A scoping review on the factors associated with the lost to follow-up (LTFU) amongst patients with chronic disease in ambulatory care of high-income countries (HIC)

CYM Tong, RYV Koh, ES Lee - BMC Health Services Research, 2023 - Springer
Background Despite the importance of long term follow-up care for patients with chronic
disease, many patients fail to adhere to their follow-ups, which increase their risk of further …

Identifying and addressing common contributors to nonadherence with ophthalmic medical therapy

J Hovanesian, IP Singh, A Bauskar… - Current Opinion in …, 2023 - journals.lww.com
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Ophthalmology Identifying and addressing common contributors to nonadherence with …

Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on anti-vascular endothelial growth factor treatment in China

KB Yang, H Feng, H Zhang - Frontiers in Medicine, 2020 - frontiersin.org
We evaluated the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on anti-VEGF treatment in
ophthalmology patients in a single hospital in northern China. A total of 93 anti-VEGF …

Short-term effects of COVID-19-related deferral of intravitreal injection visits

N Ashkenazy, L Goduni, WE Smiddy - Clinical Ophthalmology, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose To determine secondary effects of the mandated COVID-19 pandemic closure
period for elective treatment on non-elective, injection-based retina care and outcomes …

Short-and Long-Term Visual Outcomes in Patients Receiving Intravitreal Injections: The Impact of the Coronavirus 2019 Disease (COVID-19)—Related Lockdown

VP Douglas, KAA Douglas, DG Vavvas… - Journal of Clinical …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Purpose: To investigate the short-and long-term impact of COVID-19—related lockdown on
the vision of patients requiring intravitreal injections (IVI) for neovascular Age-related …

Outcomes in patients resuming intravitreal anti–vascular endothelial growth factor therapy following treatment delay during the coronavirus-19 pandemic

RB Rush, SW Rush - Retina, 2021 - journals.lww.com
Purpose: To evaluate the outcomes of delay in care secondary to the coronavirus pandemic
in patients requiring intravitreal anti–vascular endothelial growth factor therapy. Methods: A …

Noncompliance in prospective retina clinical trials: analysis of factors predicting loss to follow-up

B Zhou, TC Mitchell, AM Rusakevich, DM Brown… - American journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Purpose Noncompliance during prospective studies can bias results and limit conclusions.
The current study retrospectively investigated the relationship between study subject …

Discontinuation and loss to follow-up rates in clinical trials of intravitreal anti-vascular endothelial growth factor injections

TR Rosenblatt, N Rayess, A Al-Moujahed… - Graefe's Archive for …, 2022 - Springer
Purpose Clinical trials are often designed to include homogenous, highly specific patient
populations with many resources to reduce patient dropout. Results may not translate to real …

Demographic and socioeconomic determinants of penetrating keratoplasty outcomes

WS Shalaby, AG Shukla, EJ Shiuey, CJ Rapuano… - Cornea, 2023 - journals.lww.com
Purpose: The aim of this study was to determine possible associations between
demographic and socioeconomic factors and graft survival after penetrating keratoplasty …

Outcomes of eyes lost to follow-up in patients with central retinal vein occlusion who are receiving anti-vascular endothelial growth factor treatment

KB Yang, L Liu, H Feng, J Li, ZL Liu… - … and Clinical Risk …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Background To evaluate the anatomic and functional outcomes in eyes of patients with
macular edema (ME) caused by central retinal vein occlusion (CRVO) who were lost to …