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Impact of COVID-19 on Clinical and Academic Urological Practice: A Survey from European Association of Urology Section of Uro-technology

BACKGROUND: The unexpected coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has spread worldwide rapidly, developing into a global health crisis. At the same time, it has seriously impacted the daily activities in all the fields of urology. OBJECTIVE: To better understand the impact of the COVID-19 pand...

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Autores principales: Heinze, Alexander, Umari, Paolo, Basulto-Martínez, Mario, Suárez-Ibarrola, Rodrigo, Liatsikos, Evangelos, Rassweiler, Jens, Guven, Selcuk, Gözen, Ali S.
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Publicado: Elsevier 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7430276/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33123688
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.euros.2020.08.001
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author Heinze, Alexander
Umari, Paolo
Basulto-Martínez, Mario
Suárez-Ibarrola, Rodrigo
Liatsikos, Evangelos
Rassweiler, Jens
Guven, Selcuk
Gözen, Ali S.
author_facet Heinze, Alexander
Umari, Paolo
Basulto-Martínez, Mario
Suárez-Ibarrola, Rodrigo
Liatsikos, Evangelos
Rassweiler, Jens
Guven, Selcuk
Gözen, Ali S.
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description BACKGROUND: The unexpected coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has spread worldwide rapidly, developing into a global health crisis. At the same time, it has seriously impacted the daily activities in all the fields of urology. OBJECTIVE: To better understand the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on clinical, academic, and scientific activities as well as on the quality of life of urologists from the main centers in Europe. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS: We conducted a survey using a 37-item questionnaire. The survey included three main sections: clinical practice, academic/scientific activities, and personal/social quality of life. OUTCOME MEASUREMENTS AND STATISTICAL ANALYSIS: A descriptive analysis was performed using the collected data. RESULTS AND LIMITATIONS: A total of 107 representatives affiliated to different centers from 22 countries completed the survey. Clinical activities were affected in 54.2% of the centers, and 85.0% of the elective surgeries were cancelled. Of the urological departments, 64.5% were still performing minimally invasive surgery for malignant disease. In 33.6% of the hospitals, dedicated and specially equipped operating theaters for COVID-19–positive patients were not available. According to 72.9% of participants, COVID-19 had a substantial negative impact on academic activities, and 82.3% of the respondents agreed that their quality of life has been affected negatively by the pandemic. Finally, 92.5% of the participants believe that the pandemic will have a moderate to severe impact on the health system of their countries. CONCLUSIONS: Data collected in this survey provide insight into changes brought about in clinical and academic settings amid COVID-19. Along with shortages such as bed occupancy and personal protective equipment, it highlights negative impacts on academic and scientific activities, including the personal and social life of urologists. PATIENT SUMMARY: It is essential to understand the impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on clinical, academic, and scientific urological activities, as well as on related personal and social issues.
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spelling pubmed-74302762020-08-18 Impact of COVID-19 on Clinical and Academic Urological Practice: A Survey from European Association of Urology Section of Uro-technology Heinze, Alexander Umari, Paolo Basulto-Martínez, Mario Suárez-Ibarrola, Rodrigo Liatsikos, Evangelos Rassweiler, Jens Guven, Selcuk Gözen, Ali S. Eur Urol Open Sci Education BACKGROUND: The unexpected coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has spread worldwide rapidly, developing into a global health crisis. At the same time, it has seriously impacted the daily activities in all the fields of urology. OBJECTIVE: To better understand the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on clinical, academic, and scientific activities as well as on the quality of life of urologists from the main centers in Europe. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS: We conducted a survey using a 37-item questionnaire. The survey included three main sections: clinical practice, academic/scientific activities, and personal/social quality of life. OUTCOME MEASUREMENTS AND STATISTICAL ANALYSIS: A descriptive analysis was performed using the collected data. RESULTS AND LIMITATIONS: A total of 107 representatives affiliated to different centers from 22 countries completed the survey. Clinical activities were affected in 54.2% of the centers, and 85.0% of the elective surgeries were cancelled. Of the urological departments, 64.5% were still performing minimally invasive surgery for malignant disease. In 33.6% of the hospitals, dedicated and specially equipped operating theaters for COVID-19–positive patients were not available. According to 72.9% of participants, COVID-19 had a substantial negative impact on academic activities, and 82.3% of the respondents agreed that their quality of life has been affected negatively by the pandemic. Finally, 92.5% of the participants believe that the pandemic will have a moderate to severe impact on the health system of their countries. CONCLUSIONS: Data collected in this survey provide insight into changes brought about in clinical and academic settings amid COVID-19. Along with shortages such as bed occupancy and personal protective equipment, it highlights negative impacts on academic and scientific activities, including the personal and social life of urologists. PATIENT SUMMARY: It is essential to understand the impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on clinical, academic, and scientific urological activities, as well as on related personal and social issues. Elsevier 2020-08-17 /pmc/articles/PMC7430276/ /pubmed/33123688 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.euros.2020.08.001 Text en © 2020 The Authors https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Heinze, Alexander
Umari, Paolo
Basulto-Martínez, Mario
Suárez-Ibarrola, Rodrigo
Liatsikos, Evangelos
Rassweiler, Jens
Guven, Selcuk
Gözen, Ali S.
Impact of COVID-19 on Clinical and Academic Urological Practice: A Survey from European Association of Urology Section of Uro-technology
title Impact of COVID-19 on Clinical and Academic Urological Practice: A Survey from European Association of Urology Section of Uro-technology
title_full Impact of COVID-19 on Clinical and Academic Urological Practice: A Survey from European Association of Urology Section of Uro-technology
title_fullStr Impact of COVID-19 on Clinical and Academic Urological Practice: A Survey from European Association of Urology Section of Uro-technology
title_full_unstemmed Impact of COVID-19 on Clinical and Academic Urological Practice: A Survey from European Association of Urology Section of Uro-technology
title_short Impact of COVID-19 on Clinical and Academic Urological Practice: A Survey from European Association of Urology Section of Uro-technology
title_sort impact of covid-19 on clinical and academic urological practice: a survey from european association of urology section of uro-technology
topic Education
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7430276/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33123688
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.euros.2020.08.001
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