Prevalence and determinants of blindness, low vision, deafness and major bone fractures among elderly Omani population of Nizwa Wilayat (Nizwa elderly population study - 2005) | Zendy

Rajiv Khandekar | Zendy; Asiya Al Riyami | Zendy; Mahmood Attiya | Zendy; Magdi Morsi | Zendy

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Prevalence and determinants of blindness, low vision, deafness and major bone fractures among elderly Omani population of Nizwa Wilayat (Nizwa elderly population study - 2005)

Author(s) -

Rajiv Khandekar,

Asiya Al Riyami,

Mahmood Attiya,

Magdi Morsi

Publication year - 2010

Publication title -

indian journal of ophthalmology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.542

H-Index - 51

eISSN - 1998-3689

pISSN - 0301-4738

DOI - 10.4103/0301-4738.64143

Subject(s) - medicine , audiometer , glaucoma , visual impairment , population , cross sectional study , optometry , hearing loss , audiology , ophthalmology , audiometry , environmental health , psychiatry , pathology

We conducted a survey in 2005 to estimate the prevalence and determinants of visual and hearing impairment in a population aged 60 years and above, from the Nizwa Wilayat of Oman. We also correlated them with major bone fracture.

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