Ocular disease at Lere Local Government Outreach Post in Kaduna State of Northern Nigeria

Ogwurike, S

doi:10.4314/wajm.v26i1.28297

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“…The male to female ratio of patients in this study was equal and this is in contrast to similar studies in the same environment and in southern Nigeria where there was a higher proportion of males to females [1,4,6] . This difference may be a reflection of increased awareness among females about their ocular health status in recent times compared to the past.…”

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“…Ogwurike from northern Nigeria reported that cataract and anterior segment diseases were the commonest type of eye diseases [4] , onchocerciasis and trachoma were also common in contrast to studies from southern Nigeria where there was absence of onchocerciasis and trachoma [1,6,7] . Onchocerciasis or trachoma was not seen in this study.…”

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“…It is the leading cause of irreversible blindness in West Africa and it has been estimated that 20% of people older than age 40 in West Africa may be at risk from the disease [17] . Glaucoma was the commonest cause of blindness in the study by Mahmoud et al [4] , and the second cause of blindness in Nigeria [11] . It was also found to be a common disease in other studies from Nigeria and Nepal [1,3,6,7] .…”

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Pattern of ocular morbidity in Nigeria

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“…13 At an outreach post at Lere in Kaduna State in northern Nigeria, the reported incidence of trauma is 3.4%. 14 In the case reported in this paper, trauma was the major contributing factor to the eye disorder.…”

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Outcome of Lens-Sparing Vitrectomy for Infantile Post-Traumatic Amblyogenic Vitreous Haemorrhage: A case report

Hassan¹,

Okonkwo²,

Adepoju³

et al. 2009

Nigerian Journal of Ophthalmology

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“…[2][3][4][5][6] Studies on ocular morbidity show conditions of conjunctiva, cornea, iris, lens, intraocular humor, retina and optic nerve, extraocular muscles and occipital centre of brain. Reasons of ocular morbidity may be congenital, traumatic, inflammatory, neoplastic, degenerative and miscellaneous conditions of these eyerelated structures.…”

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Prevalance of Ocular Morbidity Among School Children of Perumkadavila Block, Thiruvananthapuram, South Kerala

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2016

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In spite of National Programme for Control of Blindness with its control strategies revised from time to time to provide comprehensive health care to the community, blindness and other conditions of ocular morbidity continue to be problems of much Public Health importance. Considering the fact that one-third of India's blind lose their eyesight before the age of 20 years and many of them are under fifteen years when they become blind, early detection and treatment of ocular morbidity among children is important. In Kerala, only some hospital based data are available based on the studies conducted in Regional Institute of Ophthalmology and Medical College Hospitals. Only piece meal data on field based studies are existing. OBJECTIVES 1. To study the prevalence of ocular morbidity among school children of age group 9-15 years. 2. To find the socio demographic factors associated with ocular morbidity in children. METHODOLOGYAcross sectional study was conducted among a sample of 3130 students of the age group 9-15 years from Government, Private and Aided schools of Perumkadavila Block Panchayat for three months from November 2013. Children were subjected to measurement of height and weight, general examination of the eyes, torch light examination of anterior segment and fundus examination, visual acuity for distant vision and for near vision. Colour blindness was checked using Ishihara's chart. Sociodemographic details were collected using the pretested Performa. RESULTS28.9% of the study group was having one or more form of ocular morbidity. Majority of the children studied were of 12 years age. Most of the ocular morbidities were either preventable or curable. Among the children having ocular morbidity the leading cause was refractive error (17.9%) followed by Vitamin A deficiency (9.6%), Conjunctivitis (0.9%), Blepharitis (0.3%), Squint (0.1%), Colour blindness (0.1%) and Ptosis (0.01%). The presence of ocular morbidity showed significant association with education, occupation and income of the parent. CONCLUSIONThe study was useful for detecting preventable and treatable causes of defective vision early in life and thus for minimizing longterm permanent visual disability. RECOMMENDATIONSThe knowledge about the distribution and socio-demographic association of ocular morbidity would enable in planning of eye care services and to reduce visual impairment. As there is high prevalence of ocular morbidity among school children, it can be suggested that early screening programmes in primary schools can detect a good proportion of visual impairment and other ocular morbidities sufficiently early so that early interventions in such children will help in preventing the progression of the conditions which can lead to blindness.

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Ocular disease at Lere Local Government Outreach Post in Kaduna State of Northern Nigeria

Cited by 8 publications

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Pattern of ocular morbidity in Nigeria

Pattern of ocular morbidity in Nigeria

Outcome of Lens-Sparing Vitrectomy for Infantile Post-Traumatic Amblyogenic Vitreous Haemorrhage: A case report

Prevalance of Ocular Morbidity Among School Children of Perumkadavila Block, Thiruvananthapuram, South Kerala

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