First impact of COVID-19 on services and their preparation. "Instant paper from the field" on rehabilitation answers to the COVID-19 emergency.
Eur J Phys Rehabil Med
; 56(3): 319-322, 2020 Jun.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-42122
ABSTRACT
This paper reports the immediate impact of the epidemic on rehabilitation services in Italy, the first country in Europe hit by COVID-19. In a country with almost 5000 Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine physicians, the webinar had 230 live viewers (4.5%), and more than 8900 individual visualizations of the recorded version. The overall inadequate preparation of the rehabilitation system to face a sudden epidemic was clear, and similar to that of the acute services. The original idea of confining the COVID-19 cases to some areas of rehabilitation wards and/or hospitals, preserving others, proved not to be feasible. Continuous reorganization and adaptation were required due to the rapid changes. Overall, rehabilitation needs had to surrender to the more acute emergency, with total conversion of beds, wards and even hospitals. The quarantine needs heavily involved also outpatient services that were mostly closed. Rehabilitation professionals needed support, but also acted properly, again similarly to what happened in the acute wards. The typical needs of rehabilitation, such as human and physical contacts, but also social interactions including patient, team, family and caregivers, appeared clearly in the current unavoidable need of being suppressed. These notes could serve the preparation of other services worldwide.
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Coleções:
Bases de dados internacionais
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Medicina Física e Reabilitação
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Pneumonia Viral
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Infecções por Coronavirus
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Betacoronavirus
Tipo de estudo:
Estudo experimental
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Estudo observacional
Limite:
Humanos
País/Região como assunto:
Europa
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
Eur J Phys Rehabil Med
Assunto da revista:
Medicina Física
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Reabilitação
Ano de publicação:
2020
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
País de afiliação:
S1973-9087.20.06303-0
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