Ching Yu Cheng|Ke Wang|Tien Yin Wong|Nathan Congdon|Mingguang He|Ya Xing Wang|Tasanee Braithwaite|Robert J. Casson|Maria Vittoria Cicinelli|Aditi Das|Seth Flaxman|Jost B. Jonas|Jill Keeffe|John H. Kempen|Janet Leasher|Hans Limburg|Kovin Naidoo|Konrad Pesudovs|Serge Resnikoff|Alexander Silvester|Nina Tahhan|Hugh R. Taylor|Rupert Bourne
Prevalence and causes of vision loss in East Asia in 2015: magnitude, temporal trends and projections
Duke-NUS Medical School|Singapore National Eye Center|Singapore Eye Research Institute|Beijing Tongren Hospital|Capital Medical University|Beijing Institute of Neurosurgery|Duke-NUS Medical School|Singapore National Eye Center|Singapore Eye Research Institute|Queen's University Belfast|University of Melbourne|Beijing Tongren Hospital|University College London|Moorfields Eye Hospital|Anglia Ruskin University|Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust|Royal Adelaide Hospital|Vita-Salute San Raffaele University|Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust|Imperial College London|Heidelberg University|L V Prasad Eye Institute|University of Pennsylvania|Nova Southeastern University|Africa Health Research Institute|Brien Holden Vision Institute|Royal Liverpool University Hospital|University of Liverpool|Brien Holden Vision Institute|University of Melbourne
background determine prevalence causes blindness vision impairment vi east asia 2015 forecast trend 2020 methods systematic literature review metaanalysis estimated prevalence blindness presenting visual acuity lt360 better eye moderatetosevere vision impairment msvi 360presenting visual acuity lt618 mild vision impairment mild vi 618presenting visual acuity lt612 uncorrected presbyopia 1990 2010 2015 2020 total 44 populationbased studies included results 2015 agestandardised prevalence blindness msvi mild vi uncorrected presbyopia 037 80 uncertainty interval ui 012068 306 80 ui 135516 265 80 ui 092491 3291 80 ui 18724847 respectively east asia cataract leading cause blindness 436 followed uncorrected refractive error 129 glaucoma agerelated macular degeneration corneal diseases trachoma diabetic retinopathy dr leading cause msvi uncorrected refractive error followed cataract agerelated macular degeneration glaucoma corneal disease trachoma dr burden vi due uncorrected refractive error cataracts glaucoma dr continued rise decades reported conclusions addressing public healthcare barriers cataract uncorrected refractive error help eliminate almost 57 blindness cases region therefore public healthcare efforts focused effective screening effective patient education access highquality healthcare