The Frequency and Causes of Blindness in a Rural Region of Central Anatolia of Turkey

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dc.contributor.authorMirza, Enver
dc.contributor.authorMirza, Gunsu Deniz
dc.contributor.authorOltulu, Refik
dc.contributor.authorOkka, Mehmet
dc.contributor.authorOzkagnici, Ahmet
dc.date.accessioned2024-02-23T14:41:05Z
dc.date.available2024-02-23T14:41:05Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.departmentNEÜen_US
dc.description.abstractObjective: This study aimed to evaluate the frequency and primary causes of blindness in adults aged 18 years and more in Sarikaya rural region of Yozgat, Turkey, to contribute to the epidemiologic information about blindness in our country. Materials and Methods: Patients who were examined between October 2016 and March 2017 in Sarikaya State Hospital, Clinic of Ophthalmology, were prospectively investigated. Demographic and ophthalmic examination data, presented visual acuities (VA), primary causes of blindness, and monocular blindness were recorded. Blindness was defined as presented visual acuities (VA) definition of World Health Organization criteria. Results: A total of 3423 participants, aged 18-96 years, were examined. Among them, 1887 participants (55%) were female and 1536 (45%) were male. The frequency of blindness was 15% (95% CI: 1.1%-2.0(%); and cataract was the primary cause of blindness (42%). Age-related macular degeneration (21%) and uncorrected refractive error (13%) were the next main causes of blindness. The frequency of monocular blindness was 4% (95% CI: 3.8%-5.2%), and cataract (27%) followed by phthisis bulbi/evisceration (13%) and glaucoma (12%) were the leading causes of monocular blindness. Conclusion: In this rural region of Central Anatolia, the primary cause of blindness and monocular blindness was an unoperated cataract. The patterns of age-specific causes of blindness are variable, but most of them are avoidable or treatable. Thus, awareness should be increased in societies, and people should be prevented from blindness with health-care programs in rural regions of developing countries.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.5152/eurasianjmed.2019.18312
dc.identifier.endpage246en_US
dc.identifier.issn1308-8734
dc.identifier.issn1308-8742
dc.identifier.issue3en_US
dc.identifier.pmid31692621en_US
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85075712370en_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ3en_US
dc.identifier.startpage242en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.5152/eurasianjmed.2019.18312
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12452/16699
dc.identifier.volume51en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000491164700008en_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Scienceen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopusen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakPubMeden_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherAvesen_US
dc.relation.ispartofEurasian Journal Of Medicineen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessen_US
dc.subjectBlindnessen_US
dc.subjectFrequencyen_US
dc.subjectPrevalenceen_US
dc.subjectCataracten_US
dc.subjectTurkeyen_US
dc.titleThe Frequency and Causes of Blindness in a Rural Region of Central Anatolia of Turkeyen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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