Open AccessEpidemiological correlates of cataract cases in tertiary health care center in rural area of Maharashtra
Author(s) -
Shubhada Sunil Avachat,
Vaishali D Phalke,
Suchit Kambale
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of family medicine and primary care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7135
pISSN - 2249-4863
DOI - 10.4103/2249-4863.130273
Subject(s) - medicine , epidemiology , tertiary care , center (category theory) , rural area , environmental health , optometry , traditional medicine , family medicine , pathology , chemistry , crystallography
The most recent estimates from World Health Organization (WHO) reveal that 47.8% of global blindness is due to cataract. Cataract has been documented to be the most significant cause of bilateral blindness in India. The most recent estimates from WHO reveal that 47.8% of global blindness is due to cataract and in south Asia region which includes India, 51% of blindness is due to cataract. In India cataract is the principal cause of blindness accounting for 62.6% cases of blindness. The key to the success of the Global Vision 2020: The right to sight initiative is a special effort to tackle cataract blindness which includes estimation of magnitude of the problem and understanding factors associated with it. Therefore, a study was conducted in the hospital to estimate the magnitude of cataract and study various epidemiological factors associated with it.