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View article: Enhanced patient counselling and SMS reminder messages to improve access to community-based eye care services in Meru, Kenya: an embedded, pragmatic, individual-level, randomised, controlled, adaptive platform trial
Enhanced patient counselling and SMS reminder messages to improve access to community-based eye care services in Meru, Kenya: an embedded, pragmatic, individual-level, randomised, controlled, adaptive platform trial Open
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View article: Enhanced patient counselling and SMS reminder messages to improve equitable access to community-based eye care services in Meru, Kenya: An embedded, pragmatic, individual-level, two arm, equity-focused, Bayesian RCT within an adaptive platform trial
Enhanced patient counselling and SMS reminder messages to improve equitable access to community-based eye care services in Meru, Kenya: An embedded, pragmatic, individual-level, two arm, equity-focused, Bayesian RCT within an adaptive platform trial Open
Background In Kenya’s Meru county, only 46% of people identified with an eye problem during screening go on to access and receive eye care services at local clinics, with younger adults (those aged 18-44) being the least likely to receive …
View article: Access to community-based eye services in Meru, Kenya: a cross-sectional equity analysis
Access to community-based eye services in Meru, Kenya: a cross-sectional equity analysis Open
Background Over 80% of blindness in Kenya is due to curable or preventable causes and 7.5 m Kenyans currently need eye services. Embedding sociodemographic data collection into screening programmes could help identify the groups facing sys…
View article: Identifying barriers and potential solutions to improve equitable access to community eye services in central Kenya: a rapid exploratory sequential mixed methods study
Identifying barriers and potential solutions to improve equitable access to community eye services in central Kenya: a rapid exploratory sequential mixed methods study Open
Summary Background Recent research has found that less than half of people identified with an eye problem in Meru county’s screening programme were able to access care, with younger adults being the least likely to receive the care they ne…
View article: Access to community-based eye services in Meru, Kenya: a cross-sectional equity analysis
Access to community-based eye services in Meru, Kenya: a cross-sectional equity analysis Open
Background: Over 80% of blindness in Kenya is due to curable or preventable causes, with an estimated 7.5 million Kenyans in need of quality eye care services. Embedding sociodemographic data collection into the national eye screening prog…
View article: Sociodemographic characteristics of community eye screening participants: protocol for cross-sectional equity analyses in Botswana, India, Kenya, and Nepal
Sociodemographic characteristics of community eye screening participants: protocol for cross-sectional equity analyses in Botswana, India, Kenya, and Nepal Open
Background Attendance rates for eye clinics are low across low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) and exhibit marked sociodemographic inequalities. We aimed to quantify the association between a range of sociodemographic domains and atte…
View article: Sociodemographic characteristics of community eye screening participants: protocol for cross-sectional equity analyses in Botswana, Kenya, and Nepal
Sociodemographic characteristics of community eye screening participants: protocol for cross-sectional equity analyses in Botswana, Kenya, and Nepal Open
Background : Attendance rates for eye clinics are low across low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) and exhibit marked sociodemographic (SD) inequalities. We aimed to quantify the association between a range of SD domains and attendance…
View article: Smartphone-Guided Algorithms for Use by Community Volunteers to Screen and Refer People With Eye Problems in Trans Nzoia County, Kenya: Development and Validation Study
Smartphone-Guided Algorithms for Use by Community Volunteers to Screen and Refer People With Eye Problems in Trans Nzoia County, Kenya: Development and Validation Study Open
Background The provision of eye care services is currently insufficient to meet the requirements of eye care. Many people remain unnecessarily visually impaired or at risk of becoming so because of treatable or preventable eye conditions. …
View article: Smartphone-Guided Algorithms for Use by Community Volunteers to Screen and Refer People With Eye Problems in Trans Nzoia County, Kenya: Development and Validation Study (Preprint)
Smartphone-Guided Algorithms for Use by Community Volunteers to Screen and Refer People With Eye Problems in Trans Nzoia County, Kenya: Development and Validation Study (Preprint) Open
BACKGROUND The provision of eye care services is currently insufficient to meet the requirements of eye care. Many people remain unnecessarily visually impaired or at risk of becoming so because of treatable or preventable eye conditions.…
View article: Utilization of Secondary Eye Care Services in Western Kenya
Utilization of Secondary Eye Care Services in Western Kenya Open
Background: Eye care provision is currently insufficient to meet the population’s eye health needs in Kenya. Many people remain unnecessarily visually impaired or at risk of becoming so due to treatable or preventable conditions. A lack of…
View article: Peek Community Eye Health - mHealth system to increase access and efficiency of eye health services in Trans Nzoia County, Kenya: study protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial.
Peek Community Eye Health - mHealth system to increase access and efficiency of eye health services in Trans Nzoia County, Kenya: study protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial. Open
Background: Globally eye care provision is currently insufficient to meet the requirement for eye care services. Lack of access and awareness are key barriers to specialist services, in addition, specialist services are over utilised by pe…
View article: Incidence of Visually Impairing Cataracts Among Older Adults in Kenya
Incidence of Visually Impairing Cataracts Among Older Adults in Kenya Open
Adults in Kenya appeared to have a high incidence of visually impairing cataract, making cataract a priority for blindness prevention programs in the region; surgical interventions and awareness of these services are also required.
View article: Mortality during 6 years of follow-up in relation to visual impairment and eye disease: results from a population-based cohort study of people aged 50 years and above in Nakuru, Kenya
Mortality during 6 years of follow-up in relation to visual impairment and eye disease: results from a population-based cohort study of people aged 50 years and above in Nakuru, Kenya Open
Objective To estimate the association between (1) visual impairment (VI) and (2) eye disease and 6-year mortality risk within a cohort of elderly Kenyan people. Design, setting and participants The baseline of the Nakuru Posterior Segment …
View article: Peek Community Eye Health - mHealth system to increase access and efficiency of eye health services in Trans Nzoia County, Kenya: study protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial.
Peek Community Eye Health - mHealth system to increase access and efficiency of eye health services in Trans Nzoia County, Kenya: study protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial. Open
Background: Globally eye care provision is currently insufficient to meet the requirement for eye care services. Lack of access and awareness are key barriers to specialist services, in addition, specialist services are over utilised by pe…
View article: 3D images as a field grader training tool for trachomatous trichiasis: A diagnostic accuracy study in Ethiopia
3D images as a field grader training tool for trachomatous trichiasis: A diagnostic accuracy study in Ethiopia Open
The slightly higher sensitivity of 2D photos comes at considerable cost in specificity. Training with 3D images enabled novice TG to identify cases as well as experienced TG. 3D were preferred to conventional 2D photos for training. Standa…
View article: Evidence for national universal eye health plans
Evidence for national universal eye health plans Open
Many low- and middle-income countries use national eye-care plans to guide efforts to strengthen eye-care services. The World Health Organization recognizes that evidence is essential to inform these plans. We assessed how evidence was inc…
View article: Glaucoma Features in an East African Population: A 6-Year Cohort Study of Older Adults in Nakuru, Kenya
Glaucoma Features in an East African Population: A 6-Year Cohort Study of Older Adults in Nakuru, Kenya Open
Purpose: Glaucoma is a leading cause of blindness in people of African descent. Minimal data is available from African population–based cohort studies. The primary aims of this study were to describe the normative distribution of glaucoma …
View article: Six-Year Incidence and Progression of Age-Related Macular Degeneration in Kenya
Six-Year Incidence and Progression of Age-Related Macular Degeneration in Kenya Open
In Kenya, more than 100 000 estimated new cases of AMD, mainly early AMD, will develop every year in individuals 50 years or older, although a 50% loss to follow-up and wide CIs for progression to late AMD limit definitive conclusions from…
View article: The incidence of diabetes mellitus and diabetic retinopathy in a population-based cohort study of people age 50 years and over in Nakuru, Kenya
The incidence of diabetes mellitus and diabetic retinopathy in a population-based cohort study of people age 50 years and over in Nakuru, Kenya Open
Diabetes Mellitus is a growing public health concern with a major complication of diabetic retinopathy. In a population of 1 · 6 million, of whom 150,000 are ≥50 years, we estimated that 1650 people aged ≥50 develop DM per year, and 450 de…
View article: Use of validated community-based trachoma trichiasis (TT) case finders to measure the total backlog and detect when elimination threshold is achieved: a TT methodology paper
Use of validated community-based trachoma trichiasis (TT) case finders to measure the total backlog and detect when elimination threshold is achieved: a TT methodology paper Open
The total backlog of TT was confirmed and the project is now justified to lay claim of having eliminated TT as a public health problem in the study area. TT all method may not be appropriate in settings with high burden of TT. Nomadic migr…
View article: Six-Year Incidence of Blindness and Visual Impairment in Kenya: The Nakuru Eye Disease Cohort Study
Six-Year Incidence of Blindness and Visual Impairment in Kenya: The Nakuru Eye Disease Cohort Study Open
The incidence of VI and blindness in this older Kenyan population was considerably higher than in comparable studies worldwide. A continued effort to strengthen the eye health system is necessary to support the growing unmet need in an agi…
View article: Risk factors for ocular surface squamous neoplasia in Kenya: a case–control study
Risk factors for ocular surface squamous neoplasia in Kenya: a case–control study Open
Objective To determine modifiable risk factors of ocular surface squamous neoplasia ( OSSN ) in Kenya using disease‐free controls. Methods Adults with conjunctival lesions were recruited at four eye care centres in Kenya and underwent exci…