Ocular impairments in an impairment survey of leprosy-affected persons in Nepal

Indian J Lepr. 1998 Jan-Mar;70(1):93-6.

Abstract

An impairment survey was carried out in Nepal. The study subjects (n = 318) were a mixture of out-patients and patients admitted less than one month before the survey. Of the subjects, 101 were attending the hospital out-patients clinic or were admitted and the rest were examined in the field. The patients studied included those on MDT and care-after-cure cases. Ocular impairments were found in 25% of these cases. The most common ocular impairment was poor vision followed by lagophthalmos and insensitive cornea.

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Age Factors
  • Aged
  • Blindness / epidemiology
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Eye Diseases / epidemiology*
  • Eye Diseases / etiology
  • Eye Infections, Bacterial / complications*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Leprosy / complications*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Nepal / epidemiology
  • Outpatient Clinics, Hospital
  • Vision Disorders / epidemiology*
  • Vision Disorders / etiology