Question | Women | Men | All | |||
n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | ||||
What protective measures have been taken to reduce the transmission of SARS-CoV-2 at your work place? | ||||||
Face masks for patients | 60 | (98.4) | 47 | (95.9) | 107 | (94.7) |
Face masks for doctors | 58 | (95.1) | 46 | (93.9) | 104 | (92.0) |
Barrier measures on the slit lamp | 60 | (98.4) | 45 | (91.8) | 105 | (92.9) |
Wearing protective gloves | 26 | (42.6) | 13 | (26.5) | 39 | (34.5) |
Surface disinfection after using the slit lamp | 56 | (91.8) | 41 | (83.7) | 97 | (85.8) |
Fever measurement and symptom questionnaire before the examination | 29 | (47.5) | 23 | (46.9) | 52 | (46.0) |
Reduction of the planned appointments | 36 | (59.0) | 27 | (55.1) | 63 | (55.8) |
Others | 13 | (21.3) | 7 | (14.3) | 20 | (17.7) |
Which face mask do you use most frequently? | ||||||
Cloth mask | 1 | (1.6) | 0 | (0.0) | 1 | (0.9) |
Surgical mask | 4 | (6.6) | 11 | (22.4) | 15 | (13.3) |
FFP1 mask | 1 | (1.6) | 3 | (6.1) | 4 | (3.5) |
FFP2 mask | 49 | (80.3) | 29 | (59.2) | 78 | (69.0) |
FFP3 mask | 1 | (1.6) | 0 | (0.0) | 1 | (0.9) |
Faceshield | 1 | (1.6) | 0 | (0.0) | 1 | (0.9) |
Who provided the masks? | ||||||
Employer | 37 | (60.7) | 25 | (51.0) | 62 | (54.9) |
Representation of interests, for example, medical association | 9 | (14.8) | 11 | (22.4) | 20 | (17.7) |
Financed from own resources | 11 | (18.0) | 7 | (14.3) | 18 | (15.9) |
In your experience, have these protective measures made the examination conditions more difficult/changed them? | ||||||
Totally agree | 25 | (41.0) | 29 | (59.2) | 54 | (47.8) |
Rather agree | 21 | (34.4) | 15 | (30.6) | 36 | (31.9) |
Neither agree nor disagree | 13 | (21.3) | 4 | (8.2) | 17 | (15.0) |
Rather disagree | 1 | (1.6) | 0 | (0.0) | 1 | (0.9) |
Disagree | 1 | (1.6) | 0 | (0.0) | 1 | (0.9) |
Not answered | 0 | (0.0) | 1 | (2.0) | 4 | (3.5) |
Which difficulties do you experience due to the protective measures? | ||||||
Fogging of the slit lamp oculars | 40 | (65.6) | 39 | (79.6) | 79 | (69.9) |
Fogging of the lenses | 55 | (90.2) | 44 | (89.8) | 99 | (87.6) |
Difficult operability of the slit lamp due to the slit lamp protection barriers | 42 | (68.9) | 26 | (53.1) | 68 | (60.2) |
Time delay due to disinfection measures | 43 | (70.5) | 34 | (69.4) | 77 | (68.1) |
Others | 8 | (13.1) | 3 | (6.1) | 11 | (9.7) |
What do you do to stop fogging of the oculars? | ||||||
You completely remove your face mask | 1 | (2.5)† | 3 | (7.7)† | 4 | (5.1)† |
You pull your face mask under the nose | 7 | (17.5)† | 14 | (35.9)† | 21 | (26.6)† |
You hold your breath during examination | 22 | (55.0)† | 21 | (53.8)† | 43 | (54.4)† |
You tape off the upper edge of the face mask to your skin | 10 | (25.0)† | 15 | (38.5)† | 25 | (31.6)† |
Others | 7 | (17.5)† | 3 | (7.7)† | 10 | (12.7)† |
What do you do to stop lens fogging? | ||||||
You ask the patient to completely remove their face mask | 3 | (5.5)* | 2 | (4.5)* | 5 | (5.1)* |
You ask the patient to pull the face mask under the nose | 26 | (47.3)* | 19 | (43.2)* | 45 | (45.5)* |
You press the face mask with your fingers to the patient’s face to minimise the escaping air | 28 | (50.9)* | 19 | (43.2)* | 47 | (47.5)* |
You tape the upper edge of the patient’s mask to their face | 12 | (21.8)* | 8 | (18.2)* | 20 | (20.2)* |
You interrupt the examination several times | 39 | (70.9)* | 28 | (63.6)* | 67 | (67.7)* |
You are trying to avoid funduscopy | 2 | (3.6)* | 3 | (6.8)* | 5 | (5.1)* |
You are trying to replace funduscopy with fundus photography | 6 | (10.9)* | 5 | (11.4)* | 11 | (11.1)* |
Others | 4 | (7.3)* | 6 | (13.6)* | 10 | (10.1)* |
How many patients do you examine per day on average? | ||||||
0–10 | 7 | (11.5) | 3 | (6.1) | 7 | (6.2) |
10–20 | 38 | (62.3) | 14 | (28.6) | 38 | (33.6) |
20–30 | 31 | (50.8) | 13 | (26.5) | 31 | (27.4) |
30–40 | 12 | (19.7) | 8 | (16.3) | 12 | (10.6) |
>40 | 21 | (34.4) | 10 | (20.4) | 21 | (18.6) |
Not answered | 4 | (6.6) | 1 | (2.0) | 4 | (3.5) |
How many patients per day on average do you perform funduscopy on? | ||||||
0–10 | 15 | (24.6) | 10 | (20.4) | 25 | (22.1) |
10–20 | 21 | (34.4) | 20 | (40.8) | 41 | (36.3) |
20–30 | 15 | (24.6) | 5 | (10.2) | 20 | (17.7) |
30–40 | 4 | (6.6) | 7 | (14.3) | 11 | (9.7) |
>40 | 6 | (9.8) | 6 | (12.2) | 12 | (10.6) |
Not answered | 0 | (0.0) | 1 | (2.0) | 4 | (3.5) |
In your experience, have COVID-19 protective measures reduced the overall quality of your fundoscopic examination? | ||||||
Totally agree | 7 | (11.5) | 11 | (22.4) | 18 | (15.9) |
Rather agree | 19 | (31.1) | 12 | (24.5) | 31 | (27.4) |
Neither agree nor disagree | 14 | (23.0) | 9 | (18.4) | 23 | (20.4) |
Rather disagree | 7 | (11.5) | 6 | (12.2) | 13 | (11.5) |
Disagree | 13 | (21.3) | 10 | (20.4) | 23 | (20.4) |
Not answered | 1 | (1.6) | 1 | (2.0) | 5 | (4.4) |
In your experience, have COVID-19 protective measures reduced the overall quality of your slit lamp examination? | ||||||
Totally agree | 5 | (8.2) | 6 | (12.2) | 11 | (9.7) |
Rather agree | 10 | (16.4) | 14 | (28.6) | 24 | (21.2) |
Neither agree nor disagree | 19 | (31.1) | 7 | (14.3) | 26 | (23.0) |
Rather disagree | 12 | (19.7) | 8 | (16.3) | 20 | (17.7) |
Disagree | 15 | (24.6) | 13 | (26.5) | 28 | (24.8) |
Not answered | 0 | (0.0) | 1 | (2.0) | 4 | (3.5) |
*Percentage of persons that selected ‘Fogging of the lenses’.
†Percentage of persons that selected ‘Fogging of the slit lamp oculars’.
FFP, filtering face piece.