Abstract

MARTINEZ CASTRO, Sureya; PAYAN ECHAVARRIA, Taimys; LAGE CASTRO, Dionicio  and  CARDOSO GUILLEN, Elías. Cataract prevalence in Camagüey municipality. AMC [online]. 2010, vol.14, n.4. ISSN 1025-0255.

Background: cataract is the main cause of treated blindness in the world. It is considered that 20 millions of blind people because cataract exist, being these ones responsible for the 50% of blindness at world level. Objective: to determine the prevalence of cataract in Camagüey municipality from December 2006 to June 2007. Method: a descriptive study in patients with cataract attended at the ophthalmological center of Camagüey Carlos J. Finlay was performed. The study universe was constituted by six-hundred-five patients older than fifteen years attended in the consultation of cataract. The sample was selected by means of experts- criterion, which was integrated by fifty-seven patients with cataract diagnostic. The study variables were: age, sex, occupation, visual acuity, cause of cataract. Results: it was determined that the greatest percent of patients presented a severe visual loss; 52,23% had no risk occupations. The senile cause represented 68, 79% of the cases and the general prevalence was about the 25,95%. Conclusions: cataract prevalence increased with the age.

Keywords : CATARACT [etiology]; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; PREVALENCE.

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