Prevalence of Age-Related Macular Degeneration in Slovakia and Associated Risk Factors: A Mobile Clinic-Based Cross-Sectional Epidemiological Survey

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Result on the web

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08820538.2017.1316861" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08820538.2017.1316861</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08820538.2017.1316861" target="_blank" >10.1080/08820538.2017.1316861</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Prevalence of Age-Related Macular Degeneration in Slovakia and Associated Risk Factors: A Mobile Clinic-Based Cross-Sectional Epidemiological Survey

Original language description

Purpose: Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is one of the leading causes of blindness in the elderly population. Although there are prevalence studies for AMD in Europe, data are scarce for the Slovakian population. Methods: This was a prospective, multicenter, non-interventional, mobile clinic-based cross-sectional study that assessed age-specific prevalence of AMD in the Slovakian population and risk factors associated with AMD. The type of AMD was graded based on the international age-related maculopathy grading system; optical coherence tomography (OCT) was used for the differential diagnosis. Overall, 3,278 patients were screened; the fundus photographs, OCT scans, and self-reports were collected at the mobile clinic in a single visit. Results: The prevalence of AMD in the study population was 8.99% (wet AMD 1.01%; dry AMD 7.85%), whereas the extrapolated estimate in the entire Slovakian population was 3.3% (wet AMD 0.3%; dry AMD 3.0%). Age, smoking, and hypertension were risk factors associated with AMD; however, contrary to reports in the literature, no gender-specific association was observed. Conclusion: Based on the results of this study, mobile clinics may be an effective way to extend health care access to a larger population. Early diagnosis of AMD will assist in early treatment and effective disease management of the population at risk.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

30107 - Medicinal chemistry

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2018

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Seminars in ophthalmology

ISSN

0882-0538

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

33

Issue of the periodical within the volume

4

Country of publishing house

US - UNITED STATES

Number of pages

6

Pages from-to

506-511

UT code for WoS article

000433551400012

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85019539571