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

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.

COVID-19 Pandemisinde Hekimlerin Pandemi Yönetimi ve Tedavi Yaklaþýmlarýnýn Deðerlendirilmesi: Türkiye’den On-line Kesitsel Bir Çalýþma

Amaç: Bu çalýþma, tüm dünyayý etkisi altýna alan koronavirüs hastalýðý (CO-VID-19) enfeksiyonunun tedavi ve yönetimine hekimlerin bakýþ açýlarý, dene-yimleri ve izledikleri yöntemleri deðerlendirmek amacýyla planlandý.
Yöntem: Hekimlerin dahil edildiði bu çalýþmada, elektronik ortamda 21 so-rudan oluþan bir anket yapýldý. Anket sorularý hekimlerin COVID-19 pandemisinde uyguladýklarý tedavi yöntemlerini, izledikleri kýlavuzlarý ve kendi klinik deneyimlerini içermektedir.
Bulgular: Bu çalýþma, 72 (%36,0) erkek ve 128 (%64,0) kadýn olmak üzere toplam 200 hekim ile yapýldý. Hekimlerin yaþ ortalamasý 36,54±7,40 yýl idi. COVID-19 hasta yönetimi ve tedavisinde katýlýmcýlarýn %78,5’i Saðlýk Bakanlýðý COVÝD-19 Salgýn Yönetimi ve Çalýþma Rehberini (SYÇR), %60,5’i uluslararasý güncel kýlavuzlarý kullanmayý tercih etti. Hipoksemik hastalarýn oksijen destek yönetiminde ise katýlýmcýlarýn %53,5’i kiþisel tecrübe ve deneyimleri, %52,5’i Saðlýk Bakanlýðý COVID-19 SYÇR’yi, %51’i uluslararasý güncel kýlavuzlarý takip etmeyi tercih etti. Mesleki deneyim süresi ve çalýþýlan kurum ile tedavi yönetim tercihleri arasýnda istatistik-sel anlamlý iliþki vardýr.
Sonuç: COVID-19 pandemi sürecinde hekimler tedavi ve hasta yönetiminde Saðlýk Bakanlýðý COVID-19 SYÇR’yi takip etmeyi tercih etti. Ulusal bilim kurullarýnýn yeni geliþmeleri yakýndan takip edip resmi hükümet saðlýk yetkilileri tarafýndan çevrim içi olarak yayýmlanan COVID-19 ile ilgili güncellemelerin yapýlmasý, saðlýk çalýþanlarýnýn bilgi eriþimindeki tercihleri açýsýndan önem teþkil etmektedir.