Abstract
Aim: To show if lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) could be symptoms of
COVID-19 with validated questionnaires. Methods: The 96 COVID-19
patients who were hospitalized at a tertiary center were collected
retrospectively. After the exclusion criteria, 46 patients were
consisted as the study population. The male and female patients then
fill formed the International Prostate Symptom Score and Urinary Symptom
Profile respectively. All patients responded to these questions for the
three period. Results: 27 female (58.6 %) and 19 male (41.4 %)
COVID-19 patients answered the questions In the male patients, while
there were no statistically significant differences in the total IPSS,
the voiding IPSS score, and quality of life between the three periods
(p=0.148; p=0.933, p=0.079, respectively), the storage IPSS scores had a
significant difference between the three periods (p=0.05). In the female
patients, low stream scores, were similar between the three periods
(p=0.368). The scores of stress incontinence and an overactive bladder
had a significant difference between the three periods (p=0.05 and
p=0.05). Conclusion: LUTS, especially storage symptoms, might be one of
the initial symptoms of COVID-19 and the clinicians should evaluate LUTS
with other known symptoms of the virus when a patient is suspected of
having COVID-19.