在地中海东部地区的学龄儿童中超视的流行:系统性审查和元分析
Saif H Alrasheed1,2, Naveen K Challa1
1Department of Optometry, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Qassim University, Buraydah, Saudi Arabia.
概括
在东地中海地区 (EMR) 的儿童视障患病率为6.33%,特别影响年幼的儿童. 早期干预至关重要,以防止视力障碍,如眼和眼.
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:
- 儿童视障是一种显著的折射误差,具有潜在的长期视觉后果.
- 东地中海地区 (EMR) 超视眼患病率的数据有限,阻碍了有针对性的公共卫生战略.
研究的目的:
- 系统地审查和分析EMR中关于儿童高视障碍患病率的现有数据.
- 为了确定影响视障患病率的因素,包括年龄,性别和测量技术.
主要方法:
- 系统审查和元分析遵循系统审查和元分析 (PRISMA) 2020年指南的首选报告项目.
- 搜索了六个数据库 (科学网,Scopus,EMR的Medicus指数,ProQuest,PubMed,Medline) 来查找2000年1月至2022年5月的研究.
- 包括来自12个国家的27项研究,包括51,987名儿童,超视视定义为≥2.00二眼镜.
主要成果:
- 在EMR中,儿童视障的综合患病率为6.33% (2000-2022年).
- 在较小的儿童 (5-10岁:5.72%) 与较大的儿童 (11-17岁:3.23%) 相比,患病率更高.
- 观察到周期性折射 (7.35%) 与非周期性折射 (3.93%) 的患病率更高.
结论:
- 在EMR中,儿童高视障碍的患病率显著高,特别是在年轻年龄组.
- 在EMR中代表性不足的地区需要标准化的方法和进一步的研究.
- 实施早期干预措施至关重要,以减轻未来成年人群视和双眼视的风险.
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