scholarly journals Tribal Odisha Eye Disease Study Report # 6. Opportunistic screening of vitamin A deficiency through School Sight Program in tribal Odisha (India)

2020 ◽  
Vol 68 (2) ◽  
pp. 351
Author(s):  
Taraprasad Das ◽  
Lapam Panda ◽  
Suryasmita Nayak
Keyword(s):  
Vitamin A ◽  
Vitamin A Deficiency ◽  
Eye Disease ◽  
Opportunistic Screening ◽  
Study Report ◽  
Disease Study

Cataract Classification Using Serial Examinations in the Age-Related Eye Disease Study: Age-Related Eye Disease Study Report No. 24

2008 ◽  
Vol 145 (3) ◽  
pp. 504-508 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert D. Sperduto ◽  
Traci E. Clemons ◽  
Anne S. Lindblad ◽  
Frederick L. Ferris
Keyword(s):  
Eye Disease ◽  
Study Report ◽  
Age Related ◽  
Disease Study

scholarly journals Economic impact of dry eye disease in Spain: A multicentre retrospective insurance claims database analysis

2020 ◽  
pp. 112067212090731 ◽  
Author(s):  
Josep Darbà ◽  
Meritxell Ascanio
Keyword(s):  
Vitamin A ◽  
Dry Eye ◽  
Keratoconjunctivitis Sicca ◽  
Vitamin A Deficiency ◽  
Dry Eye Disease ◽  
Eye Disease ◽  
Insurance Claims ◽  
Claims Database ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Sjögren’S Disease

Purpose: To analyse the occurrence and cost of dry eye disease in Spain in the recent years. Methods: A cross-sectional analysis based on anonymised data from an insurance claims database that includes data from 1997 to 2015 from public and private hospitals and healthcare centres; 36,081 patients were eligible for the study after duplicate elimination. Five ICD9 codes associated with dry eye were used for patient selection, including vitamin A deficiency with xerophthalmic scars of cornea, xerophthalmia due to vitamin A deficiency, keratoconjunctivitis sicca not specified as Sjögren’s, dry eye syndrome and keratoconjunctivitis sicca Sjögren’s disease. Results: Over 88% of the patients were female, and the mean age was 66 years. Patients with keratoconjunctivitis sicca Sjögren’s disease represented more than 89% of all patients and had the highest percentage of women. Both the annual number of patients and the number of admissions have increased exponentially since 1997 raising from 1079 to 3097 and from 1344 to 5938, respectively. The in-hospital length of stay was 9.6 (standard deviation = 11.6) days where more than 65% of the admissions were due to emergencies. Total costs were found to increase from €4.9 to €30.3 million during the study period; in parallel, there was an increase in the mean annual cost per patient, which was on average €7379. Conclusion: Disease incidence is likely to increase due to the influence of modern-day workplace, and it is important to take into account the high economic burden and the large decrease in quality of life in regards to Spanish society and health policies.

Global patterns in vision loss burden due to Vitamin A deficiency from 1990 to 2017

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-29
Author(s):  
Yufeng Xu ◽  
Yi Shan ◽  
Xiling Lin ◽  
Qi Miao ◽  
Lixia Lou ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Vitamin A ◽  
Burden Of Disease ◽  
Prevalence Rate ◽  
Vision Loss ◽  
Vitamin A Deficiency ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
Gini Coefficients ◽  
Disease Study ◽  
Years Lived With Disability

Abstract Objective: To investigate the vision loss burden due to vitamin A deficiency (VAD) at the global, regional, and national levels by year, age, sex, and socioeconomic status using prevalence and years lived with disability (YLDs). Design: International, retrospective, comparative burden-of-disease study. Setting: Prevalence and YLDs data were extracted from the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) Study 2017. The association of age-standardized YLD rates and human development index (HDI) was tested by Pearson correlation and linear regression analyses. The Gini coefficient and concentration index (CI) were calculated to demonstrate the trends in between-country inequality in vision loss burden due to VAD. Participants: All participants met the GBD inclusion criteria. Results: The age-standardized prevalence rate increased by 9.2%, while the age-standardized YLD rates rose by 10.8% from 1990 to 2017. Notably, the vision loss burden caused by VAD showed a declining trend since 2014. The vision loss burden was more concentrated in the post-neonatal age group and decreased with increasing age. The age-standardized YLD rates were inversely correlated with HDI (r = -0.2417, p = 0.0084). The CI and Gini coefficients indicated that socioeconomic-related and between-country inequality declined from 2000 to 2017. VAD was the 8th leading cause of the age-standardized prevalence rate and 9th leading cause of age-standardized YLDs rate among 15 causes of vision loss in 2017. Conclusion: VAD has become one of the significant leading causes of vision loss globally. Efforts to control vision impairment related to VAD are needed, especially for children in countries with lower socioeconomic status.

A Case of Eye Disease Due to Dietary Vitamin a Deficiency in Glasgow

1987 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 52-53 ◽  
Author(s):  
N.M. Buchanan ◽  
H.R. Atta ◽  
G.P. Crean ◽  
K.E.L. McColl
Keyword(s):  
Liver Disease ◽  
Vitamin A ◽  
Vitamin A Deficiency ◽  
Vitamin Deficiency ◽  
Dietary Vitamin ◽  
Eye Disease ◽  
Dietary Habit ◽  
Caucasian Girl

A 22 year old Caucasian girl living in Glasgow presented with eye disease due to Vitamin A deficiency. There was no evidence of liver disease or malabsorption and the vitamin deficiency was found to be due to her bizarre dietary habit.

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