Khan Sadia Javed, Hassan Afshan, Khalid Laila, Karim Uzma, Hashmi Erum, Gul Fariha, Jehan Imtiaz
Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi.
J Pak Med Assoc. 2007 Jul;57(7):334-7.
To identify the causes of blindness at the Ida Rieu school for the blind and deaf, Karachi, Pakistan.
A cross sectional study was conducted at the Ida Rieu School for the blind and deaf. The data collected from medical record of students was entered into the WHO/PBL eye examination form for children with blindness and low vision.
Records of 144 pupils aged between 4-30 years were reviewed, including 67% males and 33% females. One third (31%) children had visual impairment (< 6/18-6/60) and 69% were blind (< 3/60-NPL). The commonest anatomical site was retina (41%) and whole globe (20%). The etiology was unknown in 49% cases. In 33% of cases, the data suggested hereditary cause as the etiology, 40% of cases were preventable and 13% treatable.
Avoidable causes of blindness were seenin 53% of children, 58% of which were preventable and 19 were treatable.
确定巴基斯坦卡拉奇伊达·里厄聋哑盲人学校失明的原因。
在伊达·里厄聋哑盲人学校进行了一项横断面研究。从学生病历中收集的数据被录入世界卫生组织/儿童盲和低视力问题初级保健眼科检查表。
对144名年龄在4至30岁之间的学生记录进行了审查，其中男性占67%，女性占33%。三分之一（31%）的儿童有视力障碍（<6/18 - 6/60），69%为失明（<3/60 - 无光感）。最常见的解剖部位是视网膜（41%）和整个眼球（20%）。49%的病例病因不明。33%的病例数据提示病因是遗传，40%的病例是可预防的，13%是可治疗的。
53%的儿童失明原因是可避免的，其中58%是可预防的，19%是可治疗的。
