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Impact of a mobile unit on access to eye care in São Paulo, Brazil
Satto,Larissa Horikawa; Meneghim,Roberta Lilian Fernandes de Souza; Hirai,Flavio Eduardo; Padovani,Carlos Roberto; Schellini,Silvana ArtioliABSTRACT Purpose: The goal of this study was to determine the impact of a mobile eye health unit on access to eye care and to generate a profile of the population requiring ophthalmic care by age, nature of their ophthalmic diseases, and optimal management. Methods: The study was conducted in 14 cities in the southwest region of São Paulo, Brazil. Subjects included individuals who participate in the Brazilian U...
Magnitude of visual impairment, blindness and causes in the southwest region of...
Schellini,Silvana Artioli; Meneghim,Roberta Lilian Fernandes de Souza; Satto,Larissa; Cavinatto,Pedro; Galindo-Ferreiro,Alicia; Khandekar,RajivABSTRACT Purposes: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the magnitude and determinants of bilateral blindness and visual impairment (VI) in the southwest region of São Paulo State, Brazil. Methods: This cross-sectional study conducted during 2013 and 2014 targeted people of all ages in 10 districts in the southwest region of São Paulo State, Brazil. Ophthalmologists in a mobile unit measured visual acuity ...