Eye diseases: the neglected health condition among urban slum population of Dhaka, Bangladesh

Abstract Introduction Globally, eye diseases are considered as one of the major contributors of nonfatal disabling conditions. In Bangladesh, 1.5% of adults are blind and 21.6% have low vision. Therefore, this paper aimed to identify the community-based prevalence and associated risk factors of eye...

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Main Authors: Ipsita Sutradhar, Priyanka Gayen, Mehedi Hasan, Rajat Das Gupta, Tapash Roy, Malabika Sarker
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Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-01-01
Series:BMC Ophthalmology
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12886-019-1043-z
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spelling doaj-7afd86eaf1cb4073a088d20d2d85aff52020-11-25T01:30:44ZengBMCBMC Ophthalmology1471-24152019-01-011911810.1186/s12886-019-1043-zEye diseases: the neglected health condition among urban slum population of Dhaka, BangladeshIpsita Sutradhar0Priyanka Gayen1Mehedi Hasan2Rajat Das Gupta3Tapash Roy4Malabika Sarker5BRAC James P Grant School of Public Health, BRAC UniversityBRAC James P Grant School of Public Health, BRAC UniversityBRAC James P Grant School of Public Health, BRAC UniversityBRAC James P Grant School of Public Health, BRAC UniversitySajida FoundationBRAC James P Grant School of Public Health, BRAC UniversityAbstract Introduction Globally, eye diseases are considered as one of the major contributors of nonfatal disabling conditions. In Bangladesh, 1.5% of adults are blind and 21.6% have low vision. Therefore, this paper aimed to identify the community-based prevalence and associated risk factors of eye diseases among slum dwellers of Dhaka city. Methods The study was carried out in two phases. In the first phase, a survey was conducted using multistage cluster sampling among 1320 households of three purposively selected slums in Dhaka city. From each household, one family member (≥ 18 years old) was randomly interviewed by trained data collectors using a structured questionnaire. After that, each of the participants was requested to take part in the second phase of the study. Following the request, 432 participants out of 1320 participants came into the tertiary care hospitals where they were clinically assessed by ophthalmologist for presence of eye diseases. A number of descriptive and inferential statistics were performed using Stata 13. Result The majority of total 432 study participants were female (68.6%), married (82.6%) and Muslim (98.8%). Among them almost all (92.8%) were clinically diagnosed with eye disease. The most prevalent eye diseases were refractive error (63.2%), conjunctivitis (17.1%), visual impairment (16.4%) and cataract (7.2%). Refractive error was found significantly associated with older age, female gender and income generating work. Cataract was found negatively associated with the level of education, however, opposite relationship was found between cataract and visual impairment. Conclusion Our study provides epidemiologic data on the prevalence of eye diseases among adult population in low-income urban community of Dhaka city. The high prevalence of refractive error, allergic conjunctivitis, visual impairment, and cataract among this group of people suggests the importance of increasing access to eye care services.http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12886-019-1043-zRefractive errorCataractVisual impairmentand Bangladesh
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author Ipsita Sutradhar
Priyanka Gayen
Mehedi Hasan
Rajat Das Gupta
Tapash Roy
Malabika Sarker
spellingShingle Ipsita Sutradhar
Priyanka Gayen
Mehedi Hasan
Rajat Das Gupta
Tapash Roy
Malabika Sarker
Eye diseases: the neglected health condition among urban slum population of Dhaka, Bangladesh
BMC Ophthalmology
Refractive error
Cataract
Visual impairment
and Bangladesh
author_facet Ipsita Sutradhar
Priyanka Gayen
Mehedi Hasan
Rajat Das Gupta
Tapash Roy
Malabika Sarker
author_sort Ipsita Sutradhar
title Eye diseases: the neglected health condition among urban slum population of Dhaka, Bangladesh
title_short Eye diseases: the neglected health condition among urban slum population of Dhaka, Bangladesh
title_full Eye diseases: the neglected health condition among urban slum population of Dhaka, Bangladesh
title_fullStr Eye diseases: the neglected health condition among urban slum population of Dhaka, Bangladesh
title_full_unstemmed Eye diseases: the neglected health condition among urban slum population of Dhaka, Bangladesh
title_sort eye diseases: the neglected health condition among urban slum population of dhaka, bangladesh
publisher BMC
series BMC Ophthalmology
issn 1471-2415
publishDate 2019-01-01
description Abstract Introduction Globally, eye diseases are considered as one of the major contributors of nonfatal disabling conditions. In Bangladesh, 1.5% of adults are blind and 21.6% have low vision. Therefore, this paper aimed to identify the community-based prevalence and associated risk factors of eye diseases among slum dwellers of Dhaka city. Methods The study was carried out in two phases. In the first phase, a survey was conducted using multistage cluster sampling among 1320 households of three purposively selected slums in Dhaka city. From each household, one family member (≥ 18 years old) was randomly interviewed by trained data collectors using a structured questionnaire. After that, each of the participants was requested to take part in the second phase of the study. Following the request, 432 participants out of 1320 participants came into the tertiary care hospitals where they were clinically assessed by ophthalmologist for presence of eye diseases. A number of descriptive and inferential statistics were performed using Stata 13. Result The majority of total 432 study participants were female (68.6%), married (82.6%) and Muslim (98.8%). Among them almost all (92.8%) were clinically diagnosed with eye disease. The most prevalent eye diseases were refractive error (63.2%), conjunctivitis (17.1%), visual impairment (16.4%) and cataract (7.2%). Refractive error was found significantly associated with older age, female gender and income generating work. Cataract was found negatively associated with the level of education, however, opposite relationship was found between cataract and visual impairment. Conclusion Our study provides epidemiologic data on the prevalence of eye diseases among adult population in low-income urban community of Dhaka city. The high prevalence of refractive error, allergic conjunctivitis, visual impairment, and cataract among this group of people suggests the importance of increasing access to eye care services.
topic Refractive error
Cataract
Visual impairment
and Bangladesh
url http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12886-019-1043-z
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