Pattern of Ocular Diseases in Patients Attending To A Tertiary Eye Care Center In Southern Odisha
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Dental and Medical Sciences (IOSR-JDMS) - Year 2018, Vol 17, Issue 9
Abstract
A retrospective review of 2348 patients were done who had attended to the OPD of ophthalmology department,MKCG Medical College Berhampur over a period of 1.5 months.The needed informations were taken from patients medical records. Out of 2348 patients 1364(58.1%) were male and 984(41.9%) were females with male to female ratio of 1.38:1.Refractive error (39.26%) was found to be the commonest ocular morbidity followed by conjunctival disorders (15.33%), cataract (14.6%), corneal disorders (10.52%), posterior segment disorders (5%), miscellaneous (4.77%), lid disorders (4%), trauma (3%), glaucoma (1.75%), and squint (1.15%). The study shows exceeding number of male patients than females which implies that females are less aware about their health problems and also ignorance and education is an important causative factors. The leading causes of ocular morbidity in our study were refractive error,conjunctival disorder, cataract and corneal disorders.
Authors and Affiliations
Dr Radhakanta Bhoi, Dr Sarita Panda, Dr Jitendra Panda, Prof. BNR Subudhi
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