Category: Health Research

Bangladesh Population-Based Diabetes and Eye Study (BPDES)

PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to assess the knowledge, attitudes and practice and impact of socioeconomic factors upon the prevalence of pre-diabetes, diabetes, hypertension and disability amongst a large adult population in rural Bangladesh. METHODS/DESIGN: A sample of 3104 adults aged ≥30 years were interviewed from a cluster sample of 18 villages in […]

School vision screening

Vision impairment among schoolchildren assessed by mid-level technicians and schoolteachers ABSTRACT Background: Childhood visual impairment is often due to uncorrected refractive error. To assess childhood visual impairment in schoolchildren in cooperation with schoolteachers in a rural district in Bangladesh. Methods: Visual acuity data were collected from 13277 children aged 7 to 11 from 192 institutes, […]