Rapid assessment of visual impairment (RAVI) in marine fishing communities in South India - study protocol and main findings

• Published in: BMC ophthalmology Vol. 11; no. 1; p. 26
• Main Authors: Marmamula, Srinivas, Madala, Sreenivas R, Rao, Gullapalli N
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 19.09.2011; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Acuity; Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Binocular vision; Blindness; Blindness - epidemiology; Blindness - etiology; Cataract; Cataracts; Censuses; Cross-Sectional Studies; Data collection; Eye; Eye surgery; Female; fishing communities; Humans; Immunization; India; India - epidemiology; Literacy; Male; Medical personnel; Methods; Middle Aged; Ophthalmology; Population; Population studies; Presbyopia; Prevalence; Public health; rapid assessment; Residence Characteristics; Risk factors; Sample size; Sex Distribution; Towns; Vision, Low - complications; Vision, Low - epidemiology; Visual Acuity; Visual impairment; Visual perception; Visually Impaired Persons - rehabilitation; Workers; Young Adult; India

Reliable data are a pre-requisite for planning eye care services. Though conventional cross sectional studies provide reliable information, they are resource intensive. A novel rapid assessment method was used to investigate the prevalence and causes of visual impairment and presbyopia in subjects a...