Table 2.
Participant’s statements on what specific effect the COVID-19 pandemic has had on their outpatient clinic
Question | Answer choices | Responses (%) |
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What specific effect has the COVID-19 pandemic had on your outpatient clinic? | Only patients with acute orthopaedic symptoms (fracture, infection, tumour e.g. bone sarcoma) are allowed at our outpatient clinic | 47.2 |
ALL patients are screened for symptoms (e.g. having body temperature taken, answering questionnaire) before clinical examination | 27.7 | |
Patients with positive symptoms/positive screening questions are being tested for SARS-CoV-2 | 15.5 | |
Other (please specify) | 4.8 | |
No changes at our outpatient clinic | 3.0 | |
ALL patients are being tested for SARS-CoV-2 prior to orthopaedic clinical examination | 18 |