Ocular impairments in an impairment survey of leprosy-affected persons in Nepal.
An impairment survey was carried out in Nepal. The study subjects (n = 318) were a mixture of out-patients and patients admitted less than one month before the survey. Of the subjects, 101 were attending the hospital out-patients clinic or were admitted and the rest were examined in the field. The patients studied included those on MDT and care-after-cure cases. Ocular impairments were found in 25% of these cases. The most common ocular impairment was poor vision followed by lagophthalmos and insensitive cornea.
Knuuttila
J P
JP
Good Pastures Hospital, Pokhara, Nepal. knuuttil@mos.com.np
van Brakel
W H
WH
Anderson
A M
AM
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D001766:Blindness / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005128:Eye Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D015818:Eye Infections, Bacterial / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007918:Leprosy / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009390:Nepal / Q000453:epidemiology; D010044:Outpatient Clinics, Hospital; D014786:Vision Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology