Prevalence of Blindness with Various Etiological Causes Based on Blindness Certificate Issued At District Hospital Kalaburgi, Karnataka
Journal Title: Scholars Journal of Applied Medical Sciences - Year 2016, Vol 4, Issue 7
Abstract
Blindness is a major public health problem in developing countries. Yet, we lack contemporary data on the prevalence and the causes from which the priorities for itsprevention, treatment and management can be identified.The aim is toidentify the leading causes of visual disability among visually disabled individuals, certified in the KalaburgiDistrict Hospital in Karnataka, India.A prospective cross-sectional study was conducted on records of patients’ visual handicap certificates for blindnessissued from October 2014 to October 2015 were identified. These cases were selected on the basis of a simple random sampling method. Information was retrieved and analyzed.There will be a variation in the prevalence of leading causes for blindness and partial sight, from one geographical area to another. If the accurate cause is identified, the necessary preventive measures can be taken. Keywords:Blindness, disability, public health problem
Authors and Affiliations
Dr. M. Radhika, Dr. M. Bindu Madhavi, Dr. Fathima Tahseen
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP371252
- DOI -
- Views 50
- Downloads 0
An Evaluation of Effect of Flaxseed Oil (N-3 Fatty Acid) Treatment on Lipid Parameters and Its Tolerability in Dyslipidemic Patients
To evaluate the effect of flaxseed oil treatment on lipid parameters and to assess tolerability of the same in dyslipidemic patients. An interventional, prospective study was conducted on outpatients of either gender in...
A Stochastic Model with Antigenic Diversity Threshold Using Largest Order Statistics
Abstract: In the study of HIV infection and AIDS, one of the important aspects of investigation is the estimation of time to cross antigenic diversity threshold of HIV infected. The estimation of time to cross antigenic...
Bone Tumors of Members in Avicenne Teaching Hospital of Rabat
The purpose of this work was to analyze the epidemiological aspects of member’s primary bone tumors of our center to improve the management and compare with international experience. We retrospectively analyzed the recor...
Screening of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus with 75gm OGTT and its effects on Feto-maternal Outcome
Our study was designed to find out the incidence of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus by using 75 gm oral glucose tolerance test as a single step procedure to both screen and diagnose and to know the effects of gestational d...
Novel Topical Nanoformulations: An Overview
Abstract: Novel drug delivery system (NDDS) refers to the approaches, formulation, technologies and systems for transporting a pharmaceutical compound in the body as needed to safety achieve its desired therapeutically e...