COVID-19 Vaccination Hesitancy and Its Association With Altered Presentation of Primary Rhegmatogenous Retinal Detachment.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Evaluate factors associated with coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine hesitancy and clinical trends in primary rhegmatogenous retinal detachments (RRDs) during the first year of vaccine availability.

Design

Single-center, clinical cohort study.

Methods

Consecutive patients from December 14, 2020, to December 12, 2021, presenting vaccinated (Prior-), subsequently vaccinated (Later-), or remaining unvaccinated (Never-Vax). Primary outcome was proportion with macula-off (mac-off) RRD. Secondary outcomes included logarithm of the minimum angle of resolution (logMAR) best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA), primary proliferative vitreoretinopathy (PVR), proportion lost to follow-up, and distance traveled.

Results

1047 patients were divided into 391 Prior-, 252 La

SUBMITTER: Mundae R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9122843 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature