Profile of Low Vision Population Attending Retina Clinic, RIMS, Imphal Manipur
Journal Title: Journal of Medical Science And clinical Research - Year 2014, Vol 2, Issue 8
Abstract
The main purpose of the study is to assess the cause of low vision over a period of 15 months. A retrospective study of 168 patients examined at Retina clinic, RIMS, Imphal over the period of 15 months was reviewed and information was extracted. The low vision patients in the clinic are referred from general eye OPD and from different specialty clinics in the centre. Age and gender, occupation, house location, cause of visual impairment were analyzed. The majority of patients (33.93%) were from the age groups between 45-59 years of age. Older age group more than 60 years comprised of 28.57%. A significant numbers of low vision patients were also found in younger age group <16 years(8.33%). 58% patients were male and 42% were female. Male were found to be predominant in all age groups. The major cause of low vision was found to be diabetic retinopathy (23.21%) followed by other Retinal vascular diseases (11.90%), choroidal lesions (10.71%), uncorrected RE and Amblyopia (8.93%), Retinitis Pigmentosa (7.74%), and ARMD(5.35%).
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Dr. Wobenthung Tsopoe
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