Epidemiology of Conjunctivitis in the Emergency Department

Acute Conjunctivitis Clinical Trial

Official title:

Epidemiology of Conjunctivitis in the Emergency Department of a Reference Ophthalmological Hospital in Goiânia

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03356197
• Other study ID #: Conjuntivite ARVO 2018
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: November 19, 2017
• Last updated: November 27, 2017
• Start date: May 1, 2017
• Est. completion date: November 1, 2017

Study information

• Verified date: November 2017
• Source: Instituto de Olhos de Goiania
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

Epidemiology of Conjunctivitis in the Emergency Department of a Reference Ophthalmological Hospital in Goiânia.

Description:

The purpose of this study was to determine the epidemiology of ocular emergencies in a Reference Ophthalmological Hospital in Goiânia, with emphasis on acute infectious conjunctivitis, morbidity with a higher incidence in this Service. It aims to delineate the main etiologies found among infectious conjunctivitis and to compare them with those found in several other reference services in Ophthalmology.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 783
• Est. completion date: November 1, 2017
• Est. primary completion date: September 3, 2017
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: N/A and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• All those patients who were submitted to a initial care performed by the First Year Resident (R1) of the Hospital and who were admitted during the period described.

Exclusion Criteria:

• The patients who were admitted in the Emergency Department outside this period

• The patients who were not attended by a First Year Resident (R1)

• The patients who did not have all the data filled in the medical record

• The patients who needed to return, being attended in the hospital more than once.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Acute Conjunctivitis
• Conjunctivitis
• Emergencies

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Brazil	Instituto de Olhos de Goiania	Goiânia	Goiás

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Instituto de Olhos de Goiania

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Brazil, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Evaluation of the main etiologies of acute infectious conjunctivitis in the Emergency Department of a Reference Hospital in Goiânia.	Through clinical diagnosis in the Emergency Department	126 days