Impact of COVID-19 on surgical procedures for stress urinary incontinence in the Brazilian public health system

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INTRODUCTION AND HYPOTHESIS: The objective was to characterize the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the surgical treatment of female stress urinary incontinence (FSUI) in Brazil.

METHODS: This study was conducted with population-based data from the Brazilian public health system database. We obtained data on the number of surgical procedures for FSUI in 2019 (before the coronavirus disease [COVID-19] pandemic), 2020, and 2021 (during the pandemic) in each of the 27 Brazilian states. We included official Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) data on the population, Human Development Index (HDI), and annual per capita income of each state.

RESULTS: A total of 6,718 surgical procedures for FSUI were performed in the Brazilian public health system in 2019. The number of procedures was reduced by 56.2% in 2020, and an additional reduction of 7.2% was seen in 2021. The distribution of procedures by state showed important differences, ranging from 4.4 procedures/1,000,000 inhabitants in Paraíba and Sergipe to 67.6 procedures/1,000,000 inhabitants in Paraná (p<0.01) in 2019. The number of surgical procedures was higher in states with a higher HDI (p=0.0001) and per capita income (p=0.042). The decrease in the number of surgical procedures affected the whole country and its rate did not correlate with HDI (p=0.289) or per capita income (p=0.598).

CONCLUSION: The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the surgical treatment of FSUI in Brazil was significant in 2020 and persisted in 2021. Access to surgical treatment of FSUI varied according to geographic region, HDI, and per capita income, even before COVID-19.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:34

Enthalten in:

International urogynecology journal - 34(2023), 8 vom: 01. Aug., Seite 1949-1954

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Fornari, Alexandre [VerfasserIn]
Toledo, Luis Gustavo Morato [VerfasserIn]
Canalini, Alfredo Felix [VerfasserIn]
Brandão, Thulio Bosi Vieira [VerfasserIn]
Anzolch, Karin Marise Jaeger [VerfasserIn]
Fernandes, Roni de Carvalho [VerfasserIn]
de Bessa, Jose [VerfasserIn]
Gomes, Cristiano Mendes [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

COVID-19
Female
Journal Article
Stress
Suburethral sling
Surgery
Urinary incontinence

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 11.08.2023

Date Revised 26.09.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/s00192-023-05475-8

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM353179213