A Pilot Study into the Prevalence of Ophthalmic Disease in the Indian Population of Southall
1994; SAGE Publishing; Volume: 87; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1177/014107689408700206
ISSN1758-1095
AutoresAbdul Rauf, Ong Ping Seung, R V Pearson, Richard Wormald,
Tópico(s)Retinal Imaging and Analysis
ResumoA pilot study was carried out to determine the prevalence of ophthalmic disease in the Indian community of Southall and to ascertain the best methods applicable for a larger formal study. Three sites were chosen for the study, a Sikh gurdwara, a mosque and a Hindu temple. The subjects were volunteers aged 30 years and over who had visited the appropriate place of worship at least twice in the previous month. A total of 184 subjects were examined. The prevalence of blindness was 2.7% by the World Health Organization (WHO) criteria, while 9.8% had uniocular blindness. The prevalence of glaucoma and ocular hypertension was 2.7% and 7%, respectively. Of the 184 subjects examined, 58% had cataract and 3.8% had age-related maculopathy. The prevalence of visually disabling trachomatous eye disease was 9.7%. The prevalence of diabetes mellitus was 17.9%, and that of hypertension 22.8%. This small study suggests that people with origins from the Indian subcontinent have a higher prevalence of ophthalmic disease than the Caucasian population.
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