with gout, osteoporosis, polymyalgia rheumatica, stable rheumatoid arthritis, stable spondyloarthritis, or osteoarthritis; 32% reported a rheumatology medication shortage. Adjusted for age, sex and ethnicity, high provider resilience was associated with significantly higher odds ratio (OR) of comfort with technology for telephone (OR, 3.1 (95% CI, 1.1-9.7)) and VVC visits for new patients (OR, 4.7 (95% CI, 1.4-15.7)). A better understanding of COVID-19 rheumatic disease healthcare issues using a health-system approach can better inform providers, improve provider satisfaction and have positive effects on the care of Veterans with rheumatic disease.
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