The Nakuru Posterior Segment Eye Disease Study: Methods and Prevalence of Blindness and Visual Impairment in Nakuru, Kenya

• Published in: Ophthalmology (Rochester, Minn.) Vol. 119; no. 10; pp. 2033 - 2039
• Main Authors: MATHENGE, Wanjiku, BASTAWROUS, Andrew, FOSTER, Allen, KUPER, Hannah
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY Elsevier 01.10.2012
• Subjects: Age Distribution; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Biological and medical sciences; Blindness - epidemiology; Cross-Sectional Studies; Eye Diseases - epidemiology; Female; Health Surveys; Humans; Kenya - epidemiology; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Miscellaneous; Ophthalmology; Posterior Eye Segment - pathology; Prevalence; Risk Factors; Sex Distribution; Vision disorders; Vision, Low - epidemiology; Visual Acuity - physiology; Visually Impaired Persons - statistics & numerical data; Kenya; Africa; Eye disease; Prevalence; Visual impairment; Vision disorder; Blindness; Posterior segment; Ophthalmology

To estimate the prevalence of blindness and visual impairment (VI) in adults aged ≥50 years in the Nakuru district of Kenya and to identify sociodemographic risk factors for these conditions. We also sought to validate the Rapid Assessment of Avoidable Blindness (RAAB) methodology. There were 5010 s...