A comprehensive study capturing vision loss burden in Pakistan

A comprehensive study capturing vision loss burden in Pakistan

This study aims to provide estimates, trends and projections of vision loss burden in Pakistan from 1990 to 2025. Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study (GBD 2017) was used to observe the vision loss burden in terms of prevalence and Years Lived with Disability (YLDs). As of 201...

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Veröffentlicht in:PloS one 2019-05, Vol.14 (5), p.e0216492
Hauptverfasser: Hassan, Bilal, Ahmed, Ramsha, Li, Bo, Noor, Ayesha, Hassan, Zahid ul
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Sprache:eng
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Analysis
Back pain
Banks (Finance)
Blindness
Care and treatment
Eye diseases
Forecasts and trends
Headache
Life expectancy
Medical research
Presbyopia
Quality of life
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Zusammenfassung:This study aims to provide estimates, trends and projections of vision loss burden in Pakistan from 1990 to 2025. Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study (GBD 2017) was used to observe the vision loss burden in terms of prevalence and Years Lived with Disability (YLDs). As of 2017, out of 207.7 million people in Pakistan, an estimated 1.12 million (95% Uncertainty Interval [UI] 1.07-1.19) were blind (Visual Acuity [VA]
ISSN:1932-6203
1932-6203
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0216492