Table 2. Number of visits categorized by emergency code.
| Emergency code | 10 MAR– 04 MAY 2020 | 15 JAN– 09 MAR 2020 | 10 MAR– 04 MAY 2019 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frequency | Frequency | P valuea | Frequency | P valueb | |
| Emergency | 1 (.4) | 1 (.1) | .432 | - | - |
| Undeferrable urgency | 29 (11.8) | 43 (6.0) | .007 | 8 (.8) | < .001 |
| Deferrable urgency | 165 (67.1) | 421 (59.2) | .290 | 516 (53.8) | .053 |
| Minor urgency | 42 (17.1) | 165 (23.2) | .101 | 299 (31.2) | < .001 |
| Not urgency | 9 (3.7) | 81 (11.4) | < .001 | 136 (14.2) | < .001 |
| Total | 246 | 711 | 959 | ||
Number of visits categorized by emergency code performed at the Ophthalmological Emergency Department during the 2020 lockdown period (from March 10 to May 10), compared with the same period of 2019 and with the pre-lockdown of 2020(from January 15 to March 09). The number of visits is presented in absolute and percentage values (between round brackets).
P valuea = lockdown period (10 Mar– 04 May 2020) compared with pre-lockdown period (15 Jan– 09 MAR 2020), χ2 test
P valueb = lockdown period (10 Mar– 04 May 2020) compared with the same period of 2019, χ2 test