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

GBD 2015 Eastern Mediterranean Region Vision Loss Collaborators

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

GBD 2015 Eastern Mediterranean Region Vision Loss Collaborators

University of Sharjah

University of Washington

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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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	199-210
Number of pages	12
Journal	International Journal of Public Health
Volume	63
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s00038-017-1000-7
State	Published - 1 May 2018

Keywords

Eastern Mediterranean region
Global burden of disease
Vision disorder
Vision impairment

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abstract = "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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author = "\{GBD 2015 Eastern Mediterranean Region Vision Loss Collaborators\} and Sare Safi and Hamid Ahmadieh and Marzieh Katibeh and Mehdi Yaseri and Alireza Ramezani and Saeid Shahraz and Maziar Moradi-Lakeh and Ibrahim Khalil and Charbel Elbcheraoui and Michael Collison and Adrienne Chew and Farah Daoud and Krohn, \{Kristopher J.\} and Zane Rankin and Ashkan Afshin and Kassebaum, \{Nicholas J.\} and Olsen, \{Helen E.\} and Stanaway, \{Jeffrey D.\} and Haidong Wang and Katie Wilson and Abyu, \{Gebre Yitayih\} and Ayman Al-Eyadhy and Khurshid Alam and Deena Alasfoor and Reza Alizadeh-Navaei and Rajaa Al-Raddadi and Ubai Alsharif and Altirkawi, \{Khalid A.\} and Nahla Anber and Hossein Ansari and Palwasha Anwari and Hamid Asayesh and Asgedom, \{Solomon Weldegebreal\} and Atey, \{Tesfay Mehari\} and Umar Bacha and Aleksandra Barac and Neeraj Bedi and Butt, \{Zahid A.\} and Chitheer, \{Abdulaal A.\} and Shirin Djalalinia and \{Do Phuc\}, Huyen and Babak Eshrati and Farvid, \{Maryam S.\} and Farshad Farzadfar and Fereshtehnejad, \{Seyed Mohammad\} and Florian Fischer and Gebrehiwot, \{Tsegaye Tewelde\} and Hamadeh, \{Randah Ribhi\} and Samer Hamidi and Higazi, \{Tarig B.\}",

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AU - Farvid, Maryam S.

AU - Farzadfar, Farshad

AU - Fereshtehnejad, Seyed Mohammad

AU - Fischer, Florian

AU - Gebrehiwot, Tsegaye Tewelde

AU - Hamadeh, Randah Ribhi

AU - Hamidi, Samer

AU - Higazi, Tarig B.

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KW - Global burden of disease

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