title: [Detection of primary open-angle glaucoma at the National University Hospital Cotonou, Benin].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Describe the epidemiologic and clinical characteristics of POAG and evaluate hospital personnel's knowledge of the disease at the National University Hospital in Cotonou, Benin.
  
  
  METHODS
  A transversal study was conducted over a period of 7 months on 689 employees over 20 years of age, divided into three professional categories A, B, and C.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The rate of participation was 67 %. POAG was present in 5.5 % of the employees (n=38). The disease was known only by 21.0 % of employees (n=8). The average age of patients was 45.6+/-3.5 years, with a sex ratio of 3.2. Category C employees were the most affected. Vision was higher than 0.7 in 59,5 % at right eye and 57,9 % at left eye; the most frequent lesions of the visual field were nasal projection and Bjërrum scotoma. Intraocular pressure was higher than 21 mmHg in 63,2 % at right and 57,9 % at left eye with an average IOP of 21.5 mmHg on the left and 18.3 mmHg in the right eye. The average cup/disc was 0,5.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  POAG was unknown to most employees of the Cotonou National University Hospital; it affected young people and was more frequent in the low-income professional categories. Its prevention requires awareness and systematic monitoring of young people.
authors.affiliation: Clinique Ophtalmologique, Centre National Hospitalier et Universitaire Hubert Koutoukou Maga, Cotonou, Bénin. drodoulis@yahoo.fr
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Yehouessi
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Doutetien
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Sounouvou
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tchabi
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Avognon
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Bassabi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001541:Benin; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D005902:Glaucoma, Open-Angle / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D055815:Young Adult