Pandemic impact and adaptation to telehealth in chronic pain treatment providers across two COVID-19 pandemic years.
Pandemic impact and adaptation to telehealth in chronic pain treatment providers across two COVID-19 pandemic years.
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COVID-19 大流行的两个年份中慢性疼痛治疗提供者对远程医疗的影响和适应。
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10.1111/papr.13309
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2024
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Palomares,AngelaC
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Vowles,KevinE;Knaggs,RogerD;Palomares,AngelaC
目的COVID-19大流行对使用疼痛服务的人和提供疼痛服务的医疗保健专业人员都产生了重大影响。虽然对服务使用者的影响已经研究过，但对服务提供者的影响知之甚少。这项研究的目的是评估供应商和远程医疗在treatment.Design & MethodsAn电子调查的不断发展的作用大流行的影响分发给欧洲疼痛联合会（EFIC）的专业会员。该调查分别评估了两个疫情年度（2020年3月至2021年2月及2021年3月至2022年2月）对COVID-19疫情的影响及调整，并评估了对COVID-19的担忧、疼痛服务的中断及调整，以及远程医疗服务的使用情况。之间的变化的第一和第二大流行年和远程医疗服务的程度进行了evaluated.ResultsFrom 149个受访者，131（88%）的参与者提供了足够的数据被列入分析。两家供应商均担心疫情，服务中断情况自疫情第一年至第二年显著减少。在疫情爆发前，只有30%的医疗服务提供者提供远程医疗预约，但在疫情爆发的第一年和第二年，这一比例分别上升至64%和83%。结论尽管在COVID-19疫情爆发的第二年，医疗服务提供者的担忧和疼痛服务中断有所减少，但预约的等待时间继续延长。这一流行病加快了在疼痛服务中采用远程医疗，继续提供远程保健服务的计划似乎很普遍。
ObjectivesThe COVID‐19 pandemic has had substantial impacts for both people using pain services and healthcare professionals delivering them. While the effects on service users have been studied, less is known about the effects for service providers. This study aimed to assess the impact of the pandemic on providers and the evolving role of telemedicine in treatment.Design & MethodsAn electronic survey was distributed to the professional membership of the European Pain Federation (EFIC). The survey evaluated impact and adjustment to the COVID‐19 pandemic separately across two pandemic years (March 2020–February 2021 and March 2021 to February 2022) and assessed worry about COVID‐19, disruption and adjustment of pain services, and use of telehealth services. The change between the first and second pandemic years and the degree to which telehealth services were adopted was evaluated.ResultsFrom 149 respondents, 131 (88%) participants provided sufficient data to be included in the analysis. Both providers worry about the pandemic and service disruption decreased significantly from the first to the second year of the pandemic. Prior to the pandemic, only 30% of providers offered telehealth appointments but this increased to 64% and 83%, respectively, in the first and second years of the pandemic.ConclusionsAlthough provider worry and disruption to delivery of pain services decreased during the second year of COVID‐19 pandemic, waiting times for appointments continued to lengthen. The pandemic has hastened the adoption of telemedicine in pain services and plans to continue telehealth services seem common.