Gray P J
Department of Ophthalmology, Royal London Hospital, London, England.
J R Soc Med. 1996 Jan;89(1):23-6. doi: 10.1177/014107689608900107.
The prevalence of eye disease and uncorrected refractive errors in a group of 167 elderly members of the Bangladeshi community which resides in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets was studied. Of the subjects screened 24.6% were found to have a significant and potentially treatable cause of visual loss and a further 32.3% were visually handicapped through the presence of uncorrected refractive errors. A high prevalence (53.3%) of cataract was found in the elderly Bengalis. The high prevalence of eye disease in this ethnic minority group, has important implications for health service planning.
对居住在伦敦塔哈姆雷特自治市的167名孟加拉社区老年成员进行了眼病和未矫正屈光不正患病率的研究。在接受筛查的受试者中,发现24.6%有导致视力丧失的重大且可能可治疗的病因,另有32.3%因存在未矫正的屈光不正而有视力障碍。在孟加拉老年人群中发现白内障的患病率很高(53.3%)。这个少数民族群体中眼病的高患病率对卫生服务规划具有重要意义。