Mittal Sanjeev K, Saraswat Neeraj K, Kumari Sweety, Rana Rimpi, Patel Siddharth, Gupta Vinita, Agrawal Ajai, Singh Anupam, Gupta Neeti, Samanta Ramanuj, Kumar Santosh, Bhadoria Ajeet S, Singh Anjana, Kant Ravi
Department of Ophthalmology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India.
Department of Community and Family Medicine, AIIMS, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India.
J Family Med Prim Care. 2020 Jan 28;9(1):337-339. doi: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_826_19. eCollection 2020 Jan.
Globally, ocular morbidities are one of the most underdiagnosed, underreported, and undertreated public health concern. Among estimated 39 billion blind in world, India shares major proportions, with majority of them living in rural population. In India, religious festivals like Kumbh Mela that involve mass gatherings are mainly attended by middle and elderly population who are usually susceptible to various ocular diseases. Therefore, we analyzed the data of our eye camp to document pattern and magnitude of ocular morbidities among pilgrims attending a mega religious festive event.
In a cross-sectional, descriptive study, we included all those patients who participated in a mega eye camp "Netrakumbh" from January to March 2019 at Kumbh Mela, Prayagraj, India and were attended by voluntary ophthalmologist from All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Rishikesh. Presenting chief complaints and detailed history were collected from all participants. All patients underwent comprehensive eye examination including visual acuity, slit lamp biomicroscopic examination, tonometry, etc., Data were compiled and analyzed utilizing SPSS 22.0.
A total of 47142 eyes of 23571 persons of all age groups (range 5 years to 70 years) with approximate equal gender distribution attending the mega eye camp were examined. The most common ocular morbidity noticed after ocular examination was refractive error with underlying cause majorly as presbyopia, followed by cataract, after cataract, convergence insufficiency, lids, and adnexal disease, etc.
This study highlights the changing pattern of common ocular morbidities presently among middle and elderly populations in developing countries like India.
在全球范围内，眼部疾病是最未得到充分诊断、报告和治疗的公共卫生问题之一。在全球约3900万盲人中，印度占了很大比例，其中大多数生活在农村地区。在印度，像大壶节这样涉及大规模集会的宗教节日，主要参与者是中年和老年人群，他们通常易患各种眼部疾病。因此，我们分析了我们眼科义诊的数据，以记录参加大型宗教节日活动的朝圣者中眼部疾病的模式和严重程度。
在一项横断面描述性研究中，我们纳入了2019年1月至3月在印度阿拉哈巴德大壶节参加大型眼科义诊“Netrakumbh”的所有患者，这些患者由瑞诗凯诗全印度医学科学研究所的志愿眼科医生进行诊治。收集了所有参与者的主要症状和详细病史。所有患者均接受了包括视力、裂隙灯显微镜检查、眼压测量等在内的全面眼部检查。数据使用SPSS 22.0进行整理和分析。
共检查了23571名各年龄组（5岁至70岁）的47142只眼睛，性别分布大致相等，这些人参加了大型眼科义诊。眼部检查后发现最常见的眼部疾病是屈光不正，其主要潜在原因是老花眼，其次是白内障、后发性白内障、集合不足、眼睑及附属器疾病等。
本研究突出了目前在印度等发展中国家中老年人群中常见眼部疾病的变化模式。
