Study about blindness and low vision in Timor-Leste

Prevalence and causes of blindness and low vision in Timor-Leste

Authors: Jacqueline Ramke, Anna Palagyi, Thomas Naduvilath, Renee du Toit, Garry Brian

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ABSTRACT

"Aim: To estimate the prevalence and causes of blindness and low vision in people aged =" v:shapes="Imagem_x0020_41" height="13" width="9">40 years in Timor-Leste.

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Results: … [here] ….Gender was not a risk factor for blindness or low vision, but increasing age, illiteracy, subsistence farming, unemployment and rural domicile were risk factors for both. Cataract was the commonest cause of blindness (72.9%) and an important cause of low vision (17.8%). Uncorrected refractive error caused 81.3% of low vision."

British Journal of Ophthalmology 2007;91:1117-1121; doi:10.1136/bjo.2006.106559 Copyright © 2007 by the BMJ Publishing Group Ltd.