https://scholars.lib.ntu.edu.tw/handle/123456789/567325
標題: | Trends in blind and low vision registrations in Taipei City | 作者: | Tsai I.-L. LIN-CHUNG WOUNG Tsai C.-Y. Kuo L.-L. Liu S.-W. Lin S. I-JONG WANG |
關鍵字: | Blindness; Low vision; Taipei City; Taiwan; Visual impairment | 公開日期: | 2008 | 出版社: | Wichtig Editore s.r.l. | 卷: | 18 | 期: | 1 | 起(迄)頁: | 118-124 | 來源出版物: | European Journal of Ophthalmology | 摘要: | PURPOSE. To determine the overall reported incidence and causes of registrable blindness and low vision in Taipei, Taiwan, that have occurred in the previous 10 years. METHODS. Study data were obtained from disability identification registration forms completed between January 1995 and December 2004. Definitions of low vision and blindness were defined by WHO criteria: low vision included visual acuity worse than 6/18 (20/60) to a lower limit of 3/60 (20/400). Blindness was defined as visual acuity worse than 3/60 (20/400) in the better eye with best possible correction. RESULTS. There were 3151 registrations for visual impairment during the study period. A total of 239 registrations were excluded due to insufficient data. Of the remaining 2912 (1518 males and 1394 females), 640 males and 647 females were legally blind (44.20%). A total of 878 males and 747 females were partially sighted. The six leading causes of low vision and blindness, in decreasing frequency, were glaucoma, optic neuropathy, diabetic retinopathy, retinitis pigmentosa, age-related macular degeneration, and myopic macular degeneration. CONCLUSIONS. The proportions of new registrations owing to glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy, age-related macular degeneration, and myopic macular degeneration have changed significantly since 2000; the proportion due to diabetic retinopathy has increased. ? Wichtig Editore, 2008. |
URI: | https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-41149155030&doi=10.1177%2f112067210801800120&partnerID=40&md5=a880477e8a77303b5b5dfac2afade911 https://scholars.lib.ntu.edu.tw/handle/123456789/567325 |
ISSN: | 1120-6721 | DOI: | 10.1177/112067210801800120 | SDG/關鍵字: | adult; article; blindness; child; diabetic retinopathy; female; glaucoma; human; incidence; infant; major clinical study; male; newborn; optic nerve disease; priority journal; registration; retina macula age related degeneration; retina macula degeneration; retinitis pigmentosa; sex difference; Taiwan; visual acuity; world health organization |
顯示於: | 醫學系 |
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