Comparison of refractive errors and factors associated with spectacle use in a rural and urban South Indian population.
Indian J Ophthalmol
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2008 Mar-Apr; 56(2): 139-44
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Dans Anglais
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ABSTRACT
Purpose:
To compare the prevalence of refractive errors and factors associated with spectacle use in a rural and urban south Indian population. Materials andMethods:
Four thousand eight hundred subjects (age> 39 years) each from rural and urban Tamil Nadu were enumerated for a population-based study. All participants underwent a complete ophthalmic evaluation including best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA), objective and subjective refraction. Out of 3924 rural responders 63.91% and out of 3850 urban responders 81.64% were phakic in the right eye with BCVA of 20/40 or better and were included in the study. Association of spectacle use and refractive errors with different parameters were analysed using logistic regression. StatisticalAnalysis:
Chi square, t test, Chi square for trend and Pearson's correlation coefficient were used for analysis.Results:
Spectacle use was significantly higher and positively associated with literacy and employment in the urban population. The age and gender-adjusted prevalence of emmetropia, myopia of spherical equivalent (SE) </=-0.50 diopter sphere (DS), high myopia (SE </=-5.00DS), hyperopia (SE> 0.50DS) and astigmatism ≤ 0.50 diopter cylinder (DC) were 46.8%, 31.0%, 4.3%, 17.9% and 60.4% respectively in the rural population and 29.0%, 17.6%, 1.5%, 51.9%, 59.1% respectively in the urban population. The prevalence of emmetropia decreased with age ( p p = 0.001) and were associated with nuclear sclerosis ( p = 0.001) in both populations. Hyperopia was commoner among women than men ( p = 0.001); was positively associated with diabetes mellitus ( p = 0.008) in the rural population and negatively with nuclear sclerosis ( p = 0.001) in both populations.Conclusion:
Spectacle use was found to be significantly lower in the rural population. The pattern of refractive errors was significantly different between both populations.
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IMSEAR (Asie du Sud-Est)
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Anglais
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Indian J Ophthalmol
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2008
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