Table 1.
Characteristics of consultations performed
| Variablea | Period | p valueb | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Non-COVID (total 266) | COVID (total 107) | ||
| Age | 64 (44–79) | 72 (53–83) | *0.035 |
| Sex | 0.489 | ||
| Male | 213 (80.1) | 89 (83.2) | |
| Female | 53 (19.9) | 18 (16.8) | |
| Consult time | 0.428 | ||
| Night | 96 (36.1) | 34 (31.8) | |
| Day | 170 (63.9) | 73 (68.2) | |
| Triage code | 0.805 | ||
| White | 117 (44.0) | 49 (45.8) | |
| Green | 95 (35.7) | 41 (38.3) | |
| Yellow | 21 (19.2) | 16 (15.0) | |
| Red | 3 (1.1) | 1 (0.9) | |
| Province | 0.272 | ||
| Padua | 236 (88.7) | 99 (92.5) | |
| Other | 30 (11.3) | 8 (7.5) | |
| Dx admission/discharge | *0.002 | ||
| Urinary retention | 38 (14.3) | 31 (29.0) | |
| Device malfunction | 27 (10.2) | 8 (7.5) | |
| Renal colic | 50 (18.8) | 20 (18.7) | |
| UTI | 24 (9.0) | 11 (10.3) | |
| Acute testicular pain | 27 (10.2) | 13 (12.1) | |
| Gross hematuria | 38 (14.3) | 12 (11.2) | |
| LUTS | 17 (6.4) | 9 (8.4) | |
| Other | 45 (16.9) | 9 (8.4) | |
| Invasive procedure and discharge | 76 (28.6) | 36 (33.6) | 0.336 |
| Admissions | 15 (5.6) | 12 (11.2) | 0.06 |
aMedian (25th–75th percentile) for continuous variables, number (%) for categorical variables
bMann–Whitney U Test for continuous variables, Pearson chi-squared test for categorical variables