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NCT Number: NCT04338945

Impact of Pandemic COVID-19 on Surgical Specialities Residents in Italy

The Coronavirus Emergency has severely affected Italian Healthcare National System. This event made it necessary to adopt extraordinary containment measures and to allocate extraordinary resources in Italian hospitals. In many centers routinely elective surgical activity has been decreased or even completely abolished. We believe that this exceptional condition is being consequently having a significant impact on surgical training programs.

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Key information

Conditions

COVID

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

U.O.C. Chirurgia Generale Universitaria "V. Bonomo", Bari, Italy

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About this study

Purpose of this investigation, organized by the Italian Polispecialistic Society of Young Surgeons (S.P.I.G.C.), is to establish the impact of COVID-19 emergency in the work and training activities of Italian surgical residents.

There will be collected the residents' impressions by completing a survey on this topic. A sub-analysis for each pandemic wave (first, second, third) will be done.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Residents in the following surgical specialities: cardiothoracic surgery, colon and rectal surgery, general surgery, gynecology and obstetrics, gynecologic oncology, neurological surgery, ophthalmic surgery, oral and maxillofacial surgery, orthopaedic surgery, otorhinolaryngology, pediatric surgery, plastic and maxillofacial surgery, urology, and vascular surgery

Exclusion criteria

  • Undergratuated and postgraduated students
  • Consultants in surgical areas

Treatment and study plan

COVID-surgRES questionaire

Behavioral

The questionaire gives a multidimensional assessment of residents' impression with regard to impact of COVID emergency on Italian specialist training programs

Primary outcomes

  1. Measure of the impact of first wave of COVID Pandemic on surgical specialist training programs

    Time frame: 1-3 months after the beginning of COVID emergency in Italy

    Analysis of this outcome with regard to the different surgical subspecialities and different Italian medical centers

  2. Measure of the impact of second wave of COVID Pandemic on surgical specialist training programs

    Time frame: 1 year after the beginning of COVID emergency in Italy

    Analysis of this outcome with regard to the different surgical subspecialities and different Italian medical centers

  3. Measure of the impact of third wave of COVID Pandemic on surgical specialist training programs

    Time frame: 2 years after the beginning of COVID emergency in Italy

    Analysis of this outcome with regard to the different surgical subspecialities and different Italian medical centers

Secondary outcomes

  1. Measure of impact of first wave of COVID Pandemic on wellness of residents

    Time frame: 1-3 months after the beginning of COVID emergency in Italy

    Analysis of this outcome with regard to the different surgical subspecialities and different Italian medical centers

  2. Measure of impact of second wave of COVID Pandemic on wellness of residents

    Time frame: 1 year after the beginning of COVID emergency in Italy

    Analysis of this outcome with regard to the different surgical subspecialities and different Italian medical centers

  3. Measure of impact of third wave of COVID Pandemic on wellness of residents

    Time frame: 2 years after the beginning of COVID emergency in Italy

    Analysis of this outcome with regard to the different surgical subspecialities and different Italian medical centers

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Piazza della Vittoria 14 Studio Medico - Ginecologia e Ostetricia

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Registry information

Official study title

Impact of Pandemic COVID-19 on Surgical Specialities Residents in Italy: an Italian Polispecialistic Society of Young Surgeons (S.P.I.G.C.) Survey

Important dates

Study start
2020
Primary completion
2020
Study completion
2020
First posted
Apr 8, 2020
Registry last updated
Mar 17, 2022

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This listing is for discovery and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, does not guarantee that a study is recruiting, and does not determine eligibility. Contact the study team and a qualified healthcare professional when considering participation.

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