Open AccessCould LUTS be early symptoms of COVID‐19
Author(s) -
Kaya Yeliz,
Kaya Coskun,
Kartal Tuğba,
Tahta Tuğba,
Tokgöz Vehbi Y.
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
international journal of clinical practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.756
H-Index - 98
eISSN - 1742-1241
pISSN - 1368-5031
DOI - 10.1111/ijcp.13850
Subject(s) - medicine , lower urinary tract symptoms , overactive bladder , covid-19 , international prostate symptom score , quality of life (healthcare) , significant difference , urology , urinary incontinence , urinary system , prostate , disease , pathology , alternative medicine , nursing , cancer , infectious disease (medical specialty)
Aim To show if lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) could be symptoms of COVID‐19 with validated questionnaires. Methods 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. Results 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). Conclusion 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.