Prevalence and Determinants of Ocular Disorders among in-School Children with Physical and Mental Disabilities in Osun State, South West Nigeria.

Purpose: This study set out to determine the prevalence and the factors contributing to ocular disorders among children with physical and mental disabilities, who represent a vulnerable group in Osun State.

Methodology: This was a cross-sectional study among children with physical and mental disabilities aged 5-17 years using a multistage sampling technique. Demographics, presence of ocular symptoms and determinants of ocular disorders were noted.

Child Abuse and the Eye in an African Population.

Purpose: There is a paucity of data on child abuse and the eye in West Africa. Therefore, a need exists to determine the causes and circumstances surrounding these occurrences and their effects on the eye and vision in a pediatric population.

Methods: A 3-year study of consecutive cases of ocular features that presented to an eye clinic following a history suggestive of child abuse along with any associated eye injury was carried out.

Banger-Related Ocular Injuries During New Year Festivities in Osogbo, SW Nigeria.

Background: Different types of ocular injuries could be sustained following banger explosives. This case report could be the first of such reports in West Africa.

Case Details: We report cases of ocular injuries caused by bangers.

Effects of fasting on intraocular pressure in a black population.

Introduction: There is a dearth of literature available on the effects of fasting on Intraocular pressure (IOP) among all races and worldwide.

Objectives: To determine the effects of fasting on IOP in a black African population.

Materials And Methods: A population-based survey utilizing multistage random sampling techniques was carried out among healthy adult Muslims who were examined before and during Ramadan fast in Osogbo, Nigeria.

Blindness and Visual Impairment among Adults in a Tertiary Eye Clinic, in Osogbo S W Nigeria.

Background: To plan and implement appropriate management of patients with blindness and visual impairment (VI) requires the knowledge of the common presenting causes.

Aim: The aim of the following study is to determine the common causes of VI in adults and develop a template for eye care delivery.

Materials And Methods: A retrospective descriptive analysis of subjects aged 17 years and above who attended LAUTECH Teaching Hospital eye clinic between October 2012 and March 2013.

Honeybee sting of the sclera: occular features, treatment, outcome and presumed pathogenesis.

Ocular bee sting injury has caused several reactions in the eye but has rarely been reported among local African farmers, and Nigerians in particular. This case seeks to report the first ocular and external eye reactions following a honey bee sting of the eye through the sclera, highlighting the treatment and outcome. Oral interview, clinical examination and external photographs were used to obtain and document findings.

Awareness of and Attitude towards glaucoma among an adult rural population of Osun State, Southwest Nigeria.

Purpose: To obtain baseline data and assess the level of awareness and attitudes towards glaucoma among rural communities of Osun State, Nigeria.

Materials And Methods: This was a community-based study that involved interviews and descriptive cross-sectional analysis. Serial-recruitment was performed of consenting participants who presented at a community-based screening service in March 2011.

Awareness, perceptions and knowledge of strabismus among patients visiting a tertiary eye clinic in Southwest Nigeria.

The purpose of this study was to assess the perceptions, knowledge of the causes, implications and treatment of strabismus in a black population. This was a descriptive cross-sectional study utilizing a total sampling technique. Face-to-face interviews were performed using a structured questionnaire.

Couching techniques for cataract treatment in Osogbo, South west Nigeria.

Background: Couching is still being practised in developing countries including Nigeria despite its adverse effects on vision.

Objectives: To find out the different techniques of couching, highlight the unacceptable poor visual sequelae and assess knowledge, attitudes, and practices of subjects.

Settings And Design: Clinic based and prospective observational study.

Asymptomatic bacteriuria among elderly and middle-aged rural community-dwellers in South-Western Nigeria.

Asymptomatic bacteriuria in elderly individuals has been well described in institutionalized settings, but to a lesser extent in the community. The purpose of this study was to determine the pathogens responsible for asymptomatic bacteriuria in elderly and middle-aged individuals in Alajue-Ede, South-Western Nigeria, and to identify any associated factors. Mid-stream urine samples were collected from apparently healthy elderly and middle-aged volunteers who were participating in community health screening.

Prevalence of hypertension in the rural adult population of Osun State, southwestern Nigeria.

Background: The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of hypertension in two rural communities of Osun State, Nigeria.

Methods: A consenting adult population of the Alajue and Obokun rural communities in southwestern Nigeria that presented for the screening exercise participated in this community-based cross-sectional descriptive study. Two hundred and fifty-nine respondents aged older than 18 years completed a standardized, pretested, structured questionnaire as part of activities celebrating World Kidney Day and World Glaucoma Day in 2011.

Ocular status of commercial drivers in Osun State, Nigeria.

Aims/objectives: To determine the ocular status of commercial vehicle drivers in Osun State, Western Nigeria and highlight the effect on safety on the road.

Design: A cross-sectional-survey utilizing a multistage-random-sampling-technique done between May and June 2004.

Participants: 99 consenting commercial vehicle drivers, registered with NURTW, Osogbo.

The anterior segment of the eye in diabetes.

Purpose: A prospective study to examine the anterior segment of the eye in patients with diabetes mellitus.

Materials And Methods: The anterior segments of the eyes of 181 patients with diabetes mellitus were examined. The commonest finding in the lids was warts, followed by poliosis and chalazia, and, in the conjunctiva, tortuous conjunctival vessels inferiorly (36.

Non-surgical management of congenital eversion of the eyelids.

Purpose: To report the effectiveness of non-invasive management of congenital eversion of the eyelids, a rare condition associated with serious socio-psychological consequences.

Case Report: Three neonates with congenital eversion of the eyelids and secondary conjunctival chemosis and prolapse were managed with 5% hypertonic normal saline, lubricants, antibiotics, and padding. Complete eye opening was achieved by the 10th day of presentation and the condition resolved.

Evaluation of cataract surgery outcome in Western Nigeria.

Objective: To evaluate the baseline visual outcome of cataract surgeries and improve on these towards achieving one of the objectives of vision 2020.

Design: A retrospective study.

Setting: Hospital-based, utilizing 3 eye centres in Osun State, Nigeria between January 2000 and December 2002.

Congenital bilateral eversion of the eyelids.

The authors report a case of congenital bilateral eversion of the eyelids with secondary conjunctival prolapse in a 4-hour-old neonate. Conservative treatment with hypertonic normal saline, lubricants, antibiotics, and padding was instituted. No surgery was performed.

Visual standards in commercial driving.

Objectives: The study was carried out to review the ocular factors involved in road traffic accidents (RTA) in order to reduce associated injuries and possibly suggest a standard for driving.

Materials And Methods: The study was carried out in the eye clinic of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology Teaching Hospital, Osogbo between May and June 2004. A stratified random sample technique was used to select 99 drivers (198 eyes) from 6 motor park units.

Pattern of eye diseases and visual impairment among students in southwestern Nigeria.

Purpose: The aim of the study was to determine the prevalence and causes of eye diseases and visual impairment in students in the Ilesa East local government area of Osun state, Nigeria.

Methods: A cross-sectional survey that utilised a multistage random sampling method to select 1,144 primary and secondary school students.

Results: A total of 1,144 students (504 males and 640 females) were involved in the study.

Prevalence and causes of blindness and visual impairment among school children in south-western Nigeria.

The aim of the study was to assess the prevalence and identify the causes of blindness and visual impairment in school children of Ilesa-East Local Government Area of Osun State, Nigeria. A total of 1144 school children in primary and secondary schools were selected using a 2-stage random sampling method and examined to determine the prevalence and causes of blindness and visual impairment. A total of 17 (1.

Common causes of red eye presenting at an ophthalmic clinic.

Background: Redness of the eye is a common ophthalmic symptom. The problem causing redness could arise from within or outside the globe. These range from cases of simple inflammation following itching and minor trauma for example, to severe cases like orbital cellulitis and tumours.