Gangakhedkar Gauri Raman, Solanki Sohan Lal
Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain, Tata Memorial Hospital, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
J Anaesthesiol Clin Pharmacol. 2020 Jul-Sep;36(3):331-336. doi: 10.4103/joacp.JOACP_375_20. Epub 2020 Jul 31.
India is one of the five worst hit countries in the world due to COVID-19, by the fourth week of June 2020. The impact of COVID-19 on the health practices is well-documented but there are no studies assessing its impact on anesthesiologists in India. This study aims at assessment of the impact of COVID-19 on the practices followed, the preparedness, and mindset of anesthesiologists in India.
Using Google forms, a cross-sectional, questionnaire-based survey was conducted between the 5 and 22 of May, 2020, among trainees and practicing anesthesiologists, in India. The anesthesiologists were invited to participate, using their e-mail addresses and through the social media platforms such as Facebook and WhatsApp. The responses that were generated, were analyzed using SPSS version 23 (IBM, Armonk, NY).
Of the 707 anesthesiologists who participated, 68.3% had already worked in a COVID-19 specialty unit. Only 41.7% of the anesthesiologists felt confident that they had sufficient knowledge to deal with COVID-19 infected patients. Fear of catching the infection and infecting loved ones were important causes of anxiety, which was seen in 95% of the participants. Majority of the participants, (64.5%) did not think that elective surgical procedures could be restarted at this point.
COVID-19 has had grave impact on anesthesiologists, on the professional and personal front, and will possibly cause near-permanent changes in the work culture. Restarting elective surgical procedures, will require meticulous planning. In spite of their self-perceived under-preparedness to combat COVID-19, an overwhelming majority of participating anesthesiologists were prepared to contribute to the management of COVID-19.
截至2020年6月的第四周，印度是全球受新冠疫情影响最严重的五个国家之一。新冠疫情对健康实践的影响已有充分记录，但尚无研究评估其对印度麻醉医生的影响。本研究旨在评估新冠疫情对印度麻醉医生的实践操作、准备情况和心态的影响。
2020年5月5日至22日，通过谷歌表单对印度的实习麻醉医生和执业麻醉医生进行了一项基于问卷的横断面调查。通过电子邮件地址以及Facebook和WhatsApp等社交媒体平台邀请麻醉医生参与。使用SPSS 23版（IBM，纽约州阿蒙克）对收集到的回复进行分析。
在参与调查的707名麻醉医生中，68.3%曾在新冠专科病房工作过。只有41.7%的麻醉医生自信自己有足够的知识来应对新冠感染患者。担心感染和传染给亲人是焦虑的重要原因，95%的参与者都有这种焦虑情绪。大多数参与者（64.5%）认为此时无法重启择期手术。
新冠疫情对麻醉医生的职业和个人方面都产生了严重影响，并可能导致工作文化发生近乎永久性的变化。重启择期手术需要精心规划。尽管参与调查的麻醉医生自我感觉应对新冠疫情准备不足，但绝大多数人仍准备为新冠疫情的管理贡献力量。
