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ArticleVision (Basel, Switzerland)2023

The Mental Health State of Canadian Ophthalmologists during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Survey-Based Study and Review.

Mélanie Hébert, Soumaya Bouhout, Ellen E Freeman, Marie-Josée Aubin

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Article in Vision (Basel, Switzerland), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 26% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Prevalence of posttraumatic stress symptoms among physicians - A meta-analysis.European psychiatry : the journal of the Association of European Psychiatrists · 2025
    Pooled it
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Mélanie HébertDepartment of Ophthalmology, Université Laval, Quebec City, QC G1V 0A6, Canada.
Soumaya BouhoutDepartment of Ophthalmology, Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC H3T 1J4, Canada.
Ellen E FreemanSchool of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON K1G 5Z3, Canada.
Marie-Josée AubinDepartment of Ophthalmology, Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC H3T 1J4, Canada.
Université de Montréal · CAOttawa Hospital · CAUniversité Laval · CA

Funding

Vice-Dean of Research and Development of the Université de Montréal Philanthropic fundsVision Health Research Network National and International Networking Program
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic disrupted the practice of medicine, causing stress and uncertainty among ophthalmologists. This cross-sectional, survey-based study of Canadian Ophthalmological Society members (

Indexed as

anxietycoronavirus disease 2019depressionmental healthophthalmologypost-traumatic stress disorder

Identifiers

PMID36977303
PMCPMC10057889
OpenAlexW4327740839

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Registered trials

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