Table 4 Impacts of COVID-19 pandemic on the business and finances of chiropractors (n = 2058)
| Â | Overall n (% Yes) | Australia n (% Yes) | Canada n (% Yes) | Denmark n (% Yes) | Hong Kong n (% Yes) | UK n (% Yes) | USA n (% Yes) | Others n (% Yes) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Change in level of face-to-face patient care during the peak of the COVID-19 outbreak* | ||||||||
Practice suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic | 1014 (49.3%) | 32 (11.5%) | 470 (64.6%) | 34 (22.4%) | 1 (1.4%) | 363 (77.7%) | 98 (29.4%) | 16 (50.0%) |
Decreased > 50% | 528 (25.7%) | 77 (27.7%) | 190 (26.1%) | 89 (58.6%) | 3 (4.3%) | 57 (12.2%) | 108 (32.4%) | 4 (12.5%) |
Decreased 25–50% | 203 (9.9%) | 81 (29.1%) | 27 (3.7%) | 13 (8.6%) | 9 (13.0%) | 5 (1.1%) | 62 (18.6%) | 6 (18.8%) |
Decreased 1–25% | 103 (5.0%) | 49 (17.6%) | 9 (1.2%) | 2 (1.2%) | 5 (7.2%) | 3 (0.6%) | 33 (9.9%) | 2 (6.3%) |
Stayed about the same | 49 (2.4%) | 15 (5.4%) | 5 (0.7%) | 4 (2.6%) | 6 (8.7%) | 2 (0.4%) | 15 (4.5%) | 2 (6.3%) |
Increased 1–25% | 26 (1.3%) | 8 (2.9%) | 2 (0.3%) | 0 (0.0%) | 9 (13.0%) | 1 (0.2%) | 6 (1.8%) | 0 (0.0%) |
Increased 25–50% | 19 (0.9%) | 7 (2.5%) | 2 (0.3%) | 0 (0.0%) | 7 (10.1%) | 0 (0.0%) | 3 (0.9%) | 0 (0.0%) |
Increased > 50% | 39 (1.9%) | 3 (1.1%) | 1 (0.1%) | 2 (1.3%) | 27 (39.1%) | 2 (0.4%) | 4 (1.2%) | 0 (0.0%) |
Not practising during peak of COVID-19 | 77 (3.7%) | 6 (2.2%) | 6 (2.2%) | 21 (2.9%) | 8 (5.3%) | 2 (2.9%) | 34 (7.3%) | 2 (6.3%) |
Change in personal income as a chiropractor during the peak of the COVID-19 outbreak (n = 1977)* | ||||||||
Completely stopped | 843 (42.6%) | 18 (6.7%) | 420 (59.5%) | 13 (9.0%) | 1 (1.5%) | 320 (73.9%) | 54 (16.5%) | 17 (56.7%) |
Decreased > 50% | 526 (26.6%) | 70 (26.0%) | 218 (30.9%) | 68 (47.2%) | 5 (7.5%) | 69 (15.9%) | 93 (28.4%) | 3 (10.0%) |
Decreased 25%-50% | 250 (12.6%) | 76 (28.3%) | 38 (5.4%) | 34 (23.6%) | 7 (10.4%) | 25 (5.8%) | 64 (19.5%) | 8 (20.0%) |
Decreased 1%-25% | 135 (6.8%) | 55 (20.4%) | 16 (2.3%) | 14 (9.7%) | 4 (6.0%) | 6 (1.4%) | 39 (11.9%) | 1 (3.3%) |
Stayed about the same | 140 (7.1%) | 30 (11.2%) | 13 (1.8%) | 15 (10.4%) | 7 (10.4%) | 8 (1.8%) | 65 (19.8%) | 2 (6.7%) |
Increased 1%-25% | 34 (1.7%) | 13 (4.8%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 10 (14.9%) | 0 (0.0%) | 10 (3.0%) | 1 (3.3%) |
Increased 25%-50% | 24 (1.2%) | 6 (2.2%) | 1 (0.1%) | 0 (0.0%) | 11 (16.4%) | 4 (0.9%) | 2 (0.6%) | 0 (0.0%) |
Increased > 50% | 25 (1.3%) | 1 (0.4%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 22 (32.6%) | 1 (0.2%) | 1 (0.3%) | 0 (0.0%) |
Financial assistance sought due to a loss of practice and/or personal income because of the COVID-19 outbreak (n = 2048)* | ||||||||
Yes | 1359 (66.4%) | 116 (41.9%) | 596 (82.4%) | 83 (55.0%) | 2 (2.9%) | 357 (76.8%) | 192 (58.0%) | 13 (40.6%)* |
Impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on the employment of other practice staff (n = 2.058) | ||||||||
Temporary work leave, but still employed (with/without government support)* | 1011 (49.1%) | 70 (25.2%) | 454 (62.4%) | 105 (68.6%) | 4 (5.8%) | 269 (57.6%) | 96 (28.9%) | 13 (40.6%) |
Decreased work hours and/or income* | 627 (30.5%) | 106 (38.1%) | 239 (32.9%) | 38 (24.8%) | 9 (13.0%) | 122 (26.1%) | 104 (31.3%) | 9 (28.1%) |
Complete loss of employment* | 324 (15.7%) | 22 (7.9%) | 180 (24.8%) | 13 (8.5%) | 1 (1.4%) | 69 (14.8%) | 36 (10.8%) | 3 (9.4%) |
No substantial changes* | 298 (14.5%) | 80 (28.8%) | 33 (4.5%) | 20 (13.1%) | 49 (71.0%) | 11 (2.4%) | 103 (31.0%) | 2 (6.3%) |
Not relevant (as no other practice staff)* | 352 (17.1%) | 45 (16.2%) | 92 (12.7%) | 15 (9.8%) | 7 (10.1%) | 127 (27.2%) | 54 (16.2%) | 12 (37.5%) |
Impact of COVID-19 outbreak on care after the COVID-19 pandemic is over (n = 2060) | ||||||||
Increased disinfecting/cleaning of practice equipment/areas* | 1413 (68.3%) | 204 (73.1%) | 533 (73.3%) | 119 (77.8%) | 43 (62.3%) | 303 (64.9%) | 186 (55.9%) | 20 (62.5%) |
Greater use of hand sanitiser* | 1166 (56.6%) | 169 (60.6%) | 458 (63.0%) | 106 (69.3%) | 39 (56.5%) | 247 (52.9%) | 132 (39.6%) | 15 (46.9%) |
More rescheduling of patients with flu-like symptoms* | 1066 (51.7%) | 145 (52.0%) | 447 (61.5%) | 90 (58.8%) | 14 (20.3%) | 234 (50.1%) | 122 (36.6%) | 14 (43.8%) |
Greater use of (PPE)* | 740 (35.9%) | 69 (24.7%) | 319 (43.9%) | 38 (24.8%) | 32 (46.4%) | 187 (40.0%) | 88 (25.8%) | 9 (28.1%) |
More social distancing in reception/treatment areas* | 661 (32.1%) | 91 (32.6%) | 268 (36.9%) | 67 (43.8%) | 20 (29.0%) | 129 (27.6%) | 77 (23.1%) | 9 (28.1%) |
No changes, back to normal* | 292 (14.2%) | 36 (12.9%) | 71 (9.8%) | 12 (7.8%) | 22 (31.9%) | 69 (14.8%) | 75 (22.5%) | 7 (21.9%) |
More teleconferencing/telehealth patient care* | 242 (11.7%) | 21 (7.5%) | 83 (11.4%) | 10 (6.5%) | 4 (5.8%) | 72 (15.4%) | 50 (15.0%) | 2 (6.3%) |
Unsure of changes after the pandemic is over* | 249 (12.1%) | 23 (8.2%) | 85 (11.7%) | 8 (5.2%) | 3 (4.3%) | 72 (15.4%) | 54 (16.2%) | 4 (12.5%) |