Clinical Trial: Canadian Eye Injury Registry

Study Status: Completed
Recruit Status: Unknown status
Study Type: Observational

Official Title: Canadian Eye Injury Registry

Brief Summary: The purpose of this study is to establish an eye injury registry to assess the mechanisms and outcomes of significant eye injuries occurring in Canada. The epidemiologic data will determine where public health strategies should be directed to prevent future eye injuries.

Detailed Summary:

Currently there is no established database or recording system of eye injuries occurring in Canada. Estimates place the figure at approximately 100000 significant eye injuries occurring in our country every year. This represents a large public health and long-term disability challenge. Lost productivity of working-age individuals with vision loss amounts to $4.4 billion annually in Canada, part of which is due to eye injury. By recording the types, locations, and outcomes of significant eye injuries, it is hoped improved public health strategies may be established to prevent further ones. The need for such a database has been recognized by the Ivey Eye Institute, the Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB) and the Canadian Ophthalmological Society (COS).

The United States Eye Injury Registry (USEIR) has been in existence for greater than 20 years. Through their database they have recorded thousands of eye injuries which has led to public health interventions through their various ocular societies. They have also established a standardized reporting system and ocular trauma score which has improved diagnosis and prognosis of eye injuries. This system has been used in many countries as a standardized reporting scheme for eye injuries.

It is hoped that through a pilot recording system established in London a framework for a national reporting system will develop. The objective is to use the standardized reporting system of the USEIR to report Canadian eye injuries.

The time frame for outcome measures will be 6 months. The patients will be followed along for this amount of time to assess there visual outcomes. No further follow up after 6 months will be undertaken for the purpose of the registry.

The hypothesis is that
Sponsor: Lawson Health Research Institute

Current Primary Outcome: Number and type of eye injuries occurring in Canada [ Time Frame: 6 months ]

To record and determine the types and epidemiologic data of eye injuries in Canada.


Original Primary Outcome: Same as current

Current Secondary Outcome: Ocular Trauma Score [ Time Frame: 6 months ]

To determine the correlation between the ocular trauma score as defined by the American Society of Ocular Trauma and the actual visual outcomes of Canadian Eye Injury patients


Original Secondary Outcome: Same as current

Information By: Lawson Health Research Institute

Dates:
Date Received: June 29, 2011
Date Started: February 2011
Date Completion: February 2016
Last Updated: December 9, 2011
Last Verified: December 2011