Pattern of Eye Diseases in Kaduna State – A rural community outreach experience

Ogwurike, S; Pam, Victoria

doi:10.4314/njo.v12i1.11936

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“…The five least common cases were pan-uveitis, HZO, pingueculum, painful blind eye and orbital cellulitis. This is in contrast with some studies in Nigeria with higher numbers probably because they were free outreach programmes with large turn outs [3,4,5].…”

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Pattern of Eye Disorders at the Ophthalmology Clinic of a Tertiary Health Facility in the Niger-delta Region: The Implications for Preventive Ophthalmology

Chukwuka

Pedro-Egbe

Ejimadu

et al. 2019

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Objective: To determine the pattern of eye disorders among Nigerian Niger Delta region residents as a basis for preventive ophthalmology. Methodology: This study was a retrospective study involving an eleven-year cumulative review of clinical records from the Ophthalmology Clinic of University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital. Data on eye disorders were retrieved from the Ophthalmology Clinic records and manually entered into a computer-spread sheet. Double entry check was performed to avoid errors in computer entry. The respective eye disorders from the records were summed to obtain the absolute and relative cumulative frequencies and appropriately presented using horizontal bar chart. Data analyzed with United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Epi-Info version 7 software. Results: The cumulative total record from the Ophthalmology Clinic was 55,109 from a total of 41 eye disorders. The absolute and relative frequencies of the identified eye disorders from the clinic are presented in horizontal bar chart. The top five ocular disorders were glaucoma (26.97%), refractive error (26.06%), cataract (10.60%), allergic conjunctivitis (9.31%) and bacterial conjunctivitis (5.02%) while the least common cases seen include pan uveitis (0.08%), herpes zoster ophthalmicus (0.07%) pingueculum (0.07%), painful blind eye (0.06%) and orbital cellulitis (0.05%). The anterior segment subspecialty (34.76%) accounted for majority of cases seen followed by glaucoma subspecialty (26.97%), oculoplasty (4.04%), vitreo-retinal (2.4%), paediatric (0.74%), neuro-ophthalmology (0.7%). Cases which cut-across more than one subspecialty group accounted for 28.19%. Conclusion: The commonest eye disorders identified in this study are among the major causes of avoidable blindness in developing countries including Nigeria. To reduce the burden of blindness and visual impairment would involve a concerted effort to tackle these disorders especially by developing the various ophthalmic subspecialties.

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“…Ogwurike in the same vein found senile cataracts (22.9%) to be the main ocular morbidity in the Outpatient Eye Clinic, followed by anterior segment eye infection (19.1%) and trachoma eye infection (1.8%) [5]. .…”

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Pattern of Eye Disorders at the Ophthalmology Clinic of a Tertiary Health Facility in the Niger-delta Region: The Implications for Preventive Ophthalmology

Chukwuka

Pedro-Egbe

Ejimadu

et al. 2019

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“…Studies done in Ghana [6] and Pakistan [10] hospitals also reported conjunctivitis as the highest leading cause of ocular morbidity, 39.7% and 35.6%, respectively. However, studies done in Nigeria [5] and Sudan [4] hospitals reported cataract as the most common eye disease. The study done in Ghana [6] reported cataract as number two (24.4%), then glaucoma (9.7%) and the least common was refractive errors.…”

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“…The common ocular diseases worldwide are cataract, glaucoma, conjunctivitis, corneal ulcers, uveitis, refractive errors, and pterygium. Some studies done in Nigeria and Sudan hospitals showed that cataract was the most common eye disease seconded by conjunctivitis [4] [5] while conjunctivitis was the most common eye disease seconded by cataract at one of the hospitals in Ghana [6].…”

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Distribution of Eye Diseases in Kasungu District, Malawi, Central Africa—A Retrospective Cross-Sectional Study

Kang¹,

Kim²,

Hwang³

et al. 2018

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Analysis of eye diseases of patients at Kasungu District Hospital in Malawi was made. Malawi is one of the poorest countries in the world and the health system faces a lot challenges in terms of resources. The study was, therefore, done to understand the burden and distribution of eye diseases in this resource-limited setting. A retrospective study was conducted by extracting data from data registers in the outpatient eye department for the period of May 2015 to June 2016. The data of the reported eye diseases analyzed with variables such as patient gender, eye disease type, patient age and times of the year. There was no association between eye diseases and gender nor with times of the year. However, it was noted that the commonest type of eye disease was conjunctivitis. And, there was strong association of some disease type with age, for example, conjunctivitis was common in young age group while cataract was common in the elderly. It was shown in this study that many of the eye diseases endemic in Africa do generally occur in this selected district as well. However, the analysis presents the possibility of reducing the incidences of many diseases by preventive measures and access to health facilities on time.

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“…Several population based surveys demonstrate the severity of glaucoma blindness in Africa 4,27,28. Ogwurike29 recommended that an integrated eye care program that would target cataract backlog, glaucoma screening, and other conditions would be beneficial in Nigeria.…”

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Evaluation of community eye outreach programs for early glaucoma detection in Nigeria

Olawoye¹,

Fawole²,

Teng³

et al. 2013

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PurposeTo evaluate the relevance of community eye outreach programs in the early detection of glaucoma patients in southwest Nigeria.MethodsThis was a retrospective, cross-sectional study that was conducted among glaucoma patients referred to the eye clinic of the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, Nigeria, between January 2009 and December 2010 from different sources, including community eye outreach programs. The source of referral, stage of glaucoma, and visual field were recorded.ResultsSix hundred and fifty-three patients were studied during this period. The mean age was 56.3 years ± 16.6 years, with a median age of 60 years. Patients referred from eye outreach programs were more likely to have mild to moderate disease than patients referred from other sources, who were more likely to have severe disease according to both the optic nerve head assessment (P < 0.01, Pearson’s Chi-square = 10.67, odds ratio = 1.7 [confidence interval = 1.23–2.31]) and visual field assessment (24–2) (P < 0.01, Pearson’s Chi-square = 6.07, odds ratio = 1.5 [confidence interval = 1.08–2.03]).ConclusionCommunity eye outreach programs appear highly useful in the earlier detection of glaucoma in sub-Saharan Africa.

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Pattern of Eye Diseases in Kaduna State – A rural community outreach experience

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Pattern of Eye Disorders at the Ophthalmology Clinic of a Tertiary Health Facility in the Niger-delta Region: The Implications for Preventive Ophthalmology

Pattern of Eye Disorders at the Ophthalmology Clinic of a Tertiary Health Facility in the Niger-delta Region: The Implications for Preventive Ophthalmology

Distribution of Eye Diseases in Kasungu District, Malawi, Central Africa—A Retrospective Cross-Sectional Study

Evaluation of community eye outreach programs for early glaucoma detection in Nigeria

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