阿拉伯国家的严重视力障碍和失明的流行,原因和障碍:系统性审查和元分析
Abdulaziz S Alsolami1, Turki M Alqarni2
1King Abdulaziz University, Faculty of Education, Jeddah 21441, Saudi Arabia.
Research in developmental disabilities
|July 9, 2025
概括
严重的视力障碍和失明是阿拉伯国家的重大公共卫生问题,其患病率高于全球平均水平. 解决眼睛护理障碍对于改善结果至关重要.
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:
- 视力障碍 (VI),包括严重视力障碍 (SVI) 和失明,在阿拉伯国家构成了重大公共卫生挑战.
- 社会经济差异和对眼科护理服务的限制加剧了该地区VI的流行.
研究的目的:
- 使用世卫组织ICD-11定义,系统地审查和对阿拉伯国家SVI和失明的流行情况进行元分析.
- 确定VI的主要原因,并检查公平获得眼科健康的障碍.
- 为改善眼睛健康结果提供基于证据的建议.
主要方法:
- 在多个数据库中对英语和阿拉伯语语言研究进行了系统的搜索.
- 通过JBI评估工具评估研究质量.
- 在Jamovi.中使用随机效应模型计算了聚合流行率估计.
主要成果:
- 综合的SVI患病率为4.0%,失明率为4.65%,超过了全球平均水平.
- 主要原因包括白内障,糖尿病视网膜病变,玻璃眼和未经纠正的折射误差,随年龄的变化而变化.
- 眼科护理获取障碍包括财务限制,地理难以进入,人力短缺,社会耻辱和教育排斥,不成比例地影响弱势群体.
结论:
- 阿拉伯国家的高VI和失明率表明系统性挑战需要有针对性的干预措施.
- 建议包括优先考虑移动眼科诊所,新生儿查,专家培训,补贴手术和早期康复.
- 对文化敏感的宣传活动,辅助技术和区域合作对于公平的眼科护理至关重要.
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