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Socioeconomic Factors and Disease Severity at Glaucoma Presentation
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نویسنده
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Eslami Yadollah ,Amini Heidar ,Zarei Reza ,Fakhraie Ghasem ,Moghimi Sasan ,Mohammadi Farzad ,Sheibani Mehdi ,Daneshvar Ramin
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منبع
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journal of current ophthalmology - 2011 - دوره : 23 - شماره : 2 - صفحه:19 -26
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چکیده
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Purpose: to investigate the impact of socioeconomic factors on presenting severity of glaucoma methods: in a cross-sectional study at farabi eye hospital, and during 12 months study period, 258 patients with newly diagnosed glaucoma were enrolled and socioeconomic status of the patients were evaluated.results: lower socioeconomic score was associated with higher intraocular pressure (r=-0.307, p<0.0001), poorer best corrected visual acuity (bcva) (r=-0.280, p≤0.0001), and higher cup/disc ratio (r=-0.351, p≤0.0001). expressed income was also negatively correlated with cup/disc ratio (r=-0.258, p<0.0001).conclusion: advanced glaucoma at presentation is directly related to the low socioeconomic status of patients
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کلیدواژه
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Advanced Glaucoma ,Cup/Disc Ratio ,Socioeconomic Status
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آدرس
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tehran university of medical sciences tums, Farabi Eye Hospital, Eye Research Center, ایران, tehran university of medical sciences tums, Farabi Eye Hospital, Eye Research Center, ایران, tehran university of medical sciences tums, Farabi Eye Hospital, Eye Research Center, ایران, tehran university of medical sciences tums, Farabi Eye Hospital, Eye Research Center, ایران, tehran university of medical sciences tums, Farabi Eye Hospital, Eye Research Center, ایران, tehran university of medical sciences tums, Farabi Eye Hospital, Eye Research Center, ایران, tehran university of medical sciences tums, Farabi Eye Hospital, Eye Research Center, ایران, tehran university of medical sciences tums, Farabi Eye Hospital, Eye Research Center, ایران
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پست الکترونیکی
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radaneshvar@gmail.com
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