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. 2021 Aug 26;16(8):e0256544. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0256544

Table 2. Impact of COVID-19-related healthcare restrictions on patient management.

Period 1 n = 102 Period 2 n = 102 p-value
Number of visits per patient, mean ± SD 2.6±1.5 2.3±1.5 0.157
Patients with delay in visit, n (%) 10 (10%) 31 (30%) 0.001
Patients with delay of an intervention, n (%) a 0 5 (11%) * 0.063
Patients with delay in imaging, n (%) b 7 (7%) * 25 (25%) * 0.001

a Interventions performed in n = 47 patients.

b Data available in n = 101 patients.

* Percentages calculated from respective sample sizes.

Abbreviations: COVID-19, coronavirus disease 2019; HCC, hepatocellular carcinoma.