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Nationwide incidence of blindness in South Korea: a 12-year study from 2002 to 2013

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dc.contributor.author김성수-
dc.contributor.author임형택-
dc.date.accessioned2018-07-20T11:55:33Z-
dc.date.available2018-07-20T11:55:33Z-
dc.date.issued2017-
dc.identifier.issn1442-6404-
dc.identifier.urihttps://ir.ymlib.yonsei.ac.kr/handle/22282913/161503-
dc.description.abstractIMPORTANCE: Blindness is an important public health issue. BACKGROUND: The background of the study is to determine the incidence of blindness in South Korea. DESIGN: Nationwide population-based retrospective study. PARTICIPANTS: All individuals from South Korea (n = 47 516 098). METHODS: Patients confirmed with legal blindness based on the worse-seeing and better-seeing eyes between 1 January 2002 and 31 December 2013 were included. The Korean National Health Insurance Service (KNHIS) database was used. Using the World Health Organization definition, blindness was defined as best-corrected visual acuity in the worse-seeing and better-seeing eyes of <20/400. The mean incidence of blindness during the 12-year period was estimated. The population of South Korea was estimated using census data in 2005 and 2010. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: The total number of legal blindness cases in the KNHIS database. RESULTS: We identified 195 004 and 20 492 cases of newly developed legal blindness based on the worse-seeing and better-seeing eyes, respectively, and the mean incidences of blindness were 34.2 and 3.6 cases/100 000 person-years, respectively. The prevalence of blindness based on the worse-seeing and better-seeing eyes was 425.3 and 57.7 cases/100 000 persons, respectively. The incidence of blindness based on the worse-seeing eye was higher in men than in women overall. Additionally, the incidence increased with age and showed a decreasing trend from 2002 to 2013. CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE: The prevalence of blindness showed an increasing trend from 2002 to 2013. The findings of our study will help in the assessment of the blindness-related socio-economic burden and in healthcare planning.-
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dc.languageEnglish-
dc.publisherWiley-Blackwell Pub. Asia-
dc.relation.isPartOfCLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL OPHTHALMOLOGY-
dc.rightsCC BY-NC-ND 2.0 KR-
dc.rightshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/kr/-
dc.subject.MESHAdolescent-
dc.subject.MESHAdult-
dc.subject.MESHAge Distribution-
dc.subject.MESHAged-
dc.subject.MESHAged, 80 and over-
dc.subject.MESHBlindness/epidemiology*-
dc.subject.MESHBlindness/physiopathology-
dc.subject.MESHBlindness/rehabilitation Child-
dc.subject.MESHChild, Preschool-
dc.subject.MESHDisability Evaluation-
dc.subject.MESHFemale-
dc.subject.MESHFollow-Up Studies-
dc.subject.MESHForecasting*-
dc.subject.MESHHumans-
dc.subject.MESHIncidence-
dc.subject.MESHInfant-
dc.subject.MESHInfant, Newborn-
dc.subject.MESHMale-
dc.subject.MESHMiddle Aged-
dc.subject.MESHPopulation Surveillance/methods*-
dc.subject.MESHPrevalence-
dc.subject.MESHPublic Health*-
dc.subject.MESHRegistries*-
dc.subject.MESHRepublic of Korea/epidemiology-
dc.subject.MESHRetrospective Studies-
dc.subject.MESHSex Distribution-
dc.subject.MESHSocioeconomic Factors-
dc.subject.MESHVisual Acuity*-
dc.subject.MESHVisually Impaired Persons/statistics & numerical data*-
dc.subject.MESHYoung Adult-
dc.titleNationwide incidence of blindness in South Korea: a 12-year study from 2002 to 2013-
dc.typeArticle-
dc.contributor.collegeCollege of Medicine-
dc.contributor.departmentDept. of Ophthalmology-
dc.contributor.googleauthorTyler Hyungtaek Rim-
dc.contributor.googleauthorDong Wook Kim-
dc.contributor.googleauthorEun Jee Chung-
dc.contributor.googleauthorSung Soo Kim-
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/ceo.12962-
dc.contributor.localIdA00571-
dc.contributor.localIdA03419-
dc.relation.journalcodeJ02853-
dc.identifier.eissn1442-9071-
dc.identifier.pmid28418606-
dc.identifier.urlhttps://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/ceo.12962-
dc.subject.keywordblindness-
dc.subject.keywordepidemiology-
dc.subject.keywordincidence-
dc.contributor.alternativeNameKim, Sung Soo-
dc.contributor.alternativeNameRim, Tyler Hyungtaek-
dc.contributor.affiliatedAuthorKim, Sung Soo-
dc.contributor.affiliatedAuthorRim, Tyler Hyungtaek-
dc.citation.volume45-
dc.citation.number8-
dc.citation.startPage773-
dc.citation.endPage778-
dc.identifier.bibliographicCitationCLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL OPHTHALMOLOGY, Vol.45(8) : 773-778, 2017-
dc.identifier.rimsid61409-
dc.type.rimsART-
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