Clinical trial NCT06812845: Patterns of Eye Diseases Among Patients Attending The Eye Investigation Unit of Sohag University Hospital
Official title: Patterns of Eye Diseases Among Patients Attending The Eye Investigation Unit of Sohag University Hospital
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: RECRUITING
Conditions: Eye Diseases
Keywords: patterns of eye disease
Lead sponsor: Sohag University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2025-02-06
Enrollment: 7000
Sex: ALL
Standard ages: CHILD
ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Observational model: CASE_ONLY
Time perspective: CROSS_SECTIONAL
Sampling method: NON_PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: all patients attending to the eye investigation unit of Sohag University Hospital in the period from January 2025 to December 2025.

Brief summary: The goal of the work: is to assess the patterns of eye diseases in patients attending the eye investigation unit of Sohag University Hospital.organize the community education. The main question it aims to answer is

* DOES eye disease blindness prevalence rate increase in women more than men?
* What is the rate of glaucoma and other ocular diseases that causes irreversible blindness among the attending patients? Patients attending to the eye investigation unit of Sohag University Hospital in the period from January 2025 to December 2025 are being observed in this work to determine the eye diseases prevalence.

Detailed description: This type of study is helpful to get an idea about the epidemiology of ocular disorders. It is necessary to organize the community education and ensure early treatment to reduce the prevalence of such diseases in the general population.

* Aim of the work: is to assess the patterns of eye diseases in patients attending the eye investigation unit of Sohag University Hospital.
* Study design: observational Cross-Sectional study.3
* Patients and methods: all patients attending to the eye investigation unit of Sohag University Hospital in the period from January 2025 to December 2025.
* Inclusion criteria: All patients referred to the eye investigation unit from the outpatient clinic of Sohag university hospital, private clinics or health insurance.
* Exclusion criteria:

  1. Patients unable to measure visual acuity.
  2. Patients unable to measure intraocular pressure.
  3. Mentally retarded patients.
  4. Undiagnosed patients.
* Time schedule:

  1. Twelve months for collection of data, writing the review of literature and methodology.
  2. Three months for analysis of data and writing the results.
  3. Three months for writing the discussion and conclusions.
* ethical considerations:

  1. The study adheres to Tents of Helsinki declaration.
  2. The study will be approved by the ethical committee of the faculty of medicine Sohag University.
  3. An informed written consent will be taken from all of the participants in the study or their guardians

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

- All patients referred to the eye investigation unit from the outpatient clinic of Sohag university hospital, private clinics or health insurance.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Patients unable to measure visual acuity.
* Patients unable to measure intraocular pressure.
* Mentally retarded patients.
* Undiagnosed patients.

Primary outcomes:
measure: determine the pattrens of eye diseases among patients attending the eye investigtion unit of sohag university
timeFrame: 1. Twelve months for collection of data, writing the review of literature and methodology. 2. Three months for analysis of data and writing the results. 3. Three months for writing the discussion and conclusions.
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Locations:
city: Sohag
country: Egypt
facility: Faculty of Medicine in Sohag University
Study officials:
affiliation: depatement of ophthalmology ,sohag university
name: mortada AH Prof\ abuzaid, Professor
role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
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