Ophthalmological conditions among elderly patients attending a private eye care facility in Malawi: A retrospective study.

Background: The elderly comprises the fastest-expanding age group globally, with the greatest increase occurring in developing countries. The elderly populace is prone to develop various ocular morbidities.

Purpose: To determine the distribution of ocular morbidities among the elderly population visiting a private eye care facility in Malawi.

Prevalence of Ocular Morbidity and Associated Factors Among Hearing Impaired Children at Embangweni School of the Deaf in Mzimba District, Malawi.

Purpose: To assess the prevalence of ocular morbidities and associated factors among hearing-impaired (HI) students at the Embangweni School for the Deaf in Mzimba, Malawi.

Methods: This was an institutional cross-sectional study of HI students at Embangweni School for the Deaf. A series of optometric and audiometric tests was performed, and the results were exported to the Statistical Package for Social Science for statistical analysis (SPSS) version 25.

Eye Care Service Use and Associated Health-Seeking Behaviors Among Malawian Adults: Secondary Analysis of the Malawi Fifth Integrated Household Survey 2019-2020.

Background: The use of eye care services varies among different population groups.

Objective: This study aimed to assess self-reported eye care use (ECU) and associated demographic factors among Malawian adults.

Methods: This study used secondary data from the Malawi Fifth Integrated Household Survey 2019-2020, a nationally representative survey.

Establishing the profile of eye diseases among elderly patients attending a tertiary hospital in Northern Malawi.

Globally, there has been a dramatic increase in the geriatric population. Sadly, this populace is highly prone to develop various ocular morbidities putting pressure on the strained eye care delivery system especially in low-income countries. Hence, the aim of this study was to determine the distribution of ocular morbidities among elderly.

Analysis of Goldman Applanation Tonometry with and without fluorescein among glaucomatous and nonglaucomatous patients attending Mzuzu Central Hospital in Malawi: A cross-sectional study.

Background And Aim: Goldman Applanation Tonometry (GAT), the gold standard of tonometry, is used without fluorescein in low-resource settings. Nevertheless, corneal biomechanics differ among population groups.

Purpose: The aim of the study is to assess the relationship between GAT findings with and without fluorescein among glaucomatous and nonglaucomatous adults in Malawi.

The burden of ocular morbidities among elderly patients visiting a district healthcare facility in Malawi: A retrospective study.

Background: The population of older adults is growing dramatically. Sadly, this populace is highly prone to develop various ocular morbidities, which if left unattended can lead to blindness.

Aim: To determine the distribution of ocular morbidities among older adults at a secondary hospital in Malawi.

The distribution of blinkrate among Malawian young adults: a cross-sectional study.

Blink rate is a critical sign for numerous systemic and ocular conditions in medicine, however, the literature reports varying values for the parameter. Hence, the aim of this study was to establish the cut-off blink rate value among Malawian young adults including the effects of sex and age on the parameter. This was a quantitative descriptive cross-sectional study conducted among students at Mzuzu University in Malawi.

Assessing the relationship between non-invasive tear break-up time and maximum blink interval values among young adults at Mzuzu University.

Purpose: To assess the relationship between non-invasive tear break-up time (NITBUT) and maximum blink interval (MBI) values among young adults.

Method: The study was conducted at Mzuzu University and involved 98 subjects (55 females and 43 males) aged between 18 and 40 years. All subjects were screened under the slit lamp, and were also asked questions to determine their eligibility to participate in the study.