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This study aimed at evaluating LUTS in male COVID-19 patients during the COVID-19 s wave.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methodology:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>A prospective observational study was conducted between March 15, 2021, and March 25, 2021, at the Prince Hamza Hospital in Amman, Jordan. Newly admitted COVID-19 confirmed male patients who were able to fill the LUTS (validated) questionnaire were included. Vitally unstable patients requiring intensive care unit admissions or medical or surgical intervention (except catheterization) for their presenting symptoms were excluded.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Two-hundred and four patients (mean age: 51.1 \u00b1 17.3 years) were included; among COVID-19 symptoms, augmented urinary frequency (3.4%) was the commonest urological symptom, followed by dysuria (1.0%), and acute urinary retention (1.0%). Twenty-four patients (10.8%) had benign prostatic hyperplasia, two patients had bladder cancer, and one hadprostate cancer. Most patients exhibited mild symptoms on international prostate symptom score (IPSS) before (\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">n<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 149, 67.1%) and during (\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">n<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 157, 70.7%) COVID-19, and this difference between IPSS scores was statistically significant (\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 0.025). Both IPSS sub-scores of storage (IPSS\/S) and voiding (IPSS\/V) had a positive correlation with pre- and post-COVID-19 scores (IPSS\/S:\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\n                      &lt; 0.001, r = 0.63; IPSS\/V:\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\n                      &lt; 0.001, r = 0.76).\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>This study demonstrated a strong correlation between COVID-19 and LUTS; therefore, COVID-19 infection should be investigated and excluded in any patient presenting with LUTS during the current pandemic. 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