Prevalence of blindness and visual impairment in a coastal region of Southern India: A cross-sectional survey in Prakasam district, Andhra Pradesh

Prevalence of blindness and visual impairment in a coastal region of Southern India: A cross-sectional survey in Prakasam district, Andhra Pradesh

Purpose: To estimate the magnitude, determinants, and causes of visual impairment (VI) and blindness among people >40 years. Methods: In this cross-sectional survey, 2,968 people >40 years from 34 clusters were examined. A cluster random sampling method with a compact segment sampling techniqu...

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Autori principali: Hemanth Kumar, Hira Pant, Sirshendu Chaudhuri, Viswanath Kalluri, Vijay Kiran Sarvepally, Vishal Govindahari, Praveen Vashist, Radhika Tandon, GVS Murthy
Natura: Articolo
Lingua:English
Pubblicazione: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2024-03-01
Serie:Indian Journal of Ophthalmology
Soggetti:
blindness
cataract
coastal region
india
refractive error
visual impairment
Accesso online:https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/IJO.IJO_2785_22

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