Ophthalmological Emergencies and COVID-19 Pandemia

NCT05065788 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 02/2021 - COVID and EYE
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 500
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

To analyze how the COVID 19 pandemia has affected the patient's accesses to the Ophthalmological Emergency Department of a tertiary referral center in northern Italy, during the lockdown period. We will collect data from different periods in 2020, in which the Italian Governement called the total lockdown to same periods of the 2019. The charts of all patients will be evaluated to analyze demographics and clinical data

Conditions

Trauma; Infections; Vision; Loss, Both Eyes

Keywords

ocular emergency; vision loss

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• number of patients

  evaluation of number of accesses

  1 year

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Type of pathologies

  1 year

Study Arms (2)

2020 Lockdown period

Patients who access to Ophthalmological emergency service during lockdown period in 2020

Other: data collection

2019

Patients who access to Ophthalmological emergency service in 2019 definite periods

Other: data collection

Interventions

data collection OTHER

data collection

2019; 2020 Lockdown period

Eligibility Criteria

• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)
• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Patients registered for access to emergency ophthalmological room in the periods: 2020 from February to May and from October to December 2019 from February to May and from October to December

You may qualify if:

• Access to emergency room in the definite periods Completed Patients Charts -

You may not qualify if:

• Access to emergency room in other periods Demographics and clinical data not completed

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Università degli Studi dell'Insubria: lead

Study Sites (1)

ASST Sette Laghi

Varese, 21100, Italy

Location

Related Publications (3)

• Poyser A, Deol SS, Osman L, Kuht HJ, Sivagnanasithiyar T, Manrique R, Okafor LO, DeSilva I, Sharpe D, Savant V, Sarodia U, Sarvananthan N, Chaudhuri R, Banerjee S, Burns J, Thomas MG. Impact of COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown on eye emergencies. Eur J Ophthalmol. 2021 Nov;31(6):2894-2900. doi: 10.1177/1120672120974944. Epub 2020 Nov 19.

  PMID: 33213198 BACKGROUND

• Ehlken C, von Medem C, Ludemann M, Kirsch AM, Roider JB. Patients' perspective on emergency treatment of ophthalmologic diseases during the first phase of SARS-CoV2 pandemic in a tertiary referral center in Germany - the COVID-DETOUR questionnaire study. BMC Ophthalmol. 2021 Aug 16;21(1):301. doi: 10.1186/s12886-021-02054-7.

  PMID: 34399720 RESULT

• Salvetat ML, Salati C, Busatto P, Zeppieri M. The impact of COVID-19 related national lockdown on ophthalmic emergency in Italy: A multicenter study. Eur J Ophthalmol. 2022 May;32(3):1782-1794. doi: 10.1177/11206721211028046. Epub 2021 Jul 3.

  PMID: 34219482 RESULT

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Wounds and Injuries; Infections; Blindness; Vision Disorders

Interventions

Data Collection

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Sensation Disorders; Neurologic Manifestations; Nervous System Diseases; Eye Diseases; Signs and Symptoms; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Epidemiologic Methods; Investigative Techniques; Health Care Evaluation Mechanisms; Quality of Health Care; Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation; Public Health; Environment and Public Health

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: CASE CONTROL
• Time Perspective: RETROSPECTIVE
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Associate Professor

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: September 30, 2021
• First Posted: October 4, 2021
• Study Start: February 1, 2020
• Primary Completion: September 1, 2021
• Study Completion: September 30, 2021
• Last Updated: October 4, 2021

Record last verified: 2021-09

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

IT (1)