How Brazilian Chiropractors Are Facing the COVID-19 Pandemic

NCT04534621 | Unknown

• 1 other identifier: TrateTE
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 948
• Locations: 0 countries
• Sites: N/A

Brief Summary

Brazil has the Latin America's largest coronavirus outbreak, numbers second only to the United States in the western hemisphere. The first COVID-19 confirmed case in Brazil was on February of 2020. A 61yrs old man tested positive after returning from a trip to Italy. Few other very first cases were also imported from Europe by returning travelers. The first locally transmitted case was registered on March of 2020, when a total of 8 cases have already been confirmed. At the time the WHO declares the outbreak as a pandemic (March 11) Brazil had 52 confirmed cases being 6 of those locally transmitted. Healthcare professionals are now more important than ever. Given the intrinsic nature of the hands-on treatment of the Chiropractic profession, it is extremely important to understand what strategies chiropractors have put in place to address patient care, safety, and self report COVID contamination of those professionals.

Conditions

Covid19

Keywords

chiropractors; strategies; coronavirus; pandemic

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• What measures have been implemented to avoid SARS-COV2 transmission when taking care of patients, during the COVID-19 pandemic.

  Subjects will answer a online survey addressing what measures they have implemented to prevent SARS-COV2 contamination among staff and patients, when taking care of patients. These questions address the use of individual protection devices, sanitizing methods, social distancing, patient orientation, and consultation time. These will be analyzed in conjunct, using descriptive statistics.

  2 weeks

Secondary Outcomes (2)

• Professionals SARS-COV2 infection rates.

  2 weeks

• Professional financial impact.

  2 weeks

Study Arms (1)

Brazilian chiropractors

A cross-sectional survey will be performed with this population (Brazilian chiropractors) to assess outcomes regarding what is the current impact and what measures they have implemented while facing the COVID-19 pandemic.

Other: Electronic survey

Interventions

Electronic survey OTHER

Brazilian chiropractors will be invited by email and social media to answer an electronic survey.

Brazilian chiropractors

Eligibility Criteria

• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)
• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

All chiropractors from the Brazilian Chiropractic association database / thru social media / principal investigator database will be invited to participate.

You may qualify if:

• Chiropractors graduated from national or international accredited colleges.

You may not qualify if:

• Chiropractors who did not treated patients in 2020.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Trate - Tratamentos Especializados: lead

MeSH Terms

Conditions

COVID-19; Coronavirus Infections

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Pneumonia, Viral; Pneumonia; Respiratory Tract Infections; Infections; Virus Diseases; Coronaviridae Infections; Nidovirales Infections; RNA Virus Infections; Lung Diseases; Respiratory Tract Diseases

Study Officials

• MARCELO B BOTELHO, DC, MD, MSc

  Trate

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Central Study Contacts

MARCELO B BOTELHO, DC, MD, MSc

CONTACT

7132617799; quiropraxia@hotmail.com

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: OTHER
• Time Perspective: CROSS SECTIONAL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: CEO

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: August 25, 2020
• First Posted: September 1, 2020
• Study Start: August 26, 2020
• Primary Completion: September 6, 2020
• Study Completion: September 18, 2020
• Last Updated: September 1, 2020

Record last verified: 2020-08

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share