Loss of sight due to delay in treatment or review in UK HES
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Epidemiological Surveillance of Deterioration Of Sight Caused By Delay In Review Or Treatment in the UK: Frequency and morbidity
IRAS ID
318080
Contact name
Rashmi Mathew
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 11 months, 31 days
Research summary
This epidemiological study will aim to establish a current incidence rate, diagnosis and severity for patients suffering sight loss as a result of delay in their treatment or review. Prospective case ascertainment will be undertaken through the British Ophthalmological Surveillance Unit (BOSU) monthly reporting system. This is an active surveillance system involving all UK consultant and trainee ophthalmologists. This epidemiological study will only be using information available from the patient case notes. Ophthalmologists will indicate that they have seen a new case through the BOSU and then data collection will be undertaken within a specific online platform using the data safe haven at University of Dundee.
The research work will be carried out at one site (Moorfields Eye Hospital), with the data held in the data safehaven in Dundee. Local collaborators are only required to fill out the data collection proforma seeking clinical information available from the hospital notes of patients who have been notified as suffering sight loss due to delay. They do not need to carry out any procedures mentioned in the Standard Operating Procedures for ethics committees in the United Kingdom which require a principal investigator to be appointed at each site. Analysis will be descriptive and all findings reported in an aggregated format and at no point will the patients routine standard care be altered or impacted as a result of this study.
The data will never leave the safe haven. Once analysed, aggregated tables and graphs will be produced in a format suitable for publication in peer review journals.2
REC name
London - Surrey Borders Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
23/LO/0062
Date of REC Opinion
14 Sep 2023
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion