Profile of Amblyopia and Outcome of Occlusion Therapy in Amblyopic Patients Attending Tertiary Care Hospital of Kathmandu

Autor:	Srijana Karmacharya, Aparna Rizyal, P M Singh, Aditya Prasad Rijal
Rok vydání:	2021
Předmět:	medicine.medical_specialty genetic structures business.industry Occlusion therapy Emergency medicine medicine Tertiary care hospital business Outcome (game theory) eye diseases
Zdroj:	Nepal Medical College Journal. 23:94-101
ISSN:	2676-1424 2676-1319
DOI:	10.3126/nmcj.v23i2.38505
Popis:	Amblyopia is a common cause of visual impairment in children. The aim of this study was to assess the profile of amblyopia and the outcome of occlusion therapy in amblyopic children attending the eye department of a tertiary care hospital. This was a hospital based prospective interventional study. Sixty-five eyes of 47 patients fulfilling the inclusion criteria were included in the study. Occlusion therapy was started for the diagnosed amblyopic cases after refractive adaptation of 4 weeks. The mean age of presentation was 8.8 ±3.2 years. 29(61.7%) cases had unilateral amblyopia, 18(38.3%) cases had bilateral amblyopia. Ametropic amblyopia (52.3%) was the most common type of amblyopia followed by Anisometropia (23.1%). Refractive error was the most common cause of amblyopia with compound myopic astigmatism seen among 30.8% and hypermetropia among 29.2% of patients. There was no significant association between initial visual acuity with age of presentation and types of amblyopia respectively (P=0.1, P=0.5). The final visual outcome after therapy was better among patients with Ametropic amblyopia than other types (P=0.02). There was significant association between final visual outcome with age, initial visual acuity, type and severity of amblyopia respectively (P
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