Demographic and clinical profile of patients presenting at the low vision clinic of a tertiary eye care facility in Kerala

Sathyan, Sanitha; Davis, Jasmine C C; Antony, Rosemary C; Mathew, Susan; Jyothi, R

doi:10.4103/0976-6677.193866

Cited by 4 publications

(4 citation statements)

References 0 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…showed that 33%of the patients were above 60 years. [4] This was in accordance with study conducted by Frick KD, Foster A. who found that majority of people with visual impairment are aged 50 years and older. [5] A study was conducted by Leat and Rumney in the United Kingdom, [6] and in Australia by Wolffsohn and Cochrane to find the causes of low vision impairment which found that majority of their patients were aged 60 years and above.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 91%

Demographic and Clinical Profile of Patients with Low Vision: A Hospital Based Study

Bala¹,

Kaur²,

Bhatia³

et al. 2023

AIMDR

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Background: Vision impairment is a significant problem in our country. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the causes and to record the demographic profile of patients with low vision. Material & Methods: After taking permission from ethical committee, the study was conducted on 250 patients presenting in low vision clinic of Regional Institute of Ophthalmology punjab in north India .A detailed examination and information regarding the demographic and clinical characteristics of the patients were recorded .the visual acuity of all the patients were determined using Snellen chart followed by anterior and posterior segment examination using a slit-lamp bio microscope and direct and /or indirect ophthalmoscope.Refraction was done in all the subjects and Best corrected visual acuity was recorded. Their demographic and clinical profile were analyzed using SPSS software. Results: Majority of the patients presenting with low vision were found to be above 56 years of age with higher prevalence in rural (54.40%) than in urban (45.60%) population. Male (65.60%)were predominant than females(34.40%) .Major etiological causes were Diabetic retinopathy 76 (30 .40%) followed by Pathological Myopia (21.20%), ARMD (14.80%), Retinitis pigmentosa (6.80%) and Glaucoma (6.00%). Conclusion: Diabetic retinopathy and pathological myopia were the predominant causes of low vision. Patients from rural background were more affected than urban areas.

show abstract

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 91%

Demographic and Clinical Profile of Patients with Low Vision: A Hospital Based Study

Bala¹,

Kaur²,

Bhatia³

et al. 2023

AIMDR

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…From the result of our study, the prevalence of Diabetic retinopathy, ARMD, and RP is higher. According to Sathyan S et al 15 , diabetic retinopathy (18.1%) was 2 nd common cause, likewise, according to Khan SA et al 17 , diabetic retinopathy(13%) was 3 rd common cause for low vision. In contrast, according to Olusanya et al 13 , only 1% had diabetic retinopathy; this may be due to the majority (58%) of their subjects were aged below 50 years.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 96%

“…There are few studies done on the same lines. According to literature, age-related macular degeneration was one of the leading causes of low vision among the elderly population [10][11][12][13][14][15] . The second leading cause was retinitis pigmentosa 12,16,17 and diabetic retinopathy 10,18 .…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Prevalence of Ocular Conditions Causing Low Vision & the Low Vision Aids Dispensed at a Tertiary Eye Care Centre in Sangli, India

2020

IJPHRD

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…Profiles of low-vision patients have been studied extensively in different countries and reported in many publications. 6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25 These studies have used information from one or a few low vision clinics, from questionnaire reports or from blindness registration data to provide detailed information regarding the profiles of low-vision patients. Low-vision clinic-based studies provide reliable and usually detailed ophthalmic information about low-vision patients when compared with population surveys, blind school studies or blind register studies.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

A profile of patients presenting at a low vision clinic in a resource-limited setting

Xulu-Kasaba

Mashige

Mthembu

et al. 2020

Afr. vis. eye health

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Background: The university-based low vision clinic is one of the few low vision clinics in South Africa.Aim: To describe demographic and clinical profiles of patients who attended this clinic from 2010 to 2017.Setting: The university low vision clinic, South Africa.Methods: The record cards of all patients seen at the low vision clinic over 8 years were examined and the following information was extracted: age, gender, presenting visual acuity (VA), VA following low vision assessment, cause of visual impairment and types of low vision devices recommended.Results: A total of 621 patients were examined, comprising 45.1% males and 55.9% females aged 36.0 ± 18.2 years (range: 4–93 years). Many of these patients (33.7%) had presenting VA worse than 1.3 logarithm of the Minimum Angle of Resolution (logMAR) ( 6/120) at 4 m in the better eye, and 196 (31.6%) had presenting VA of worse than 1.3 logMAR at near distance. Following optical low vision assessment, 62.4% had distance VA of 0.9 LogMAR (6/48) to −0.2 logMAR (6/3.8) and 58.4% had near VA of 0.9 logMAR (6/48) to −0.2 logMAR (6/3.8). Albinism (22.7%), unknown causes (18.2%), cataract (15.5%) and macular diseases (12.2%) were the most common causes of low vision. Amblyopia (80.7%) was the most common cause of low vision in patients aged 20 years and younger, followed by albinism (68.1%) and corneal diseases (41%). Cataract (78.1%), macular diseases (64.4%) and glaucoma (55.9%) were the most common causes of low vision in patients aged more than 60 years. Telescopes (33.8%) were the most commonly recommended form of intervention, followed by magnifiers (29.6%) and protective measures (24.5%).Conclusion: Albinism, cataract and macular diseases are the predominant causes of low vision in patients attending this low vision clinic. There was a significant improvement in VA after low-vision assessment, particularly for patients with presenting VA of better than 1.3 logMAR (6/120).

show abstract

Demographic and clinical profile of patients presenting at the low vision clinic of a tertiary eye care facility in Kerala

Cited by 4 publications

References 0 publications

Demographic and Clinical Profile of Patients with Low Vision: A Hospital Based Study

Demographic and Clinical Profile of Patients with Low Vision: A Hospital Based Study

Prevalence of Ocular Conditions Causing Low Vision & the Low Vision Aids Dispensed at a Tertiary Eye Care Centre in Sangli, India

A profile of patients presenting at a low vision clinic in a resource-limited setting

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About