2005
DOI: 10.1590/s0004-27492005000500015
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Prevalência de transtornos oculares na população de idosos residentes na cidade de Veranópolis, RS, Brasil

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“…A study on ocular diseases from Rio Grande do Sul shows that approximately 80% of the population older than 80 years present anomalies in at least one eye. Subsequent studies conducted in Finland, Barbados, USA, and England reported similar results (Romani, 2005).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 60%
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“…A study on ocular diseases from Rio Grande do Sul shows that approximately 80% of the population older than 80 years present anomalies in at least one eye. Subsequent studies conducted in Finland, Barbados, USA, and England reported similar results (Romani, 2005).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 60%
“…These results were also corroborated by epidemiological studies conducted in São Paulo and Pernambuco. The increased life expectancy of the population may lead to a higher incidence of cataract in older adults (Romani, 2005;Gomes et al, 2008).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…After the age of 40 years, nearly 100% of the population progressively loses their visual accommodation capacity, and optical correction with eye glasses is the first therapeutic choice for most patients (15) . It is important to emphasize that universal access to ophthalmic examination and the provision of eye glasses for poor populations is essential from the fifth decade of life.…”
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confidence: 99%
“…The lack of eye glasses among poor populations in large cities and distant urban areas such as those studied herealong the Amazon River, also called Solimões in the region stretching from the Brazilian-Peruvian border until its confluence with the Negro River, and some of its tributaries (Negro, Juruá, Purus, and Madeira rivers) -is an important socioeconomic factor and a public health issue (15)(16)(17) .…”
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“…A maioria dos idosos (40,6%) da amostra tinha acuidade visual normal, isto é, acima de 0,7 na tabela de Snellen, resultados semelhantes ao estudo de Romani (2005) com idosos longevos, que concluiu que essa normalidade visual pode ser indicativa de boa condição física geral e qualidade de vida. No entanto, vale ressaltar que assim como nesta pesquisa, as medidas visuais objetivas não foram detectadas como diferentes entre caidores e não caidores em outro estudo (Stalenhoef e col., 2002), enquanto a avaliação subjetiva pela autopercepção da condição visual em ruim ou péssima esteve associada às quedas ocasionais e recorrentes (Morris e col., 2004;Perracini e Ramos, 2002).…”
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