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

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

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.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: COVID
• Intervention / Treatment: 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 Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Actual): 800

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Italy
  • Bari, Italy
    • U.O.C. Chirurgia Generale Universitaria "V. Bonomo"
  • Brindisi, Italy
    • Ospedale Perrino Asl Brindisi
  • Catanzaro, Italy
    • Dipartimento di scienze mediche e chirurgiche, Università di Catanzaro
  • Genova, Italy
    • Ospedale Policlinico San Martino
  • Roma, Italy
    • Azienda Ospedaliera San Camillo-Forlanini
  • Roma, Italy
    • Ospedale Cristo Re
  • Roma, Italy
    • IRCCS Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Italian medical residents in surgical areas

Description

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

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Number of groups / cohorts

1

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort	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

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

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

Secondary Outcome Measures

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

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Piazza della Vittoria 14 Studio Medico - Ginecologia e Ostetricia

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): March 15, 2020
• Primary Completion (Actual): April 15, 2020
• Study Completion (Actual): May 1, 2020

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: April 7, 2020
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: April 7, 2020
• First Posted (Actual): April 8, 2020

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): March 17, 2022
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: March 2, 2022
• Last Verified: March 1, 2022

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: resident wellness; surgical residency
• Other Study ID Numbers: COVID-ItaliansurgRES-SPIGC

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No