Is preventable sight loss truly preventable? An exploration of a public health indicator for sight loss due to age-related macular degeneration in England.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Age-related macular degeneration accounts for the majority of severe sight impairment and sight impairment registration and certifications in adults in the UK [1, 2]. Whilst these treatments are effective in arresting nAMD progression, there is currently no treatment for GA [1, 3, 4].

Methods

This paper provides an update to the data collected by Bunce et al. [3] and details the number of people certified together with incidence rates for the various types of AMD by: sex, sight impairment status, and for all ages using the 2016/2017 and 2017/2018 CVI due to AMD data for England from the Moorfields Eye Hospital, supplemented with 2017-2018 PHOF indicator 4.12i/E12a data. The study population includes individuals of all ages in England who were newly certified with

SUBMITTER: Brown K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9905582 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature