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A cross-sectional questionnaire study in a phototherapy unit during COVID-19
BACKGROUND: In March 2020, social isolation measures were imposed in Brazil to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2), requiring health services to implement contingency plans. The main objective of the study was to verify the status of the disease, self-reported by patients who di...
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2021
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8393778/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34449079 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s43630-021-00093-z |
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author | Costa, Francine Batista Baptista, Patrícia Lima Duquia, Rodrigo Pereira |
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description | BACKGROUND: In March 2020, social isolation measures were imposed in Brazil to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2), requiring health services to implement contingency plans. The main objective of the study was to verify the status of the disease, self-reported by patients who discontinued phototherapy, during a period of social isolation. METHODS: All patients receiving phototherapy at the Santa Casa de Porto Alegre, Brazil, prior to the implementation of social distancing measures were eligible for inclusion in the study. 86 patients answered a questionnaire during a medical evaluation. RESULTS: 95% of patients who stopped phototherapy reported a worsening of disease status. Only 19% of patients continued to attend phototherapy sessions during the social isolation period. CONCLUSION: The COVID-19 pandemic led most patients to stop phototherapy, resulting in the perception of increased disease severity in an outpatient sample in southern Brazil. |
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spelling | pubmed-83937782021-08-27 A cross-sectional questionnaire study in a phototherapy unit during COVID-19 Costa, Francine Batista Baptista, Patrícia Lima Duquia, Rodrigo Pereira Photochem Photobiol Sci Technical Notes BACKGROUND: In March 2020, social isolation measures were imposed in Brazil to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2), requiring health services to implement contingency plans. The main objective of the study was to verify the status of the disease, self-reported by patients who discontinued phototherapy, during a period of social isolation. METHODS: All patients receiving phototherapy at the Santa Casa de Porto Alegre, Brazil, prior to the implementation of social distancing measures were eligible for inclusion in the study. 86 patients answered a questionnaire during a medical evaluation. RESULTS: 95% of patients who stopped phototherapy reported a worsening of disease status. Only 19% of patients continued to attend phototherapy sessions during the social isolation period. CONCLUSION: The COVID-19 pandemic led most patients to stop phototherapy, resulting in the perception of increased disease severity in an outpatient sample in southern Brazil. Springer International Publishing 2021-08-27 2021 /pmc/articles/PMC8393778/ /pubmed/34449079 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s43630-021-00093-z Text en © The Author(s), under exclusive licence to European Photochemistry Association, European Society for Photobiology 2021 This article is made available via the PMC Open Access Subset for unrestricted research re-use and secondary analysis in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for the duration of the World Health Organization (WHO) declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic. |
spellingShingle | Technical Notes Costa, Francine Batista Baptista, Patrícia Lima Duquia, Rodrigo Pereira A cross-sectional questionnaire study in a phototherapy unit during COVID-19 |
title | A cross-sectional questionnaire study in a phototherapy unit during COVID-19 |
title_full | A cross-sectional questionnaire study in a phototherapy unit during COVID-19 |
title_fullStr | A cross-sectional questionnaire study in a phototherapy unit during COVID-19 |
title_full_unstemmed | A cross-sectional questionnaire study in a phototherapy unit during COVID-19 |
title_short | A cross-sectional questionnaire study in a phototherapy unit during COVID-19 |
title_sort | cross-sectional questionnaire study in a phototherapy unit during covid-19 |
topic | Technical Notes |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8393778/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34449079 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s43630-021-00093-z |
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