Table 2.
Patient perceptions of COVID-19-related surgical delays (N = 111)
| No | Yes | Maybe | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Do you think surgery was cancelled with your best interest in mind? | 11 (9.9%) | 100 (90.1%) | - |
| Would you consider changing surgeons rather than waiting a longer period of time for surgery?a | 71 (64.0%) | 22 (19.8%) | 18 (16.2%) |
| Would you consider going to another practice if they opened for surgery before your planned surgeon?a | 88 (79.3%) | 8 (7.2%) | 15 (13.5%) |
| Would you prefer to get surgery immediately when operations resume, or would you rather give more time for the current pandemic to calm down? | 50 (45.0%) | 61 (55.0%) | - |
| Have you increased the dose or frequency of your pain medications? | 85 (76.6%) | 26 (23.4%) | - |
| Has your surgical cancelation/delay caused you any emotional distress? | 75 (67.6%) | 36 (32.4%) | - |
| Do you have an adequate support network at home to help you during this delay? | 14 (12.6%) | 97 (87.4%) | - |
| Do you feel you have been treated fairly?b | 3 (2.7%) | 107 (96.4%) | - |
| If your surgeon offered you surgery tomorrow, with the pandemic in its current state, would you? | 59 (53.2%) | 52 (46.8%) | - |
| Has your opinion/perception of the delay changed as you have learned more about coronavirus? | 75 (67.6%) | 36 (32.4%) | - |
aIf asked for clarification, patients were given a hypothetical difference between surgeons and practices of 6 months of wait time
b1 patient refused to answer