The effects of COVID-19 on Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation in Turkey in the first month of pandemic

YAĞCI İ., SARIKAYA S., Ayhan F. F., Bahsi A., Kaya B. B., ERHAN B., ...Daha Fazla

TURKISH JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION, cilt.66, sa.3, ss.244-251, 2020 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 66 Sayı: 3
  • Basım Tarihi: 2020
  • Doi Numarası: 10.5606/tftrd.2020.6800
  • Dergi Adı: TURKISH JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.244-251
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Coronavirus, COVID-19, pandemic, physical medicine and rehabilitation
  • Marmara Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Objectives: The outbreak of novel coronavirus-2019 (COVID-19) has affected Turkey very seriously, as well as all around the world. Many urgent and radical measures were taken due to the high contagious risk and mortality rate of the outbreak. It is noteworthy that isolation recommendations and the provision of health services for pandemic have a negative impact on Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PMR) services. In this study, we aimed to evaluate the effects of COVID-19 on the PMR services and physiatrists immediately after the first month of pandemic in Turkey.