Physician Health in the Times of COVID-19.

Physician Health in the Times of COVID-19. J Assoc Physicians India. 2020 Dec;68(12):21-27 Authors: Bavdekar SB, Chandrasekaran A, Govindarajan RP, Malik S, Bajaj S, Javeri Y, Niranjan V Abstract Background and Objectives: A virtual registry study evaluating real world evidence on physicians' use of prophylactic regimens for protection against SARS-CoV-2. This paper summarizes the interim results. Methods: Asymptomatic physicians at risk of acquiring SARS-CoV-2 responded to online questions at baseline and 7 weeks post-baseline. Baseline data included demographics, prophylaxis regimen (including "no prophylaxis") and start date. Participants who provided complete week-7 data (information on type of health facility [COVID/Non-COVID], number of presumed/confirmed cases exposed to, PPE use, SARS-CoV-2 testing and symptoms, regimen adherence and intercurrent illness) comprised the Completer population. Limited data (regimen adherence, SARS-CoV-2 testing) was collected for participants who failed to provide complete week7 data. Those providing limited/complete information comprised the Evaluable population. Results: Of 369 enrolled participants, 182 (mean age 42±11.05 years) comprised the Evaluable population. They showed a male preponderance (67.6%). Practitioners from Maharashtra (59.9%) and specialties of Pediatrics, Internal Medicine, Anesthesiology and Critical Care (63.2%) accounted for the majority. ICMR's HCQ prop...
Source: Journal of the Association of Physicians of India - Category: General Medicine Tags: J Assoc Physicians India Source Type: research