Number of patients with interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome seen before versus during the COVID-19 pandemic at an academic, urban, multisite urogynecology practice

IF 1.5 4区 医学 Q3 UROLOGY & NEPHROLOGY
Tahireh Markert, Alexa Courtepatte, Subrina Farah, Jeannine M. Miranne
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Abstract

Objectives

Little is known about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome (IC/BPS). We aim to compare the number of newly diagnosed IC/BPS cases and number of patients with flares prior to and during the pandemic.

Methods

We conducted a retrospective cohort study of women ≥18 years who were diagnosed with or treated for IC/BPS between March 2019 and March 2021 at an academic, urban, multisite urogynecology practice. The primary outcome was the number of IC/BPS cases from March 1, 2019 to February 29, 2020 (pre-pandemic) compared with March 1, 2020 to February 28, 2021 (during pandemic). The secondary outcome was the number of patients with flares during those same two time periods. Demographic and clinical characteristics were compared using nonparametric tests and interrupted time series (ITS) was used to evaluate our outcomes of interest. p-Value <.05 was considered significant.

Results

Fifty-four women (4.87% of new patients) were diagnosed with IC/BPS during the pandemic compared with 40 women pre-pandemic (4.05% of new patients). The median age was 35.0. Seventy-two percent were premenopausal, 75% sexually active, and 31% had anxiety, and there were no significant differences between groups. Although the number of patients newly diagnosed with IC/BPS was higher during the pandemic, the diagnosis rates between time periods were not statistically different. Thirty-five patients experienced flares during the pandemic compared with 49 patients the year prior (p = .43). This difference was also not statistically significant on ITS analysis.

Conclusions

Although more patients were diagnosed with IC/BPS during versus before the pandemic, the difference in diagnosis rates was not different between these periods.

在学术、城市、多站点泌尿生殖系统实践中,新冠肺炎大流行之前和期间出现的间质性膀胱炎/膀胱疼痛综合征患者人数。
目的:对新冠肺炎大流行对间质性膀胱炎/膀胱疼痛综合征(IC/BPS)的影响知之甚少。我们的目的是比较新诊断的IC/BPS病例数和疫情前和疫情期间的发作患者数。方法:我们对≥18岁的女性进行了回顾性队列研究 在2019年3月至2021年3月期间,在一家学术、城市、多站点的泌尿生殖系统诊所被诊断为IC/BPS或接受IC/BPS治疗的年龄。主要结果是2019年3月1日至2020年2月29日(疫情前)的IC/BPS病例数,而2020年3月一日至2021年2月28日(疫情期间)。次要结果是在这两个时间段内出现发作的患者数量。使用非参数检验比较人口统计学和临床特征,并使用中断时间序列(ITS)来评估我们感兴趣的结果。p值结果:54名女性(占新患者的4.87%)在疫情期间被诊断为IC/BPS,而疫情前为40名女性(新患者的4.05%)。中位年龄为35.0岁。72%的人是绝经前,75%的人性活跃,31%的人有焦虑,各组之间没有显著差异。尽管新诊断为IC/BPS的患者人数在疫情期间较高,但不同时期的诊断率没有统计学差异。与前一年的49名患者相比,有35名患者在疫情期间出现了突发症状(p = .43)。这种差异在ITS分析中也没有统计学意义。结论:尽管与疫情前相比,更多的患者在疫情期间被诊断为IC/BPS,但这两个时期的诊断率差异不大。
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LUTS: Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms
LUTS: Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms UROLOGY & NEPHROLOGY-
CiteScore
3.00
自引率
7.70%
发文量
52
审稿时长
>12 weeks
期刊介绍: LUTS is designed for the timely communication of peer-reviewed studies which provides new clinical and basic science information to physicians and researchers in the field of neurourology, urodynamics and urogynecology. Contributions are reviewed and selected by a group of distinguished referees from around the world, some of whom constitute the journal''s Editorial Board. The journal covers both basic and clinical research on lower urinary tract dysfunctions (LUTD), such as overactive bladder (OAB), detrusor underactivity, benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), bladder outlet obstruction (BOO), urinary incontinence, pelvic organ prolapse (POP), painful bladder syndrome (PBS), as well as on other relevant conditions. Case reports are published only if new findings are provided. LUTS is an official journal of the Japanese Continence Society, the Korean Continence Society, and the Taiwanese Continence Society. Submission of papers from all countries are welcome. LUTS has been accepted into Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE) with a 2011 Impact Factor.
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