The novel coronavirus (2019‐nCoV) appeared in the Chinese city of Wuhan and precipitously extended across the globe. On the evening of 9 March 2020, the Italian Government ordered a national lockdown to limit social interactions and contain the spread of the infection. As evident in other epidemics, peoples’ fear of infection may affect their utilization patterns of health services and reduce the access to health care (Chang et al. 2004). We have previously noted a significant change in the trends of eye injuries since the beginning of the lockdown (Pellegrini et al. 2020). Herein, we aimed to assess the influence of COVID‐19 on ophthalmological emergency department visits.

The impact of COVID-19 pandemic on ophthalmological emergency department visits

Giannaccare G.;
2020-01-01

Abstract

The novel coronavirus (2019‐nCoV) appeared in the Chinese city of Wuhan and precipitously extended across the globe. On the evening of 9 March 2020, the Italian Government ordered a national lockdown to limit social interactions and contain the spread of the infection. As evident in other epidemics, peoples’ fear of infection may affect their utilization patterns of health services and reduce the access to health care (Chang et al. 2004). We have previously noted a significant change in the trends of eye injuries since the beginning of the lockdown (Pellegrini et al. 2020). Herein, we aimed to assess the influence of COVID‐19 on ophthalmological emergency department visits.
2020
Ambulatory Care
COVID-19
Emergency Service
Hospital
Eye Diseases
Facilities and Services Utilization
Female
Humans
Italy
Male
Ophthalmology
SARS-CoV-2
File in questo prodotto:
File Dimensione Formato  
The impact of COVID pandemic.pdf

accesso aperto

Tipologia: versione post-print (AAM)
Dimensione 128.33 kB
Formato Adobe PDF
128.33 kB Adobe PDF Visualizza/Apri

I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.

Utilizza questo identificativo per citare o creare un link a questo documento: https://hdl.handle.net/11584/422763
Citazioni
  • ???jsp.display-item.citation.pmc??? 47
  • Scopus 64
  • ???jsp.display-item.citation.isi??? 57
social impact