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Abstract #27612 Published in IGR 12-4
Epidemiological survey on blindness and low vision among adults aged 50 years or above in Sanya outskirts
Wen X-F; Fan X-QInternational Journal of Ophthalmology 2010; 10: 1797-1798
AIM: To investigate the prevalence of blindness and low vision, leading cause of blindness among adults aged (greater-than or equal to)50 years in Sanya outskirts of Hainan, China. METHODS: Random sampling analysis was performed in 2 569 individuals chosen as the sample aged (greater-than or equal to)50 years in 28 villages of Sanya. Corrected vision, external eye, anterior chamber, lens, vitreous, fundus were examined by ophthalmologists. The prevalence of blindness and low vision was calculated, and the main cause of blindness was analyzed. RESULTS: Totally 2 206 individuals among 2 569 were examined. The response rate was 85.87%, the prevalence of blindness was 1.90% and the prevalence of low vision was 3.85%, resulting chiefly from cataract, glaucoma, keratitis, eyelid disease and pterygium. CONCLUSION: The epidemiological results show that the main cause of blindness and low vision is cataract. But the other causes of blindness such as eyelid disease and pterygium can not be neglected. LA: Chinese
X.-F. Wen. Department of Ophthalmology, No. 425 Hospital of Chinese PLA, Sanya 572008, Hainan Province, China. webr2002cn@yahoo.com.cn
Classification:
1.5 Glaucomas as cause of blindness (Part of: 1 General aspects)
1.1 Epidemiology (Part of: 1 General aspects)
