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What should we prepare for the next coronavirus disease 2019 outbreak? A survey on the opinions of infectious diseases specialists in South Korea

BACKGROUND/AIMS: This study aimed to collect information on the opinions of Korean infectious disease (ID) experts on coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and related issues in preparation for a future outbreak. METHODS: A survey was conducted over the course of 5 days (from April 21 to 25, 2020), ta...

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Autores principales: Kim, Bongyoung, Park, Se Yoon, Jung, Dong Sik, Jung, Sook In, Oh, Won Sup, Kim, Shin-Woo, Peck, Kyong Ran, Chang, Hyun-Ha
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Publicado: The Korean Association of Internal Medicine 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7652668/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32961636
http://dx.doi.org/10.3904/kjim.2020.222
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author Kim, Bongyoung
Park, Se Yoon
Jung, Dong Sik
Jung, Sook In
Oh, Won Sup
Kim, Shin-Woo
Peck, Kyong Ran
Chang, Hyun-Ha
author_facet Kim, Bongyoung
Park, Se Yoon
Jung, Dong Sik
Jung, Sook In
Oh, Won Sup
Kim, Shin-Woo
Peck, Kyong Ran
Chang, Hyun-Ha
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description BACKGROUND/AIMS: This study aimed to collect information on the opinions of Korean infectious disease (ID) experts on coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and related issues in preparation for a future outbreak. METHODS: A survey was conducted over the course of 5 days (from April 21 to 25, 2020), targeting all adult ID specialists currently in the medical field in South Korea (n = 265). An online-based survey was forwarded via text message and e-mail. Only one response was accepted from each participant. RESULTS: Of these 265 ID specialists gotten to, 132 (49.8%) responded. The highest proportion of the respondents envisaged the current COVID-19 outbreak to end after December 2020 (47.7% for the domestic Korean outbreak and 70.5% for the global pandemic); moreover, 60.7% of them stated that a second nationwide wave is likely to occur between September and December 2020 in South Korea. N95 respirators were considered to be the most important item in hospitals in preparation for a second wave. The most important policy to be implemented at the national level was securing national hospitals designated for the treatment of ID (67.4%). CONCLUSIONS: ID experts in South Korea believe that the COVID-19 pandemic may not be easily controlled and that a second nationwide wave is likely to occur in South Korea. Our results indicate that Korean ID specialists believe that a high level of preparation is needed in various aspects, including the procurement of personal protective equipment, to respond efficiently to a second outbreak.
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spelling pubmed-76526682020-11-18 What should we prepare for the next coronavirus disease 2019 outbreak? A survey on the opinions of infectious diseases specialists in South Korea Kim, Bongyoung Park, Se Yoon Jung, Dong Sik Jung, Sook In Oh, Won Sup Kim, Shin-Woo Peck, Kyong Ran Chang, Hyun-Ha Korean J Intern Med SPECIAL COVID-19 BACKGROUND/AIMS: This study aimed to collect information on the opinions of Korean infectious disease (ID) experts on coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and related issues in preparation for a future outbreak. METHODS: A survey was conducted over the course of 5 days (from April 21 to 25, 2020), targeting all adult ID specialists currently in the medical field in South Korea (n = 265). An online-based survey was forwarded via text message and e-mail. Only one response was accepted from each participant. RESULTS: Of these 265 ID specialists gotten to, 132 (49.8%) responded. The highest proportion of the respondents envisaged the current COVID-19 outbreak to end after December 2020 (47.7% for the domestic Korean outbreak and 70.5% for the global pandemic); moreover, 60.7% of them stated that a second nationwide wave is likely to occur between September and December 2020 in South Korea. N95 respirators were considered to be the most important item in hospitals in preparation for a second wave. The most important policy to be implemented at the national level was securing national hospitals designated for the treatment of ID (67.4%). CONCLUSIONS: ID experts in South Korea believe that the COVID-19 pandemic may not be easily controlled and that a second nationwide wave is likely to occur in South Korea. Our results indicate that Korean ID specialists believe that a high level of preparation is needed in various aspects, including the procurement of personal protective equipment, to respond efficiently to a second outbreak. The Korean Association of Internal Medicine 2020-11 2020-09-23 /pmc/articles/PMC7652668/ /pubmed/32961636 http://dx.doi.org/10.3904/kjim.2020.222 Text en Copyright © 2020 The Korean Association of Internal Medicine This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle SPECIAL COVID-19
Kim, Bongyoung
Park, Se Yoon
Jung, Dong Sik
Jung, Sook In
Oh, Won Sup
Kim, Shin-Woo
Peck, Kyong Ran
Chang, Hyun-Ha
What should we prepare for the next coronavirus disease 2019 outbreak? A survey on the opinions of infectious diseases specialists in South Korea
title What should we prepare for the next coronavirus disease 2019 outbreak? A survey on the opinions of infectious diseases specialists in South Korea
title_full What should we prepare for the next coronavirus disease 2019 outbreak? A survey on the opinions of infectious diseases specialists in South Korea
title_fullStr What should we prepare for the next coronavirus disease 2019 outbreak? A survey on the opinions of infectious diseases specialists in South Korea
title_full_unstemmed What should we prepare for the next coronavirus disease 2019 outbreak? A survey on the opinions of infectious diseases specialists in South Korea
title_short What should we prepare for the next coronavirus disease 2019 outbreak? A survey on the opinions of infectious diseases specialists in South Korea
title_sort what should we prepare for the next coronavirus disease 2019 outbreak? a survey on the opinions of infectious diseases specialists in south korea
topic SPECIAL COVID-19
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7652668/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32961636
http://dx.doi.org/10.3904/kjim.2020.222
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