Impact of Pandemic COVID-19 on Surgical Specialities Residents in Italy

Sponsor

Piazza della Vittoria 14 Studio Medico - Ginecologia e Ostetricia (Other)

Overall Status

Completed

CT.gov ID

NCT04338945

Collaborator

(none)

800

Enrollment

Locations

1.5

Actual Duration (Months)

114.3

Patients Per Site

Patients Per Site Per Month

Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

The Coronavirus Emergency has severely affected Italian Healthcare National System. This event made it necessary to adopt extraordinary containment measures and to allocate extraordinary resources in Italian hospitals. In many centers routinely elective surgical activity has been decreased or even completely abolished. We believe that this exceptional condition is being consequently having a significant impact on surgical training programs.

Condition or Disease	Intervention/Treatment	Phase
COVID	Behavioral: COVID-surgRES questionaire

Detailed Description

Purpose of this investigation, organized by the Italian Polispecialistic Society of Young Surgeons (S.P.I.G.C.), is to establish the impact of COVID-19 emergency in the work and training activities of Italian surgical residents.

There will be collected the residents' impressions by completing a survey on this topic. A sub-analysis for each pandemic wave (first, second, third) will be done.

Study Design

Study Type:

Observational

Actual Enrollment :

800 participants

Observational Model:

Cohort

Time Perspective:

Prospective

Official Title:

Impact of Pandemic COVID-19 on Surgical Specialities Residents in Italy: an Italian Polispecialistic Society of Young Surgeons (S.P.I.G.C.) Survey

Actual Study Start Date :

Mar 15, 2020

Actual Primary Completion Date :

Apr 15, 2020

Actual Study Completion Date :

May 1, 2020

Arms and Interventions

Arm	Intervention/Treatment
Residents in surgical areas	Behavioral: COVID-surgRES questionaire The questionaire gives a multidimensional assessment of residents' impression with regard to impact of COVID emergency on Italian specialist training programs

Arm

Intervention/Treatment

Residents in surgical areas

Behavioral: COVID-surgRES questionaire

The questionaire gives a multidimensional assessment of residents' impression with regard to impact of COVID emergency on Italian specialist training programs

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

Measure of the impact of first wave of COVID Pandemic on surgical specialist training programs [1-3 months after the beginning of COVID emergency in Italy]
Analysis of this outcome with regard to the different surgical subspecialities and different Italian medical centers
Measure of the impact of second wave of COVID Pandemic on surgical specialist training programs [1 year after the beginning of COVID emergency in Italy]
Analysis of this outcome with regard to the different surgical subspecialities and different Italian medical centers
Measure of the impact of third wave of COVID Pandemic on surgical specialist training programs [2 years after the beginning of COVID emergency in Italy]
Analysis of this outcome with regard to the different surgical subspecialities and different Italian medical centers

Secondary Outcome Measures

Measure of impact of first wave of COVID Pandemic on wellness of residents [1-3 months after the beginning of COVID emergency in Italy]
Analysis of this outcome with regard to the different surgical subspecialities and different Italian medical centers
Measure of impact of second wave of COVID Pandemic on wellness of residents [1 year after the beginning of COVID emergency in Italy]
Analysis of this outcome with regard to the different surgical subspecialities and different Italian medical centers
Measure of impact of third wave of COVID Pandemic on wellness of residents [2 years after the beginning of COVID emergency in Italy]
Analysis of this outcome with regard to the different surgical subspecialities and different Italian medical centers

Eligibility Criteria

Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study:

18 Years and Older

Sexes Eligible for Study:

All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers:

Yes

Inclusion Criteria:

Residents in the following surgical specialities: cardiothoracic surgery, colon and rectal surgery, general surgery, gynecology and obstetrics, gynecologic oncology, neurological surgery, ophthalmic surgery, oral and maxillofacial surgery, orthopaedic surgery, otorhinolaryngology, pediatric surgery, plastic and maxillofacial surgery, urology, and vascular surgery

Exclusion Criteria:

Undergratuated and postgraduated students
Consultants in surgical areas

Contacts and Locations

Locations

	Site	City	Country
1	U.O.C. Chirurgia Generale Universitaria "V. Bonomo"	Bari	Italy
2	Ospedale Perrino Asl Brindisi	Brindisi	Italy
3	Dipartimento di scienze mediche e chirurgiche, Università di Catanzaro	Catanzaro	Italy
4	Ospedale Policlinico San Martino	Genova	Italy
5	Azienda Ospedaliera San Camillo-Forlanini	Roma	Italy
6	IRCCS Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli	Roma	Italy
7	Ospedale Cristo re	Roma	Italy

Sponsors and Collaborators

Piazza della Vittoria 14 Studio Medico - Ginecologia e Ostetricia

Investigators

None specified.

Study Documents (Full-Text)

None provided.

More Information

Publications

None provided.

Responsible Party:

Simone Ferrero, MD, Piazza della Vittoria 14 Studio Medico - Ginecologia e Ostetricia

ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:

NCT04338945

Other Study ID Numbers:

COVID-ItaliansurgRES-SPIGC

First Posted:

Apr 8, 2020

Last Update Posted:

Mar 17, 2022

Last Verified:

Mar 1, 2022

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product:

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product:

Keywords provided by Simone Ferrero, MD, Piazza della Vittoria 14 Studio Medico - Ginecologia e Ostetricia

resident wellness

surgical residency

Study Results

No Results Posted as of Mar 17, 2022