Estimates of visual impairment and its causes from the National Eye Survey in Malaysia (NESII)

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 13; no. 6; p. e0198799
• Main Authors: Chew, Fiona L. M., Salowi, Mohamad Aziz, Mustari, Zuraidah, Husni, Mohd Aziz, Hussein, Elias, Adnan, Tassha Hilda, Ngah, Nor Fariza, Limburg, Hans, Goh, Pik-Pin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 26.06.2018; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Acuity; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Assessments; Biology and Life Sciences; Blindness; Blindness - diagnosis; Blindness - epidemiology; Cataracts; Causes of; Censuses; Clusters; Confidence intervals; Demographics; Diabetes mellitus; Diabetic retinopathy; Elderly; Eye surgery; Female; Field study; Geriatrics; Glaucoma; Health aspects; Hospitals; Humans; Impairment; Malaysia - epidemiology; Male; Medicine and Health Sciences; Middle Aged; Older people; Ophthalmology; People and Places; People with disabilities; Population; Prevalence; Research and Analysis Methods; Retinopathy; Risk Factors; Sampling methods; Social Sciences; Surgery; Surveys; Teams; Training; Tumbling; Vision disorders; Vision Disorders - diagnosis; Vision Disorders - epidemiology; Visual Acuity; Visual impairment; Malaysia; Terengganu Malaysia; Selangor Malaysia; China; Kuala Lumpur Malaysia; East Asia; India

Population-based data on prevalence, causes of blindness and extent of ophthalmological coverage is required for efficient implementation and evaluation of ocular health programs. In view of the scarcity of prevalence data for visual impairment and blindness in Malaysia, this study aims to estimate...