Letter to Editor

Demographics and ocular infection frequency of the patients who applied to secondary public hospital before and after COVID 19 pandemic

Volume: 2 Number: 3 December 31, 2020
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Demographics and ocular infection frequency of the patients who applied to secondary public hospital before and after COVID 19 pandemic

Abstract

In this letter to the editor, it was aimed to compare the demographics and ocular infection frequencies of the patients who applied to a secondary state hospital during 2019 and 2020. The medical records of 5902 patients who applied in 2019 and 2020 were retrospectively reviewed and the results were analyzed using SPSS 23. While 5428 2778 females, 2658 males) patients applied in the year before pandemic, 474 patients (358 females, 156 males) applied in 2020. The incidence of patients with ocular infection was 15.3 % in 2019 whereas it was 19.1 % in 2020, The difference was statistically significant (p=0.010, Pearson chi square)

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References

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Ophthalmology

Journal Section

Letter to Editor

Publication Date

December 31, 2020

Submission Date

February 4, 2021

Acceptance Date

February 4, 2021

Published in Issue

Year 2020 Volume: 2 Number: 3

APA
Olcaysü, O. O. (2020). Demographics and ocular infection frequency of the patients who applied to secondary public hospital before and after COVID 19 pandemic. Clinical and Experimental Ocular Trauma and Infection, 2(3), 63-63. https://izlik.org/JA89SB67RH
AMA
1.Olcaysü OO. Demographics and ocular infection frequency of the patients who applied to secondary public hospital before and after COVID 19 pandemic. CEOTI. 2020;2(3):63-63. https://izlik.org/JA89SB67RH
Chicago
Olcaysü, Osman Okan. 2020. “Demographics and Ocular Infection Frequency of the Patients Who Applied to Secondary Public Hospital before and After COVID 19 Pandemic”. Clinical and Experimental Ocular Trauma and Infection 2 (3): 63-63. https://izlik.org/JA89SB67RH.
EndNote
Olcaysü OO (December 1, 2020) Demographics and ocular infection frequency of the patients who applied to secondary public hospital before and after COVID 19 pandemic. Clinical and Experimental Ocular Trauma and Infection 2 3 63–63.
IEEE
[1]O. O. Olcaysü, “Demographics and ocular infection frequency of the patients who applied to secondary public hospital before and after COVID 19 pandemic”, CEOTI, vol. 2, no. 3, pp. 63–63, Dec. 2020, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA89SB67RH
ISNAD
Olcaysü, Osman Okan. “Demographics and Ocular Infection Frequency of the Patients Who Applied to Secondary Public Hospital before and After COVID 19 Pandemic”. Clinical and Experimental Ocular Trauma and Infection 2/3 (December 1, 2020): 63-63. https://izlik.org/JA89SB67RH.
JAMA
1.Olcaysü OO. Demographics and ocular infection frequency of the patients who applied to secondary public hospital before and after COVID 19 pandemic. CEOTI. 2020;2:63–63.
MLA
Olcaysü, Osman Okan. “Demographics and Ocular Infection Frequency of the Patients Who Applied to Secondary Public Hospital before and After COVID 19 Pandemic”. Clinical and Experimental Ocular Trauma and Infection, vol. 2, no. 3, Dec. 2020, pp. 63-63, https://izlik.org/JA89SB67RH.
Vancouver
1.Osman Okan Olcaysü. Demographics and ocular infection frequency of the patients who applied to secondary public hospital before and after COVID 19 pandemic. CEOTI [Internet]. 2020 Dec. 1;2(3):63-. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA89SB67RH