Prevalence of visual impairment and eye diseases in Afghan refugees in Pakistan
Autor: | H. R. Awan, T. Ihsan |
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Rok vydání: | 1998 |
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Zdroj: | Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal. 4:560-566 |
ISSN: | 1687-1634 1020-3397 |
Popis: | The prevalence and etiology of visual loss and eye diseases were determined in a resident Afghan refugee community in northern Pakistan. The survey included 1156 people and revealed that 2.1% of the population were blind and 6.9% were visually impaired according to WHO criteria. The leading causes of blindness included cataract [62.5%], uncorrected refractive errors [16.6%], retinal degeneration/dystrophy [12.5%], glaucoma [4.2%] and microphthalmos [4.2%]. The causes of visual loss were uncorrected refractive errors [46.2%], cataract [32.7%] and corneal opacities [4.8%]. These conditions were also important causes of unilateral lost vision. Active trachoma was found in 3.7% of all children under 10 years of age |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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