Impact of COVID-19 on routine care for chronic diseases: A global survey of views from healthcare professionals

Routine care for chronic disease is an ongoing major challenge. We aimed to evaluate the global impact of COVID-19 on routine care for chronic diseases. An online survey was posted 31 March to 23 April 2020 targeted at healthcare professionals. 202 from 47 countries responded. Most reported change i...

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Autores principales: Chudasama, Yogini V., Gillies, Clare L., Zaccardi, Francesco, Coles, Briana, Davies, Melanie J., Seidu, Samuel, Khunti, Kamlesh
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Diabetes India. Published by Elsevier Ltd. 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7308780/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32604016
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dsx.2020.06.042
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Sumario:Routine care for chronic disease is an ongoing major challenge. We aimed to evaluate the global impact of COVID-19 on routine care for chronic diseases. An online survey was posted 31 March to 23 April 2020 targeted at healthcare professionals. 202 from 47 countries responded. Most reported change in routine care to virtual communication. Diabetes, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and hypertension were the most impacted conditions due to reduction in access to care. 80% reported the mental health of their patients worsened during COVID-19. It is important routine care continues in spite of the pandemic, to avoid a rise in non-COVID-19-related morbidity and mortality.

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