Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Patient Preferences and Decision Making for Symptomatic Urolithiasis
| Autor: | Michael H Zheng, Vadim Osadchiy, Naveen Kachroo, Sarah A Leonard, Tommy Jiang, James M. Weinberger, Jesse N. Mills, Michael H Owen, Sriram Eleswarapu |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Urologic Diseases
2019-20 coronavirus outbreak medicine.medical_specialty Kidney Disease Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Urology Decision Making Clinical Sciences 030232 urology & nephrology MEDLINE patient perspectives 03 medical and health sciences Kidney Calculi 0302 clinical medicine 7.1 Individual care needs Clinical Research Pandemic medicine Humans Social media Experimental Endourology natural language processing Pandemics Retrospective Studies business.industry SARS-CoV-2 urolithiasis COVID-19 Patient Preference Health Services Urology & Nephrology Patient preference Good Health and Well Being 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Family medicine sense organs Management of diseases and conditions business Social Media |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Endourology Journal of endourology, vol 35, iss 8 |
| ISSN: | 1557-900X 0892-7790 |
| DOI: | 10.1089/end.2020.1141 |
| Popis: | Background: Pandemic restrictions have changed how patients approach symptomatic kidney stones. We used a mixed-methods digital ethnographic approach to evaluate social media discussions about patient concerns and preferences for urolithiasis care during the COVID-19 pandemic. Materials and Methods: We retrospectively analyzed kidney stone-related discussions on a large social media platform using qualitative analysis and natural language processing-based sentiment analysis. Posts were mined for demographic details, treatments pursued, and health care encounters. Pre-COVID-19 (January 1, 2020-February 29, 2020) and COVID-19 (March 1, 2020-June 1, 2020) posts were extracted from the popular online Reddit discussion board, "r/KidneyStones," which is dedicated to discussions related to urolithiasis. Results: We extracted n = 649 posts (250 pre-COVID-19, 399 COVID-19); 150 from each cohort underwent thematic analysis and data extraction. Quantitative sentiment analysis was performed on 418 posts (179 pre-COVID-19, 239 COVID-19) that described stone-related decision making before intervention. Notable discussion themes during COVID-19 focused on barriers to care and concerns about stone management. Discussants exhibited more negative and anxious tones during COVID-19, based on sentiment analysis (p |
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