Evaluation of a calculation model to estimate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown on visual acuity in neovascular AMD.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

A model was calculated during the first Austrian coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic lockdown to estimate the effect of a short-term treatment interruption due to healthcare restrictions on visual acuity (VA) in neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD). The model was compared to the real-life outcomes before treatment re-started.

Methods

Retrospective data-collection of 142 eyes in 142 patients receiving repeated intravitreal injections with anti-VEGF at a retina unit in Vienna in a personalized pro-re-nata regimen prior to the COVID-19 associated lockdown, when treatment was deferred between March 16 and May 4, 2020. During the lockdown, the preliminary data was integrated into pre-existing formulae based on the natural course of the disease in u

SUBMITTER: Stattin M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9294617 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature