加拿大的春季角膜结膜炎的患病率:一个横截面调查研究
Manokamna Agarwal1, Ya-Ping Jin2, Larissa Gouvea1
1Department of Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada; Department of Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
概括
春季角膜结膜炎 (VKC) 影响加拿大人,患病率估计因年龄组而异. 在加拿大,对VKC的最佳估计是每10,000人中0.90人,每10,000名儿童和青少年中4.33人.
科学领域:
- 眼科医生 眼科 眼科
- 过敏和免疫学 过敏和免疫学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 春季角膜结膜炎 (VKC) 是一种严重的过敏性眼睛疾病,主要影响儿童和青少年.
- 估计VKC的患病率是具有挑战性的,因为它的插曲性和不同的诊断标准.
研究的目的:
- 估计截至2023年1月,加拿大的活跃春季角膜炎 (VKC) 的全国患病率.
- 提供不同年龄的人口统计学,特别是儿科人口中VKC患病率的数据.
主要方法:
- 一项全国性的在线调查分发给了1,061名在加拿大眼科学会注册的眼科医生.
- 80名眼科医生 (7.5%) 提供了数据,用于根据六种不同的假设估计VKC患病率.
- 假设考虑了疾病持续时间的变化和非响应者的潜在报告不足.
主要成果:
- 每1万人口中估计的VKC患病率在所有加拿大人中为0.13至3.34,在0-19岁的人群中为0.61至16.11.
- 最可靠的估计,假设疾病持续时间为4年,并考虑非响应者数据,为一般人群0.90/10,000,儿童和青少年为4.33/10,000.
- 常见的VKC并发症包括盾子和类固醇诱导的眼睛高血压.
结论:
- 本研究提供了加拿大VKC最新的国家流行率估计.
- 这些发现突出了VKC的显著流行,特别是在儿科人口中.
- 这些数据强调了了解VKC在公共卫生规划中的影响和相关并发症的重要性.
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