Assessment of Patients with Presbyopia and Presbycusis Visited in Hospital: A Observational Study
Journal Title: International Journal of Medical Research Professionals - Year 2018, Vol 4, Issue 3
Abstract
Introduction: Presbyopia is a progressive optical condition where the ability to focus on near objects gradually decreases as part of the natural aging process. Presbyopia tends to manifest itself around the age of 40 to 45 years of age. Its improper correction will compromise a person’s work performance with the economic loss too. It has also been described as "an irreversible optical failure, an unexplained evolutionary blunder that comes as a psychological shock. Also, hearing loss is one of the most widespread sensory impairment in aging people. Materials and Methods: Study was conducted in Department of Ophthalmology, Swatantra Sainani late Dr. Mangal Singh District Hospital, Dholpur, Rajasthan, India. On a total of 50 subjects. The pre-approval was granted by the ethical board of our college. Also, an informed consent was achieved from the study subjects as well. A detailed medical history was taken for each patient. It also included the duration and onset of the underlying symptoms. As of inclusion criteria, all subject patients were above 18 years of age, but not more than 60 years. Any patient suffering from any kind of genetic disorder or autoimmune disorder was clearly left out of the study. Results: In a total of 50 patients, 18 (36%) were female and 32 (64%) were male. Out of 50 patients were merely 10 patients (18%) were diagnosed with presbyopia exclusively and 14 patients (28%) were diagnosed with presbycusis exclusively. Rest, 26 patients were suffering from both presbyopia and presbycusis. (52%) Conclusion: Both the condition of presbyopia and presbycusis increased gradually with the age. Females dominated the study among the presbyopia cases while males were in dominance among the condition of presbycusis.
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Ashok Kumar Jindal
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- DOI 10.21276/ijmrp.2018.4.3.056
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