scholarly journals The prevalence of Eye Disease in Elderly Bengalis in Tower Hamlets

1996 ◽  
Vol 89 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-26 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter J Gray
Keyword(s):  
Visual Loss ◽  
Minority Group ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Service Planning ◽  
Eye Disease ◽  
Refractive Errors ◽  
Health Service Planning ◽  
London Borough ◽  
High Prevalence ◽  
Visually Handicapped

The prevalence of eye disease and uncorrected refractive errors in a group of 167 elderly members of the Bangladeshi community which resides in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets was studied. Of the subjects screened 24.6% were found to have a significant and potentially treatable cause of visual loss and a further 32.3% were visually handicapped through the presence of uncorrected refractive errors. A high prevalence (53.3%) of cataract was found in the elderly Bengalis. The high prevalence of eye disease in this ethnic minority group, has important implications for health service planning.

Ophthalmology

2021 ◽  
pp. 515-536
Author(s):  
David Yorston
Keyword(s):  
Diabetic Retinopathy ◽  
Hiv Infection ◽  
Visual Loss ◽  
Corneal Opacity ◽  
Eye Disease ◽  
Refractive Errors ◽  
Eye Injuries ◽  
Corneal Ulcers ◽  
Red Eye ◽  
Global Blindness

Global blindness?, Presenting features of eye disease?, Visual loss: refractive errors?, Cataract?, Corneal opacity?, Glaucoma?, Macular degeneration?, Diabetic retinopathy?, Red eye?, Injuries to the eye?, Red eye with no injury?, Conjunctivitis?, Corneal ulcers?, Uveitis?, Acute glaucoma?, Trachoma?, Xerophthalmia?, Ocular leprosy?, HIV infection and the eye?, Onchocerciasis and the eye?

Rehabilitation in elderly people with visual impairment

1999 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 77-80
Author(s):  
CIA Jack ◽  
JN McGalliard
Keyword(s):  
Visual Impairment ◽  
Elderly People ◽  
Visual Loss ◽  
Elderly Population ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Refractive Errors ◽  
Residential Homes ◽  
Poor Vision ◽  
Visual Problems ◽  
Partially Sighted

In England there are over 100 000 elderly people registered blind and a further 80 000 registered partially sighted. Visual impairment is common in the elderly population, with approximately 10% of people of 65 years of age and over having poor vision. The prevalence of visual problems appears to be much greater among older people in institutionalized care. A study of 100 elderly people living in residential homes in London revealed that 51% had cataract and 34% had significant refractive errors. A further study of patients attending a geriatric day centre found that about one-third had unrecognized visual loss.

scholarly journals Dementia Adjudication Triggers Associated With Increased Mortality for Older Australians: Evidence From ASPREE

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 161-161
Author(s):  
Jane Banaszak-Holl ◽  
Xiaoping Lin ◽  
Jing Xie ◽  
Stephanie Ward ◽  
Henry Brodaty ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Proportional Hazards ◽  
Proportional Hazards Model ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Cox Proportional Hazards ◽  
Service Planning ◽  
Cox Proportional Hazards Model ◽  
Cognitive Test ◽  
Risk Of Death ◽  
Hazards Model ◽  
Using Data

Abstract Research Aims: This study seeks to understand whether those with dementia experience higher risk of death, using data from the ASPREE (ASPirin in Reducing Events in the Elderly) clinical trial study. Methods: ASPREE was a primary intervention trial of low-dose aspirin among healthy older people. The Australian cohort included 16,703 dementia-free participants aged 70 years and over at enrolment. Participants were triggered for dementia adjudication if cognitive test results were poorer than expected, self-reporting dementia diagnosis or memory problems, or dementia medications were detected. Incidental dementia was adjudicated by an international adjudication committee using the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders (DSM-IV) criteria and results of a neuropsychological battery and functional measures with medical record substantiation. Statistical analyses used a cox proportional hazards model. Results: As previously reported, 1052 participants (5.5%) died during a median of 4.7 years of follow-up and 964 participants had a dementia trigger, of whom, 575 (60%) were adjucated as having dementia. Preliminary analyses has shown that the mortality rate was higher among participants with a dementia trigger, regardless of dementia adjudication outcome, than those without (15% vs 5%, Χ2 = 205, p <.001). Conclusion: This study will provide important analyses of differences in the hazard ratio for mortality and causes of death among people with and without cognitive impairment and has important implications on service planning.

High prevalence of suboptimal lipid management in the elderly: A call for new treatment guidelines

2015 ◽  
Vol 24 ◽  
pp. S188
Author(s):  
D. Colquhoun ◽  
I. Hamilton-Craig ◽  
K. Kostner ◽  
S. Woodhouse ◽  
M. d’Emden
Keyword(s):  
Treatment Guidelines ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Lipid Management ◽  
High Prevalence ◽  
New Treatment

scholarly journals Health service planning and medical education.

BMJ ◽  
1978 ◽  
Vol 2 (6135) ◽  
pp. 498-498
Author(s):  
D R Wood ◽  
D Ranger
Keyword(s):  
Medical Education ◽  
Health Service ◽  
Service Planning ◽  
Health Service Planning

scholarly journals Expected background rates of latent TB infection in London inner city schools: lessons from a TB contact investigation exercise in a secondary school

2018 ◽  
Vol 146 (16) ◽  
pp. 2102-2106 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Anaraki ◽  
A.J. Bell ◽  
S. Perkins ◽  
S. Murphy ◽  
S. Dart ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Contact Tracing ◽  
London Borough ◽  
Contact Group ◽  
Contact Investigation ◽  
High Prevalence ◽  
Cohort Study Design ◽  
Latent Tb ◽  
Group 2 ◽  
Latent Tb Infection ◽  
Group 1

AbstractFollowing an extensive contact tracing exercise at a school in a London borough with one of highest tuberculosis (TB) rates in England, we estimated the background prevalence of latent TB infection to be significantly less than the widely accepted 10%. We screened 271 pupils aged 14–15 years in two groups: 96 pupils in group 1 had significant exposure (>8 h/week in the same room) to a case of infectious TB and 175 in group 2 who had minimal exposure. In group 1, 26% were diagnosed with latent or active TB, compared to 6.3% in group 2. Risk factors for TB infection (e.g. previous exposure or link to high-prevalence communities) were analysed using a cohort study design. In the univariable analysis only being in contact group 1 was statistically significantly associated with being a case (OR 5.25, 95%, P < 0.001). In the multivariable model contact group 1 remained significantly associated with being a case (adjusted OR 4.40, P = 0.001). We concluded that the 6.3% yield of TB infection in contact group 2 is either similar to or higher than the background prevalence rate of latent TB infection (LTBI) in this high TB prevalence London borough. Other parts of England with lower TB prevalence are likely to have even lower LTBI rates.

Visual Loss in the Elderly

1977 ◽  
Vol 12 (7) ◽  
pp. 51-59 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abraham L. Kornzweig
Keyword(s):  
Visual Loss ◽  
The Elderly
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