| Titre : | Changes in frequency of urology clinic visits and diagnosis of erectile dysfunction in Germany before and during COVID-19 (2023) |
| Auteurs : | Sinisa Stefanac, Auteur ; Lee Smith, Auteur ; Igor Grabovac, Auteur ; Louis Jacob, Auteur |
| Type de document : | Article : texte imprimé |
| Dans : | Revue d’Épidémiologie et de Santé Publique (Vol. 71 n°6, Décembre 2023) |
| Article en page(s) : | Article 102181 |
| Langues: | Anglais |
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| Résumé : |
"Objectives
To explore and analyze [1] the differences in the total number of patients visiting urology practices in Germany, [2] explore and analyze any differences in the number of newly diagnosed erectile dysfunction (ED) patients as well as [3] the number of new drug prescription, before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany (April 2019-March 2020 and April 2020-March 2021). Methods This retrospective cross-sectional study used data from the Disease Analyzer database (IQVIA) and included all patients aged ≥18 years with at least one visit to one of 85 urology practices across Germany. Outcomes were the mean number of patients with [1] new diagnosis of ED and [2] new prescription of drugs for erectile dysfunction per practice, in pandemic (April 2020-March 2021) versus non-pandemic (April 2019-March 2020) time periods. Differences between the periods were assessed using Wilcoxon tests. Results In the non-pandemic period, there were 195,895 men, and in the pandemic period, 192,659 men visiting urology practices in Germany. A total of 10,977 men were initially diagnosed with ED in non-pandemic and 12,213 (+11.26%) men in pandemic time periods. Although the differences of new ED diagnoses were not statistically significant, a non-significant increase of new ED diagnoses was observed across all age groups. Also, a non-significant increase in new ED prescription drugs was detected across all age groups. Conclusions Even though less urology practice-visits of men with ED were recorded during the COVID-19 pandemic, an increase of new ED diagnosis was observed across all age groups between April 2020 and March 2021." |
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