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EPP: Epidemiological Profile of Ophthalmological Care in the Public Service in Brazil

Sponsor
Instituto de Olhos de Goiania (Other)
Overall Status
Completed
CT.gov ID
NCT01740466
Collaborator
(none)
1,670
Enrollment
1
Location
5
Duration (Months)
332.2
Patients Per Site Per Month

Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

Epidemiological study about eye discomfort complaints, comorbidities and diagnosis at a Brazil's ophthalmological public care service

Condition or Disease Intervention/Treatment Phase

    Detailed Description

    1. 1670 individuals underwent an ophthalmologic evaluation

    2. The data were obtained through the analysis of the medical records with the ICD-10 registration

    3. The studied variables were age and sex of patient, origin, eye discomfort complaints, comorbidities and diagnosis (ICD-10).

    4. The purpose was to evaluate epidemiological aspects of eye diseases in a public service

    Study Design

    Study Type:
    Observational [Patient Registry]
    Actual Enrollment :
    1670 participants
    Observational Model:
    Ecologic or Community
    Time Perspective:
    Retrospective
    Official Title:
    Epidemiological Profile of Ophthalmological Care in the Public Service in Brazil
    Study Start Date :
    Mar 1, 2012
    Actual Primary Completion Date :
    Jul 1, 2012
    Actual Study Completion Date :
    Aug 1, 2012

    Arms and Interventions

    Arm Intervention/Treatment
    Ocular diseases

    Observational

    Outcome Measures

    Primary Outcome Measures

    1. Incidence and prevalence of visual conditions in the Public Service in Brazil [6 months]

      The ages ranged from 0 to 99 years The mean age was 56.9 years There was a predominance of females (58.1%) The main reason for the consultation was low visual acuity (70%), followed by burning (26%) and itchiness (24.4%) Among the abnormal tests there was a high prevalence of refractive errors (73.4%) and presbyopia (59.6%) The cause of refractive errors was astigmatism (70.5%), hypertrophy (58.6%) and myopia (15.1%)

    Eligibility Criteria

    Criteria

    Ages Eligible for Study:
    N/A and Older
    Sexes Eligible for Study:
    All
    Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
    No
    Inclusion Criteria:
    • Patients assisted in public service
    Exclusion Criteria:

    Contacts and Locations

    Locations

    Site City State Country Postal Code
    1 Instituto de Olhos de Goiania Goiania Goias Brazil 74110120

    Sponsors and Collaborators

    • Instituto de Olhos de Goiania

    Investigators

    • Study Chair: Marisa N Figueiredo, IOG

    Study Documents (Full-Text)

    None provided.

    More Information

    Publications

    None provided.
    Responsible Party:
    Instituto de Olhos de Goiania
    ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
    NCT01740466
    Other Study ID Numbers:
    • Epidemiological public profile
    First Posted:
    Dec 4, 2012
    Last Update Posted:
    Dec 7, 2012
    Last Verified:
    Dec 1, 2012
    Keywords provided by Instituto de Olhos de Goiania
    Prevalence
    Vision disorders
    Eye diseases
    Visual acuity
    Primary health care
    Additional relevant MeSH terms:
    Eye Abnormalities

    Study Results

    No Results Posted as of Dec 7, 2012