Seasonal Trends in Patient Visits and Common Ocular Site of Abnormalities: A Study from a Tertiary Eye Hospital in Western Uttar Pradesh, India
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AIM: To assess the seasonal pattern of patients' presentation at the tertiary eye hospital and leading sites of ocular abnormality. METHODS: This was a retrospective descriptive observational study. The medical records of 1200 patients were reviewed. Only the first-time visiting patients were included in this study. Patients were categorized into paying and non-paying groups to determine the prevalence of visual impairment (VI) in both groups. VI was categorized according to WHO VI categories. Seasons were classified using seasonal classification by Indian Metrological Department. RESULT: Of the patients, 487 (50.2%) were males, and 483 (49.8%) were females. The abnormal anatomical site with maximum frequency for the right eye was the lens (451, 46.6%), followed by the refractive error (182, 18.8%), cornea (53, 5.5%), and conjunctiva (49, 5%), and a similar pattern was observed in the left eye. The majority of the patients (610, 62.9%) had no VI. The monsoon season has the highest footfall (319, 32.9%). CONCLUSION: A significant number of patients who visited eye hospitals had different grades of VI. The cataract and refractive errors are the leading causes of visual impairment. The monsoon season has maximum patient footfall. The findings of this study will help improve patient care process management in eye hospitals.Abstract
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