Table 3.
Changes in personal attitude for acute appendicitis from pandemic 2020 to 2021
| Query | Options | Study period: pandemic 2020 N = 701 |
Study period: 2021 N = 476 |
P value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Management of uncomplicated acute appendicitis during the pandemic: did you change your attitude? | No | 42.5% (298) | 55.7% (265) | < 0.001 |
| Yes | 28.4% (199) | 13.9% (66) | ||
| Yes, only in COVID-19 + patients | 29.0% (203) | 30.5% (145) | ||
| Management of uncomplicated acute appendicitis (no abscess) | Case-by-case decision | 38.8% (272) | 38.7% (184) | < 0.001 |
| Non-operative management with antibiotics | 23.7% (166) | 14.3% (68) | ||
| Straightforward laparoscopic appendectomy | 22.4% (157) | 39.3% (187) | ||
| Straightforward open appendectomy | 15.1% (106) | 7.8% (37) | ||
| Management of complicated acute appendicitis (abscess) during the pandemic: did you change your attitude? | No | 47.4% (332) | 67.9% (323) | < 0.001 |
| Yes | 28.1% (197) | 8.8% (42) | ||
| Yes, only in COVID-19 + patients | 24.4% (171) | 23.3% (111) | ||
| Management of complicated acute appendicitis (abscess) | Non-operative management with antibiotics ± percutaneous drainage | 38.1% (266) | 22.8% (109) | < 0.001 |
| Straightforward laparoscopic appendectomy | 33.5% (235) | 64.9% (309) | ||
| Straightforward open appendectomy | 28.0% (196) | 12.2% (58) |
Bold numbers refers to significant values (when p<0.05)