Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sleep medicine in the Czech Republic and Slovakia

IF 0.4 4区医学 Q4 NEUROSCIENCES

Ceska a Slovenska Neurologie a Neurochirurgie Pub Date : 2020-08-15 DOI:10.14735/amcsnn2020421

S. Genzor, M. Sova, I. Mucska, J. Lněnička, Shayan Nadjarpour, K. Šonka

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Abstract

Aim: The COVID-19 pandemic affected all parts of the healthcare system The aim of this study was to assess the pandemics effect on sleep medicine in the Czech Republic (CZE) and Slovakia (SVK) Methods: A questionnaire based study, in which where 23 sleep departments (SD) (16 CZE;7 SVK) were included between May 5, 2020 and May 17, 2020 Results: The service was completely interrupted in 43 5% SD The sum of estimated missed sleep studies in responding SD was 1,100 and the sum of missed positive airway pressure titrations was 580 When considering the response rate of the questionnaire through extrapolation, it is estimated that about 1,900 sleep studies and 1,000 positive airway pressure titrations were not performed in the region of the CZE and SVK because of COVID-19 The situation is unlikely to improve soon, as 59 1% of SD do not expect to meet the same number of diagnosed/treated patients as in 2019 (53 3% CZE;71 4% SVK) and about 34 8% of SD will not restart their activity by the end of May 2020 or will run with a very limited capacity (23 5% CZE;57 1% SVK) Conclusion: Sleep medicine in the CZE and SVK was heavily affected by COVID-19 and the loss of diagnostic and therapeutic procedures may be considered as one of pandemic “collateral damages”

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COVID-19大流行对捷克共和国和斯洛伐克睡眠医学的影响

目的:2019冠状病毒病(COVID-19)大流行影响了卫生保健系统的所有部分。本研究的目的是评估大流行对捷克共和国(CZE)和斯洛伐克(SVK)睡眠医学的影响。方法:采用问卷调查的方法，在2020年5月5日至2020年5月17日期间纳入23个睡眠科室(SD)(16个CZE;7个SVK)。43 % SD的服务完全中断，响应SD的估计错过睡眠研究的总数为1100，错过气道正压滴定的总数为580。通过外推法考虑问卷的回复率，估计由于COVID-19, CZE和SVK地区约有1900个睡眠研究和1000个气道正压滴定没有进行，情况不太可能很快好转。59 1%的SD不要期望满足相同数量的诊断/治疗病人2019年(SVK 53 CZE 3%; 71 4%),约34 SD不会重启他们的活动的8% 2020年5月底或将运行容量非常有限(CZE 23 5%; 57 1% SVK)结论:睡眠医学CZE和SVK被COVID-19严重影响,诊断和治疗过程的损失可能被认为是一个流行的“附带损害”

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Ceska a Slovenska Neurologie a Neurochirurgie 医学-神经科学

CiteScore

0.70

自引率

60.00%

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审稿时长

4-8 weeks

期刊介绍： The Czech and Slovak Neurology and Neurosurgery is the official journal of five Czech and Slovak expert societies: the Czech Neurological Society, Slovak Neurological Society, Czech Neurosurgical Society, Slovak Neurosurgical Society and the Czech Society of Paediatric Neurology. The journal is intended for all physicians interested in neuroscience, practical or theoretical. The journal publishes original practice-based as well as basic research-focused neurological and neurosurgical papers, brief communications and case studies, all vigorously peer-reviewed, as well as review papers, commentaries, diagnostic and treatment standards and various thematic series (minimonographs with a knowledge test, statistical or web insights).