- ►bmj.com GP Pokharel, G Regmi, SK Shrestha, AD … - British Medical Journal, 1998 - bjo.bmj.com The 1981 survey led to the establishment of a national eye care programme for
the control and prevention of blindness in Nepal. The programme was launched
with a two pronged strategy: (1) development of training programmes for eye ... Cited by 93 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 7 versions
J Zhao, L Jia, R Sui, LB Ellwein - American journal of ophthalmology, 1998 - Elsevier RESULTS: Of 5,555 enumerated subjects ≥50 years of age, 91.5% (5,084/5,555)
were examined and 90.9% (5,052/5,555) were tested for visual acuity. In this
population, 2.8% (139/5,052) were blind, defined as presenting visual ... Cited by 71 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 7 versions
GVS Murthy, S Gupta, LB Ellwein, SR Munoz, … - Ophthalmology, 2001 - Elsevier A random selection of village-based clusters was used to identify a population
sample in the predominantly rural Bharatpur district of Rajasthan. Eligible
subjects in the 25 selected clusters were enumerated through a door-to-door ... Cited by 68 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 8 versions
S Li, J Xu, M He, K Wu, SR Munoz, LB Ellwein - Ophthalmology, 1999 - Elsevier Visual acuity and eye examinations were performed in the summer of 1997 in a
random sample of villages in Doumen County. Differences in blindness prevalence
associated with age, gender, and education were explored using logistic ... Cited by 83 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 7 versions
- ►nih.gov [PDF] - Free from Publisher GP Pokharel, S Selvaraj, LB Ellwein - British Journal of Ophthalmology, 1998 - bjo.bmj.com METHODS Case finding was based on random sampling using a stratified cluster
design with door to door enumeration of people aged ⩾45 years followed by eye
examinations at village sites. All aphakics/pseudophakics, those with ... Cited by 97 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 7 versions
L Dandona, R Dandona, TJ Naduvilath, CA … - American Journal of Ophthalmology, 1999 - Elsevier As part of a population-based cross-sectional epidemiologic study, the Andhra
Pradesh Eye Disease Study, 2,522 people of all ages, including 1,399 individuals
30 years of age or older, from 24 clusters representative of the population ... Cited by 95 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 4 versions
- ►nih.gov PK Nirmalan, RD Thulasiraj, V Maneksha, R … - British Journal of Ophthalmology, 2002 - bjo.bmj.com Methods: Cluster sampling was used to randomly select a cross sectional sample
of people ≥50 years of age living in the Tirunelveli district of south India.
Eligible subjects in 28 clusters were enumerated through a door to door ... Cited by 72 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 8 versions
RD Thulasiraj, R Rahamathulla, A Saraswati, … - Neuro-Ophthalmology, 2002 - informahealthcare.com Acknowledgements: Thanks are due to Dr. GP Pokharel, Foundation Eye Care
Himalaya, and Professor Sergio R. Munoz, Universidad de La Frontera, who served
along with one of the authors (LBE) on a technical advisory committee that ... Cited by 33 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 4 versions
GVS Murthy, LB Ellwein, S Gupta, K … - Ophthalmology, 2001 - Elsevier Cluster sampling was used in randomly selecting a cross-sectional sample of
persons 50 years of age or older for visual acuity measurement, refraction, and
slit-lamp and direct ophthalmoscope examination early in 1999. Those ... Cited by 41 - Related articles - All 8 versions
M He, J Xu, S Li, K Wu, SR Munoz, LB Ellwein - Ophthalmology, 1999 - Elsevier Cataract blindness is widely recognized as an important public health problem in
developing countries.[2] In response, large-scale cataract control programs have
been established to reduce the so-called “backlog” of cataract blind ... Cited by 107 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 7 versions
