Academic Journal
Causes of Blindness and Visual Impairment Among Children Studying in Schools for the Blind in Central Development Region of Nepal
| العنوان: | Causes of Blindness and Visual Impairment Among Children Studying in Schools for the Blind in Central Development Region of Nepal |
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| المؤلفون: | Shrestha, Jyoti Baba, Adhikari, Pragati Gautam, Shrestha, Gauri Shankar |
| المصدر: | urn:ISSN:2631-2093 ; urn:ISSN:2645-8586 ; Nepalese Medical Journal, 5, 1, 542-545 |
| بيانات النشر: | Nepal Journals Online (JOL) |
| سنة النشر: | 2021 |
| المجموعة: | UNSW Sydney (The University of New South Wales): UNSWorks |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Prevention, Neurosciences, Pediatric, Eye Disease and Disorders of Vision, Clinical Research, 2.4 Surveillance and distribution, 2 Aetiology, Eye |
| الوصف: | Introduction: This study was done to find out the causes of visual impairment in students studying in schools for the blind in the central development region of Nepal. Materials and Methods: The study was done in six schools for the blind in the central development region of Nepal. It was conducted by a team of Eye care professionals using standard eye examination protocols of the World Health Organization Prevention of Blindness Program in the year 2009. Results: A total of 133 students (5 - 21 years age group) enrolled in six schools for the blind were examined. 52.6% of children were visually impaired at birth and 12% developed vision impairment within one year of age. Twenty-one students (15.8%) had mild visual impairment, 5 students (3.8%) had severe visual impairment and 101 students (76%) were blind. The main cause of vision impairment was found to be lens-related anomaly 23.3% and retinal diseases, 18% followed by corneal lesions, 16.5%, and problems with the whole globe, optic nerve, and glaucoma accounting for 12.03%, 11.3%, and 7.5% respectively. The etiology could not be identified in 48.1% followed by hereditary causes (31.6%) and childhood factors (12%). Of the total students examined, 37.6% were visually impaired due to avoidable causes; preventable in 22.6% and treatable in 15% of cases. Conclusions: A high proportion of childhood blindness in schools for the blind in the central development region of Nepal is avoidable. |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article in journal/newspaper |
| وصف الملف: | application/pdf |
| اللغة: | unknown |
| Relation: | http://hdl.handle.net/1959.4/unsworks_82572; https://unsworks.unsw.edu.au/bitstreams/574fa65a-9ac9-4b80-bd16-fe659e8911cc/download; https://doi.org/10.3126/nmj.v5i1.42151 |
| DOI: | 10.3126/nmj.v5i1.42151 |
| الاتاحة: | http://hdl.handle.net/1959.4/unsworks_82572 https://unsworks.unsw.edu.au/bitstreams/574fa65a-9ac9-4b80-bd16-fe659e8911cc/download https://doi.org/10.3126/nmj.v5i1.42151 |
| Rights: | open access ; https://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2 ; CC-BY-NC-ND ; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ ; free_to_read |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsbas.FB75D956 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | BASE |
| DOI: | 10.3126/nmj.v5i1.42151 |
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