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Serge Resnikoff

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PubMed2004

Global data on visual impairment in the year 2002.

This paper presents estimates of the prevalence of visual impairment and its causes in 2002, based on the best available evidence derived from recent studies. Estimates were determined from data on low vision and blindness as defined in the International statistical classification of diseases, injuries and causes of death, 10th revision. The number of people with visual impairment worldwide in 2002 was in excess of 161 million, of whom about 37 million were blind. The burden of visual impairment is not distributed uniformly throughout the world: the least developed regions carry the largest share. Visual impairment is also unequally distributed across age groups, being largely confined to adults 50 years of age and older. A distribution imbalance is also found with regard to gender throughout the world: females have a significantly higher risk of having visual impairment than males. Notwithstanding the progress in surgical intervention that has been made in many countries over the last few decades, cataract remains the leading cause of visual impairment in all regions of the world, except in the most developed countries. Other major causes of visual impairment are, in order of importance, glaucoma, age-related macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy and trachoma.

Adolescent↗
PubMed2003

Trachoma: looking forward to Global Elimination of Trachoma by 2020 (GET 2020).

There is fortunately increasing international awareness of the problem of needless blindness from trachoma and enhanced international cooperation. This is exemplified by the World Health Organization Alliance for the Global Elimination of Blinding Trachoma by 2020 (GET 2020), the World Health Assembly resolution 51.11, 1998, and the inclusion of trachoma as a priority under the disease control component of the Global Initiative for the Elimination of Avoidable Blindness, Vision 2020--the Right to Sight. Evidence-based advances in knowledge and intervention strategies together with the additional financial resources now available offer opportunities for a concerted effort to control and eliminate blinding trachoma, long before the year 2020, in most countries.

Blindness↗
PubMed2002

From visual function deficiency to handicap: measuring visual handicap in Mali.

BACKGROUND/AIMS: Blindness is a major public health problem in developing countries, even though most could be prevented by relatively simple hygienic and medical interventions. Relatively few patients use the quality health care services available, despite their low cost, due to problems of access or socio-cultural barriers. This health services research project stressed the need for measurement of subjective self-perceived health. The objectives of this study were twofold: a) To translate, adapt and integrate the cultural context found in Mali and validate two instruments for measuring, respectively, perceived vision and quality of life. b) To study the relationship between these variables and visual deficiencies by gender. METHODS: The perceived vision and quality of life questionnaires were based on a translation of the Aravind questionnaire, adapted to Mali. The resulting perceived vision questionnaire comprises 13 questions, grouped according to five subscales (global vision, visual perception, sensory adaptation, visual field and depth perception). Furthermore, the 13 questions on quality of life were grouped into four subscales (personal care, mobility, social life and psychological). For both questionnaires, a global score could be computed. These two questionnaires were administered to a representative sample of 203 subjects with impaired vision, aged over 40, in a rural area in Mali. RESULTS: The acceptability of the questionnaires was good (1% missing data). The convergent validity was adequate for all but one subscale (psychological). The discriminate validity is acceptable for three of the six subscales where measurement can be made (visual perception, personal care, mobility). The Cronbach alpha coefficients indicate good reliability for the global scores. CONCLUSIONS: Analysis of mean results confirms the validity of the International Classification of Disease (ICD) definition of blindness (seeing less than 0.05 results in a steep decrease in quality of life). Moreover, blindness affects the quality of life of women more severely than that of men; this may be related to the availability of social support.

Adult↗