| Autor: |
Louis Z. Cai, Annika G. Samuelson, Theodore Bowe, John W. Hinkle, Samir N Patel, Rebecca R. Soares, Yoshihiro Yonekawa, Devayu Parikh, Catherine K. Liu |
| Rok vydání: |
2021 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Retina. 41:2253-2260 |
| ISSN: |
0275-004X |
| DOI: |
10.1097/iae.0000000000003218 |
| Popis: |
BACKGROUND/PURPOSE To identify geographic and socioeconomic variables predictive of residential proximity to retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) clinical trial locations. METHODS This cross-sectional epidemiological study used census tract-level data from three national public data sets and trial-level data from ClinicalTrials.gov. Socioeconomic predictors of driving distance and time to the nearest ROP clinical trial location were identified. Primary outcomes were time >60 minutes and distance >60 miles traveled to the nearest ROP clinical trial site. RESULTS Multivariate analysis showed that residents were more likely to travel >60 minutes to the nearest ROP clinical trial site if they lived in census tracts that were rural (adjusted odds ratio 1.20, P = 0.0002), had higher percentages of the population living ≤ federal poverty level (fourth quartile vs. first quartile, adjusted odds ratio 1.19, P 60 minutes. Similar variables predicted travel distance. CONCLUSION Although counties with higher incidences of very low-birth-weight infants were closer to ROP clinical trial sites, residents living in rural and low-income census tracts had significantly greater travel burdens. |
| Databáze: |
OpenAIRE |
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