Prevalence of visual impairment in El Salvador: inequalities in educational level and occupational status

• Main Authors: Anna Rius, Laura Guisasola, Meritxell Sabidó, Janet L. Leasher, David Moriña, Astrid Villalobos, Van C. Lansingh, Oscar J. Mujica, José Eduardo Rivera-Handal, Juan Casrlos Silva
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; Spanish; Portuguese
• Published: Pan American Health Organization 2014
• Subjects: Salud ocular; oftalmología; desigualdades en la salud; ceguera; errores de refracción; catarata; El Salvador; Medicine; R; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Public aspects of medicine; RA1-1270; Arctic; Ure
• Online Access: https://doaj.org/article/18e10e56db9842038dfde56b8f475a35

OBJECTIVE: To examine the prevalence of blindness, visual impairment, and related eye diseases and conditions among adults in El Salvador, and to explore socioeconomic inequalities in their prevalence by education level and occupational status, stratified by sex. METHODS: Based upon the Rapid Assess...