Magnitude of visual impairment and associated factors among patients attending ophthalmic clinics of Debre Markos referral hospital, north West Ethiopia

Abstract Background Globally, visual impairment affects about 285 million (4.25%) people, of those, 266.4 million were adults aged 18 years and above. Ethiopia is one of developing countries estimated to have high prevalence of visual impairment which have an enormous socio-economic impact. Also the...

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Main Authors: Haimanot Abebe, Fasil Wagnew, Haymanot Zeleke, Bitew Tefera, Shegaw Tesfa, Tamene Fetene
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-02-01
Series:BMC Ophthalmology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12886-021-01863-0