Prévalence, causes et facteurs de risque de la cécité et de la malvoyance chez les personnes âgées des maisons de retraite libanaises

Waked, N.; Saad, Alain; Sleilaty, Ghassan; Kortbaoui, R.

doi:10.1016/s0181-5512(07)89630-6

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“…(6) Studies have reported a high rate of visual problems in older persons living in institutions, due mainly to treatable conditions such as cataract and uncorrected refractive error. (7–9) One research group has reported that correcting refractive error and performing cataract surgery improved quality of life in LTCF residents. (10,11) …”

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The Perceived Needs and Availability of Eye Care Services for Older Adults in Long-term Care Facilities

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BackgroundThe objective was to evaluate the eye care services offered to older residents living in long-term care facilities (LTCFs).MethodsA questionnaire targeting residents aged ≥65 years was sent to all LTCFs in Quebec. Questions related to the institution’s characteristics, demographic data related to residents, oculovisual health of residents and barriers to eye care, eye care services offered within and outside the institution, and degree of satisfaction regarding the eye care services offered to residents.Results196/428 (45.8%) LTCFs completed the questionnaire. Participating LTCFs had an average of 97.0 ± 5.1 residents with a mean age of 82.8 ± 3.0 yrs and 69% women. Eye care services were mostly offered outside the institution, on a “per request” basis. The main barriers to eye care were the perception that residents could not cooperate and the lack of eye care professionals. Most LTCFs were satisfied with the eye care services offered to residents.ConclusionsThe fact that the LTCFs were satisfied with the eye care services offered to their residents, although it was neither provided on a regular basis nor to all residents, suggests that eye care professionals should take a proactive educational role for improving services to older institutionalized adults.

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The Perceived Needs and Availability of Eye Care Services for Older Adults in Long-term Care Facilities

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“…Prevalence of dementia varied from 23.1 to 87% in the various studies, while prevalence of cognitive impairment varied from >60 to >70% . Similar prevalence data for residents in whom VA could be tested varied from 21 to 100% for dementia, while only one study presented prevalence data (19.9%) for cognitive impairment . Other studies rather indicated the presence of organic brain disease in 32.9% of residents or reported only qualitative data …”

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“…These studies involved one to 30 LTCF/NH and 100–1591 participants 40–108 years (mean: 72.7–86 years). Various study designs/evaluations were used, such as chart review plus additional testing, retrospective chart review with or without additional testing, population‐based surveys, screening, eye exam by an ophthalmologist/optometrist, or visual acuity testing …”

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“…These differences made it difficult to provide uniform data on the prevalence of VI between the various studies. However, an effort made to reconcile the various classifications across studies resulted in the following categories: no VI: 6/6 to ≥ 6/12 (20/20 to ≥ 20/40); mild VI: <6/12 to 6/21 (<20/40 to 20/70); moderate VI: 6/24 to > 6/60 (20/80 to > 20/200); and legal blindness: ≤ 6/60 (≤ 20/200) . Using these categories, the prevalence of no VI varied from 27.6 to 48.9%, mild VI from 16.9 to 48.4%, moderate VI from 7.7 to 22.8% and legal blindness from 11 to 49%.…”

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Eye care services for older institutionalised individuals affected by cognitive and visual deficits: a systematic review

Thibault

Kergoat

2016

Ophthalmic Physiologic Optic

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Purpose: The prevalence of dementia and ocular pathology increases with age and many older individuals affected by such diseases are being institutionalised. The objectives of this systematic review are to describe the level of eye care services being offered to older institutionalised individuals, present the prevalence of visual impairment in those with dementia, and describe the interventions offered to visually impaired residents with dementia. Methods: A literature review was performed in four relevant databases, limited to peer-reviewed journals published in English and French, between the years 1984 and 2014. The review targeted individuals 65 years of age or older, residing in long-term care facilities/nursing homes and affected by dementia. Only relevant articles addressing at least one of the three objectives were retained for this review. Results: The literature search identified 440 abstracts that were all read by each of the authors. After consensus, 92 articles were identified as potentially relevant and read. In the end, 28 were found to address at least one of the three objectives and were kept for the review. The results indicated that eye care services for older institutionalised individuals are sub-optimal, that the prevalence of visual impairment remains high in that population, and that interventions such as optimising the ocular refraction, performing cataract surgery, providing low vision rehabilitation and adapting the environment can be beneficial to residents.Conclusions: This systematic review demonstrated the benefits of providing regular eye care to long-term care facility/nursing home residents, including those at all levels of dementia. Additionally, it documented the benefits of various treatment modalities such as cataract surgery, staff training, environmental adaptations and visual rehabilitation for improving several aspects of the residents' quality of life. This review, however, has highlighted the fact that additional studies are required to strengthen the findings reported so far, and importantly, to evaluate the various treatment modalities described herein for residents in the most advanced stages of dementia.

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“…By contrast, in 2007 in Lebanon, Waked and et al [10], got a mean age estimated at 77.74 year; this is due to the fact that their study had been carried in nursing homes on elderly people.…”

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Causes of avoidable blindness in Parakou

Montéiro¹,

Bio²,

Assavedo³

et al. 2018

J Clin Res Ophthalmol

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Introduction: Blindness and severe visual impairments have huge consequences on the socioeconomic development of individuals and human communities. Objective: This research work aims to determine the causes of avoidable blindness in the city of Parakou (BENIN). Method: This is a descriptive and prospective study. It was carried out during a time period of one (01) month. All the subjects with vision impairment who were blind and present during the study period were inclued. The main variable investigated was the causes of blindness. Findings: Blindness prevalence was estimated at 78.72%. Subjects' mean age was equal to 16.54 ± 3.75 years with extremes from 9 to 25 years. 11 to 16 years age group accounted for 51.35%. The male subjects accounted for 76%. The main anatomical localizations observed were cornea (24.32%), all the eyeball (18.92%) and crystalline lens (16.22%). The main causes of blindness were bilateral congenital cataract (13.51%), bilateral bulbar phthisis (13.51%) and total bilateral microphthalmia (10.81%). 15 (40.54 %) out of the 37 patients had blindness with preventable/avoidable causes. Among those avoidable causes, bilateral phthisis bulb accounted for 33.33% of cases. Conclusion: The prevalence of avoidable causes of blindness is high. Efforts still need to be made in order to improve the prevention and diagnosis of avoidable ophthalmic disorders, that may lead to blindness, through better access to and high quality of eye care.

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Prévalence, causes et facteurs de risque de la cécité et de la malvoyance chez les personnes âgées des maisons de retraite libanaises

Cited by 14 publications

References 11 publications

The Perceived Needs and Availability of Eye Care Services for Older Adults in Long-term Care Facilities

The Perceived Needs and Availability of Eye Care Services for Older Adults in Long-term Care Facilities

Eye care services for older institutionalised individuals affected by cognitive and visual deficits: a systematic review

Causes of avoidable blindness in Parakou

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