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

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Authors

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

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18311/jeoh/2022/29216

Keywords:

COVID-19 Challenges, Radiology, Strategies
Covid-19

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.

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2022-04-05

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Shahid, A., Arif, K., Sarfraz, S., Javed, A., Ikram, M., & Ihsan, A. (2022). Challenges and Coping Strategies of Radiology Doctors During COVID-19 Era, Lahore, Pakistan. Journal of Ecophysiology and Occupational Health, 22(1), 8–14. https://doi.org/10.18311/jeoh/2022/29216

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Volume 22, Issue 1, March 2022

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Received 2021-12-29
Accepted 2022-02-07
Published 2022-04-05

 

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