Table 1. Details of the participants and general measures adopted during the COVID 19 pandemic.
Question | Answer |
N (%) (Total n = 148) |
Not answered | |
---|---|---|---|---|
General section | ||||
Practice setting | Academic institute: Government | 36 (24.3) | ||
Academic institute: Private | 76 (51.4) | |||
Non academic: Private | 34 (23.0) | |||
Non academic: government hospital | 2 (1.4) | |||
Specialty | Gynaecologic Oncologist | 74 (50.0) | ||
Surgical Oncologist | 26 (17.6) | |||
Medical Oncologist | 21 (14.2) | |||
Radiation Oncologist | 12 (8.1) | |||
Gynaecologist | 15(10.1) | |||
Gynaecological cancer patients seen per month (before the onset of COVID-19) | <50 | 84 (56.8) | ||
51–100 | 30 (20.3) | |||
101–250 | 14 (9.5) | |||
>250 | 20 (13.5) | |||
Gynaecological cancer surgeries per month (before the onset of COVID-19) | <10 | 41 (27.7) | 28 (18.9) | |
11–20 | 38 (25.7) | |||
21–30 | 18 (12.2) | |||
>30 | 23 (15.5) | |||
States with high volume of confirmed COVID–19 cases | >3,500 | 75 (50.7) | ||
≤3,500 | 73 (49.3) | |||
Decrease in practice after COVID 19 Pandemic | No | 6 (4.1) | ||
Yes | 142 (95.9) | |||
Decreased practice in percentage | No surgery | 3 (2.0) | 1 (0.7) | |
<10% of usual volume | 39 (26.4) | |||
About 1/4th of usual volume | 58 (39.2) | |||
About 1/2 of usual volume | 30 (20.3) | |||
About 3/4th of usual volume | 14 (9.5) | |||
No change | 3 (2.0) | |||
MDTB in COVID 19 pandemic | Not conducted | 72 (48.6) | ||
Conducted | 76 (51.4) | |||
Mode of MDTB if Yes | Virtual tumour board | 54 (36.5) | 60 (40.5) | |
Tumour board with <5 participants | 23 (15.5) | |||
Tumour board with 6–10 participants | 9 (6.1) | |||
As before | 2 (1.4) | |||
RT PCR before cancer treatment | Yes | 60 (40.5) | ||
Only selected high risk patients as per Institutional policy | 64 (43.2) | |||
COVID 19 testing not mandatory | 24 (16.2) | |||
Additional precautions in view of COVID 19 pandemic | No | 13 (8.8) | ||
Yes | 135 (91.2) | |||
Various additional precaution | No precaution | 1 (0.7) | 25 (16.9) | |
N95 mask and visor | 65 (44) | |||
Full PPE | 51 (34.4) | |||
Full PPE and reduce personnel in OT | 6 (4) | |||
Smoke evacuator during surgery | No | 80 (54) | 5 (3.4) | |
Yes | 63 (42.6) |