作者
Tsung Mou, Oluwateniola Brown, Akira Gillingham, Julia Geynisman-Tan, Sarah Collins, Christina Lewicky-Gaupp, Margaret G Mueller, Kimberly Kenton, C Emi Bretschneider
发表日期
2020/8/1
期刊
Urogynecology
卷号
26
期号
8
页码范围
477-482
出版商
LWW
简介
Objectives
The primary objective of the study was to evaluate patients’ attitudes toward the postponement of their scheduled procedures for pelvic floor disorders (PFD) because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Secondary objectives were to identify patients who were upset with the postponement of their PFD procedures and to identify factors that are associated with being upset because of the delay in care.
Methods
This was a cross-sectional, survey-based study of women from a single urban, academic practice using a novel questionnaire. The study cohort included women whose PFD surgeries or office procedures were postponed between March 17 and April 30, 2020.
Results
Ninety-eight women had surgeries postponed; 68 (70%) responded to our questionnaire. Nearly half of the respondents (32/68, 47.1%) were upset about their procedures being postponed. Upset patients reported a greater impact of PFD …
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