Surgeons’ non-transparent facemasks challenge the physician–patient relationship in the orthopedic outpatient clinic of a tertiary university hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic: a prospective cohort study of 285 patients

Surgeons’ non-transparent facemasks challenge the physician–patient relationship in the orthopedic outpatient clinic of a tertiary university hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic: a prospective cohort study of 285 patients

Background and purpose — Facemasks play a role in preventing the respiratory spread of SARS-CoV-2, but their impact on the physician–patient relationship in the orthopedic outpatient clinic is unclear. We investigated whether the type of surgeons’ facemask impacts patients’ perception of the physici...

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Main Authors: Kristian Nikolaus Schneider, Christoph Theil, Georg Gosheger, Lukas Peter Lampe, Robert Rödl, Alexander Mellmann, Stefanie Kampmeier, Carolin Rickert
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Medical Journals Sweden 2022-01-01
Series:Acta Orthopaedica
Subjects:
Communication
COVID-19
Doctor-Patient
Empathy
Facemask
Physician-Patient
Online Access:https://actaorthop.org/actao/article/view/1071

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