Clinical Aspects of 273 Patients with Visual Disability
Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society
;
: 136-142, 2002.
Article
in Korean
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-45847
ABSTRACT
PURPOSE:
To report clinical features of visually disabled people by newly revised legal blindness criteria.METHODS:
A prospective evaluation of all blind registrations was conducted at Dongguk University Hospital from January 2000 to December 2000. Detailed ophthalmologic evaluations were performed and the review of the diagnosis was done in order to find out the cause of the visual disability.RESULTS:
There were 273 patients (343 eyes) for newly registered blindness. Of these, 190 (69.6%, 190/273) were men and mean age was 53.8+/-15.48. The sixth degree visual disability was most common (74.0%, 202/273) according to the newly revised legal blindness criteria, and most common cause of blindness was trauma (38.2%, 131/343). Government office advised 122 patients (44.7%, 122/273) to register legal blindness .CONCLUSION:
Further nationwide epidemiological survey for legal visual disability is required by standardized classification and criteria.
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Index:
WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Blindness
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Prospective Studies
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Classification
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Diagnosis
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
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Observational study
Limits:
Humans
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Male
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society
Year:
2002
Type:
Article
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