Cataract blindness in Hungary
| Autor: | Georgina Zsófia Tóth, Hans Limburg, Gábor László Sándor, Zoltán Zsolt Nagy, Gábor Tóth, János Németh, Regina Lukács, Anita Pék, András Papp, Irén Szalai, Dorottya Szabó |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
| Předmět: |
Population ageing
Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty Visual acuity genetic structures Optical correction Population Visual impairment visual impairment 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine lcsh:Ophthalmology cataract prevalence Medicine education Posterior capsule opacification Investigation education.field_of_study Blindness business.industry medicine.disease Comorbidity eye diseases Ophthalmology lcsh:RE1-994 030221 ophthalmology & optometry rapid assessment of avoidable blindness sense organs medicine.symptom business blindness |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Ophthalmology, Vol 13, Iss 3, Pp 438-444 (2020) |
| ISSN: | 2227-4898 2222-3959 |
| DOI: | 10.18240/ijo.2020.03.11 |
| Popis: | "AIM: To estimate the prevalence of blindness and visual impairment resulting from cataract in the population aged ≥50y in Hungary, and to assess the cataract surgical services. METHODS: A rapid assessment of avoidable blindness (RAAB) was conducted. A total of 3523 eligible people were randomly selected and examined. Each participant underwent surgery for cataract was interviewed with regard to the year, place, and costs of the surgery. Participants with obvious cataract were asked why they had not yet undergone surgery (barriers to surgery). RESULTS: An estimated 12 514 people were bilaterally blind; the visual acuity (VA) in 19 293 people was |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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