Journal article
Global estimates on the number of people blind or visually impaired by cataract: a meta-analysis from 2000 to 2020
Abstract
BackgroundTo estimate global and regional trends from 2000 to 2020 of the number of persons visually impaired by cataract and their proportion of the total number of vision-impaired individuals.MethodsA systematic review and meta-analysis of published population studies and gray literature from 2000 to 2020 was carried out to estimate global and regional trends. We developed prevalence estimates based on modeled distance visual impairment and …
Authors
Pesudovs K; Lansingh VC; Kempen JH; Tapply I; Fernandes AG; Cicinelli MV; Arrigo A; Leveziel N; Resnikoff S; Taylor HR
Journal
Eye, Vol. 38, No. 11, pp. 2156–2172
Publisher
Springer Nature
Publication Date
August 2024
DOI
10.1038/s41433-024-02961-1
ISSN
0950-222X