Introduction
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), whose first cases were noted in Wuhan, China in December 2019, is the third coronavirus epidemic after severe acute respiratory syndrome and Middle East respiratory syndrome.1 The epidemic quickly spread worldwide from the moment the first diagnoses were established and the disease affected people from all nations; consequently, it was deemed a pandemic by the World Health Organization on March 11, 2020. On the same day, the first case of COVID-19 was reported by the Ministry of Health in Turkey.2
Surgical operations have been delayed according to a specific algorithm worldwide and urological procedures in Turkey have been limited to urgent condition and selected oncological surgeries in accordance with available guidelines for COVID-19 treatments.3Included in the limited surgeries is the prostate cancer (PCa) surgery. The diagnosis of PCa itself negatively affects the mental well-being and quality of life of patients, and postponing the operations of patients diagnosed with cancer for various reasons may increase the anxiety levels of the patients.4 Therefore, we aimed to evaluate the anxiety and depression status of PCa patients whose robot-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy (RALRP) operations haves been postponed in the urology clinic of our hospital, which is serving as a pandemic hospital in Turkey during the COVID-19 pandemic.