A face-to-face national congress experience during the COVID-19 pandemic: A report focussing on the risk of COVID-19 contamination.
Eur J Gen Pract
; : 1-4, 2022 Nov 09.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-20235089
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
The Congress of the National College of Academic General Practitioners took place in France in June 2021. In total, 1300 participants were registered, provoking concerns about the risk of COVID-19 contamination.OBJECTIVES:
The study objective was to report participation in the first French face-to-face medical congress after restrictions due to COVID-19 and whether it resulted in COVID-19 contamination.METHODS:
We performed two web-based surveys of respectively 46 and 33 questions. The first questionnaire was sent to all congress participants during the congress (and to a panel of non-participants) and investigated demographic characteristics, medical conditions, behaviours related to COVID-19 contamination risk, and the interest of face-to-face congress as compared to virtual congress. Two weeks after the congress, a questionnaire was addressed to the same population and to university General Practice departments to identify incident COVID-19 cases among participants.RESULTS:
A total of 1001 general practitioners and residents completed the first questionnaire; 752 participated in the congress. The respondents were mainly women (61.3%), with a mean age of 35 (SD 10) years, 96.2% had been vaccinated against SARS-CoV-2, and 11.4% considered themselves at risk for a severe form of COVID-19 for medical reasons. Concerning the interest in attending the congress face-to-face, mean score was 9 over 10 (SD 1.5). No case of COVID-19 was reported among participants according to the second questionnaire (449 respondents).CONCLUSION:
During a world pandemic, even participants considering themselves at risk came to a medical congress, highlighting the networking and social aspects of a face-to-face congress.
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Type of study:
Observational study
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Prognostic study
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Qualitative research
Topics:
Vaccines
Language:
English
Journal:
Eur J Gen Pract
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
13814788.2022.2139825
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