{"id":1154,"date":"2014-06-06T10:12:36","date_gmt":"2014-06-06T10:12:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.lshtm.ac.uk\/iceh-new\/?p=1154"},"modified":"2014-06-06T10:16:32","modified_gmt":"2014-06-06T10:16:32","slug":"nakuru-eye-disease-cohort-study-methodology-rationale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.lshtm.ac.uk\/iceh-new\/nakuru-eye-disease-cohort-study-methodology-rationale\/","title":{"rendered":"Methodology published for the Nakuru eye disease cohort study"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To date, no longitudinal, population-based studies of eye disease have been undertaken in Africa, and there have been only ten worldwide, predominantly in high-income settings.<\/p>\n<p>Nakuru district (now Nakuru County), is the main district of Kenya\u2019s largest province, the Rift Valley and has a population of 1.6 million. Nakuru district is broadly representative of Kenya in terms of ethnic diversity and economic activities.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0six-year\u00a0Nakuru eye disease cohort study\u00a0aims to provide\u00a0estimates on the incidence and progression of: cataract, refractive error, glaucoma, ARMD and DR as well other retinal conditions. This data will be disseminated to eye care providers and programs in the region to facilitate the provision of eye care services.<\/p>\n<p>A\u00a0new paper from the investigating team, published in BMC Ophthalmology, describes the definitions, eligibility criteria, follow-up procedures, visual acuity (VA) measurements, anthropometry and clinical examination procedures adopted for the study.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC4024270\/\">The Nakuru eye disease cohort study: methodology &amp; rationale<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To date, no longitudinal, population-based studies of eye disease have been undertaken in Africa, and there have been only ten worldwide, predominantly in high-income settings. Nakuru district (now Nakuru County), is the main district of Kenya\u2019s largest province, the Rift Valley and has a population of 1.6 million. 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