Ocular Morbidity in Geriatric Age Group: A Retrospective Study in a Tertiary Eye Care Centre Chakraborti Chandana1, Barua Nabanita2,*, Kumar Sheuli3, Chishti Rosy Kahakashan4, Manna Subhadri5, Malsawmtluanga5 1Assistant Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, Calcutta National Medical College and Hospital 2RMO cum Clinical Tutor, Department of Ophthalmology, Nil Ratan Sircar Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata, West Bengal, India 3Assistant Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, Calcutta National Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata, West Bengal, India 4Post Graduate Trainee, Department of Ophthalmology, Calcutta National Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata, West Bengal, India 5Post Graduate Trainee, Department of Ophthalmology, Calcutta National Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata, West Bengal, India *Corresponding author: Dr. Nabanita Barua RMO cum Clinical Tutor, Department of Ophthalmology, Nil Ratan Sircar Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Online published on 18 July, 2017. Abstract Context Routine ocular examination was carried out in all geriatric patients visiting (indoor and outdoor) eye department of hospital. Aims To assess the prevalence and causes of common eye disorders and visual impairment in tertiary eye care centre. Settings and Design Descriptive cross-sectional. Materials and Method Serial evaluation of all consenting geriatric patients (age > 60 years) presenting over 1 year was done after ethical clearance. Socio-demographic data were obtained. Baseline evaluation including visual acuity, anterior and posterior segment examinations, intraocular pressure (IOP) measurement and refraction were done. Disease was classified according to the World Health Organization ICD.10 (VII) (2016 revised). Descriptive analysis was carried out in SPSS software. Results Out of all 8630 subjects4349 males (50.39%) and 4335 females (49.61%)-participated. The commonest eye disorders were cataract 4662(54.04%), refractive error 648(7.5%), glaucoma 813(9.4%), posterior segment pathology 1345 (15.55%), corneal opacities 174 (2.01%). Total cases of blindness were 777, where cataract was the main cause 362 (46.58%), glaucoma 164 (21.1%), anterior segment 89 (11.45%), posterior segment 152 (19.5%). Conclusions There is an urgent need to establish new out-reach facilities and strengthen the existing infrastructure to set up available, accessible and affordable eye care services, particularly for cataract, glaucoma surgery and refraction. This could reduce the occurrence of these vision-threatening disorders. Top Keywords geriatric ocular morbidity, blindness in elderly. Top |