在COVID-19大流行期间的眼睛创伤趋势
Timothy Khai-Wing Liew1, Geng-Yi Yong1, Zairah Zainal Abidin1
1Department of Ophthalmology, Ampang Hospital, Selangor, Malaysia.
The Malaysian journal of medical sciences : MJMS
|July 10, 2023
概括
由于COVID-19的流行,眼部创伤患者的治疗延迟了更长时间,导致更严重的视力障碍和更差的结果. 这项研究强调了大流行对眼睛损伤护理的影响.
科学领域:
- 眼科医生 眼科 眼科
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 创伤护理 创伤护理
背景情况:
- 眼部创伤仍然是全球视力丧失的重要原因.
- 了解眼睛损伤的人口和临床特征对于有效管理至关重要.
- 随着COVID-19大流行,医疗保健的获取和提供面临着独特的挑战.
研究的目的:
- 为了比较COVID-19大流行期间的眼部创伤患者的人口统计和临床特征与大流行前的时期.
- 评估COVID-19时代对受伤治疗时间和眼睛创伤视觉结果的影响.
- 为了确定特定的伤害类型和受疫情影响最严重的患者群体.
主要方法:
- 一项横截面研究比较了来自两个时期的眼部创伤患者:COVID-19时代 (2020年3月至9月) 和类似的非COVID-19时期.
- 数据来自马来西亚安邦医院的眼睛伤亡诊所.
- 统计分析以比较患者的人口统计,损伤特征,治疗时间和视觉结果.
主要成果:
- 21-40岁的成年男性占眼部创伤病例的多数.
- 工作场所受伤,特别是接受伤,是最常见的.
- 在COVID-19时代,受伤到治疗的时间显着更长 (P=0.030).
- 在COVID-19时代的患者在呈现时 (8%对3.56%,P=0.047) 和治疗后 (7%对1.58%,P=0.007) 患有严重视力障碍的发病率较高.
结论:
- 眼部创伤主要影响年轻到中年男性,工作场所事故是主要原因.
- COVID-19大流行与眼部创伤患者的延迟治疗和更糟糕的视觉结果有关.
- 调查结果强调在公共卫生危机期间需要持续警和调整护理策略.
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