Effect of elective surgery cancellations during the COVID-19 pandemic on patients' activity, anxiety and pain

Authors

B M. Sims
A D. Patel
B G. Garnica
M T. Faraj
Amy Tang, Henry Ford HealthFollow
Theodore Parsons, Henry Ford HealthFollow
Joseph J. Hoegler, Henry Ford HealthFollow
Charles S. Day, Henry Ford HealthFollow

Recommended Citation

Sims BM, Patel AD, Garnica BG, Faraj MT, Tang A, Parsons T, Hoegler JJ, and Day CS. Effect of elective surgery cancellations during the COVID-19 pandemic on patients' activity, anxiety and pain. Br J Surg 2021.

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

12-1-2021

Publication Title

The British journal of surgery

Abstract

Patient's perspectives and changes in symptoms after cancellation of their elective procedures due to the COVID-19 pandemic were analysed. Most patients experienced no change in symptoms, but women and black patients experienced adverse impacts at higher rates than other groups.

Medical Subject Headings

Activities of Daily Living; Anxiety; COVID-19; Elective Surgical Procedures; Female; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Midwestern United States; Pain; Pandemics; Patient Preference; Surveys and Questionnaires

PubMed ID

34611698

ePublication

ePub ahead of print

Volume

108

Issue

12

First Page

392

Last Page

392