在全国政策下,白内障患病率上升,以缩短白内障手术等待时间
Ge Yang1,2,3, Sherif El-Defrawy4, Graham E Trope4
1Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Medical hypothesis, discovery & innovation ophthalmology journal
|August 29, 2023
概括
加拿大政府加拿大政府.
科学领域:
- 眼科和公共卫生.
- 年龄相关疾病的流行病学.
背景情况:
- 白内障是与年龄相关的视力障碍的主要原因.
- 白内障手术可以恢复视力,但可能需要很长的等待时间.
- 一项加拿大联邦倡议旨在减少白内障手术等待时间.
研究的目的:
- 评估加拿大2004年等待时间战略对白内障患病率的影响.
- 分析加拿大各省和人口群体白内障患病率的趋势.
主要方法:
- 使用加拿大社区健康调查 (CCHS) 数据 (2000/2001-2008/2009) 的横截面研究.
- 对45岁及以上个体的白内障自我报告数据的分析.
- 计算年龄和性别标准化的白内障患病率.
主要成果:
- 白内障的患病率从2000/2001年的8.9%增加到2008/2009年的10.2%.
- 在没有中学毕业的人群中,患病率的增加更为明显.
- 萨斯喀彻温省的等待时间最长,眼科医生最少,白内障患病率增加最多.
结论:
- 在2004年等待时间战略之后,白内障的患病率继续上升.
- 潜在的因素包括诊断值变化或未解决的访问问题.
- 需要进一步的研究来确定观察到的患病率增加的确切原因.
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