Incidence of Eye Disorders in Eye Clinic at State Specialist Hospital, Okitipupa

Abstract

This project was an attempt to assess the incidence of eye disorders in eye clinic at State specialist Hospital, Okitipupa, Ondo State. This study assesses the pattern of eye disorders in eye clinic at State specialist hospital, Okitipupa, Ondo State, determine the incidence of eye disorders in eye clinic at State specialist hospital, Okitipupa, Ondo State, the relationship between gender and the incidence of eye disorders and find out the relationship between age and the incidence of eye disorders in eye clinic at State specialist hospital, Okitipupa, Ondo State. The population of interest comprises of all patients who attended ophthalmic clinic at State Specialist Hospital Okitipupa from 2015 to 2019. Four research questions were posed and two hypotheses were formulated. The data were collected through the use of researcher’s designed checklists. Data were analyzed using the IBM SPSS version 23 computer statistical software package, quantitative variables were analysed using mean and standard deviation, while categorical variables were analysed using frequencies and percentages. Analysis of data revealed that presbyopia, dry eyes syndrome, myopia, and corneal ulcer were significantly more common in males (p =0.009, 0,017, 0.025 and 0.017 respectively) while refractive errors, cataract, glaucoma, conjunctivitis and corneal ulcer were significantly more frequent in females (p=0.001). It also shows that cataract, glaucoma, pterygium and diabetic retinopathy significantly increased with increasing age groups (p=0.001) while conjunctivitis decreased with increasing age groups (<0.05). It concludes that the pattern of eye disorders observed in this study is similar to the findings from other parts of the developing world in spite of variability of methods. It therefore recommended that preventive eye care services be decentralized to communities, schools, churches and other institutions where many people gather to ensure early diagnosis of eye disorders before they degenerate to irreversible blindness.