Objective: To verify the socioeconomic aspects, the professional formation, the educational level and the state of health of people with visual deficiency. Methods: This is a cross-sectional and descriptive study with the participation of 33 people with visual impairment attended at a Specialized Institution for this deficiency in the city of Uberaba-MG, 16 with low vision and 17 with blindness. Socioeconomic aspects were evaluated through the Brazilian Economic Classification Criteria (CCEB), professional training and health status were verified by completing […]

Objective: Describe the epidemiological profile of cornea donors in the state of Goiás. Methods: We used a random sample of 793 records calculated by the formula of Leslie Kish (Epi Info 7) taking into account a total of 3,093 records from January 2006 to August 2015. The data was analyzed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) and the results were described using proportions, central tendency and dispersion measures. Comparisons between categorical variables were made using the chi-square test […]

Purpose: To define the epidemiological aspects of the patients submitted to keratoplasty in the state of Santa Catarina, Brazil and the main indications for this procedure. Methods: We conducted an observational, descriptive and retrospective study with the data of 1161 patients submitted to cornea transplantation from january 2008 to december 2010, at the Transplantation Center of Santa Catarina. The analyzed data were: age, gender, origin, transplant date, indication and transplanted eye. Results: The mean age was 45.51 years and men […]

Purpose: To describe the epidemiological profile of patients waiting for penetrating keratoplasty in state of Pernambuco, Brazil. Methods: Transversal and retrospective study, with 871 patients, in the period of 06/01/2011 a 05/31/2012, were registered on the waiting list for corneal transplantation in the Central of Notification, Captation and Distribution of Organs (CNCDO) of Pernambuco. Registration forms of cornea receiving were used, adapted to the purposes of this research. Results: In relation to frequency, it was obtained 54% female, 35% aged […]