Ocular Findings in a Brazilian Rural Slave-Descendant Community: Eye Health in Quilombos | Zendy

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Ocular Findings in a Brazilian Rural Slave-Descendant Community: Eye Health in Quilombos

Author(s) -

Vladimir Fontes de Oliveira,

Kleper Carvalho de Figueiredo Leitão,

Luiz Augusto Pereira da Costa Carvalho,

Ana Carolina Vieira Peixoto e Lucena,

Luíz Carlos de Abreu,

Ricardo Peres do Souto

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

international archives of medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

ISSN - 1755-7682

DOI - 10.3823/2178

Subject(s) - medicine , eye examination , refractive error , visual impairment , optometry , population , visual acuity , ophthalmology , socioeconomic status , glaucoma , disadvantaged , pterygium , demography , environmental health , psychiatry , sociology , political science , law

Methods: Descriptive study of eye health from one of the largest quilombo communities in Brazil, located in Conceição das Crioulas, Pernambuco. Ophthalmic exam including visual acuity, refractive examination, biomicroscopy, fundus examination, tonometry and pachymetry was performed in a convenience sample of 255 residents over 40 years-old, representing approximately one third of the population in this age range.

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