The mental health impact of providing spine care during COVID-19

The World Health Organization declared the COVID-19 virus outbreak a pandemic on March 12, 2020. While the infection mortality rate is not fully understood at this stage, it appears to be substantially higher than that of other recent pandemics (eg, H1N1 pandemic, mortality rate 0.02%) [1]. Emerging evidence shows that incubation period of COVID-19 is approximately 5 days, and the majority of those who develop symptoms will do so within 11 days of infection [2]. Certain groups, such as the elderly and those with some pre-existing medical conditions (eg, chronic heart or respiratory diseases), appear to be particularly vulnerable to the disease [1,3].
Source: The Spine Journal - Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Tags: Editorial Source Type: research