This study will describe and explore the recovery process of patients undergoing cardiac surgery during the covid-19 pandemic. This will include mortality, morbidity, health-related quality of life, event-specific distress and depression.
The overall aim of this study is to describe and explore the recovery process of patients
undergoing cardiac surgery during the covid-19 pandemic. This will include mortality,
morbidity, health-related quality of life, event-specific distress and depression.
All adult patients having cardiac surgery during the pandemic at St Bartholomew's Hospital
will be approached to join this study. As of the end of March this is this is approximately
20 operations a week. Questionnaires will be administered at five time points alongside a
review of clinical notes.
Appropriate descriptive and summative statistics will be used to analyse outcomes. If sample
size is adequate, possible associations/effect of the impact of the covid-19 pandemic on each
of the recovery parameters included in the study will be determined. The differences in
outcomes between those with and without covid-19 may also be analysed if the sample size is
adequate. Bias and loss to follow-up in observational cohort studies has been considered.
Other: Cardiac surgery
Cardiac surgery during the COVID-19 pandemic
Inclusion Criteria:
- Undergoing cardiac surgery during the Covid-19 pandemic (end date as yet unknown but
inferred when elective surgery is reinstated)
- Discharge from hospital where operation was performed is being planned
- Able and willing to give informed consent
Exclusion Criteria:
- Unable or unwilling to give written informed consent. This includes patients who are
being transferred to another hospital and are considered too vulnerable or unwell to
be approached (based on clinical judgement of the clinical care team)
- Unable or unwilling to give and/or complete the questionnaires
- Inability to understand written and/or verbal English
St Bartholomew's Hospital
London, United Kingdom
Julie Sanders, PhD, Principal Investigator
St. Bartholomew's Hospital