The Prevalence and Causes of Visual Impairment in Central Sri Lanka : The Kandy Eye Study

• Published in: Ophthalmology (Rochester, Minn.) Vol. 116; no. 1; pp. 52 - 56
• Main Authors: EDUSSURIYA, Kapila, SENNANAYAKE, Saman, SENARATNE, Tissa, MARSHALL, Drew, SULLIVAN, Thomas, SELVA, Dinesh, CASSON, Robert J
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY Elsevier 2009
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Biological and medical sciences; Blindness - epidemiology; Blindness - etiology; Cross-Sectional Studies; Eye Diseases - complications; Female; Health Services Research; Health Surveys; Humans; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Miscellaneous; Odds Ratio; Ophthalmology; Prevalence; Risk Factors; Rural Population - statistics & numerical data; Sri Lanka - epidemiology; Vision, Low - epidemiology; Vision, Low - etiology; Visual Acuity; Visually Impaired Persons - statistics & numerical data; Asia; Sri Lanka; Eye; Eye disease; Prevalence; Visual impairment; Vision disorder; Cause; Ophthalmology

To determine the prevalence and causes of uncorrectable visual impairment in the Kandy District of central Sri Lanka. Population-based, cross-sectional study. Inhabitants >or=40 years of age from villages in the Kandy District were selected by randomized cluster sampling; 1721 eligible participan...