The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Patient in Need of an Intervention

Mixed-method observational study: the impact of pandemic related changes in healthcare on quality of life and experiences with healthcare in Dutch patients undergoing surgery or another intervention during the covid pandemic (2020-2021).

Phase 1: qualitative study to gain insight in relevant themes in Patient Reported Experiences Measures (PREMs) by conducting focus groups Phase 2: creating and validating a questionnaire based on themes identified in phase 1 Phase 3: questionnaire study among Dutch patients who underwent an intervention in 2020-2021 using the validated questionnaire of phase 2. The answers will be linked to data from national patients registries in surgery, cardiology, orthopedics and neurology.

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Key information

Conditions

Surgical Procedures, Operative COVID-19 Coronaviridae Infections Coronavirus Infections Infections Lung Diseases Nidovirales Infections Pneumonia Pneumonia, Viral RNA Virus Infections Respiratory Tract Diseases Respiratory Tract Infections SARS-CoV-2 Virus Diseases

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

UMCG

Groningen, Netherlands

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

undergoing surgery or intervention in the Netherlands in 2020 or 2021

Exclusion criteria

participation language restricted to Dutch

Treatment and study plan

Primary outcomes

Patient Reported Experience Measures

Time frame: 2020-2021

[will be specified based on phase 1 of the study, see description]

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University Medical Center Groningen

Other

Collaborators

ZonMw: The Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development

Registry information

Official study title

The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Patient in Need of an Intervention - COVID Surg III

Acronym: COVID Surg III

Important dates

Study start: 2023
Primary completion: 2024
Study completion: 2024
First posted: Feb 21, 2023
Registry last updated: Jan 7, 2026

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