ArticleAnnals of medicine2021
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on ophthalmologic outpatient care: experience from an Italian Tertiary Medical Center.
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- Impact of coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic on the trends of care-seeking behavior for ocular diseases: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Scientific reports · 2025Pooled it
- Early-Phase Perceptions of COVID-19's Impact on Ophthalmology Practice Patterns: A Survey from the Pan-American Association of Ophthalmology.Clinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2023Article
- "Vision Loss" and COVID-19 Infection: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Vision (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- Facing the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic: How Can We Allocate Outpatient Doctor Resources More Effectively?Tropical medicine and infectious disease · 2022Article
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- Cataract surgery training: Report of a trainee's experience.Oman journal of ophthalmologyArticle
- Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes of Endophthalmitis Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic.Journal of ophthalmic & vision researchArticle
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Abstract
purposeTo evaluate the impact the COVID-19-related national lockdown has had on Ophthalmologic Outpatient Care in an Italian Tertiary Medical Centre.
methodsWe reviewed all the performances that were carried out as outpatient services at our department between 1 January 2020 and 30 November 2020. We compared data among four different periods: from 1 January 2020 to 17 March 2020 ("Pre-Lockdown"); from 18 March 2020 to 17 May 2020 (Lockdown); from 18 May 2020 to 2 November 2020 (Post-Lockdown) and from 3 November 2020 to 30 November 2020 (Regional Lockdown).
resultsThe overall number of performed routine outpatient visits per day (ROVs) was 11,871 (Mean ± SD = 35.76 ± 17.81), whereas booked appointments (BAs) were 21272 (Mean ± SD = 63.86 ± 9.27), meaning a decline in the number of ROVs by 44.01%. (Mean ± SD = 28.10 ± 12.11,
conclusionsDuring the various lockdown periods, at our institution the volume of outpatient ophthalmological visits drastically dropped. This testifies the dramatic impact the COVID-19 pandemic has had on the supply of ophthalmic care.
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