Effects of Covid-19 Infection Control Measures on Appointment Cancelation in an Italian Outpatient Memory Clinic
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15523974 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Gianfranco Spalletta (0000-0002-7432-4249, Fondazione Santa Lucia, corresponding author), Desirèè Estela Porcari (0000-0003-4338-1547, University of Rome Tor Vergata), Nerisa Banaj (0000-0002-6317-8549, Fondazione Santa Lucia), Valentina Ciullo (0000-0002-6870-6259, Fondazione Santa Lucia), Katie Palmer (0000-0001-8783-016X, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Pages | 599844-599844 |
| Publication date | 2020-11-30 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Frontiers in Psychiatry (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1664-0640 • E-ISSN: 1664-0640 |
| Publisher | Frontiers Media (PUBLISHER • CH) |
| DOI | 10.3389/fpsyt.2020.599844 |
| PMID | 33329152 |
| OpenAlex | W3108247339 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 41 |
Background: In the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, many countries made changes to the routine management of patients with non-communicable diseases, including neurocognitive disorders. Therefore, many "so-called" non-urgent elective procedures and outpatient appointments have been canceled or postponed, possibly impacting negatively on health and well-being of patients in the short- and long-term. Aim: Here, we aimed at describing numbers and types of outpatient appointments canceled as a result of government's restrictive measures in our memory clinic. Methods: The scheduled appointments at the memory clinic of the Santa Lucia Foundation IRCCS, Rome, Italy, are recorded in a comprehensive dataset under strict administrative control. Here, we compared appointments (first-time and follow-up) that were canceled from January to April 2020 with those of the corresponding months in 2019. Results: We observed a substantial decrease in appointments during 2020. The majority of scheduled appointments were follow-up, and about a quarter were first-time appointments. We estimated that 66.7% and 77.4% of patients missed out respectively their first and follow-up appointments in our memory clinic due to government's restrictive measures in March-April 2020. Conclusions: A large number of patients with neurocognitive disorders missed crucial appointments due to government's restrictive measures, and many experienced a delay in initial diagnosis and initiation of treatment. This has relevant impact on their treatment and consequently has (is still having and potentially will have) an increase on the healthcare service burden of clinics. Furthermore, as a second wave of COVID-19 affects Europe, and with winter approaching, it is a compelling priority to ensure easy and rapid access to appropriate assessment, care and treatment in the event of a new outbreak and potential subsequent lockdowns, with particular attention to the development of specific healthcare technologies customized to older persons with cognitive impairment
Cognition · Cognitive impairment · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 · Disease · Family medicine · Government (linguistics · Health care · Memory clinic · Neurocognitive · Outpatient clinic · Pandemic · Psychiatry · Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life · Healthcare Operations and Scheduling Optimization · Medicine · Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation · Emergency Medicine · Internal Medicine · Pediatrics
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| Citations per year | 1,4 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2023 (3) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |