Ordu University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Neurosurgery, Ordu, Turkey.
Turk Neurosurg. 2020;30(6):944-951. doi: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.31940-20.2.
To reveal the impacts of the novel coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on the functioning of neurosurgery clinics and to determine the anxiety levels and attitudes of Turkish neurosurgeons towards their profession during the pandemic.
The Beck anxiety inventory and a clinical activities scale were utilized as data collection tools and distributed to neurosurgeons in Turkey as an online survey. Descriptive statistical methods, significance tests and correlation and regression analyses were employed to analyze the data. The data analysis was carried out in a 95% confidence interval.
Of the 240 neurosurgeons who participated in the study, 63.8% had encountered cases of COVID-19 and 53.8% had handled patients diagnosed with COVID-19. The study results showed that the pandemic did not cause anxiety in 62.9% of the respondents, but it caused mild anxiety in 13.8% and moderate anxiety in 12.12%. The findings also revealed a low linear correlation between the anxiety values and occupational anxiety of the neurosurgeons and low inverse correlation between anxiety values and the protection factor in the pandemic period.
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused serious disruptions in the routine functioning of neurosurgery clinics and changes in the attitudes of neurosurgeons. Healthcare organizations should take the necessary precautions and measures to resolve the anxiety problems of healthcare professionals, such as providing professional support, and ensure that they can work in a safer environment.
揭示 2019 年新型冠状病毒（COVID-19）大流行对神经外科临床工作的影响，并确定土耳其神经外科医生在大流行期间对其职业的焦虑水平和态度。
采用贝克焦虑量表和临床活动量表作为数据收集工具，以在线调查的形式向土耳其神经外科医生发放问卷。采用描述性统计方法、显著性检验以及相关性和回归分析对数据进行分析。数据分析在 95%置信区间进行。
在参与研究的 240 名神经外科医生中，63.8%的人遇到过 COVID-19 病例，53.8%的人处理过 COVID-19 确诊患者。研究结果表明，大流行并未导致 62.9%的受访者感到焦虑，但导致 13.8%的人轻度焦虑，12.12%的人中度焦虑。研究还发现，神经外科医生的焦虑值与职业焦虑之间呈低度线性相关，而在大流行期间，焦虑值与保护因素之间呈低度负相关。
COVID-19 大流行严重扰乱了神经外科临床工作的常规运行，并改变了神经外科医生的态度。医疗机构应采取必要的预防措施和措施，解决医护人员的焦虑问题，如提供专业支持，并确保他们在更安全的环境中工作。
