Patterns of Eye Diseases Among Patients Attending The Eye Investigation Unit of Sohag University Hospital

The goal of the work: is to assess the patterns of eye diseases in patients attending the eye investigation unit of Sohag University Hospital.organize the community education. The main question it aims to answer is

• DOES eye disease blindness prevalence rate increase in women more than men?
• What is the rate of glaucoma and other ocular diseases that causes irreversible blindness among the attending patients? Patients attending to the eye investigation unit of Sohag University Hospital in the period from January 2025 to December 2025 are being observed in this work to determine the eye diseases prevalence.

Study Overview

• Status: Recruiting
• Conditions: Eye Diseases
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: eye investigations

Detailed Description

This type of study is helpful to get an idea about the epidemiology of ocular disorders. It is necessary to organize the community education and ensure early treatment to reduce the prevalence of such diseases in the general population.

• Aim of the work: is to assess the patterns of eye diseases in patients attending the eye investigation unit of Sohag University Hospital.
• Study design: observational Cross-Sectional study.3
• Patients and methods: all patients attending to the eye investigation unit of Sohag University Hospital in the period from January 2025 to December 2025.
• Inclusion criteria: All patients referred to the eye investigation unit from the outpatient clinic of Sohag university hospital, private clinics or health insurance.

• Exclusion criteria:

  1. Patients unable to measure visual acuity.
  2. Patients unable to measure intraocular pressure.
  3. Mentally retarded patients.
  4. Undiagnosed patients.

• Time schedule:

  1. Twelve months for collection of data, writing the review of literature and methodology.
  2. Three months for analysis of data and writing the results.
  3. Three months for writing the discussion and conclusions.

• ethical considerations:

  1. The study adheres to Tents of Helsinki declaration.
  2. The study will be approved by the ethical committee of the faculty of medicine Sohag University.
  3. An informed written consent will be taken from all of the participants in the study or their guardians

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Estimated): 7000

Contacts and Locations

• Study Contact: Name: mahmoud AE Dr\ mahmoud abdelwareth; Phone Number: 093 01150969875; Email: Mahmoud_abdelwareth_post@med.sohag.edu.eg
• Study Contact Backup: Name: mortada AH Prof\ abuzaid, Professor; Phone Number: 093 01203324446

Study Locations

• Egypt
  • Sohag, Egypt, 82524
    • Recruiting
    • Faculty of Medicine in Sohag University
    • Contact: mahmoud AE DR\ abdelwareth mohamed; Phone Number: 093 01150969875; Email: Mahmoud_abdelwareth_post@med.sohagedu.eg
    • Contact: Mortada AH Prof\ Abozaid, professor; Phone Number: 093 01203324446

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: Child; Adult; Older Adult
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

all patients attending to the eye investigation unit of Sohag University Hospital in the period from January 2025 to December 2025.

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

- All patients referred to the eye investigation unit from the outpatient clinic of Sohag university hospital, private clinics or health insurance.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients unable to measure visual acuity.
• Patients unable to measure intraocular pressure.
• Mentally retarded patients.
• Undiagnosed patients.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
determine the pattrens of eye diseases among patients attending the eye investigtion unit of sohag university	recording data of the prevalence of each eye disease among the study group in the period from January 2025 to December 2025 .their percentage in men and women , also in which age group	1. Twelve months for collection of data, writing the review of literature and methodology. 2. Three months for analysis of data and writing the results. 3. Three months for writing the discussion and conclusions.

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Sohag University
• Investigators: Study Director: mortada AH Prof\ abuzaid, Professor, depatement of ophthalmology ,sohag university

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): January 1, 2025
• Primary Completion (Estimated): December 31, 2025
• Study Completion (Estimated): June 30, 2026

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: February 1, 2025
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: February 1, 2025
• First Posted (Actual): March 25, 2025

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): March 25, 2025
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: February 8, 2025
• Last Verified: February 1, 2025

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: patterns of eye disease
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Eye Diseases
• Other Study ID Numbers: Soh-Med--25-1-10MS

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: UNDECIDED

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No