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Abstract #6091 Published in IGR 2-2
Early detection of glaucoma by a mobile unit: results from 10,000 examinees
Kurtz S; Goldenfeld M; Melamed SHarefuah 2000; 138: 273-276
Glaucoma, the third leading cause of blindness in the western world, is characterized by painless, gradual loss of visual fields which may lead to severe visual impairment or even blindness. In four years of operation of a mobile glaucoma unit for screening and early diagnosis of glaucoma, 10,037 subjects aged 18-95 years were screened (4504 women, 45%); 55% were under 50 years. Ocular hypertension was diagnosed in 8.0%; primary open angle glaucoma (POAG) in 0.8%, with two-thirds already under treatment, the rest newly diagnosed. Pseudo-exfoliative glaucoma was diagnosed in 0.2%; only two cases had closed-angle glaucoma; 91% of those screened were normal. POAG increased with age, from 0.2% in those under 40 years to 10% in those over 80; POAG was more common in men, but OHT was similar in both sexes (6.0% versus 5.3%). There was no correlation between incidence of POAG and place of work except in the Sorek Nuclear Center (1.9% versus 0.8%, p = 0.11). Other conditions significantly more frequent in POAG than normals were diabetes mellitus (x 2.5), systemic hypertension (x 4), myopia (x 2) and history of intraocular surgery (x 6). LA: Hebrew
Dr. S. Kurtz, Sam Rothberg Glaucoma Center, Goldschleger Eye Institute, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel
Classification:
1.6 Prevention and screening (Part of: 1 General aspects)
