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TitelOcular disorders among paediatric patients in Kinshasa
DoelTo determine the common eye disorders in patients less than 17 years of age (paediatric patients), attending outpatient in an eye clinic in Kinshasa.
MethodesWe performed a retrospective cross-sectional and descriptive analysis of the data collected between January 2005 and August 2016 from patients less than 17 years of age, examined in an outpatient eye clinic, a general ophthalmology practice. Patients were grouped according to their age group preschool (0–5 years), school age (6–10 years) or older children (11–16 years). All children had a full ophthalmic evaluation, including refraction/cyclorefraction, slit lamp examination, an assessment of intraocular pressure (IOP), ocular motility and ophthalmoscopy.
ResultatenOut of 17469 patients seen during the study period, 2360 (13.5%) were less than 17 years of age. The mean age (SD) of the patients was 9.65 (4.41) years (range, 0.02 to 16 years). There were 1260 (53.4%) female and 1100 (46.6%) male, with a male to female ratio of 1:1.15. Of 2360, 517 (21.9%) children had no eye disorders. Of 1843 patients with eye disorders, refractive errors were the most common encountered disorders seen in 722 (39.2%) patients, which were followed by conjunctivitis (362 patients, 19.6%).
ConclusieFrom the results of the study, refractive errors and conjunctivitis were the two most common disorders of childhood ocular diseases; therefore, the results justify a school eye screening programme.
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Auteur 1
NaamKAIMBO WA KAIMBO
InitialenD
InstituutUniversity of Kinshasa
StadKinshasa
Auteur 2
NaamKAIMBO
InitialenMT
InstituutUniversity of Kinshasa
StadKinshasa
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