See J L, Wong T Y, Yeo K T
Singapore National Eye Centre.
Ann Acad Med Singap. 1998 Jul;27(4):540-6.
This article details the changing trends in the major causes of blindness and visual impairment in Singapore over the past four decades. A comprehensive review of existing data from published and unpublished sources on ocular disease studies and surveys in Singapore was conducted. The rates of blindness and visual impairment from cataract, age-related macular degeneration, glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy and refractive errors, as well as other major diseases are described and compared with other Asian countries. Such epidemiological data on the blinding conditions in our population are vital in the understanding of trends in ocular diseases, as well as in prioritizing current health services and preventive programmes.
本文详细介绍了新加坡过去四十年来失明和视力损害主要原因的变化趋势。对新加坡已发表和未发表的有关眼病研究及调查的现有数据进行了全面回顾。描述了白内障、年龄相关性黄斑变性、青光眼、糖尿病视网膜病变和屈光不正以及其他主要疾病导致的失明和视力损害发生率，并与其他亚洲国家进行了比较。这些关于我国人群致盲情况的流行病学数据对于了解眼病趋势以及确定当前卫生服务和预防计划的优先次序至关重要。
