Are patients' fears of catching COVID-19 during an emergency hospital admission with an acute urological problem justified?-A UK epicentre experience.
J Public Health (Oxf)
; 45(2): 488-490, 2023 Jun 14.
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| ID: mdl-35257179
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
To establish the risk of catching COVID-19 as urology emergency inpatient and assess patients' fears and attitudes towards seeking help.METHODS:
A single-centre retrospective study of urological emergency admissions was conducted over a 10-week period in 2019 and compared to same period of 2020 pandemic. Also, a telephone survey was performed based on a COVID-19 fear questionnaire.RESULTS:
In-hospital, infection rate was 0.82% during or within 28 days of discharge with no related mortality. The majority of patients were afraid to visit A&E during the pandemic with less being afraid to visit their GPs; 64% were reluctant to seek medical input by trying self-treatment; 56% admitted intentional delay to visit the hospital. Additionally, 56% considered risk of getting COVID-19 was higher rather than leaving their condition untreated. Interestingly, the vast majority (82%) stated that they would not change approach regarding hospital visits if the same situation occurred.CONCLUSIONS:
The risk of contracting COVID 19 while a urology in patient in a COVID-19 epicentre was very low with no COVID-19-related mortality. Our data support that patients should be encouraged to attend rather than stay at home during future surges in the pandemic to prevent further non-COVID-19-related harm.Palavras-chave
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
COVID-19
Tipo de estudo:
Observational_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Humans
País/Região como assunto:
Europa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Public Health (Oxf)
Ano de publicação:
2023
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Reino Unido