Epidemiological study about eye discomfort complaints, comorbidities and diagnosis at a Brazil's ophthalmological public care service
1. 1670 individuals underwent an ophthalmologic evaluation 2. The data were obtained through the analysis of the medical records with the ICD-10 registration 3. The studied variables were age and sex of patient, origin, eye discomfort complaints, comorbidities and diagnosis (ICD-10). 4. The purpose was to evaluate epidemiological aspects of eye diseases in a public service
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
1,670
Instituto de Olhos de Goiania
Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil
Incidence and prevalence of visual conditions in the Public Service in Brazil
* The ages ranged from 0 to 99 years * The mean age was 56.9 years * There was a predominance of females (58.1%) * The main reason for the consultation was low visual acuity (70%), followed by burning (26%) and itchiness (24.4%) * Among the abnormal tests there was a high prevalence of refractive errors (73.4%) and presbyopia (59.6%) * The cause of refractive errors was astigmatism (70.5%), hypertrophy (58.6%) and myopia (15.1%)
Time frame: 6 months
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