- ►nih.gov - Free from Publisher A Fotouhi, H Hashemi, K Mohammad, KH … - British Journal of Ophthalmology, 2004 - bjo.bmj.com Results: Of those sampled, 4565 (70.3%) people participated in the study. The
age and sex standardised prevalences of visual impairment on the basis of best
corrected and presenting visual acuity were 1.39% (95% confidence interval ... Cited by 31 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 10 versions
- ►nih.gov J Buchan - PLoS Med, 2006 - apop.allenpress.com Recent global estimates of the number of blind people put the total at 37–42
million [1,2]. This figure is predicted to rise to over 75 million by the year
2020 as a result of increases in world population and life expectancy, if ... Cited by 7 - Related articles - All 7 versions
[CITATION] Prevalence and causes of blindness in the Sudan: A review of published and unpublished …
H Hashemi, A Fotouhi, K Mohammad - BMC ophthalmology, 2003 - biomedcentral.com Visual impairment has a profound impact on society. The majority of visually
impaired people live in developing countries, and since most disorders leading
to visual impairment are preventable or curable, their control is a ... Cited by 23 - Related articles - Cached - All 9 versions
- ►nih.gov JE Oye, H Kuper, B Dineen, R Befidi-Mengue, … - British Journal of Ophthalmology, 2006 - bjo.bmj.com Results: 1787 people were examined (response rate 89.3%). The prevalence of
binocular blindness was 1.6% (95% CI: 0.8% to 2.4%), 2.2% (1.% to 3.1%) for
binocular severe visual impairment, and 6.4% (5.0% to 7.8%) for binocular ... Cited by 15 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 6 versions
- ►nih.gov BP Dineen, RRA Bourne, SM Ali, DM Huq, GJ … - British Journal of Ophthalmology, 2003 - bjo.bmj.com Methods: A nationally representative sample of 12 782 adults 30 years of age and
older was selected based on multistage, cluster random sampling with probability
proportional to size procedures. The breakdown of the cluster sites was ... Cited by 58 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 13 versions
J Ngondi, F Ole-Sempele, A Onsarigo, I … - PLoS Med, 2006 - medicine.plosjournals.org A cross-sectional survey of the population aged 5 y and above was conducted in
May 2005 using a two-stage cluster random sampling with probability proportional
to size. The Snellen E chart was used to test visual acuity, and ... Cited by 22 - Related articles - Cached - All 18 versions
- ►nih.gov [PDF] - Free from Publisher KF Tabbara - British Journal of Ophthalmology, 2001 - bjo.bmj.com The World Health Organization (WHO) definition of blindness is a visual acuity
of less than 3/60 (20/200, 0.05), and low vision is less than 6/18 (20/50, 0.3)
in the better eye with the best correction.1 In the eastern Mediterranean ... Cited by 19 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 8 versions
