Burden of vision loss in the Eastern Mediterranean region, 1990-2015: findings from the Global Burden of Disease 2015 study

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    Mokdad, AH; Safi, S; Ahmadieh, H; Katibeh, M; Yaseri, M; Ramezani, A; Shahraz, S; Moradi-Lakeh, M; Khalil, I; El Bcheraoui, C; ...
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    2018-05-01
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    International Journal of Public Health
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    SPRINGER BASEL AG
    University of Melbourne Author/s
    Alam, Mohammad; Taylor, Hugh
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    Melbourne School of Population and Global Health
    Paediatrics (RCH)
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    Mokdad, A. H., Safi, S., Ahmadieh, H., Katibeh, M., Yaseri, M., Ramezani, A., Shahraz, S., Moradi-Lakeh, M., Khalil, I., El Bcheraoui, C., Collison, M., Chew, A., Daoud, F., Krohn, K. J., Rankin, Z., Afshin, A., Kassebaum, N. J., Olsen, H. E., Stanaway, J. D. ,... Murray, C. J. L. (2018). Burden of vision loss in the Eastern Mediterranean region, 1990-2015: findings from the Global Burden of Disease 2015 study. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH, 63 (Suppl 1), pp.199-210. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00038-017-1000-7.
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    http://hdl.handle.net/11343/253112
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    10.1007/s00038-017-1000-7
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    OBJECTIVES: To report the estimated trend in prevalence and years lived with disability (YLDs) due to vision loss (VL) in the Eastern Mediterranean region (EMR) from 1990 to 2015. METHODS: The estimated trends in age-standardized prevalence and the YLDs rate due to VL in 22 EMR countries were extracted from the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) 2015 study. The association of Socio-demographic Index (SDI) with changes in prevalence and YLDs of VL was evaluated using a multilevel mixed model. RESULTS: The age-standardized prevalence of VL in the EMR was 18.2% in 1990 and 15.5% in 2015. The total age-standardized YLDs rate attributed to all-cause VL in EMR was 536.9 per 100,000 population in 1990 and 482.3 per 100,000 population in 2015. For each 0.1 unit increase in SDI, the age-standardized prevalence and YLDs rate of VL showed a reduction of 1.5% (p < 0.001) and 23.9 per 100,000 population (p < 0.001), respectively. CONCLUSIONS: The burden of VL is high in the EMR; however, it shows a descending trend over the past 25 years. EMR countries need to establish comprehensive eye care programs in their health care systems.

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