Open AccessPrevalence and Associated Factors of Pterygium Among Adults Living in Kolla Diba Town, Northwest Ethiopia
Author(s) -
T Alemayehu,
Yezinash Addis,
Zewdu Yenegeta Bizuneh,
Mebratu Mulusew Tegegne,
Abiy Maru Alemayehu
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
clinical ophthalmology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.025
H-Index - 56
eISSN - 1177-5483
pISSN - 1177-5467
DOI - 10.2147/opth.s239982
Subject(s) - medicine , pterygium , logistic regression , demography , cross sectional study , systematic sampling , prevalence , blindness , optometry , ophthalmology , environmental health , population , pathology , sociology
Pterygium is a disfiguring disease that can potentially lead to blindness. It is more common in warm, windy and dry climates of tropical and sub-tropical regions of Africa. Globally, the prevalence ranging from 0.07% to 53%. Studies conducted on the prevalence of pterygium in developing countries were limited with a wider discrepancy between them. In this study, we aimed to assess the prevalence of pterygium and its associated factors among adults in Kolla Diba town.