Journal of Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology
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Department of Optometry and Orthoptics, Al-Shifa Trust Eye Hospital, Rawalpindi, Pakistan

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• Research   
  Late Presentation of Primary Open Angle Glaucoma and its Predictors at a Tertiary Eye Care Hospital in Pakistan
  Author(s): Hijab Arshad*, Mahmood Ali, Saad Alam Khan, Farah Akhtar and Abdul Mueed
  
  Background: To determine stages of glaucoma and to identify predictors of late presentation. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in a tertiary eye hospital for four months. All patients diagnosed with primary open angle glaucoma for the first time were inducted and data was collected through an interview-based questionnaire. Classification into stages (early or late) was done based on visual field parameters and optic disc findings. Multivariable logistic regression was conducted to identify predictors of late presentation of glaucoma. Results: Out of total sample (n=325), 82.2% of the cases (n=267) presented in hospital at late stage of glaucoma. Multivariable logistic regression model explained 18% to 29.6% variation in outcome variable. Late presentation was more likely in individuals with chief compl.. View More»
  

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