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KMID : 1159320230250020123
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Korean Journal of Vision Science
2023 Volume.25 No. 2 p.123 ~ p.135
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Related Factors of Undiagnosed Glaucoma in Korea
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Son Seong-Hoon
Baek Seung-Sun
Lee Hyun
Kim Jung-Hyun
Cho Jong-Pil
Kim Chul-Woung
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Abstract
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Purpose : The purpose of this study is to determine the correlation between the characteristics and related factors of undiagnosed glaucoma for the prevention and early diagnosis of glaucoma.
Methods : This cross-sectional study was conducted on 7,546 adults aged 40 years and over who had eye examinations in the 7th 2017~2018 period of the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. For statistics, a chi-square test was used, and the related was analyzed using logistic regression analysis.
Results : Of the 7,546 participants, 325 were diagnosed with glaucoma, with a aprevalence of 4.3%. Of these, 47 had been diagnosed in advance, and 180 were undiagnosed glaucoma patients who had never been treated with glaucoma before, representing a rate of 79%. In the age- and gender-adjusted related analysis, compared with the group that had visited the ophthalmologist within 1 month, the related was 21 times higher in the group that had visited the ophthalmologist within 1 month to 1 year (95% CI 3.23-139.98, P=0.002), and 126 times higher in the group that had not visited the ophthalmologist for more than 1 year (95% CI 22.44-708.52 P=0.001). And the related of undiagnosed glaucoma was 8 times (95% CI 1.07-67.88 P=0.043) higher in the patient group with hyperopia in Right eye refractive error.
In other sociological and health-related factors, no statistical significance was found for undiagnosed glaucoma and diagnosed glaucoma.
Conclusion : Regular visits to the ophthalmologist and patients with hyperopic refractive error are important factors for early diagnosis of undiagnosed glaucoma.
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KEYWORD
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Diagnosis, Eye disease, Glaucoma, Incidence, Prevention
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