尼日利亚儿童中失明和视力障碍的患病率和原因:系统性审查
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Ugochukwu Anthony Eze1,2, Osamudiamen Cyril Obasuyi3, Dora Valerie Salihu4
1Department of Ophthalmology, Federal Medical Centre, Asaba, Nigeria.
Clinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.)
|February 6, 2024
概括
失明和视力障碍影响3.9%的尼日利亚儿童,原因包括白内障和角膜痕. 迫切需要采取公共卫生干预措施,以应对低收入/中等收入国家的这一重大负担.
科学领域:
- 眼科医生 眼科 眼科
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 儿科 儿科 儿科
背景情况:
- 低收入/中等收入国家承担了儿童失明和视力障碍的最大负担.
- 儿童视力障碍对个体发展和社区社会经济进步有深远而持久的影响.
- 尼日利亚面临着一个重大的挑战,其儿科人口中的视力障碍和失明.
研究的目的:
- 系统地审查有关尼日利亚儿童失明和视力障碍的流行和原因的现有证据.
- 提供数据驱动的洞察力,以告知卫生政策和干预措施.
- 突出尼日利亚儿童视力障碍对公共卫生的影响.
主要方法:
- 没有元分析的系统审查 (SwiM),遵循PRISMA指南.
- 包括2003-2022年间发表的跨部分研究,重点关注20岁以下的尼日利亚儿童.
- 在PubMed,AJOL,BASE和ProQuest数据库中进行的搜索,使用AXIS工具评估质量.
主要成果:
- 分析了17项涉及尼日利亚16,924名儿童的研究.
- 视力障碍的患病率为3.9% (轻度),2.7% (中度) 和0.3% (严重),归因于像白内障和白内障这样的疾病.
- 失明的患病率为0.2%,主要是由于白内障,角膜痕和视力缩.
结论:
- 儿童失明和视力障碍仍然是尼日利亚的一个重大临床和公共卫生问题.
- 眼科医生,公共卫生专家和政策制定者持续需要加大努力.
- 合作行动对于预防和控制尼日利亚儿童视力障碍至关重要.
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