The pattern of eye disease in a provincial ophthalmic hospital of Viet Nam

Abstract

: To describe the pattern of eye disease in a provincial ophthalmic hospital in Viet Nam.: We retrospectively analyzed records of 1735 patients with disorders of the eye and adnexa admitted to the Nghe an Eye Hospital, Nghe an province, Vietnam between January 2022 and May 2023. : The mean age of patients was 60.4± 16.6 years old and 54.7% were females. The most common cause of hospitalizations were disorders of sclera, cornea, iris, and ciliary body (55.0% of cases) followed by glaucoma (29.2%) and disorders of the eyelid, lacrimal system, and orbit (15.8%). Keratitis was the most common ocular morbidity (40.1%), followed by glaucoma (29.20%), and iridocyclitis (13.5%). The average highest age was in patients with disorders of the eyelid, lacrimal system, and orbit (67.3 ± 13.4 years) followed by those with glaucoma (62.2 ± 13.8 years) and lesions on the sclera, cornea, iris, and ciliary body (57.5 ± 17.9 years). The female/male rate among those with disorders of eyelid, lacrimal system and orbit was higher than among cases with the other disorders (1.6/1 vs 1.1/1, p = 0.008). The mean length of hospital stay was 8.6 days and patients with disorders of sclera and cornea had the most extended average length of hospital stay (more than 10 days). Keratitis, glaucoma, and iridocyclitis were the major ocular conditions seen in this study. Prevention of keratitis should decrease both morbidity and health expenditure for eye disease.