Evaluation of the Pandemic Management and Treatment Approaches of the Doctors in the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Online Cross-sectional Study from Türkiye

ABSTRACT

Objectives: This study was planned to evaluate the perspectives, experiences, and methods followed by physicians on the treatment and management of COVID-19 infection, which affects the whole world. Methods: In this study, in which physicians were included in the study, a questionnaire consisting of 21 questions was conducted in the electronic environment. The questionnaire questions included the treatment methods applied by the physicians during the COVID-19 pandemic, the guidelines they followed and their own clinical experiences. Results: Our study was conducted with a total of 200 physicians, 72 (36.0%) men and 128 (64.0%) women. The mean age of the physicians was 36.54±7.40 years. In the management and treatment of COVID-19 patients, 78.5% of the participants preferred to use the Ministry of Health's COVID-19 Outbreak Management and Study Guide (MHCOMSG) and 60.5% preferred to use the current international guidelines. In the oxygen support management of hypoxemic patients, 53.5% of the participants preferred to follow their personal experience and experience, 52.5% of them preferred to follow the MHCOMSG, 51% of them preferred to follow the current international guidelines. There is a statistically significant relationship between the duration of professional experience, the institution where the employee is working and treatment management preferences. Conclusion: During the COVID-19 pandemic process, physicians preferred to follow the MHCOMSG in treatment and patient management. It is important for health-care professionals to follow new developments closely and to make updates on COVID-19 published online by official government health officials in terms of health workers' preferences in accessing information. (English) [ FROM AUTHOR]