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ArticleSurgery2022

The global level of harm among surgical professionals during the COVID-19 pandemic: A multinational cross-sectional cohort study.

Mohamed Abouelazayem, Yirupaiahgari K S Viswanath, Ali Haider Bangash, Johnn Henry Herrera Kok, Chandra Cheruvu, Chetan Parmar, Semra Demirli Atici, Wah Yang, Michail Galanis, Francesco Di Maggio and 2 more

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Article in Surgery, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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12 authors at 12 institutions in 7 countries.

Mohamed AbouelazayemDepartment of Surgery, St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK; Department of Surgery, National Cancer Institute, Cairo University, Egypt.
Yirupaiahgari K S ViswanathDepartment of Surgery, The James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough, UK. Electronic address: keyhole1234@gmail.com.
Ali Haider BangashSTMU Shifa College of Medicine, Islamabad, Pakistan.
Johnn Henry Herrera KokDepartment of General and Digestive Surgery, Complejo Asistencial Universitario de León, Spain.
Chandra CheruvuDepartment of Surgery, University Hospital North Midlands, Stoke-on-Trent, UK.
Chetan ParmarDepartment of Surgery, Whittington Health NHS Trust, London, UK.
Semra Demirli AticiDepartment of Surgery, University of Health Sciences Tepecik Training and Research Hospital, Izmir, Turkey.
Wah YangDepartment of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, Guangzhou, China.
Michail GalanisDepartment of Surgery, University Hospital Bielefeld, Germany.
Francesco Di MaggioDepartment of Surgery, Barking Havering and Redbridge University Hospital NHS Trust, Romford, UK.
Arda IsikDepartment of Surgery, Istanbul Medeniyet University, Turkey.
Samik Kumar BandyopadhyayDepartment of Surgery, Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust, Shrewsbury, UK.
Barking, Havering And Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust · GBBielefeld University · DECairo University · EGComplejo Asistencial Universitario de Palencia · ESFirst Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University · CNIstanbul Medeniyet University · TRIzmir University · TRJames Cook University Hospital · GBShifa Tameer-e-Millat University · PKShrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust · GBUniversity Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust · GBWhittington Health NHS Trust · GB

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundHealth care workers, including surgical professionals, experienced psychological burnout and physical harm during the coronavirus 2019 pandemic. This global survey investigated the coronavirus 2019 pandemic impact on psychological and physical health.

methodsWe conducted a global cross-sectional survey between February 18, 2021 and March 13, 2021. The primary outcome was to assess the psychological burnout, fulfillment, and self-reported physical level of harm. A validated Stanford Professional Fulfilment Index score with a self-reported physical level of harm was employed. We used a practical overall composite level of harm score to calculate the level of harm gradient 1-4, combining psychological burnout with self-reported physical level of harm score.

resultsA total of 545 participants from 66 countries participated. The final analysis included 520 (95.4%) surgical professionals barring medical students. Most of the participants (81.3%) were professionally unfulfilled. The psychological burnout was evident in 57.7% and was significantly common in those <50 years (P = .002) and those working in the public sector (P = .005). Approximately 41.7% of respondents showed changes in the physical health with self-remedy and no impact on work, whereas 14.9% reported changes to their physical health with <2 weeks off work, and 10.1% reported changes in physical health requiring >2 weeks off work. Severe harm (level of harm 4) was detected in 10.6%, whereas moderate harm (level of harm 3) affected 40.2% of the participants. Low and no harm (level of harm 2 and level of harm 1) represented 27.5% and 21.7%, respectively.

conclusionOur study showed that high levels of psychological burnout, professional unfulfillment, work exhaustion, and severe level of harm was more frequent in younger professionals working in the public sector. The findings correlated with a high level of harm in surgical professionals impacting surgical services.

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Burnout, ProfessionalCOVID-19Cross-Sectional StudiesHealth PersonnelHumansPandemicsSARS-CoV-2

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