To find out the environmental Impact of patients visiting Base Hospital as compared to primary eye care centers(Vision centers)
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: Z048- Encounter for examination and observation for other specified reasonsHealth Condition 2: Z000- Encounter for general adult medical examination
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2024/01/061687
- Lead Sponsor
- niversity of Michigan
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
Inclusion criteria (Vision centre participant)
1.Adult new patients attending their first synchronous telemedicine visits at a Vision Centre associated with Aravind Eye Hospital, Pondicherry
2.Patients residing in districts surrounding Pondicherry - Cuddalore, Villupuram and Kallakurichi which are also VC serviced areas.
Inclusion criteria (Base hospital participant)
1.Adult new patients attending their first ophthalmic visit at Aravind Eye Hospital (AEH) in Pondicherry
2.Patients residing in districts surrounding Pondicherry - Cuddalore, Villupuram and Kallakurichi and within the defined VC service area
Exclusion Criteria
Not provided
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To quantify carbon emissions of Vision center visits versus base hospital visitsTimepoint: Baseline to 3 months
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To assess the likelihood of presenting to the base hospital of patients who present to VC & are referred to the base hospital for additional evaluation. <br/ ><br> <br/ ><br>To identify the barriers to presentation to the base hospital for follow-up visits when referred from the Vision centers to the base hospital. <br/ ><br>Timepoint: Baseline to 3 months