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Visual Impairment and Blindness among Patients at Nigeria Army Eye Centre, Bonny Cantonment Lagos, Nigeria

Background: Visual impairment (VI) is a public health problem that can affect an individual’s social wellbeing. The study aims to determine the distribution and causes of vision impairment (VI) and blindness among patients at Nigerian Army Eye Centre Lagos, Nigeria. Method: An institutional cross-se...

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Autores principales: Ezinne, Ngozika Esther, Shittu, Oluwaseun, Ekemiri, Kingsley Kene, Kwarteng, Michael Agyemang, Tagoh, Selassie, Ogbonna, Grace, Mashige, Khathutshelo Percy
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9690283/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36421637
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10112312
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author Ezinne, Ngozika Esther
Shittu, Oluwaseun
Ekemiri, Kingsley Kene
Kwarteng, Michael Agyemang
Tagoh, Selassie
Ogbonna, Grace
Mashige, Khathutshelo Percy
author_facet Ezinne, Ngozika Esther
Shittu, Oluwaseun
Ekemiri, Kingsley Kene
Kwarteng, Michael Agyemang
Tagoh, Selassie
Ogbonna, Grace
Mashige, Khathutshelo Percy
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description Background: Visual impairment (VI) is a public health problem that can affect an individual’s social wellbeing. The study aims to determine the distribution and causes of vision impairment (VI) and blindness among patients at Nigerian Army Eye Centre Lagos, Nigeria. Method: An institutional cross-sectional study was conducted, and a systematic random sampling technique was used to enrol study participants from their medical records. Information about their demography, presenting visual acuity (VA), best corrected visual acuity and cause of VI and blindness, were retrieved. Result: A total of five hundred (500) medical records of patients aged from 4 to 96 years, with a mean age of 54.07 ± 21.43 years, were considered for the study. Among the participants, more than half were males (51.2%) and ≥60 years (53.0%). A large (47.2%) proportion of the patients had moderate VI at the time of presentation, followed by blindness (22.0%). The major cause of blindness was cataract, while glaucoma and refractive error were the major causes of VI. Blindness and VI were significantly associated with the type of VI before and after the provision of intervention (p < 0.05) across different age groups (children, youths, adults, elderly) with an adjusted p < 0.003 after an intervention. Conclusions: Cataracts, glaucoma and uncorrected refractive error (URE) were the major causes of VI and blindness in Lagos State. VI was more prevalent in males than females; however, there was no significant difference between the two proportions. The prevalence of VI among age groups was more significant for those 60 years and above. Early screening for the detection and management of cataract, URE and glaucoma is highly advised to reduce the burden of VI.
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spelling pubmed-96902832022-11-25 Visual Impairment and Blindness among Patients at Nigeria Army Eye Centre, Bonny Cantonment Lagos, Nigeria Ezinne, Ngozika Esther Shittu, Oluwaseun Ekemiri, Kingsley Kene Kwarteng, Michael Agyemang Tagoh, Selassie Ogbonna, Grace Mashige, Khathutshelo Percy Healthcare (Basel) Article Background: Visual impairment (VI) is a public health problem that can affect an individual’s social wellbeing. The study aims to determine the distribution and causes of vision impairment (VI) and blindness among patients at Nigerian Army Eye Centre Lagos, Nigeria. Method: An institutional cross-sectional study was conducted, and a systematic random sampling technique was used to enrol study participants from their medical records. Information about their demography, presenting visual acuity (VA), best corrected visual acuity and cause of VI and blindness, were retrieved. Result: A total of five hundred (500) medical records of patients aged from 4 to 96 years, with a mean age of 54.07 ± 21.43 years, were considered for the study. Among the participants, more than half were males (51.2%) and ≥60 years (53.0%). A large (47.2%) proportion of the patients had moderate VI at the time of presentation, followed by blindness (22.0%). The major cause of blindness was cataract, while glaucoma and refractive error were the major causes of VI. Blindness and VI were significantly associated with the type of VI before and after the provision of intervention (p < 0.05) across different age groups (children, youths, adults, elderly) with an adjusted p < 0.003 after an intervention. Conclusions: Cataracts, glaucoma and uncorrected refractive error (URE) were the major causes of VI and blindness in Lagos State. VI was more prevalent in males than females; however, there was no significant difference between the two proportions. The prevalence of VI among age groups was more significant for those 60 years and above. Early screening for the detection and management of cataract, URE and glaucoma is highly advised to reduce the burden of VI. MDPI 2022-11-18 /pmc/articles/PMC9690283/ /pubmed/36421637 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10112312 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Ezinne, Ngozika Esther
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Ekemiri, Kingsley Kene
Kwarteng, Michael Agyemang
Tagoh, Selassie
Ogbonna, Grace
Mashige, Khathutshelo Percy
Visual Impairment and Blindness among Patients at Nigeria Army Eye Centre, Bonny Cantonment Lagos, Nigeria
title Visual Impairment and Blindness among Patients at Nigeria Army Eye Centre, Bonny Cantonment Lagos, Nigeria
title_full Visual Impairment and Blindness among Patients at Nigeria Army Eye Centre, Bonny Cantonment Lagos, Nigeria
title_fullStr Visual Impairment and Blindness among Patients at Nigeria Army Eye Centre, Bonny Cantonment Lagos, Nigeria
title_full_unstemmed Visual Impairment and Blindness among Patients at Nigeria Army Eye Centre, Bonny Cantonment Lagos, Nigeria
title_short Visual Impairment and Blindness among Patients at Nigeria Army Eye Centre, Bonny Cantonment Lagos, Nigeria
title_sort visual impairment and blindness among patients at nigeria army eye centre, bonny cantonment lagos, nigeria
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9690283/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36421637
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10112312
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