Correlation between weather and incidence of selected ophthalmological diagnoses: a database analysis

Christoph Kern, Karsten Kortüm, Michael Müller, Florian Raabe, Wolfgang Johann Mayer, Siegfried Priglinger, Thomas Christian Kreutzer University Eye Hospital Munich, Faculty of Medicine, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany Purpose: Our aim wa...

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Autores principales:	Kern C, Kortüm K, Müller M, Raabe F, Mayer WJ, Priglinger S, Kreutzer TC
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Publicado:	Dove Medical Press 2016
Materias:	corneal injury trauma Uveitis conjunctivitis weather Ophthalmology RE1-994
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:2599cfbbfec642aeb856cd33b7fa08ce2021-12-02T01:46:50ZCorrelation between weather and incidence of selected ophthalmological diagnoses: a database analysis1177-5483https://doaj.org/article/2599cfbbfec642aeb856cd33b7fa08ce2016-08-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.dovepress.com/correlation-between-weather-and-incidence-of-selected-ophthalmological-peer-reviewed-article-OPTHhttps://doaj.org/toc/1177-5483Christoph Kern, Karsten Kortüm, Michael Müller, Florian Raabe, Wolfgang Johann Mayer, Siegfried Priglinger, Thomas Christian Kreutzer University Eye Hospital Munich, Faculty of Medicine, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany Purpose: Our aim was to correlate the overall patient volume and the incidence of several ophthalmological diseases in our emergency department with weather data. Patients and methods: For data analysis, we used our clinical data warehouse and weather data. We investigated the weekly overall patient volume and the average weekly incidence of all encoded diagnoses of “conjunctivitis”, “foreign body”, “acute iridocyclitis”, and “corneal abrasion”. A Spearman’s correlation was performed to link these data with the weekly average sunshine duration, temperature, and wind speed. Results: We noticed increased patient volume in correlation with increasing sunshine duration and higher temperature. Moreover, we found a positive correlation between the weekly incidences of conjunctivitis and of foreign body and weather data. Conclusion: The results of this data analysis reveal the possible influence of external conditions on the health of a population and can be used for weather-dependent resource allocation. Keywords: corneal injury, trauma, uveitis, conjunctivitis, weatherKern CKortüm KMüller MRaabe FMayer WJPriglinger SKreutzer TCDove Medical Pressarticlecorneal injurytraumaUveitisconjunctivitisweatherOphthalmologyRE1-994ENClinical Ophthalmology, Vol Volume 10, Pp 1587-1592 (2016)
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spellingShingle	corneal injury trauma Uveitis conjunctivitis weather Ophthalmology RE1-994 Kern C Kortüm K Müller M Raabe F Mayer WJ Priglinger S Kreutzer TC Correlation between weather and incidence of selected ophthalmological diagnoses: a database analysis
description	Christoph Kern, Karsten Kortüm, Michael Müller, Florian Raabe, Wolfgang Johann Mayer, Siegfried Priglinger, Thomas Christian Kreutzer University Eye Hospital Munich, Faculty of Medicine, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany Purpose: Our aim was to correlate the overall patient volume and the incidence of several ophthalmological diseases in our emergency department with weather data. Patients and methods: For data analysis, we used our clinical data warehouse and weather data. We investigated the weekly overall patient volume and the average weekly incidence of all encoded diagnoses of “conjunctivitis”, “foreign body”, “acute iridocyclitis”, and “corneal abrasion”. A Spearman’s correlation was performed to link these data with the weekly average sunshine duration, temperature, and wind speed. Results: We noticed increased patient volume in correlation with increasing sunshine duration and higher temperature. Moreover, we found a positive correlation between the weekly incidences of conjunctivitis and of foreign body and weather data. Conclusion: The results of this data analysis reveal the possible influence of external conditions on the health of a population and can be used for weather-dependent resource allocation. Keywords: corneal injury, trauma, uveitis, conjunctivitis, weather
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title	Correlation between weather and incidence of selected ophthalmological diagnoses: a database analysis
title_short	Correlation between weather and incidence of selected ophthalmological diagnoses: a database analysis
title_full	Correlation between weather and incidence of selected ophthalmological diagnoses: a database analysis
title_fullStr	Correlation between weather and incidence of selected ophthalmological diagnoses: a database analysis
title_full_unstemmed	Correlation between weather and incidence of selected ophthalmological diagnoses: a database analysis
title_sort	correlation between weather and incidence of selected ophthalmological diagnoses: a database analysis
publisher	Dove Medical Press
publishDate	2016
url	https://doaj.org/article/2599cfbbfec642aeb856cd33b7fa08ce
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Correlation between weather and incidence of selected ophthalmological diagnoses: a database analysis

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