Department of Urology, Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital - Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Indonesia.
Department of Urology, Universitas Indonesia Hospital - Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Indonesia.
Urol J. 2020 Nov 4;17(6):677-679. doi: 10.22037/uj.v16i7.6459.
This study aimed to investigate the impact of COVID-19 on urology practice in Indonesia.
This was a cross-sectional study using web-based questionnaire (Survey Monkey), which was distributed and collected within a period of three weeks. All practicing urologists in Indonesia were sent an e-questionnaire link via E-mail, WhatsApp Messenger application, and/or short message service, and the chief of residents in each urology centre distributed the e-questionnaire to urology residents.
The response rate was 369/485 (76%) among urologists and 220/220 (100%) among urology residents. Less than 10 percent of the responses in each section were incomplete. There are 35/369 (9.5%) of urologists and 59/220 (26.8%) of urology residents had been suspected as COVID-19 patients, of whom seven of them were confirmed to be COVID-19 positive. The majority of urologists (66%) preferred to continue face-to-face consultations with a limited number of patients, and more than 60% of urologists preferred to postpone the majority (66%) or all elective surgery. Most urologists also chose to postpone elective surgery in patient with COVID-19-related symptoms and patient who required post-operative ICU-care. Urologist and urology residents reported high rates of using personal protective equipment, except for medical gowns and N95 masks, which were in short supply. Several uro-oncology surgeries were considered to be the top priority for Indonesian urologist during COVID-19 epidemic period.
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a decline in urology service in both outpatient clinic and surgery services with uro-oncological procedure as a priority to conduct.
本研究旨在探讨 COVID-19 对印度尼西亚泌尿科实践的影响。
这是一项横断面研究，使用基于网络的问卷（Survey Monkey），在三周内进行了分发和收集。向所有在印度尼西亚执业的泌尿科医生发送了电子问卷链接，通过电子邮件、WhatsApp 信使应用程序和/或短信服务，每个泌尿科中心的住院医师负责人向泌尿科住院医师分发电子问卷。
泌尿科医生的回复率为 369/485（76%），泌尿科住院医师的回复率为 220/220（100%）。每个部分的不到 10%的回复是不完整的。有 35/369（9.5%）的泌尿科医生和 59/220（26.8%）的泌尿科住院医师被怀疑为 COVID-19 患者，其中 7 人被确诊为 COVID-19 阳性。大多数泌尿科医生（66%）更喜欢与数量有限的患者进行面对面咨询，超过 60%的泌尿科医生更喜欢推迟大多数（66%）或所有择期手术。大多数泌尿科医生还选择推迟有 COVID-19 相关症状和需要术后 ICU 护理的患者的择期手术。泌尿科医生和泌尿科住院医师报告了个人防护设备的高使用率，除了手术服和 N95 口罩，这些都供应不足。在 COVID-19 流行期间，几项泌尿肿瘤手术被认为是印度尼西亚泌尿科医生的首要任务。
COVID-19 大流行导致门诊和手术服务的泌尿科服务下降，以泌尿肿瘤手术为优先事项。
