| Title: |
Burden of vision loss in the Eastern Mediterranean region, 1990–2015: findings from the Global Burden of Disease 2015 study |
| Authors: |
Safi, S; Ahmadieh, H; Katibeh, M; Yaseri, M; Ramezani, A; Shahraz, S; Moradi-Lakeh, M; Khalil, I; Elbcheraoui, C; Collison, M; Chew, A; Daoud, F; Krohn, KJ; Rankin, Z; Afshin, A; Kassebaum, NJ; Olsen, HE; Stanaway, JD; Wang, H; Wilson, K; Abyu, GY; Al-Eyadhy, A; Alam, K; Alasfoor, D; Alizadeh-Navaei, R; Al-Raddadi, R; Alsharif, U; Altirkawi, KA; Anber, N; Ansari, H; Anwari, P; Asayesh, H; Asgedom, SW; Atey, TM; Bacha, U; Barac, A; Bedi, N; Butt, ZA; Chitheer, AA; Djalalinia, S; Do Phuc, H; Eshrati, B; Farvid, MS; Farzadfar, F; Fereshtehnejad, SM; Fischer, F; Gebrehiwot, TT; Hamadeh, RR; Hamidi, S; Higazi, TB; Hsairi, M; Jimenez-Corona, A; John, D; Jonas, JB; Kasaeian, A; Khader, YS; Khan, EA; Larson, HJ; Latif, AA; Lunevicius, R; Magdy Abd El Razek, H; Magdyabdelrazek, M; Majeed, A; Malekzadeh, R; McAlinden, C; Memish, ZA; Miller, TR; Mohammadi, SF; Nangia, V; Nguyen, CT; Le Nguyen, Q; Ogbo, FA; Pourmalek, F; Qorbani, M; Rafay, A; Rahimi-Movaghar, V; Rai, RK; Rana, SM; Rawaf, DL; Rawaf, S; Renzaho, AMN; Rezaei, S; Roshandel, G; Safdarian, M; Safiri, S; Salamati, P; Samy, AM; Sartorius, B; Sepanlou, SG; Shaikh, MA; Skiadaresi, E; Sobaih, BHA; Suliankatchiabdulkader, R; Taylor, HR; Tehrani-Banihashemi, A; Temsah, MH; Topor-Madry, R; Tran, BX; Tsilimbaris, M; Ukwaja, KN |
| Publisher Information: |
FRONTIERS MEDIA SA |
| Publication Year: |
2018 |
| Collection: |
The University of Melbourne: Digital Repository |
| Description: |
OBJECTIVES: To report the estimated trend in prevalence and years lived with disability (YLDs) due to vision loss (VL) in the Eastern Mediterranean region (EMR) from 1990 to 2015. METHODS: The estimated trends in age-standardized prevalence and the YLDs rate due to VL in 22 EMR countries were extracted from the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) 2015 study. The association of Socio-demographic Index (SDI) with changes in prevalence and YLDs of VL was evaluated using a multilevel mixed model. RESULTS: The age-standardized prevalence of VL in the EMR was 18.2% in 1990 and 15.5% in 2015. The total age-standardized YLDs rate attributed to all-cause VL in EMR was 536.9 per 100,000 population in 1990 and 482.3 per 100,000 population in 2015. For each 0.1 unit increase in SDI, the age-standardized prevalence and YLDs rate of VL showed a reduction of 1.5% (p < 0.001) and 23.9 per 100,000 population (p < 0.001), respectively. CONCLUSIONS: The burden of VL is high in the EMR; however, it shows a descending trend over the past 25 years. EMR countries need to establish comprehensive eye care programs in their health care systems. |
| Document Type: |
article in journal/newspaper |
| Language: |
English |
| ISSN: |
1661-8556 |
| Relation: |
https://hdl.handle.net/11343/253112 |
| Availability: |
https://hdl.handle.net/11343/253112 |
| Rights: |
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 ; CC BY |
| Accession Number: |
edsbas.42E21D8D |
| Database: |
BASE |