title: Oculo-Visual Findings among Industrial Mine Workers at Goldfields Ghana Limited, Tarkwa.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The focus of this study was to evaluate the visual status of mine workers who were directly involved in mining and/or are exposed to the mining environment.
  
  
  METHODS
  A hospital based cross-sectional study was conducted. Four hundred and six (406) workers were conveniently sampled for the study. Information on their socio-demographic data was also collected. In addition, all participants underwent ophthalmic examination.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The mean age of the workers was 41.1 years. Visual impairment was found in 114 (28.1%) of the study population of which refractive error (56.8%) was the major cause. Presbyopia was also observed in 45.5% of the workers with only 30.3% of them wearing near correction. The prevalence of eye diseases were pterygium/pingueculae (25.8%), conjunctivitis (26.8%), suspected glaucoma (15.3%), and cataract (7.4%).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Visual impairment and eye diseases were found among the miners.
authors: Department of Optometry, University of Cape Coast, Ghana.
authors: Go
authors: G
authors: Ovenseri-Ogbomo
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Ocansey
authors: Ek
authors: E
authors: Abu
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Kyei
authors: Sb
authors: S
authors: Boadi-Kusi
keywords: Ghana; Goldfields Ghana Limited; Tarkwa; mine workers; oculo-visual findings
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