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Challenges and Coping Strategies of Radiology Doctors During COVID-19 Era, Lahore, Pakistan


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1 Trainee Resident, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Shaikh Zayed Hospital, Lahore - 52254, Pakistan
2 Trainee Resident, Department of Radiology, Shaikh Zayed Hospital, Lahore - 52254, Pakistan
3 Head of Department, Department of Radiology, Shaikh Zayed Hospital, Lahore - 52254, Pakistan
4 Assistant Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Shaikh Zayed Hospital, Lahore - 52254, Pakistan, Pakistan
5 Head of Department, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Shaikh Zayed Hospital, Lahore - 52254, Pakistan
 

Objective: To evaluate the challenges and coping strategies by Radiology Doctors during the COVID-19 Era. Materials and Methods: It is a mixed-method cross-sectional study done over one month in Radiology Department, Shaikh Zayed Hospital, Lahore, Pakistan with a convenient sampling technique. Results: 80% of the radiologists faced challenges during the pandemic. Age, gender, marital status, monthly income, residents, and years of residency showed significant associations with challenges faced by doctors in the radiology department during the COVID-19 pandemic. Many challenges in terms of management, psychological aspects, training education, and research work were faced by the radiologists but they coped with them heroically. Conclusion: COVID-19 posed a spectrum of unforeseen challenges to the radiologists of Shaikh Zayed Hospital, Lahore. Challenges related to management, psychological aspects for doctors, research work and training education were all tackled by the senior and junior doctors by using various coping strategies.

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COVID-19 Challenges, Radiology, Strategies.
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Ayesha Shahid
Trainee Resident, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Shaikh Zayed Hospital, Lahore - 52254, Pakistan
Khadija Arif
Trainee Resident, Department of Radiology, Shaikh Zayed Hospital, Lahore - 52254, Pakistan
Saulat Sarfraz
Head of Department, Department of Radiology, Shaikh Zayed Hospital, Lahore - 52254, Pakistan
Amna Javed
Assistant Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Shaikh Zayed Hospital, Lahore - 52254, Pakistan, Pakistan
Muhammad Ikram
Head of Department, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Shaikh Zayed Hospital, Lahore - 52254, Pakistan
Ammara Ihsan
Trainee Resident, Department of Radiology, Shaikh Zayed Hospital, Lahore - 52254, Pakistan

Abstract


Objective: To evaluate the challenges and coping strategies by Radiology Doctors during the COVID-19 Era. Materials and Methods: It is a mixed-method cross-sectional study done over one month in Radiology Department, Shaikh Zayed Hospital, Lahore, Pakistan with a convenient sampling technique. Results: 80% of the radiologists faced challenges during the pandemic. Age, gender, marital status, monthly income, residents, and years of residency showed significant associations with challenges faced by doctors in the radiology department during the COVID-19 pandemic. Many challenges in terms of management, psychological aspects, training education, and research work were faced by the radiologists but they coped with them heroically. Conclusion: COVID-19 posed a spectrum of unforeseen challenges to the radiologists of Shaikh Zayed Hospital, Lahore. Challenges related to management, psychological aspects for doctors, research work and training education were all tackled by the senior and junior doctors by using various coping strategies.

Keywords


COVID-19 Challenges, Radiology, Strategies.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18311/jeoh%2F2022%2F29216