Assessing the visual status of truck drivers in a developing country.
We undertook an interventional prospective study of truck drivers from a cement factory in Nigeria to assess their visual status after licensing. Out of 149 drivers, 122 (81.9%) were visually eligible to drive and 27 (18.1%) were not. Causes for failing the vision test included refractive error, cataracts, glaucoma, corneal leucoma and pterygia.
Onabolu
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Department of Ophthalmology, Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital, Sagamu, Ogun State, Nigeria.
Otulana
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Awodein
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D000328:Adult; D001333:Automobile Driver Examination; D003906:Developing Countries; D005128:Eye Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009549:Nigeria; D009790:Occupations; D011446:Prospective Studies; D014787:Vision Tests