Khattab Mohamed Fawzy, Abou-Madawi Ali Mohamed
Orthopedic Department, Ain Shams University Hospital, 11588 Cairo, Egypt.
Neurosurgery Department, Suez Canal University Hospital, 41522 Ismailia, Egypt.
SICOT J. 2020;6:31. doi: 10.1051/sicotj/2020029. Epub 2020 Aug 20.
During the recent decade, many outbreaks of infectious diseases have been reported at increasing scales and frequency. The novel COVID-19 is the most recent lethal virus and has been declared to be a pandemic disease on March 11th, 2020. It has spread from China to most of the countries around the world causing a great burden on individuals and communities. The socioeconomic and professional profiles have been affected seriously by this pandemic. The aim of this study was to assess the short-term effects of COVID-19 on the socioeconomic profile of spinal surgeons in Egypt.
We conducted a cross-sectional online survey study to address the effect of COVID-19 global pandemic on spine surgeons in Egypt, discussing the short-term socioeconomic effect of COVID-19 global pandemic on the professional and social profiles of the Egyptian spine surgeons. A SurveyMonkey questionnaire was sent to 190 spine surgeons registered in the Egyptian spine association database.
Ninety male surgeons responded to our four-day survey. The responders included the following: 4 residents, 16 fellows, and 70 consultants working in different Egyptian hospitals. The partial country lockdown was associated with drop in monthly income and in number of both elective and emergency operations. Most surgeons either stopped surgery or limited the number of either elective or emergency surgeries as well as outpatient clinics. Most of them were not in the COVID-19 team or did not receive any training, working under immense physical and psychological stress of being exposed to transmission of infection.
COVID-19 global pandemic negatively affected spine surgeons in Egypt socioeconomically. The Health Authority and the community have to work jointly to help the health care professionals in overcoming this crisis.
在最近十年间，已报告了许多规模和频率不断增加的传染病爆发事件。新型冠状病毒病（COVID-19）是最新出现的致命病毒，于2020年3月11日被宣布为大流行病。它已从中国传播到世界上大多数国家，给个人和社区造成了巨大负担。这场大流行病严重影响了社会经济和职业状况。本研究的目的是评估COVID-19对埃及脊柱外科医生社会经济状况的短期影响。
我们进行了一项横断面在线调查研究，以探讨COVID-19全球大流行对埃及脊柱外科医生的影响，讨论COVID-19全球大流行对埃及脊柱外科医生职业和社会状况的短期社会经济影响。一份SurveyMonkey问卷被发送给在埃及脊柱协会数据库中注册的190名脊柱外科医生。
90名男性外科医生回应了我们为期四天的调查。回应者包括以下人员：4名住院医师、16名研究员以及在埃及不同医院工作的70名顾问医生。部分国家封锁与月收入下降以及择期和急诊手术数量减少有关。大多数外科医生要么停止手术，要么限制择期或急诊手术以及门诊诊所的数量。他们中的大多数人不在COVID-19团队中，也没有接受任何培训，在面临感染传播的巨大身体和心理压力下工作。
COVID-19全球大流行对埃及脊柱外科医生的社会经济产生了负面影响。卫生当局和社区必须共同努力，帮助医护人员克服这一危机。
