The effect of the first wave of COVID‐19 pandemic on urology practice and anxiety scores of patients awaiting surgery

Objective We aimed to determine the effect COVID‐19 pandemic on the daily urology practice of the level 3 centre located in one of the most affected regions in Turkey. We also aimed to assess anxiety and depression levels of patients whose procedures and surgeries had to be postponed due to COVID‐19...

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Published in:International Journal of Clinical Practice 2021-08, Vol.75 (8), p.e14201-n/a
Main Authors: Micoogullari, Uygar, Kisa, Erdem, Yucel, Cem, Ozbilen, Mert Hamza, Karaca, Erkin, Cakici, Mehmet Caglar, Ozcift, Burak, Ilbey, Yusuf Ozlem
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Language:English
Subjects:
Anxiety
COVID-19
Mental depression
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Pandemics
Patients
Public health
Risk groups
Surgery
Urology
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Summary:Objective We aimed to determine the effect COVID‐19 pandemic on the daily urology practice of the level 3 centre located in one of the most affected regions in Turkey. We also aimed to assess anxiety and depression levels of patients whose procedures and surgeries had to be postponed due to COVID‐19‐related restrictions. Methods The number of patients admitted to the outpatient clinic, outpatient procedures, emergency consultation requests, hospitalised patients and the total number of surgeries between March 10, 2020 and June 15, 2020 were evaluated. These numbers were compared with the same period of 2019. Subsequently, patients who could not be operated or whose elective surgeries were postponed between March 10, 2020 and June 15, 2020 were determined(n:96). These patients were asked to fill out Beck Depression Inventory(BDI) and State‐Trait Anxiety Inventory(STAI). The presence of difference between the baseline anxiety levels and the anxiety levels during the COVID‐19 pandemic was investigated. Afterwards, these patients were divided into two groups based on planned procedures as oncological group (group1) and non‐oncological group (group2). The presence of a difference between the anxiety and depression levels between the groups was investigated. Results There was a drastic decline in number of patients in all assessed parameters. The least amount of change was seen in the number of emergency consultations. The evaluation of anxiety and depression scores of the patients showed a significant difference between their STAI‐S and STAI‐T scores (51.8 ± 9.3, 38.2 ± 7.5, respectively)(P 
ISSN:1368-5031
1742-1241
DOI:10.1111/ijcp.14201