A quick glance at publications on COVID-19 and ophthalmology

Banu, Sabera; Singh, Swati

doi:10.4103/ijo.ijo_2670_20

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“…Although there are a significant number or peer reviewed publications describing the impact of the current health emergency on ophthalmology practice with recommendations regarding future re-organisation, 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 there appears to be a lack of prospective studies examining the combination of both the patient and clinician experience and perspectives in emergency ophthalmology attendances. A survey of members of the public also revealed that many saw the COVID-19 pandemic and the first lockdown as a barrier to seeking help for even urgent, sight-threatening eye conditions.…”

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Patient and clinician perspectives of ophthalmology emergency attendances during the COVID 19 pandemic

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Kanda

Rodrigues

et al. 2022

International Journal of Care Coordination

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Introduction To explore patient and clinician perspectives on acute ophthalmology presentations during the COVID pandemic. To ascertain whether the pandemic had differentially impacted access to care based on patient demographics and postcodes. Methods A single-centre, cross-sectional prospective study in a busy metropolitan eye casualty between April–June 2020 recording patient demographics, distance travelled to access healthcare, diagnosis and outcome compared to the equivalent period in 2019. A further two-part survey was conducted to explore patient and clinician's perceptions around delays in attendances, views on remote consultation and severity of the condition. Results There was a 68% decrease in April 2020 compared to previous year's ED attendance. The diagnosis tended towards more visually significant pathology. From 2019 to 2020, there was a significant decrease in average distance travelled to the eye emergency department (eye ED). working-age adults (18-59) and white patients travelling from very far pre-pandemic contributed most to this change. 513 Patient responses (12%) out of 4433 attendances during the study period were received, 89% (456/513) of the completed surveys also had matching clinician surveys. 29% (149/513) patients felt COVID-19 stopped them from attending earlier. Clinicians thought a video consultation would have been suitable for 40% (182/456) of patients compared to only 13% (58/456) of patients preferring a video consultation. Discussion Although our findings were limited by low response rates, COVID-19 may have caused a delay in presentation for emergency eye care. Demographic changes and attitudes towards video consultations have implications for planning of emergency eye care in future pandemics.

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Patient and clinician perspectives of ophthalmology emergency attendances during the COVID 19 pandemic

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Kanda

Rodrigues

et al. 2022

International Journal of Care Coordination

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“…The good side of the pandemic is evident from the adoption of changes in routine outpatient as well as inpatient care, in terms of the massive surge in the number of teleconsultations and webinars and an increase in the number of articles published as shown by the current study as well as various other published reports. [ 2 3 ] The article is nicely drafted and interpreted and pertains well to the current times.…”

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Commentary: Publication trend of COVID-19 and non-COVID-19 articles in the Indian Journal of Ophthalmology during COVID-19 pandemic

Nagpal

Maharana

Sharma

2021

Indian Journal of Ophthalmology

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“…in their article depicted an overview of ophthalmology COVID-19-related articles comprehensively. [ 8 ] In another article, Reitinger et al . showed that as compared to 2019, there was a 22.1% increase in ophthalmology publications (2838) from March through August of 2020, most prominent from May through August (an increase of 28.8%, 2222 publications).…”

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Publication trend of COVID-19 and non-COVID-19 articles in the Indian Journal of Ophthalmology during the pandemic

Gurnani

Kaur

2021

Indian Journal of Ophthalmology

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Purpose: To analyze the trend of COVID-19-related and non-COVID-19-related articles published in the Indian Journal of Ophthalmology (IJO) during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: A retrospective analysis of all COVID-19 and non-COVID-19-related articles published in all the issues of IJO from January 2020 to March 2021 was performed. The data were obtained from the official website of IJO, Editor IJO monthly email, and PubMed. The monthly data were analyzed and a comparative analysis was done. The articles were segregated as Original, Review, Case Report/Series, Letter to the Editor/Commentary, Guest Editorial, Research methodology, Point-Counterpoint, Consensus Criteria, Ophthalmic Images, Photo Essay, Surgical Techniques, and AIOS Meeting Papers. Results: Out of 1343 articles published in IJO during the pandemic, 182 (13.55%) were COVID-19-related and 1161 (86.45%) were non-COVID-19-related articles. Among COVID-19 articles (182), majority were letter to the editors 66 (36.26%), followed by original articles 39 (21.42%), commentaries 24 (13.18%), editorials 18 (9.89%), and preferred practices 13 (7.14%). The least were case reports five (2.74%), current ophthalmology and innovation three (1.64%) each, and one (0.54%) each of consensus criteria, images, and photo assays. In the non-COVID-19-related articles (1161), maximum were original articles 276 (23.77%), followed by case reports 179 (15.41%), photo assays 157 (13.52%), and commentaries 141 (12.14%). The least were three (0.25%) consensus criteria and two (0.17%) each of current ophthalmology and innovations. The lockdown issue with 223 articles, postlockdown phase 1 had 267, postlockdown phase 2 had 321, and postlockdown phase 3 with 316 (1127 articles) articles in IJO showed a rising trend in a number of published articles compared with the prelockdown issues (216 articles). Conclusion: The quality and quantity of articles published in IJO increased and improved significantly. The results were seen with progressive improvement in citations and impact factors of the journal.

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A quick glance at publications on COVID-19 and ophthalmology

Cited by 4 publications

References 8 publications

Patient and clinician perspectives of ophthalmology emergency attendances during the COVID 19 pandemic

Patient and clinician perspectives of ophthalmology emergency attendances during the COVID 19 pandemic

Commentary: Publication trend of COVID-19 and non-COVID-19 articles in the Indian Journal of Ophthalmology during COVID-19 pandemic

Publication trend of COVID-19 and non-COVID-19 articles in the Indian Journal of Ophthalmology during the pandemic

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