Prevalence of Ocular Disease in a Population Study of Subjects 65 Years Old and Older

Martinez, German; Campbell, Angela; Reinken, J; Allan, Brahim

doi:10.1016/0002-9394(82)90073-3

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“…In the present study prevalence of glaucoma irrespective of its type was found to be 3.4%, similar to the results obtained in the studies done by Garg P et al 14 and Martinez GS et al 20 but is higher than the prevalence found by Agrawal D et al, 7 Normalina M et al, 12 Khadse A et al 13 and Inaamul Haq et al 15 The prevalence of glaucoma was also found to be higher in the studies done by Ukponmwan CU 10 and Singh A et al…”

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“…A higher prevalence of maculopathies was found by Ukponmwan CU 10 with ARMD's as 3%. Studies done by Singh MM et al, 3 Rizyal A et al, 9 Garg P et al, 14 Martinez GS et al 20 showed the prevalence of ARMD to be 2%, 5.25%, 6.4%,6.89%, and 12.2% respectively. In a study done by Normalina M et al 12 none was found to have age related macular degeneration, however drusen were noted.…”

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Pattern of ocular morbidity amongst patients of elderly age group in Central India

Singh¹,

Agarwal²

2020

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Elderly population in India is rapidly on an increase due to increased life expectancy. Visual status is one of the most important health quality indicators for the elderly who are highly prone to develop various eye diseases which form a major health problem to them. So we have tried to study the pattern of ocular morbidity in this age group, to understand the risk factors responsible for blindness in the elderly so that we can focus on the preventive measures that we can adopt to avoid this. In our hospital bassed cross sectional study 500 patients above 50 years of age were taken. Detailed history based on pre-prepaired questionare was taken followed by complete ocular examination and relevant investigations to diagnose the ocular disease in these elderly people. We found that refractive errors followed by cataract were found to be the most common ocular problems in our sample population. Various risk factors like age, gender, residence, educational status, socio-economic status, hypertension, diabetes, cooking fuel used, smoking, alcoholism, and tobacco consumption were tabulated and there significance in causing ocular morbidity and blindness was studied. Finally we concluded that there is a high incidence of ocular morbidity in old age individuals most of the causes being either treatable or preventable. Therefore the focus should be on providing affordable quality eye care services at both the urban and rural areas so that we can prevent ocular morbity and blindness in these elderly individuals specially those with low educational and socioeconomic status.

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Pattern of ocular morbidity amongst patients of elderly age group in Central India

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Agarwal²

2020

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“…Many papers have studied the prevalence of AMD in Caucasian populations, but few have defined the forms of AMD and not in relation to PDT. The Framingham, 9 Gisborne, 10 Melton Mowbray, 11 Beaver Dam, 12 Blue mountains, 13 and Rotterdam 14 studies found an overall prevalence of AMD of 6.4-20.9% in populations aged over 43 years, with increasing prevalence with increasing age. The prevalence of late AMD in the Beaver Dam, 12 Blue mountains, 13 and Rotterdam studies 14 was between 1.2 and 1.4% of the population less than 86 years.…”

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The incidence and outcome of photodynamic therapy for macular degeneration in the Northern Region of the UK

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Setty

Clarke

2004

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“…[1][2][3][4] The disease is strongly age related and results in a progressive, irreversible loss of the field of vision. It is largely asymptomatic until the late stages and is the major cause of preventable blindness in the elderly in the United Kingdom.…”

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Can a public health package on glaucoma reach its target population?

Baker¹,

Murdoch

2004

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Purpose A pilot study to assess how successful a newspaper advertisement and a radio interview about glaucoma are at reaching their target population. Methods The health intervention comprised two components: an interview on local radio and an advertisement in the local paper. Our target population were residents aged 45 years and above in either Southall (West London) or the Isle of Wight (IOW). A questionnaire was developed to be carried out pre-and postintervention. The data from both locations pre and post were coded and cleaned. Tests of significance were carried out to assess statistical significance for differences in proportion, with tests for trend used where appropriate. All statistical analyses were carried out using Stata7. Results Overall, the proportion who had heard of glaucoma increased from 54% before the intervention to 60% after (w 2 ¼ 3.7, P ¼ 0.055). The proportion who had heard of the disease increased by 13% (w 2 ¼ 8.76, P ¼ 0.003) in Southall and by 8% (w 2 ¼ 5.02, P ¼ 0.025) on the IOW. The proportion reporting seeing the advert increased significantly in both areas with greater effect in Southall. Those reporting hearing the radio interview only increased in Southall. On the IOW, females were more knowledgeable and responded more positively to the intervention. This differed in Southall where males tended to be the positive responders. Conclusion In both areas a significant effect on those having heard of glaucoma was found. This could be attributed to both the advert and interview in Southall but would appear to be attributable to the newspaper advertisement alone on the IOW.

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Prevalence of Ocular Disease in a Population Study of Subjects 65 Years Old and Older

Cited by 135 publications

References 8 publications

Pattern of ocular morbidity amongst patients of elderly age group in Central India

Pattern of ocular morbidity amongst patients of elderly age group in Central India

The incidence and outcome of photodynamic therapy for macular degeneration in the Northern Region of the UK

Can a public health package on glaucoma reach its target population?

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