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Impact of COVID-19 on education, health and lifestyle behaviour of Brazilian urology residents

Overview of attention for article published in International Brazilian Journal of Urology, August 2021
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Title
Impact of COVID-19 on education, health and lifestyle behaviour of Brazilian urology residents
Published in
International Brazilian Journal of Urology, August 2021
DOI 10.1590/s1677-5538.ibju.2021.99.09
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José Antonio Prezotti, João Victor T. Henriques, Luciano A. Favorito, Alfredo F. Canalini, Marcos G. Machado, Thulio B. V. Brandão, Akemi M. V. Barbosa, Julyana K. M. Moromizato, Karin M. J. Anzolch, Roni de C. Fernandes, Fransber R. A. Rodrigues, Carlos H. S. Bellucci, Caroline S. Silva, Antonio Carlos L. Pompeo, Jose de Bessa, Cristiano M. Gomes

Abstract

To evaluate the impact of COVID-19 on clinical and surgical practice, educational activities, health and lifestyle behavior of Brazilian urology residents. A web-based survey was sent to 468 Brazilian urology residents from postgraduate years (PGY) 3 to 5 to collect data on clinical practice and training after 4 months of COVID-19. We also assessed health-related and behavior changes, rate of infection by SARS-CoV-2, deployment to the front line of COVID-19, residents' concerns, and access to personal protective equipment (PPE). Massive reductions in elective and emergency patient consultations, diagnostic procedures and surgeries were reported across the country, affecting PGY 3 to 5 alike. Most in-person educational activities were abolished. The median damage to the urological training expected for 2020 was 6.0 [3.4 -7.7], on a scale from 0 to 10, with senior residents estimating a greater damage (P < 0.001). Educational interventions developed included online case-based discussions, subspeciality conferences and lectures, and grand rounds. Most senior residents favored extending residency to compensate for training loss and most younger residents favored no additional training (p< 0.001). Modifications in health and lifestyle included weight gain (43.8%), reduced physical activity (68.6%), increased alcoholic intake (44.9%) and cigarette consumption (53.6%), worsening of sexual life (25.2%) and feelings of sadness or depression (48,2%). Almost half were summoned to work on the COVID-19 front-line and 24.4% had COVID-19. Most residents had inadequate training to deal with COVID-19 patients and most reported a shortage of PPE. Residents' concerns included the risk of contaminating family members, being away from residency program, developing severe COVID-19 and overloading colleagues. COVID-19 had a massive impact in Brazilian urology residents´ training, health and lifestyle behavior, which may reflect what happened in other medical specialties. Studies should confirm these findings to help developing strategies to mitigate residents' losses.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Unknown 119 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 18 15%
Student > Bachelor 12 10%
Researcher 8 7%
Student > Ph. D. Student 8 7%
Other 7 6%
Other 17 14%
Unknown 49 41%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 31 26%
Nursing and Health Professions 9 8%
Unspecified 5 4%
Social Sciences 4 3%
Psychology 4 3%
Other 13 11%
Unknown 53 45%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 6. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 12 April 2021.
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#6,602,824
of 25,387,668 outputs
Outputs from International Brazilian Journal of Urology
#114
of 726 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#128,068
of 440,722 outputs
Outputs of similar age from International Brazilian Journal of Urology
#1
of 8 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 25,387,668 research outputs across all sources so far. This one has received more attention than most of these and is in the 73rd percentile.
So far Altmetric has tracked 726 research outputs from this source. They receive a mean Attention Score of 4.1. This one has done well, scoring higher than 84% of its peers.
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