Eye Disease And Visual Impairment Among Hispanics In The USA

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N. K. Noah Kasraie, “Eye Disease And Visual Impairment Among Hispanics In The USA”, ijmhs, vol. 6, no. 5, Sep. 2016.
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Abstract

Objective: The purpose of this quantitative study was to examine the relationship between eye disease/visual impairment and ethnicity among Hispanics in the USA and to investigate to what extent ethnicity (Hispanic vs. Caucasian) makes a difference on eye disease/visual impairment for various ocular diseases such as Glaucoma, Cataracts, Ager-related Macular Degeneration and Diabetic retinopathy. Materials and Methods: Correlational Design was utilized as the research deign of this quantitative study. The sample size included 300 participants in which half were Hispanic and half Caucasian. The average age of participants was 41 and 63% were female. Results: Overall Hispanics had higher rates in most eye diseases.  Hispanic participants had higher rates of refractive error than Caucasians. Hispanics had statistically significantly higher rates in four categories including cataracts, blepharitis, pinguecula and glaucoma suspect.

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