在加纳和尼日利亚的眼科医生中发现和管理眼病例
Obed Amoah-Smith1, Justin Eghaghara2, Barbara Ryan3
1Directorate of University Health Services, School of Optometry and Vision Science, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana.
概括
加纳和尼日利亚的眼科医生积极管理玻璃眼,但面临诸如测试和药物的高成本等障碍. 改善设备和培训对于早期发现这种致盲眼病至关重要.
科学领域:
- 眼科和眼镜检查的眼科和眼镜检查
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 全球健康 全球健康
背景情况:
- 玻璃眼是全球不可逆转的失明的主要原因.
- 有效的病例发现和管理对于预防视力丧失至关重要.
- 加纳和尼日利亚的玻璃眼病发病率很高,因此需要了解当地的挑战.
研究的目的:
- 调查加纳和尼日利亚限制青光眼病例发现和管理的因素.
- 识别与设备,资源,眼科医生技能和社会经济因素相关的障碍.
主要方法:
- 对加纳和尼日利亚的执照眼科医生进行了一项描述性的,横截面的在线调查.
- 该调查包括22个问题,涵盖社会人口统计,资源,技能和案例寻找实践.
- 从318名眼科医生 (105名来自加纳,213名来自尼日利亚) 收集了数据.
主要成果:
- 在这两个国家,超过95%的眼科医生从事青光眼病例的发现,诊断和处方药物治疗.
- 发现的关键障碍包括临床试验和抗葡萄糖瘤药物的成本.
- 对于重要的测试,如戈德曼平面化度和视野分析,注意到可变设备的可用性.
- 至少有一半的眼科医生认为需要在特定的格洛科马病例发现技术上进行额外培训.
结论:
- 加纳和尼日利亚的眼科医生是绿眼病护理的组成部分,从检测到管理的所有阶段都参与其中.
- 评估和治疗的负担能力,以及需要进一步培训,是重大障碍.
- 解决这些障碍,包括改善设备获取和意识,对于加强在这些风险人群中及其他地区早期发现和管理青光眼至关重要.
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