Causes of Childhood Blindness in the United States Using the IRIS® Registry (Intelligent Research in Sight).

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To investigate causes of childhood blindness in the United States using the IRIS® Registry (Intelligent Research in Sight).

Design

Cross-sectional study.

Participants

Patients ≤ 18 years of age with visual acuity (VA) 20/200 or worse in their better-seeing eye in the IRIS Registry during 2018.

Methods

Causes of blindness were classified by anatomic site and specific diagnoses.

Main outcome measures

Percentages of causes of blindness.

Results

Of 81 164 children with 2018 VA data in the IRIS Registry, 961 (1.18%) had VA 20/200 or worse in their better-seeing eye. Leading causes of blindness were retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) in 301 patients (31.3%), nystagmus in 78 patients (8.1%), and cataract in 64 patients (6.7%). The retina was the le

SUBMITTER: Lim HW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10524509 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature