Estimates on the Number of People Blind and Visually Impaired Due to Age-Related Macular Degeneration in Southern Urals 

    Abstract

    Estimates on the Number of People Blind and Visually Impaired Due to Age-Related Macular Degeneration in Southern Urals 

    M.M. Bikbov, E.M. Iakupova, G.M. Kazakbaeva, S. Panda-Jonas, R. Bourne, T.R. Gilmanshin, J.B. Jonas

    Ufa Eye Research Institute, Bashkir State Medical University, Ufa, Russia
Vision & Eye Research Unit, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
Rothschild Foundation Hospital, Institut Français de Myopie, Paris, France
Privatpraxis Prof Jonas und Dr. Panda-Jonas, Heidelberg, Germany
Singapore Eye Research Institute, Singapore National Eye Center, Singapore
Beijing Visual Science and Translational Eye Research Institute (BERI), Beijing Tsinghua Changgung Hospital, Tsinghua Medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
New York Eye and Ear Infirmar y of Mount Sinai, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA

    Purpose. To analyze the prevalence of blindness and vision impairment due to age-related macular degeneration.

    Material and methods. In the period from 2015 to 2017, cross-sectional clinical and population study Ural eye and Medical Study (UEMS) were conducted at the Ufa Research Institute.

    Results. Among individuals with moderate to severe vision impairment, late stage of age-related macular degeneration was the cause of vision impairment in 14 respondents (7.7%; 95% CI: 3.8–11.6), among whom geographic atrophy was noted in 7 (3.8%; 95% CI: 1.0–6.7) people. Among individuals suffering from blindness, AMD as the main cause of vision loss was identified in 2 respondents (18.2%; 95% CI: 3.2–52.2). The proportion of individuals has moderate to severe vision impairment due to age-related macular degeneration in the study population was 0.24% (95% CI: 0.14–0.41), The proportion of people who became blind due to age-related macular degeneration was 0.03% (95% CI: 0.01–0.14).

    Conclusion. In the population of the Southern Urals, the prevalence of moderate and severe visual impairment due to age-related macular degeneration was 0.24% (95% CI: 0.14–0.41), blindness – 0.03% (95% CI: 0.01–0.14). The data obtained are comparable with those among the regions of the world and the world population as a whole.

    Key words: clinical and population studies, age-related macular degeneration, vision impairment, blidness

    For quoting: Bikbov M.M., Iakupova E.M., Kazakbaeva G.M., Panda-Jonas S., Bourne R., Gilmanshin T.R., Jonas J.B. Estimates on the Number of People Blind and Visually Impaired Due to Age-Related Macular Degeneration in Southern Urals. Point of view. East – West. 2024;11(4): 6–10.

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.25276/2410-1257-2024-4-6-10

    Corresponding author: Ellina M. Iakupova, rakhimova_ellina@mail.ru