Características clínico epidemiológicas y prevalencia de glaucoma crónico simple en la Fundación DONUM durante el período 2017-2019
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2021-04-13
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Universidad de Cuenca
Abstract
Background: The open-angle glaucoma is the leading cause of permanent and
irreversible vision loss worldwide. This disease is defined as a progressive optic
neuropathy that results in damage of the optic disk and visual field loss.
Objective: The aim of this study is to determine the prevalence and risk factors for
primary open angle glaucoma in DONUM foundation during 2017-2019.
Methodology: The present study is descriptive, observational, retrospective crosssectional
and was based in 122 patients who attended to DONUM foundation in Cuenca-
Ecuador between 2017 to 2019. The information was collected from the clinical records
who fulfilled all the inclusion criteria with a form performed by the authors. Prevalence
rate was calculated in cases per 100 people. The results were presented using simple
frequency tables and percentages.
Results: The prevalence of open angle glaucoma was 4.60%, with higher prevalence in
women than men, associated with a family history of glaucoma, mestizo ethnicity,
hypertension and older age. It was found that 45.9% of patients came to the medical
consultation asymptomatic, the most frequent comorbidity was high myopia, an alteration
in the fundus was found in all patients and 27.7% of the population had a visual acuity
less than 20/200; defined as blindness. Conclusions: Open angle glaucoma is more frequent in women from mestizo ethnicity, positive family history of glaucoma, and advanced age. Most of the patients are
asymptomatic, which is related to a late diagnosis and worse visual prognosis.
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Conclusions: Open angle glaucoma is more frequent in women from mestizo ethnicity,
positive family history of glaucoma, and advanced age. Most of the patients are
asymptomatic, which is related to a late diagnosis and worse visual prognosis.
Keywords
Medicina, Glaucoma, Campimetría, Presión Intraocular
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MED;2564