英国的眼科和整形外科是否存在社会经济不平等? :一个覆盖范围的审查
Laura England1, Anna O'Connor2
1Manchester Royal Eye Hospital, England.
The British and Irish orthoptic journal
|January 22, 2024
概括
社会经济劣势影响英国的眼睛健康,与视力敏度降低和延迟治疗等疾病有关,如玻璃眼和糖尿病视网膜病变. 需要进一步的研究来解决这些健康不平等问题.
科学领域:
- 眼科医生 眼科 眼科
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 医疗保健服务研究 医疗服务研究
背景情况:
- 社会经济劣势是全球范围内一般和眼部健康的已知决定因素.
- 临床医生观察到社会经济地位和骨科治疗结果之间的联系,但具体的文献评论很少.
- 没有英国特定的文献评论全面地解决了眼科结果中的社会经济因素.
研究的目的:
- 审查现有的英国关于社会经济地位与眼科/骨科条件之间的关联的文献.
- 评估社会经济因素对英国眼科和骨科治疗结果的影响.
主要方法:
- 在谷歌学者和利物浦大学图书馆目录上进行了系统的关键字搜索.
- 纳入标准集中在完整的论文,英国特定的,英语,与2000年之前的文学只考虑如果最近的证据是不够的.
- 用文献审查方法来综合发现.
主要成果:
- 有证据表明,社会经济劣势与视力敏度降低和延迟出现诸如绿内障,白内障和糖尿病视网膜病变等疾病有关.
- 糖尿病视网膜病变查的出席率较低,并且在服务不足的儿童中治疗眼的挑战也较低.
- 对于社会经济劣势和与年龄相关的黄斑变性 (AMD) 之间的关联,存在混合的证据;报告说,成年人视的生活质量下降.
结论:
- 英国眼科和整形外科的健康不平等是显而易见的,尽管对特定疾病的结果有时不一致.
- 建议进行进一步的研究,以调查这些差异的根本原因.
- 识别和实施减轻这些不平等的战略对于改善眼睛健康结果至关重要.
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