Ocular impairments in an impairment survey of leprosy-affected persons in Nepal
Knuuttila, J.P.; van Brakel, W.H.; Anderson, A.M.
Indian Journal of Leprosy 70(1): 93-96
1998
ISSN/ISBN: 0254-9395 PMID: 9598409 Document Number: 490320
An impairment survey was carried out in Nepal. The study subjects (n = 318) were a mixture of out-patients and patients admitted less than one month before the survey. Of the subjects, 101 were attending the hospital out-patients clinic or were admitted and the rest were examined in the field. The patients studied included those on MDT and care-after-cure cases. Ocular impairments were found in 25% of these cases. The most common ocular impairment was poor vision followed by lagophthalmos and insensitive cornea.