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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Rev Bras Ortop (Sao Paulo) 2023; 58(03): 514-522
DOI: 10.1055/s-0043-1770151
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Perception of Patients on the Waiting List for Total Hip Arthroplasty on the Resumption of Elective Surgeries during the COVID-19 Pandemic

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Vitor Bernardes Pedrozo 
1   Grupo de Cirurgia do Quadril, Serviço de Ortopedia e Traumatologia do Hospital Universitário Cajuru, Escola de Medicina, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná, Curitiba, PR, Brasil
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Guilherme Zeni Schuroff 
1   Grupo de Cirurgia do Quadril, Serviço de Ortopedia e Traumatologia do Hospital Universitário Cajuru, Escola de Medicina, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná, Curitiba, PR, Brasil
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Francisco José Zaniolo 
1   Grupo de Cirurgia do Quadril, Serviço de Ortopedia e Traumatologia do Hospital Universitário Cajuru, Escola de Medicina, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná, Curitiba, PR, Brasil
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Mark Deeke 
1   Grupo de Cirurgia do Quadril, Serviço de Ortopedia e Traumatologia do Hospital Universitário Cajuru, Escola de Medicina, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná, Curitiba, PR, Brasil
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Marco Antônio Pedroni 
1   Grupo de Cirurgia do Quadril, Serviço de Ortopedia e Traumatologia do Hospital Universitário Cajuru, Escola de Medicina, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná, Curitiba, PR, Brasil
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Ademir Antônio Schuroff 
1   Grupo de Cirurgia do Quadril, Serviço de Ortopedia e Traumatologia do Hospital Universitário Cajuru, Escola de Medicina, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná, Curitiba, PR, Brasil
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Abstract

Objective To analyze the profile and perception of patients on the waiting list for total hip arthroplasty (THA) about performing elective surgeries during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Methods From July to November 2021, patients on the THA waiting list were interviewed during outpatient consultations. To compare the groups regarding categorical variables, the Chi-square test or Fisher's exact test was applied, and for quantitative variables the Mann-Whitney test was applied. The results were calculated using the Statistica program version 7.

Results 39 patients answered the questionnaire. The mean age was 58.95 years, with 53.85% male. Approximately 60% expressed concern about contracting or transmitting COVID-19 to their family members after hospitalization for THA. 58.9% of patients felt hampered by the delay in scheduling elective surgeries during the pandemic. 23% lost or had a family member who lost their job during the pandemic, with a statistical difference for the group under 60 years old (p = 0.04).

Conclusion Most patients were concerned about becoming infected and exposing family members to COVID-19 after surgery and noted damage due to suspensions and delay in scheduling elective surgeries. The economic impact of the pandemic was revealed by the rate of 23% of respondents who lost or had a family member who lost their job during the pandemic, being higher in patients under 60 years of age (p = 0.04).

Keywords

COVID-19 - elective surgical procedures - arthroplasty, replacement, hip - patient perception of surgery

Work developed at the Cajuru University Hospital, School of Medicine, Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná, Curitiba, PR, Brazil.




Publication History

Received: 17 March 2022

Accepted: 08 November 2022

Article published online:
29 June 2023

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