Epidemiological Profile of Ophthalmological Care in the Public Service in Brazil

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT01740466

Acronym

EPP

Enrollment

1670

Registered

2012-12-04

Start date

2012-03-31

Completion date

2012-08-31

Last updated

2012-12-07

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Eye Abnormalities

Keywords

Prevalence, Vision disorders, Eye diseases, Visual acuity, Primary health care

Brief summary

Epidemiological study about eye discomfort complaints, comorbidities and diagnosis at a Brazil's ophthalmological public care service

Detailed description

1. 1670 individuals underwent an ophthalmologic evaluation 2. The data were obtained through the analysis of the medical records with the ICD-10 registration 3. The studied variables were age and sex of patient, origin, eye discomfort complaints, comorbidities and diagnosis (ICD-10). 4. The purpose was to evaluate epidemiological aspects of eye diseases in a public service

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

ECOLOGIC_OR_COMMUNITY

Time perspective

RETROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Patients assisted in public service

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Incidence and prevalence of visual conditions in the Public Service in Brazil	6 months	* The ages ranged from 0 to 99 years * The mean age was 56.9 years * There was a predominance of females (58.1%) * The main reason for the consultation was low visual acuity (70%), followed by burning (26%) and itchiness (24.4%) * Among the abnormal tests there was a high prevalence of refractive errors (73.4%) and presbyopia (59.6%) * The cause of refractive errors was astigmatism (70.5%), hypertrophy (58.6%) and myopia (15.1%)

Countries

Brazil

Outcome results