Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Eskişehir Osmangazi University, Eskişehir, Turkey.
Department of Urology, Eskisehir City Hospital, Eskişehir, Turkey.
Int J Clin Pract. 2021 Mar;75(3):e13850. doi: 10.1111/ijcp.13850. Epub 2020 Dec 4.
To show if lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) could be symptoms of COVID-19 with validated questionnaires.
The 96 COVID-19 patients who were hospitalised at a tertiary centre were collected retrospectively. After the exclusion criteria, 46 patients consisted the study population. All patients then fill formed the International Prostate Symptom Score and Urinary Symptom Profile respectively. All patients responded to these questions for the three period.
Twenty-seven female (58.6%) and 19 male (41.4%) COVID-19 patients answered the questions. In the male patients, while there were no statistically significant differences in the total IPSS, the voiding IPSS score, and quality of life between the three periods (P = .148; P = .933, P = .079, respectively), the storage IPSS scores had a significant difference between the three periods (P = .05). In female patients, low stream scores were similar between the three periods (P = .368). The scores of stress incontinence and an overactive bladder had a significant difference between the three periods (P = .05 and P = .05).
LUTS, especially storage symptoms, might be one of the initial symptoms of COVID-19 and the clinicians should evaluate LUTS with other known symptoms of the virus when a patient is suspected of having COVID-19.
使用经过验证的问卷，表明下尿路症状（LUTS）是否可能是 COVID-19 的症状。
回顾性收集了在一家三级中心住院的 96 名 COVID-19 患者。排除标准后，46 名患者纳入研究人群。所有患者随后分别填写了国际前列腺症状评分和尿症状谱。所有患者均在三个时期回答了这些问题。
27 名女性（58.6%）和 19 名男性（41.4%）COVID-19 患者回答了这些问题。在男性患者中，虽然三个时期的总 IPSS、排尿 IPSS 评分和生活质量评分均无统计学差异（P=.148；P=.933，P=.079，分别），但存储 IPSS 评分在三个时期之间存在显著差异（P=.05）。在女性患者中，三个时期的低流评分相似（P=.368）。压力性尿失禁和膀胱过度活动症的评分在三个时期之间存在显著差异（P=.05 和 P=.05）。
LUTS，尤其是存储症状，可能是 COVID-19 的初始症状之一，当患者疑似感染 COVID-19 时，临床医生应结合该病毒的其他已知症状评估 LUTS。
