Causes of Blindness and Moderate to Severe Visual Impairment in Nigde, Central Anatolia, Turkey

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dc.contributor.authorKucuk, Erkut
dc.contributor.authorZor, Kursad Ramazan
dc.contributor.authorYilmaz, Ugur
dc.date.accessioned2024-11-07T13:32:55Z
dc.date.available2024-11-07T13:32:55Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.departmentNiğde Ömer Halisdemir Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractObjective: We investigated the causes of blindness and moderate to severe visual impairment (MSVI) in the Nigde province of Turkey using the disability health board records of the Nigde State Hospital. Materials and Methods: The disability health board reports of Nigde State Hospital recorded between 2011 and 2015 were retrospectively evaluated. The causes of blindness and MSVI were determined using the cause in the better-seeing eye, based on World Health Organization (WHO) criteria. The overall, age-related, and gender specific causes of blindness and MSVI were identified. Results: During the study period, 335 subjects were recorded as blind and 381 subjects were recorded as having MSVI. The main causes of blindness were retinitis pigmentosa (14.6%), age-related macular degeneration (AMD) (12.2%), and diabetic retinopathy (12.2%). In the MSVI group, the main causes were cataract (18.4%), AMD (16.5%), and diabetic retinopathy (13.9%). Conclusion: Retinitis pigmentosa, AMD, and diabetic retinopathy were the leading causes of blindness, and, in addition to these, cataract was a prominent cause of MSVI. The prevalence of retinitis pigmentosa was unexpectedly high in this region of Turkey, which may be due to the high frequency of consanguineous marriages that are commonly seen in Middle Eastern countries. This information is important for planning public health policies and raising public awareness of the visual impairment, given that several leading causes of visual impairment are reversible or preventable.
dc.identifier.doi10.14744/etd.2019.66199
dc.identifier.endpage424
dc.identifier.issn2149-2247
dc.identifier.issn2149-2549
dc.identifier.issue4
dc.identifier.startpage420
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.14744/etd.2019.66199
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11480/15665
dc.identifier.volume41
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000502287200014
dc.identifier.wosqualityN/A
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherErciyes Univ Sch Medicine
dc.relation.ispartofErciyes Medical Journal
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.snmzKA_20241106
dc.subjectBlindness
dc.subjectvisual impairment
dc.subjectretinitis pigmentosa
dc.titleCauses of Blindness and Moderate to Severe Visual Impairment in Nigde, Central Anatolia, Turkey
dc.typeArticle

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