哥伦比亚眼病流行病学研究 (CODES):青光眼的发病率和社会人口统计学特征2015-2020年
Carlos Cifuentes-González1, William Rojas-Carabali1, Germán Mejía Salgado1
1Neuroscience (NEUROS) Research Group, NeuroVitae Centre for Neuroscience, Institute of Translational Medicine (IMT), School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universidad del Rosario, Bogotá, Colombia.
Clinical & experimental optometry
|July 24, 2024
概括
哥伦比亚的青光眼发病率正在上升,特别是在女性和70岁以上的人群中. 这凸显了加强公共卫生战略和持续监测的必要性,以打击这种渐进的视神经疾病.
科学领域:
- 眼科医生 眼科 眼科
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 流行病学 流行病学
背景情况:
- 玻璃眼,不可逆转的失明的主要原因,构成了重大的公共卫生挑战.
- 哥伦比亚先前关于青光眼患病率的研究 (1.1%-5.29%的成年人>40) 可能低估了其真正的负担.
- 人口老龄化需要更新的玻璃眼病发病率数据,以进行有效的医疗保健规划.
研究的目的:
- 为了确定哥伦比亚目前的玻璃眼的发病率和人口分布.
- 分析青光眼发病率的趋势和区域差异.
- 评估COVID-19封锁对绿眼病诊断率的潜在影响.
主要方法:
- 利用了哥伦比亚社会保护信息系统 (玻璃眼疾病的ICD-10代码) 的数据.
- 根据性别,年龄和性别分层计算的青光眼的原始和调整的发病率.
- 创建了一个标准化的发病率地图,以可视化发病率的地理差异.
主要成果:
- 哥伦比亚的平均玻璃眼病发病率为每1000名居民17.36,从2015年的12.29日大幅增加到2019年的24.22日.
- 在报告的212,700例病例中,女性占60.75%.
- 主要开角绿眼最常见,在70岁以上的人群中发病率高. 波哥大,安提阿基亚和考卡谷报告了最高的病例数量.
结论:
- 越来越多的青光眼的发病率及其人口/地理差异需要提高眼科专业人员的意识.
- 持续监测和有针对性的干预措施对于管理哥伦比亚日益增长的玻璃眼疾病负担至关重要.
- 制定强有力的医疗保健策略对于应对日益严重的玻璃眼病挑战至关重要.
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