Prevalence of Glaucoma in the Israeli Arab Population

Ziv Hospital

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Glaucoma

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01546740

ZIV-0060-11

Details and patient eligibility

About

there is a variety of glaucoma prevalence within different populations. this study examine the prevalence of glaucoma in the Arab population in Israel' as well as the demographic variables and the compliance to treatment in the population.

Full description

from Medical records of primary care clinic in the city of Tira. the patients are recruited, all glaucoma patients are above age of 20 years. they must suffer from CDR >= 0.5 with/without asymmetry with the other eye. or they suffer from glaucomatous damage to the visual fields.

Enrollment: 15,000 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 20+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Cup-to-disk ratio (CDR) > 0.5 with asymmetry between the eyes
• Intraocular pressure (IOP) > 23 mm Hg
• Damage to the field of vision
• Age- above 20 Yrs. old

Exclusion criteria

• None

Trial design

15,000 participants in 1 patient group

Glaucoma patients

Description:

all the ,medical records of patients who were diagnosed with primary open angle glaucoma, closed angle , pseudoexfoliative and neovascular glaucoma.