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Table 1 Data from Glaucoma Awareness Week (2004–2007)

From: A novel approach to glaucoma screening and education in Nepal

 

2004

2005

2006

2007

Total

Total number registered

259

343

457

522

1581

Established glaucoma patients

145 (60%)

105 (30.6%)

231 (50.5%)

342 (65.5%)

823 (52.1%)

Newly diagnosed glaucoma patients

28 (10.8%)

38 (11.1%)

33 (7.2%)

21 (4.0%)

120 (7.6%)

Humphrey visual field analysis

129

137

235

203

704

FDT perimetry

123

53

42

147

365

Pachymetry

86

34

26

52

198

Optical coherence tomography

-

-

6

24

30

Disc photography

57

17

90

112

276

Bottles of medication distributed

51

87

264

368

770

Laser treatments

14

11

5

17

47

Patients supported for surgery

11

15

16

11

53

  1. FDT = frequency doubling technology. Note that the quantity of medication distributed may not equal the number of glaucoma patients seen during a given year as not all established glaucoma patients received free medication in 2004 and 2005, and some patients received more than one sample in subsequent years. Similarly, some patients may have received both medication and another form of treatment (i.e. laser or surgery).