Prevalence of Glaucoma Patient at Sisaket Hospital During World Glaucoma Day

Abstract

Background : Glaucoma is second-leading cause of blindness in the world. It’s very hard to screen a glaucoma patient because of non-symptom in the early state of glaucoma. Glaucoma patient usually come to the doctor with blur vision, presenting severe state of disease. Because delay of diagnosis and treatment. Patient usually came blindness. Knowledge of prevalence of disease and early screening can prevent blindness of patient.
Objective : Prevalence of Glaucoma patient and patient at risk at Sisaket Hospital, Thailand. And describe characteristic of screening patient. And to find How many patients had to treatment
Setting : Sisaket Hospital, Sisaket Province.
Material and methods : Participation for glaucoma-screening program at Sisaket Hospital During World glaucoma day were included. Data about age, sex, history of eye surgery and eye trauma were collected. Participation were examined with Snellen’s visual acuity, Air-puff tonometry, Reina nerve fiber layermeas urement by Zess’s OCT, ocular angle and disc cupping by slit lamp ophthalmoscopy. Participation were diagnosed and treatment.
Results : Volunteer for glaucoma-screening program were 92 with 75.8% female. Prevalence of glaucoma patient were 7.4%, Included closed-angle glaucoma 5.3% and opened-angle glaucoma 2.1%. Patients at risk for glaucoma were found 26.3%. Patients that required glaucoma medication were 6.3% and sent for laser therapy were 22.1%. For a characteristic of screening patient, 70.5% were aged around 45-60 year. In sub-group analysis for patient with glaucoma and patient at risk for glaucoma. There were 32 patients with male more than female (male 78.1%). Mean age was 56.2 years-old.
Conclusion : Prevalence of glaucoma patient were 7.4%, Included closed-angle glaucoma 5.3% and opened-angle glaucoma 2.1%.
Keyword : Prevalence of glaucoma