Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
Rapid assessment of prevalence of blindness and cataract surgery in Kabul province, Afghanistan |
| Authors: |
Fabrizio D'Esposito, Taraprasad Das, Yuddha Sapkota, Najeebullah Alizoi, Abdul Majeed Siddiqi, Mohammad Naseem, Ahmad Shah Salaam, Atiq ur Rehman |
| Source: |
BMJ Open Ophthalmology, Vol 6, Iss 1 (2021) |
| Publisher Information: |
BMJ Publishing Group, 2021. |
| Publication Year: |
2021 |
| Collection: |
LCC:Ophthalmology |
| Subject Terms: |
Ophthalmology, RE1-994 |
| More Details: |
Objective To estimate prevalence and causes of blindness and vision impairment and assess cataract surgical coverage and quality of cataract surgery in Kabul.Methods and analysis A total of 3751 adults aged 50 years and above were recruited from 77 randomly selected clusters. Each participant underwent presenting and pinhole visual acuity assessment and lens examination. Those with pinhole visual acuity |
| Document Type: |
article |
| File Description: |
electronic resource |
| Language: |
English |
| ISSN: |
2397-3269 |
| Relation: |
https://bmjophth.bmj.com/content/6/1/e000790.full; https://doaj.org/toc/2397-3269 |
| DOI: |
10.1136/bmjophth-2021-000790 |
| Access URL: |
https://doaj.org/article/1c683ec42ad44867a731b26b032aa81a |
| Accession Number: |
edsdoj.1c683ec42ad44867a731b26b032aa81a |
| Database: |
Directory of Open Access Journals |
