The Gambia National Eye Health Survey 2019: survey protocol

Wellcome Open Research

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Hannah Faal¹  Modou Jobe²  Min J. Kim³  Ben Kirkpatrick⁴  Ian McCormick³  John Atta Okoh⁵  Segun Isaac Olaniyan⁵  Andrew M. Prentice²  Jacqueline Ramke³  Ruth Taylor⁷  Matthew Burton³  Islay Mactaggart³  Abba Hydara⁵  Andrew Bastawrous³  Suzannah Bell⁴  Dorothy Boggs⁸  Tess Bright⁸  Hannaa Bobat⁹  Julian Eaton^1,10 

[1] University of Calabar Teaching Hospital, Calabar;Medical Research Unit The Gambia, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine;International Centre for Eye Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine;Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust;Sheikh Zayed Regional Eye Care Centre;School of Optometry and Vision Science, University of Auckland;East London NHS Foundation Trust;International Centre for Evidence in Disability, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine;St Mary's Hospital;Centre for Global Mental Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine;CBM Global

关键词: Eye health survey;    vision impairment;    blindness;    comorbidity;    non-communicable diseases;    mental health;    disability;    assistive technology;    mobile tools;   

DOI  :  10.12688/wellcomeopenres.16531.2

学科分类：内科医学

来源: Wellcome

【 摘 要 】

Two national surveys of vision impairment and blindness were undertaken in The Gambia in 1986 and 1996. These provided data for the inception of The Gambia’s National Eye Health Programme (NEHP) within the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare. There have been important developments in the eye health services provided by the NEHP in the last 20 years. At the same time, the population has also undergone major demographic changes that may have led to substantial changes in the burden of eye disease. We conducted a National Eye Health Survey of vision impairment, blindness and its comorbidities in adults in The Gambia in 2019. We examined a nationally representative population-based sample of adults 35 years and above to permit direct comparison with the data available from the previous surveys. Alongside a comprehensive vision and eye examination, the survey provides nationally representative data on important comorbidities in this population: diabetes, hypertension, obesity, hearing impairment, disability and mental health. Secondly, it estimates access to assistive technologies and eye health services. Thirdly, it is powered to allow a five-year follow up cohort study to measure the incidence and progression of eye disease.

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