The Prevalence of Eye Disease in Asaba Specialist Hospital

  • P. E. Ohwin Human Physiology Department, Faculty of Basic Medical Science, Delta State University Abraka. Nigeria.
  • A. J. Money Dispensing Opticianry Department, Delta State College of Health Sciences, Ofuoma, Ughelli, Nigeria.
  • E. O. Emurotu Department of Optometry, Faculty of Allied Medical Sciences, Dennis Osadebey University, Asaba.
  • O. O. Ofulue Department of Nursing Science, Faculty of Allied Medical Sciences, Dennis Osadebey University, Asaba
  • S. O. Adogbeji Dispensing Opticianry Department, Delta State College of Health Sciences, Ofuoma, Ughelli, Nigeria.
  • C. N. Udukpo Human Physiology Department, Faculty of Basic Medical Science, Delta State University Abraka. Nigeria.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14879228
Keywords: Prevalence, Eye Diseases, Gender/Sex., Male, Female

Abstract

The eye as organ of the visual system, mainly detect light and convert it into electro-chemical impulses in neurons. The aim of this study is to evaluate the prevalence of eye diseases in Asaba Specialist Hospital. A simple random sampling technique was used for selection of 700 sample sizes. Details of medical records of every patient that visited the ophthalmology unit of Asaba Specialist Hospital were used to obtain data for current study. The information of patients diagnosed with eye disease was retrieved and recorded in the data sheet; information collected includes gender, age, diagnosis, occupation and marital status. Data was analyzed with simple descriptive statistics and presented in frequency charts and tables using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS). The results from this study showed that the prevalence of eye diseases in Asaba Specialist Hospital is in the following order: Allergic conjunctivitis (30%)> Refractive error (24.90%)> Bilateral cataract (11.43%) > Glaucoma (9.57%) > Bacterial Conjunctivitis (4.57%) > ocular allergy (4.29%) > corneal laceration (2.72%) > Pterygium (2.14%) > dry eye syndrome(1.71%) > diabetic ametropia (1.28%) > bilateral corneal opacity (1.14%). Study also determined prevalence of eye defects in sex and the average mean cases calculated revealed that eye diseases were had high prevalence in females (19.05±33.87) when compared to males (14.29±24.70). Conclusively, conjunctivitis had the highest index closely followed by refractive conditions with corneal opacity having the least occurrence.

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2022-12-30
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Ohwin, P. E., Money, A. J., Emurotu, E. O., Ofulue, O. O., Adogbeji, S. O., & Udukpo, C. N. (2022). The Prevalence of Eye Disease in Asaba Specialist Hospital. GPH-International Journal of Biological & Medicine Science, 5(12), 13-22. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14879228
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