Prevalence and causes of blindness and visual impairment in Kogi state, Nigeria-Findings from a Rapid assessment of avoidable blindness survey

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 19; no. 5; p. e0294371
• Main Authors: Penzin, Selben, Jolley, Emma, Ogundimu, Kolawole, Mpyet, Caleb, Ibrahim, Nazaradden, Owoeye, Joshua Foluso, Isiyaku, Sunday, Shu'aibu, Joy, Schmidt, Elena
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 22.05.2024; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Acuity; Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Assessments; Biology and Life Sciences; Blindness; Blindness - epidemiology; Blindness - etiology; Cataract; Cataract - complications; Cataract - epidemiology; Cataract Extraction - statistics & numerical data; Cataracts; Disabilities; Disability; Disabled persons; Disabled Persons - statistics & numerical data; Ethics; Eye; Eye (anatomy); Eye examinations; Eye surgery; Female; Gender equality; Global positioning systems; GPS; Households; Humans; Impairment; Inequalities; Male; Medicine and Health Sciences; Middle Aged; Nigeria - epidemiology; People and Places; Prevalence; Sample size; Sex; Smartphones; Social Sciences; Software; Surveys; Teams; Variables; Visual Acuity; Visual impairment; Women; Young Adult; Nigeria

To determine the prevalence and causes of blindness and visual impairment among adults in Kogi, Nigeria. A Rapid assessment of avoidable blindness (RAAB) protocol was used with additional tools measuring disability and household wealth to measure the prevalence of blindness and visual impairment (VI...