Division of Oral Radiology, Department of Oral Diagnosis, Piracicaba Dental School, University of Campinas, Piracicaba, SP, Brazil.
Master's Program in Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Juiz de Fora, MG, Brazil.
Oral Radiol. 2023 Jul;39(3):570-575. doi: 10.1007/s11282-023-00673-y. Epub 2023 Feb 13.
To analyze the challenges and impacts of COVID-19 on the routine of Brazilian oral radiologists regarding changes in biosafety protocols, number of patients and staff, the flow of acquisition, and availability of images.
Structured digital questionnaires with questions related to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on Oral Radiology were applied and analyzed. Descriptive statistical analysis was used to describe the items included in the survey, and means and standard deviations were calculated to describe continuous variables and frequency percentages to describe categorical data.
A high number of Brazilian oral radiologists continued to work in the pandemic period, with little or no change in their working hours. Digital flow and teleradiology are in most of their workplaces and the changes imposed by the pandemic will be incorporated and permanent, according to most of the participants in this study.
The COVID-19 pandemic brought important impacts on radiology clinics, with changes in the flow of patients, in the service and in the type of exam performed. In addition, adaptation to biosafety standards became necessary, with a significant increase in spending on personal protective equipment.
分析 COVID-19 对巴西口腔放射科医生日常工作的挑战和影响，包括生物安全协议、患者和员工数量、采集流程以及图像可用性的变化。
采用结构化的数字问卷，其中包含与 COVID-19 大流行对口腔放射学影响相关的问题，并进行分析。采用描述性统计分析来描述调查中包含的项目，并计算平均值和标准差来描述连续变量，以及使用频率百分比来描述分类数据。
许多巴西口腔放射科医生在大流行期间继续工作，工作时间几乎没有或没有变化。数字化流程和远程放射学在他们的大多数工作场所中得到应用，并且根据本研究的大多数参与者的意见，大流行带来的变化将被纳入并永久化。
COVID-19 大流行对放射科诊所带来了重要影响，包括患者流量、服务和所进行检查类型的变化。此外，适应生物安全标准变得必要，个人防护设备的支出显著增加。
