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. 2022 Mar;36(3):653-655.
doi: 10.1038/s41433-021-01425-0. Epub 2021 Feb 9.

The impacts of COVID-19 on glaucoma patient outcomes as assessed by POEM

Rathin Pujari  1 , Geoffrey Chan  1   2 , Ian Tapply  1 ; Addenbrookes Glaucoma COVID response consortium; Rupert R Bourne  3   4
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The impacts of COVID-19 on glaucoma patient outcomes as assessed by POEM

Rathin Pujari et al. Eye (Lond). 2022 Mar.
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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.

Figures

Fig. 1
Fig. 1. Comparison of pre-COVID patient report outcomes to those in the peri-COVID era using the POEM Item Questionnaire.
Comparison of the two graphs (A: pre-COVID, B: post-COVID) reveals that the largest decrease (at least 10%) in ‘strongly agree responses’ occurs in Q2 (patient’s understanding of their treatment for glaucoma), Q4 (progression of glaucoma), Q7 and Q8 (patient’s perception and confidence in their treatment team).
Fig. 2
Fig. 2. Patient responses identifying if COVID had caused increased concern based on each item of the POEM Questionnaire.
Domains pertaining to safety (Q7) and organizational aspects (Q8) of glaucoma treatment (both related to the perception by the patient of the treatment team) were the areas which patients explicitly identified as areas of concern due to COVID. This correlated with the results from graphs in Fig. 1 when comparing pre-COVID and post-COVID POEM results.
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