Prevalence of blindness in Western Australia: a population study using capture and recapture techniques

Crewe, Julie; Morgan, William H.; Morlet, Nigel; Clark, Antony; Lam, Geoffrey; Parsons, Richard; Mukhtar, Syed Aqif; Ng, Jonathon Q; Crowley, Margaret; Semmens, James B.

doi:10.1136/bjophthalmol-2011-300908

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“…The blind also had a significantly higher mortality rate compared with the age-standardised population mortality rate. The study cohort was estimated to include at least half of all the legally blind people aged 18–65 years at the time in WA and, as such, was broadly representative of the working-age blind population as a whole 7 17…”

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“…Blindness in Australia and in other developed countries is a condition normally associated with older aged groups 7. There is, however, very little information on the health and well-being of people of working-age, who are blind 8 9…”

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“…In Western Australia (WA), there is a single service provider; the Association for the Blind of Western Australia (ABWA), and registration with ABWA is voluntary. We have previously validated the accuracy of the register as a data resource;10 the completeness of the register was also assessed using a capture and recapture method 7. This study cohort was estimated to include more than half of the blind population of adults aged 18–65 years in WA.…”

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“…The registers of the blind have been an important source in the research of prevalence and time trends in vision loss in Australia, Germany, UK, Ireland, Italy, Israel, Kuwait and Oman (2,3,(8)(9)(10)(11)(12)(13)(14)(15)(16)(17)(18)(19)(20)(21)(22)(23)(24)(25)(26). The Information on diagnoses and legal blindness status is proven to be of superior precision and allows for useful linkages to other databases (8) thus revealing the influence of demographic shifts and the progress in accessibility and quality of ophthalmic care.…”

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Trends in registered blindness in eastern Bulgaria

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PURPoSE: The purpose of the study was to evaluate the incidence and causes of registered blindness and low vision in Eastern Bulgaria.METhoDS: Documentation per each included patient based on archives of the Expert Disability committee was evaluated and divided in two intervals. The cumulative incidence per 100 000 was calculated in 3 severity groups for bilateral and monocular blindness and by residence. RESULTS:The incidence of binocular blindness decreased from 63.79 to 41.61 for males and from 64.21 to 41.14 for females during the second period. Meanwhile, monocular blindness increased from 41.14 to 65.14 for males and from 33.01 to 48.83 for females. It rapidly increases after 60 years of age and is the highest for those over 80. Patients with visual acuity (VA) below 0.05 comprise 40-35%, between 0.06 and 0.1 -22-35%, and 0.15 to 0.3 -38-34%. The proportion and incidence of patients with VA below 0.05 have decreased two times during the second period among residents of cities and remained high -42-48% in the rural population. Severe monocular blindness was significantly higher among males across the whole population. In the age group below 19 years, the leading causes of binocular blindness were retinopathy of prematurity (ROP), congenital glaucoma, microphthalmos and congenital cataract and for monocular impairmenttrauma and amblyopia. For those above 20, the main causes were glaucoma, end-stage diabetic retinopathy, cataract -both with significant reduction in the incidence, AMD and trauma.CoNCLUSIoNS: Systematic evaluation of the deteriorated quality of life and estimation of the cost of vision loss and eye diseases to individuals and their families as well as extended family caregivers and thirdparty payers, the health care system and Bulgarian society is essential in the development of evidence-based interventions that translate research into enhanced clinical and community practice and prevention of unnecessary visual impairment.

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“…We have recently published the results of a capture and recapture estimate of the total blind population in Western Australia 1. This estimate was derived from three independent lists of legally blind people and is a well-validated method for the accurate determination of population sizes 2.…”

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