Open AccessPrevalence 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/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 , visual impairment , glaucoma , population , cross sectional study , hearing loss , optometry , audiology , audiometry , ophthalmology , 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.