National survey of blindness and visual impairment in Guatemala, 2015

National survey of blindness and visual impairment in Guatemala, 2015

ABSTRACT | Purpose: To estimate the prevalence of blindness and visual impairment in older adults living in Guatemala. Methods: Participants ³50 years of age were selected using random cluster sampling and evaluated using the Rapid Assessment of Avoidable Blindness method. Visual acuity was measur...

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Main Authors: Gloria Marina Serrano Chávez, Ana Rafaela Salazar de Barrios, Oscar Leonel Figueroa Pojoy, Aida del Rosario Monzón Herrera de Reyes, Mariano Yee Melgar, Juan Francisco Yee Melgar, Mario de León Régil, Carlos Alberto Mendoza Hernandez, Victor Alfonso Miranda Chanquin, Evelyn Diaz, Van C. Lansingh, Hans Limburg, Juan Carlos Silva, João M. Furtado
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Conselho Brasileiro de Oftalmologia
Series:Arquivos Brasileiros de Oftalmologia
Subjects:
Blindness/epidemiology
Prevalence
Vision, low/epidemiology
Cataract extraction
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