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ArticleBMC pregnancy and childbirth2021

Visual impairment and associated factors among pregnant women attending antenatal care units at health institutions in Gondar City Administration, Northwest Ethiopia.

Mengistie Diress, Yitayeh Belsti, Mihret Getnet, Sofonias Addis Fekadu, Baye Dagnew, Yonas Akalu, Mohammed Abdu Seid, Yibeltal Yismaw Gela

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Article in BMC pregnancy and childbirth, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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Mengistie DiressDepartment of Human Physiology, School of Medicine, University of Gondar, P. O. Box 196, Gondar, Ethiopia. mengistiediress@gmail.com.
Yitayeh BelstiDepartment of Human Physiology, School of Medicine, University of Gondar, P. O. Box 196, Gondar, Ethiopia.
Mihret GetnetDepartment of Human Physiology, School of Medicine, University of Gondar, P. O. Box 196, Gondar, Ethiopia.
Sofonias Addis FekaduDepartment of Optometry, School of Medicine, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia.
Baye DagnewDepartment of Human Physiology, School of Medicine, University of Gondar, P. O. Box 196, Gondar, Ethiopia.
Yonas AkaluDepartment of Human Physiology, School of Medicine, University of Gondar, P. O. Box 196, Gondar, Ethiopia.
Mohammed Abdu SeidUnit of Human Physiology, Department of Biomedical Sciences, School of Health Science, Debre Tabor University, Debre Tabor, Ethiopia.
Yibeltal Yismaw GelaDepartment of Human Physiology, School of Medicine, University of Gondar, P. O. Box 196, Gondar, Ethiopia.
University of Gondar · ETDebre Tabor University · ET

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundVisual impairment is a major public health concern among women of reproductive age groups in Ethiopia, which is getting worse during pregnancy. Though visual impairment has lots of serious consequences across the life course of pregnant women, there is no previous study on this topic in Ethiopia. Thus, this study determined the prevalence of visual impairment and identified associated factors among pregnant women attending antenatal care units at the governmental health institutions in Gondar City Administration, Northwest Ethiopia.

methodsAn institution-based cross-sectional study was conducted. A systematic random sampling technique was used to recruit the study participants. We used an interviewer-administered questionnaire comprising of socio-demographic, clinical and pregnancy-related variables to collect the required data. Snellen's illiterate "E" chart was used to determine visual impairment. EpiData 3 and Stata 14 were used for data entry and statistical analysis, respectively. Both bivariable and multivariable binary logistic regression analyses were executed to identify associated factors of visual impairment. Variables with a p-value ≤0.05 in the multivariable logistic regression analysis were declared as statistically significant with visual impairment.

resultsA total of 417 (response rate = 98.6%) participants were involved in this study, with a median age of 27 years. The overall prevalence of visual impairment was 22.5% (95% CI: 18.5-26.6). Thirty (7.2%) and thirty-two (7.7%) of the study participants had moderate to severe visual impairments in their right and left eyes, respectively. Participants aged from 31 to 49 years (AOR = 2.1; 95% CI: 1.1-4.0), being 3rd trimester (AOR = 2.4; 95% CI: 1.3-4.5), multi & grand multipara (AOR = 2.3; 95% CI: 1.2-4.6), and history of contraceptive use (AOR = 2.7; 95% CI: 1.2-6.3) had higher chance of visual impairment.

conclusionThe magnitude of visual impairment among pregnant women was high in the study area. Therefore, routine screening and evaluation of pregnant women for visual condition during antenatal care visits is recommended. Further investigations of visual changes, particularly as a result of pregnancy, are warranted.

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AdolescentAdultCross-Sectional StudiesEthiopiaFemaleHumansMiddle AgedPregnancyPregnancy ComplicationsPregnant PeoplePrevalenceRisk FactorsVision DisordersYoung AdultEthiopiaPregnancyPresenting visual acuityVisual impairment

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