Anna H Grummon, Aviva A Musicus, Meg G Salvia, Anne N Thorndike, Eric B Rimm
Impact of Health, Environmental, and Animal Welfare Messages Discouraging Red Meat Consumption: An Online Randomized Experiment
Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
globally visual impairment affects 285 million 425 people 2664 million adults aged 18 years ethiopia one developing countries estimated high prevalence visual impairment enormous socioeconomic impact also limited available information regarding magnitude visual impairment among adults country large east gojjam zone specific therefore aim study assess magnitude visual impairment associated factors among patients attending debre markos referral hospital ophthalmic clinics east gojjam zone north west ethiopia institutionalbased crosssectional study conducted debre markos referral hospital hospital east gojjam zone ophthalmic care service march 1 30 2020 using systematic random sampling technique select study participants informed consent obtained data collected interview 5 pretested structured questionnaire ocular examinations data cleaned coded entered epidata version31 analyzed using statistical package social science software version 26 descriptive statistics presented tables text graphs bivariable multivariable logistic regression analysis identify factors associated visual impairment conducted covariates pvalue 005 considered statistically significant study conducted among 312 study participants 96 response rate magnitude visual impairment 114 365 95 ci 338 392 age 50 years aor 382 95 ci 156 935 rural residency aor 433 95 ci 130 1444 inability read write aor 321 95 ci 118 873 cataract aor 448 95 ci 191 1052 factors significantly associated visual impairment overall magnitude visual impairment found high older age rural residency inability read write cataract associated visual impairment increasing literacy expanded cataract surgery well community based visual acuity screening especially elders rural residents crucial zonal police makers give emphasis prevention visual impairment decrease economic social political burden visual disability