Prevalence and risk factors for visual impairment among elderly residents in ‘homes for the aged’ in India: the Hyderabad Ocular Morbidity in Elderly Study (HOMES)

BACKGROUND/AIM: To investigate the prevalence, causes and risk factors of visual impairment (VI) among the elderly in ‘home for the aged’ in Hyderabad, India. METHODS: Individuals aged ≥60 years were recruited from 41 ‘homes for the aged’. All participants had complete eye examinations including pre...

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Autores principales: Marmamula, Srinivas, Barrenakala, Navya Rekha, Challa, Rajesh, Kumbham, Thirupathi Reddy, Modepalli, Satya Brahmanandam, Yellapragada, Ratnakar, Bhakki, Madhuri, Khanna, Rohit C, Friedman, David S
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2021
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Clinical Science
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7116480/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32217544
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bjophthalmol-2019-315678

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