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ArticleClinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.)2020

A Multicenter, Cross-Sectional Study of the Incidence of Major Macular Diseases That Cause Visual Impairment and Require Therapeutic Intervention in Greece: The ADVICE Study.

Dimitrios A Karagiannis, Meropi Lygerou, Georgios Papadopoulos, Stamatina A Kabanarou, Miltiadis Aspiotis, Doukas C Dardabounis, Panagiotis G Minakakis, Sofia I Spai, Chrysanthi Koutsandrea, Panagiotis Oikonomidis and 4 more

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Dimitrios A KaragiannisOphthalmiatrio Athens Hospital, Athens 10672, Greece.
Meropi LygerouOMMA, Ophthalmological Institute of Athens, Athens 11525, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-0941-5320
Georgios PapadopoulosOphthalmology Clinic, General Hospital of Aigio, Aigio, Greece.
Stamatina A KabanarouRetina Department, Korgialeneio Benakeio Hellenic Red Cross Hospital, Athens 11526, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-4225-7619
Miltiadis AspiotisOphthalmology Department, University of Ioannina, Ioannina 45500, Greece.
Doukas C DardabounisOphthalmology Clinic, University Hospital of Alexandroupolis, Dragana 68100, Alexandroupolis, Greece.ORCID 0000-0001-7105-9577
Panagiotis G MinakakisOphthalmological Clinic, General Hospital of Nikea-Piraeus, Nikea 18545, Greece.
Sofia I SpaiOphthalmology Clinic, Sismanogleio General Hospital of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Chrysanthi KoutsandreaNational and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Filothei, Athens 15237, Greece.
Panagiotis OikonomidisOphthalmology Clinic, University General Hospital of Thessaloniki AHEPA, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Georgia N PantelopoulouNovartis Hellas, Medical Department, Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0001-5523-6406
Olga C KousidouNovartis Hellas, Medical Department, Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0001-7587-8764
Miltiadis TsilimbarisOphthalmological Clinic, University Hospital of Heraklion, Heraklion, Greece.
ADVICE study group
Space Hellas (Greece) · GRAHEPA University Hospital · GRAthens Eye Hospital · GRGeneral Hospital of Nikea · GRHellenic Red Cross · GRNational and Kapodistrian University of Athens · GRNeurological Institute of Athens · GRSismanoglio General Hospital · GRUniversity Hospital of Alexandroupolis · GRUniversity Hospital of Heraklion · GRUniversity of Ioannina · GR

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Abstract

purposeThis multicenter, epidemiological, cross-sectional study aimed to estimate the annual cumulative incidence of major macular diseases that cause visual impairment and require therapeutic intervention in the routine care of Greece.

methodsThe study was carried out between December 2012 and May 2015 in 20 ophthalmology clinics. Over a one-year recruitment period per study site, all treatment naïve adult patients newly diagnosed with wet age-related macular degeneration, visual impairment due to diabetic macular edema or macular edema secondary to retinal vein occlusion requiring therapeutic management and who had not been diagnosed or treated for the same disease in the past were enrolled after providing informed consent. Study data were collected during the single study visit.

resultsA total of 1532 incident cases were enrolled. The estimated annual cumulative incidence of wet age-related macular degeneration, diabetic macular edema and macular edema secondary to retinal vein occlusion requiring therapeutic management was 0.82 [95% confidence interval (CI): 0.76, 0.88; n=723], 0.63 (95% CI: 0.58, 0.69; n=559), and 0.29 (95% CI: 0.25, 0.32; n=250) per 10,000 cases, respectively.

conclusionThe study provides estimates of the incidence of major macular diseases causing visual impairment and requiring treatment in outpatient hospital settings in Greece, indicating a considerable socioeconomic burden to the healthcare system.

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anti-VEGFdiabetic macular edemaepidemiologyincidenceretinal vein occlusionwet age-related macular degeneration

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