Table 2 Effect of the pandemic on the clinical settings and teaching programs
From: The impact of COVID-19 pandemic on training and mental health of residents: a cross-sectional study
Non-surgical residents (%) | Surgical residents (%) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total (%) | 134 | 121 | P-value | ||
Year of residency | First year | 90 (35) | 50 (37) | 40 (33) | .108 |
Second year | 58 (23) | 32 (24) | 26 (22) | ||
Third year | 52 (20) | 31 (23) | 21 (17) | ||
Fourth/fifth year | 55 (22) | 21 (16) | 34 (28) | ||
Effect of the pandemic on the clinic: (yes)a | |||||
a. Lock-down of the clinic sometimes | 89 (35) | 57 (43) | 32 (26) | .007 | |
b. Decrease in the number of patients per day | 96 (38) | 45 (34) | 51 (42) | .159 | |
c. Decrease in the number of staff working at the clinic | 106 (42) | 70 (52) | 36 (30) | <.001 | |
d. Limited personal protective equipment | 164 (64) | 96 (72) | 68 (56) | .010 | |
e. None of the above | 23 (9) | 12 (9) | 11 (9) | .970 | |
1) Effect on number of on-calls per month | Decreased. | 47 (19) | 18 (13) | 29 (24) | <.0001 |
Has not changed | 146 (57) | 68 (51) | 78 (65) | ||
Increased | 62 (24) | 48 (36) | 14 (12) | ||
2) Noticing a delay in patients’ visitations to clinics or emergency departments due to patients’ fear from getting infected by COVID-19 | Yes | 125 (49) | 77 (58) | 48 (40) | .005 |
3) Noticing a decrease in the number of admissions during the pandemic | Yes | 114 (45) | 56 (42) | 58 (48) | .325 |
Effect of the pandemic on the teaching program: (yes)a | |||||
a. Less numbers of rounds | 94 (37) | 47 (35) | 47 (39) | .533 | |
b. Less numbers of lectures & seminars | 183 (72) | 100 (75) | 83 (69) | .285 | |
c. Shifting to online learning/meeting | 108 (42) | 71 (53) | 37 (31) | <.001 | |
d. Less numbers of grand rounds/lectures | 115 (45) | 68 (51) | 47 (39) | .056 | |
e. None of the above | 12 (5) | 8 (6) | 4 (3) | .316 | |
4) COVID-19 positive cases in the department/ward | Yes | 211 (83) | 105 (78) | 106 (88) | .051 |
5) Participating in Nasopharyngeal swab sampling for patients | Yes | 132 (52) | 90 (67) | 42 (35) | <.0001 |