Paediatric Eye Services: How Much of the Workload Is Amblyopia-Related?
Strabismus
; 24(3): 109-12, 2016 09.
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| ID: mdl-27485937
ABSTRACT
AIMS:
The proportion of patients seen by the paediatric eye service that attend for reasons related to amblyopia has not been quantified. The purpose of this study was to quantify the proportion of patients seen in the paediatric eye service attending for reasons related to amblyopia.METHODS:
Records of all eye appointments of children attending the Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and St Mary's Hospital Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust over one month in 2009 were examined to determine the diagnosis and reason for attendance.RESULTS:
Seven hundred and four patients had appointments booked at St Mary's and Hillingdon in March 2009. The fail-to-attend rates were not significantly different at the 2 sites (19% at St Mary's and 9% at Hillingdon; P=0.75). Of the 704 patients, 533 (St Mary's, 252 [75%]; Hillingdon, 281 [76%]) were attending for amblyopia-related reasons. Of the overall 982 booked appointments, 770 (79%) were amblyopia-related.CONCLUSIONS:
Amblyopia diagnosis and management is clearly the most common cause of attendance to the paediatric eye service, accounting for over three-quarters of outpatient visits.Palavras-chave
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Assunto principal:
Padrões de Prática Médica
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Serviços de Saúde da Criança
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Ambliopia
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Carga de Trabalho
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Hospitais Pediátricos
Tipo de estudo:
Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
Limite:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Child
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Child, preschool
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Female
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Humans
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Infant
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Male
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2016
Tipo de documento:
Article