The aim of this study is to assess the impact of life change and social distancing measures, during the Covid-19 outbreak, on the OAB symptoms and quality of life in women underwent different types of treatment.
Observational survey analysis in OAB treated patients was performed. The women showed a greater than 50% improvement during specific therapy for OAB. Population had previously completed bladder diary, OAB-Q symptom, OAB HRQL scale, SF-36 and PGI-I questionnaires. Four weeks after the introduction of the restrictive measures, these women were invited to complete the same questionnaires by e-mail for new evaluation during Covid-19 outbreak. Primary endpoint was changes in number of voids/24h, urgent micturitions/24h, urinary incontinence events/24h, nocturia events. Secondary endpoints were the assessment of the change in the OAB-SF, SF-36 questionnaires and PGI-I satisfaction.
Six hundred seventy-three patients were considered. The mean age was 63.21 ± 10.24 years. Four weeks after the start of the social distancing measures, the increase in mean number of voids/24h (7.13 ± 1.08 vs 9.76 ± 2.12, p < 0.0001), urgent micturition episodes/24h (2.65 ± 1.11 vs 4.57 ± 1.28, p < 0.0001), nocturia episodes (1.19 ± 1.21 vs 2.83 ± 0.94, p < 0.0001) was observed. The OAB symptom scores (32.67 ± 12.88 vs 51.23 ± 12.11, p < 0.0001), OAB-HRQL (75.45 ± 12.76 vs 48.23 ± 10.34, p < 0.0001), and SF-36 (82.15 ± 11.78 vs 69.39 ± 10.85, p < 0.0001) changed significantly. The satisfaction decreased significantly at the PGI-I during the Covid-19 period 79.8% vs 45% (p < 0.0001).
The Covid-19 outbreak and the restrictive social distancing measures have negatively influenced the OAB symptoms and quality of life in women underwent different types of treatment.
Taiwanese journal of obstetrics & gynecology. 2021 Jul [Epub]
Michele Carlo Schiavi, Marzio Angelo Zullo, Paolo Luffarelli, Anna Di Pinto, Cosimo Oliva, Pierluigi Palazzetti
Department of Gynecological and Obstetric Sandro Pertini Hospital, Rome, Italy. Electronic address: ., Department of Surgery-Week Surgery, Campus Biomedico University, Rome, Italy., Department of Gynecological and Obstetric Sciences, and Urological Sciences, University of Rome "Sapienza", Umberto I Hospital, Rome, Italy., Department of Gynecological and Obstetric, San Filippo Neri Hospital, Rome, Italy., Department of Gynecological and Obstetric Sandro Pertini Hospital, Rome, Italy.