Fadamiro Christianah Olufunmilayo
Department of Ophthalmology, Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital, PMB, Ado - Ekiti, Nigeria.
Ann Afr Med. 2014 Jan-Mar;13(1):16-20. doi: 10.4103/1596-3519.126938.
The causes of Blindness vary from place to place with about 80% of it been avoidable. Furthermore Blind people face a lot of challenges in career choice thus limiting their economic potential and full integration into the society. This study aims at identifying the causes of blindness and career choice among pupils in a school for the blind in South -Western Nigeria.
This is a descriptive study of causes of blindness and career choice among 38 pupils residing in a school for the blind at Ikere -Ekiti, South Western Nigeria.
Thirty eight pupils comprising of 25 males (65.8%) and 13 females (34.2%) with age range from 6-39 years were seen for the study, The commonest cause of blindness was cataract with 14 cases (36.84%) while congenital glaucoma and infection had an equal proportion of 5 cases each (13.16%). Avoidable causes constituted the greatest proportion of the causes 27 (71.05%) while unavoidable causes accounted for 11 (28.9%). The law career was the most desired profession by the pupils 11 (33.3%) followed by Teaching 9 (27.3%), other desired profession includes engineering, journalism and farming.
The greatest proportion of causes of blindness identified in this study is avoidable. There is the need to create public awareness on some of the notable causes particularly cataract and motivate the community to utilize available eye care services Furthermore there is need for career talk in schools for the blind to enable them choose career where their potential can be fully maximized.
失明的原因因地区而异，其中约80%是可以避免的。此外，盲人在职业选择上面临诸多挑战，从而限制了他们的经济潜力和完全融入社会的程度。本研究旨在确定尼日利亚西南部一所盲人学校学生失明的原因及职业选择。
这是一项关于尼日利亚西南部伊凯雷-埃基蒂一所盲人学校38名学生失明原因及职业选择的描述性研究。
本研究共纳入38名学生，其中男性25名（65.8%），女性13名（34.2%），年龄在6至39岁之间。失明最常见的原因是白内障，有14例（36.84%），而先天性青光眼和感染各有5例（13.16%）。可避免的原因占比最大，为27例（71.05%），不可避免的原因占11例（28.9%）。法律职业是学生最向往的职业，有11人（33.3%），其次是教育，有9人（27.3%），其他向往的职业包括工程、新闻和农业。
本研究中确定的失明原因中，最大比例是可以避免的。有必要提高公众对一些显著原因（特别是白内障）的认识，并激励社区利用现有的眼保健服务。此外，盲人学校需要开展职业讲座，以使他们能够选择能充分发挥其潜力的职业。
