Comparison of glaucoma diagnosis rates in the tertiary and district clinics
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Tarih
2014
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Anatolian Journal of Clinical Investigation
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Özet
Between dates 14.11.2012 - 03.09.2013 the patients over the age of 18 were included to the study who applied to the both centers. In patients whose intraocular pressure was found to be elevated and/or optic nerve was found yo be suspect glaucomatous, the glaucoma diagnosis was confirmed by doing computerized visual field and by measuring the retinal nerve fiber layer thickness. Within a year, in both centers the proportion of patients newly diagnosed with glaucoma were compared. Total number of patients who were examined at district polyclinics was 3032 (1406's men and women 1626's) and 17,173 in the university hospital (8019 males and 9154 females) and the mean age was46.7 and 49.3, respectively. While the average age was found statitically higher in faculty hospital (p <0.05), there was not found significant difference between the groups in terms of gender (p> 0.05). The number of newly diagnosed glaucoma patients was found 2 (0.065%) in district polyclinic and 47 (0.27%) in faculty hospital. The proportion of newly diagnosed patients in the university hospital were statistically higher (p <0.05). Even if in the city center, the location and pre-opening promotion of health institutions are also important. We thought that the studies comparing between previously opened, well-known district polyclinics and university hospitals with longer term follow-up would be useful in this topic. © 2014, Anatol J Clin Investig. All rights reserved.
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District polyclinic; Glaucoma
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Anatolian Journal of Clinical Investigation
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8
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4
