Table 2 Visit characteristics
From: Ophthalmic emergency-room visits during the Covid-19 pandemic – a comparative study
Variable | March–April 2019 | March–April 2020 | P Value |
|---|---|---|---|
Referral n (%) | |||
Optometrist | 1 (0.12%) | 0 (0%) | |
Primary care ophthalmologist | 111 (13.3%) | 63 (13.2%) | p = 0.958 |
Primary care non-ophthalmologist | 232 (27.8%) | 98 (20.5%) | p = 0.004 |
In hospital consult | 68 (8.1%) | 26 (5.4%) | p = 0.068 |
Self-referral | 381 (45.7%) | 196 (41.1%) | p = 0.126 |
Follow up to prior visit at our clinic | 41 (4.9%) | 94 (19.7%) | p < 0.001 |
Trauma n (%) | |||
No trauma | 676 (81%) | 405 (85%) | p = 0.001 |
Indoor trauma | 52 (6.2%) | 15 (3.1%) | p = 0.015 |
Outdoor trauma | 106 (12.7%) | 56 (11.7%) | p = 0.608 |
Eye n (%) | p = 0.163 | ||
OD/OS | 701 (85.5%) | 420 (88.2%) | |
OU | 119 (14.5%) | 56 (11.7%) | |
Complaint duration, days mean (SD) | 3.9 (7.8) | 4.5 (7.8) | p = 0.22 |
Chief complaint n (%) | |||
Reduction in vision monocular | 83 (9.9%) | 77 (16.1%) | p = 0.001 |
Reduction in vision binocular | 18 (2.2%) | 8 (1.7%) | p = 0.682 |
Diplopia | 13 (1.6%) | 2 (0.4%) | p = 0.102 |
Floater | 87 (10.4%) | 26 (5.4%) | p = 0.002 |
Other visual disturbancea | 18 (2.1%) | 27 (5.6%) | p = 0.001 |
Lid related | 64 (7.7%) | 23 (4.8%) | p = 0.045 |
Ocular pain monocular | 395 (47%) | 228 (47.8%) | p = 0.895 |
Ocular pain binocular | 46 (5.52%) | 18 (3.8%) | p = 0.183 |
Red eye | 71 (8.5%) | 31 (6.5%) | p = 0.188 |
Otherb | 56 (7%) | 52 (11%) | p = 0.008 |