PURPOSE: To determine the prevalence of dry eye in Hansen's disease patients from the "Hospital de Dermatologia Sanitária de Goiânia".
METHODS: The sample of the present study included 70 patients with Hansen's disease, from the "Hospital de Dermatologia Sanitária de Goiânia", and 30 controls, from the "Fundação Banco de Olhos de Goiás", both located in Goiânia-GO, Brazil. Ophthalmologic examination and Schirmer I, break-up time (BUT) and rose Bengal staining tests were carried out for all patients in a single evaluation. For the diagnosis of dry eye the Schirmer I equal or less than 5 mm and rose Bengal grade II or III, in at least one eye were considered.
RESULTS: Forty-four (63.0%) patients with Hansen's disease were male and 22 (73.3%) controls were female (p=0.001). The mean age of the patients with Hansen's disease was 61.1+/-12.5 years and in the control group, it was 55.7+/-9.6 years. Fifteen (21.4%) patients with Hansen's disease and four (13.3%) controls presented with dry eye diagnosis (p=0.429). The lepromatous type (74.2%) of Hansen's disease was the most prevalent and dry eye (66.7%) was more frequent in this clinical form of the disease.
CONCLUSION: The dry eye disease was more prevalent in patients with Hansen's disease, although the difference was not statistically significant.
BT - Arquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16322829?dopt=Abstract DA - 2005 Jul-Aug DO - 10.1590/s0004-27492005000400008 IS - 4 J2 - Arq Bras Oftalmol LA - por N2 -PURPOSE: To determine the prevalence of dry eye in Hansen's disease patients from the "Hospital de Dermatologia Sanitária de Goiânia".
METHODS: The sample of the present study included 70 patients with Hansen's disease, from the "Hospital de Dermatologia Sanitária de Goiânia", and 30 controls, from the "Fundação Banco de Olhos de Goiás", both located in Goiânia-GO, Brazil. Ophthalmologic examination and Schirmer I, break-up time (BUT) and rose Bengal staining tests were carried out for all patients in a single evaluation. For the diagnosis of dry eye the Schirmer I equal or less than 5 mm and rose Bengal grade II or III, in at least one eye were considered.
RESULTS: Forty-four (63.0%) patients with Hansen's disease were male and 22 (73.3%) controls were female (p=0.001). The mean age of the patients with Hansen's disease was 61.1+/-12.5 years and in the control group, it was 55.7+/-9.6 years. Fifteen (21.4%) patients with Hansen's disease and four (13.3%) controls presented with dry eye diagnosis (p=0.429). The lepromatous type (74.2%) of Hansen's disease was the most prevalent and dry eye (66.7%) was more frequent in this clinical form of the disease.
CONCLUSION: The dry eye disease was more prevalent in patients with Hansen's disease, although the difference was not statistically significant.
PY - 2005 SP - 457 EP - 61 T2 - Arquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia TI - [Prevalence of dry eye in Hansen's disease patients from a colony hospital in Goiânia, Brazil]. TT - Prevalência de olho seco em portadores de hanseníase de um hospital-colônia em Goiânia UR - http://www.scielo.br/pdf/abo/v68n4/v68n4a08.pdf VL - 68 SN - 0004-2749 ER -