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A Rapid Assessment of Avoidable Blindness in Southern Zambia 英文参考文献
ARapidAssessmentofAvoidableBlindnessin
SouthernZambia
RobertLindfield1*,UllaGriffiths2,FiammettaBozzani2,MusondaMumba3,JosephMunsanje4
1International Centre for Eye Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), London, United Kingdom, 2Department of Global Health and
Development, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), London, United Kingdom, 3Lusaka Eye Hospital, Lusaka, Zambia, 4S S Development
Consultants,Lusaka,Zambia
Abstract
Introduction: A rapid assessment of avoidable blindness (RAAB) was conducted in Southern Zambia to establish the
prevalenceandcausesofblindnessinordertoplaneffectiveservicesandadvocateforsupportforeyecaretoachievethe
goalsofVISION2020:therighttosight.
Methods: Cluster randomisation was used to select villages in the survey area. These were further subdivided into
segments.Onesegmentwasselectedrandomlyandasurveyteammovedfromhousetohouseexaminingeveryoneover
theageof50years.Eachindividualreceivedavisualacuityassessmentandsimpleocularexamination.Datawasrecorded
onastandardproformaandenteredintoanestablishedsoftwareprogrammeforanalysis.
Results:2.29%ofpeopleovertheageof50werefoundtobeblind(VA,3/60inthebettereyewithavailablecorrection).
Themajorcauseofblindnesswascataract(47.2%)withposteriorsegmentdiseasebeingthenextmaincause(18.8%).113
eyes had received cataract surgery with 30.1% having a poor outcome (VA ,6/60) following surgery. Cataract surgical
coverageshowedthatmen(72%)receivedmoresurgerythanwomen(65%).
Discussion:TheresultsfromtheRAABsurveyinZambiawereverysimilartotheresultsfromasimilarsurveyinMalawi,
wherethemaincauseofblindnesswascataractbutposteriorsegmentdiseasewasalsoasignificantcontributor.Blindness
inthispartofZambiaismainlyavoidableandthereisaneedforcomprehensiveeyecareservicesthatcanaddressboth
cataractandposteriorsegmentdiseaseinthepopulationiftheaimofVISION2020istobeachieved.Servicesshouldfocus
onqualityandgenderequityofcataractsurgery.
Citation:LindfieldR,GriffithsU,BozzaniF,MumbaM,Munsan
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