National survey of blindness and low vision in Lebanon.

National survey of blindness and low vision in Lebanon.

Réf. 153810 Article - En anglais

BRITISH JOURNAL OF OPHTHALMOLOGY, vol. 81, n° 10, 1997, pages 905-906, 6 réf., ISSN 0007-1161, GBR

MANSOUR (A.M.) ^*, KASSAK (K.), CHAYA (M.), HOURANI (T.), SIBAI (A.), ALAMEDDINE (M.N.)

Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics. American University of Beirut. Beirut. LBN, The International Agency for Prevention of Blindness. Nicosia. CYP

Aims-To survey level of blindness and low vision in Lebanon.
Methods-A population survey was undertaken in 10 148 individuals to measure the prevalence and identify the causes of blindness in Lebanon.
Results
The prevalence of blindness was 0.6% and that of low vision 3.9%. The major causes of blindness were cataract (41.3%) and uncorrected large refractive error (12.6%). Conclusion-Most causes of blindness in Lebanon can be controlled by various educational and medical programmes.

Mots-clés BDSP : Cécité, Prévalence, Facteur risque, Liban, Asie, Homme, Oeil [pathologie], Trouble vision

Mots-clés Pascal : Cécité, Malvoyance, Prévalence, Facteur risque, Liban, Asie, Homme, Oeil pathologie, Trouble vision

Mots-clés Pascal anglais : Blindness, Low vision, Prevalence, Risk factor, Lebanon, Asia, Human, Eye disease, Vision disorder

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Inist-CNRS - Institut de l'Information Scientifique et Technique

Cote : 97-0529196
Code Inist : 002B09K. Création : 13/02/1998.

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