Profile of retinal diseases in adult patients attending two major eye clinics in Kinshasa,the Democratic Republic of Congo
作者机构：Departmemt of OphthalmologySchool of MedicineUniversity of KinshasaKinshasa XIDemocratic Republic of Congo Department of OphthalmologySchool of MedicineUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel HillNC 27599USA
出 版 物：《International Journal of Ophthalmology(English edition)》 (国际眼科杂志（英文版）)
年 卷 期：2020年第13卷第10期
页 面：1652-1659页
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学科分类：1002[医学-临床医学] 100212[医学-眼科学] 10[医学]
主 题：retinal disorders Kinshasa,Democratic Republic of Congo sub-Saharan Africa pattern
摘 要：AIM:To determine the frequency and types of retinal diseases and the extend of the related visual loss in adult patients attending two public eye clinics of Kinshasa,Democratic Republic of ***:Review of medical records of patients with retinal diseases seen in the major eye clinics in Kinshasa,the University Hospital of Kinshasa(UHK)and Saint Joseph Hospital(SJH),from January 2012 to December *** and diagnoses were retrieved and *** measures were frequency and prevalence of retinal diseases,blindness and low ***:A total of 40965 patients aged 40 y or older were examined during this period in both *** these,1208 had retinal disease,giving a 3-year and an annual prevalence of 3%and 1%,*** age was 61.7±10.7 y,and 55.8%of the patients were *** hypertension(68.1%)and diabetes(43.3%)were the most common systemic *** retinopathy(41.8%),diabetic retinopathy(37.9%),age-related macular degeneration(AMD;14.6%),and chorioretinitis and retinal vein occlusion(7.3%each)were the most common retinal diseases,with 3-year prevalence rates of 1.3%,1.0%,0.43%,and 0.21%*** low vision and blindness were present in 26.8%and 8.4%of the patients at *** causes of low vision and blindness were diabetic retinopathy(14.8%),AMD(4.9%),retinal detachment(2.8%),and retinal vein occlusion(2.5%).The prevalence was significantly higher among males than females,and at the UHK than ***:Retinal diseases are common among Congolese adult patients attending eye clinics in *** cause a significant proportion of low vision and blindness.
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