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Study on Incidence of Elective Surgery Postponed During COVID-19 Pandemic in Geriatric Population

NCT04547218 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 150

Last updated 2021-01-19

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted routine hospital services globally. The hospital services include surgeries for benign diseases, cancer surgery and obstetric surgery. A study conducted by CovidSurg Collaborative estimated that 28,404,603 operations would be cancelled or postponed during the peak 12 weeks of disruption due to COVID-19. Globally, 81.7% of benign surgery, 37.7% of cancer surgery and 25.4% of elective Caesarean sections would be cancelled or postponed. If countries increase their normal surgical volume by 20% post-pandemic, it would take a median 45 weeks to clear the backlog of operations resulting from COVID-19 disruption. This study aims to estimate total number of elective operations postponed during COVID-19 in geriatric population.

Conditions

  • Age Problem
  • Surgery
  • Depression, Anxiety

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Malaya

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Pui San Loh, FANZCA · Department of Anesthesiology & Intensive Care, University of Malaya

Eligibility

Min Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2020-06-22
Primary Completion
2020-12-31
Completion
2020-12-31

Countries

  • Malaysia

Study Locations

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