Open AccessPrevalence and causes of avoidable blindness and visual impairment, including the prevalence of diabetic retinopathy in Siwan district of Bihar, India: A population-based survey
Author(s) -
Ajit Kumar Poddar,
Tanwir Ahmed Khan,
Sweta Kumari,
Mritunjay Kumar Tiwary,
Rishi Raj Borah,
Rahul Ali,
Asim Kumar Sil,
Sethu Sheeladevi
Publication year - 2020
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/ijo.ijo_1709_18
Subject(s) - medicine , diabetic retinopathy , visual impairment , blindness , confidence interval , population , maculopathy , diabetes mellitus , cross sectional study , optometry , epidemiology , pediatrics , ophthalmology , retinopathy , environmental health , psychiatry , pathology , endocrinology
The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence and causes of visual impairment (VI) and blindness and diabetic retinopathy (DR) in Siwan district, Bihar.