Download MBBS Ophthalmology PPT 48 Primary Eye Care Lecture Notes

Download MBBS (Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery) Ophthalmology PPT 48 Primary Eye Care Lecture Notes


Primary eye care, visual habits and hygiene

Acknowledgement

? Photographs courtesy : International Centre for Eye Health, London

(United Kingdom).

? Community Eye Health Journal.

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Question

? Which of the following is not a major global initiative for prevention

of blindness

a. Vision 2020: The right to sight

b. WHO: Prevention of blindness programme

c. International Agency for prevention of blindness

d. Vision for the future (VFTF) (2001)

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Learning Objectives

? At the end of this class the students shal be able to :
? Define Primary eye care.

? Understand the essential components of primary eye care.

? Understand the World Health organization guidelines for primary eye care.

? Understand the importance of good visual habits and hygiene.

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Introduction to Primary eye care

? Primary eye care (PEC) is a vital component in primary health care(PHC)

and includes

? Promotion of eye health care

? Prevention and treatment of conditions that may lead to visual loss

? Rehabilitation of those who are already blind.

? PEC is most basic eye care available to individuals and families wherever

they live and whatever their socio-economic condition.

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Definition

? Primary eye care is the provision of appropriate, accessible, and
affordable care that meets patients' eye care needs in a
comprehensive and competent manner.

? Primary eye care provides the patient with the first contact for eye
care as well as a lifetime of continuing care.

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Concept of primary eye care

? In 2008, the WHO called for the revitalization of PHC in the World

Health Report, "Primary health care ? now more than ever".

? To enable access to quality eye health for all, the Universal eye

health: a global action plan 2014?2019(GAP) was designed to support
"the integration of eye care into the health care system" and
specifically, "the inclusion of "primary eye care" (PEC) into primary
health care".

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Aim of primary eye care

? The aim of primary eye care is to change pattern of eye care services,

currently often limited to the central hospitals and eye units in cities,
to countrywide blindness prevention programmes.

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? In most developing countries like India, avoidable blindness

constitutes a major public health problem.

? There are distinct, closely related components in the primary health

care approach to blindness prevention

? The essential components of primary eye care are:
? 1. Promotive
? 2. Preventive
? 3. Curative
? 4. Rehabilitative

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Promotive
? Creating awareness

? This is the strengthening of

community awareness and co-

operation to promote health

within the family unit.

? Appropriate information is

disseminated to as many people

in the community as possible.

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Prevention
? This includes stimulation of individuals

and their community to participate in
activities in blindness prevention.

? Social and community development that

promotes health through changes in
behaviour and environment.

? Leads to reduction or elimination of

factors contributing to ocular disease.

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Curative activities

? This involves delivery of eye care to all individuals with potentially

blinding disorders in the communities.

? First aid treatment and/or timely referral of patients with injuries.

? Identification and treatment/referral of common eye diseases.

? Identification and referral of patients with potentially blinding

diseases for appropriate management.

? Identification and referral of curable blinding diseases like cataracts. 12


Rehabilitation activities

? What happens to those who are

incurably blind?

? Do we merely sympathise with them

and their families?

? Since primary eye care is mainly

concerned with the community, the
issue of rehabilitation becomes very
important.

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PEC and PHC
? Primary eye care (PEC) is a broad concept, encompassing the

prevention of potentially blinding eye diseases through primary
health care (PHC)

? PEC includes

? The identification, with treatment or referral of individuals with

treatable causes of blindness

? and the diagnosis and treatment of common eye diseases, particularly

those causing an acute red eye.

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PHC vs PEC
? Primary health care in relation to Primary eye

care

? Better nutrition-Prevents vitamin A deficiency.
? Water and sanitation programmes- Relevant in

trachoma control.

? Delivery of maternal and child health care-

Reduce retinopathy of prematurity.

? Health education-Prevention of eye trauma.

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Principles of Primary Health Care

? Fair distribution
? Community involvement
? Focus on prevention
? Use of appropriate technology
? Multi-sectorial approach
should all apply in primary eye care.

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Primary Eye Care

? Key components:

? Prevention

? Awareness

? Community involvement

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Primary Eye Care

? Training
? Supervision
? Support
? Referral
? This extends from the clinic nurse at the district and community

health centre to the Eye nurse at the district hospital and the Eye
doctor at the regional hospital.

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Primary Level Services

? Services provided:
? Screening programs
? Case Finders
? Sifting out and correcting

Presbyopes

? Reading glasses for presbyopia
? Referring for ocular disease

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Human Resources Required

? Primary Health Care nurses

? Community Health Care facilitators

? Community Health Care workers

? Teachers, Social workers

? Community representatives and structures

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Skil s needed

? Recognition and primary care management of the following:
? -Eye injuries
? -Refractive errors
? -Eyelid swelling
? -Red eye
? -Cataract
? -Educating patients about hypertensive and diabetic retinopathy,
and diseases like trachoma.

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Training needs

? -Vision assessments

? -Vision screening/ School

screening techniques

? -Presbyopic correction

? -Management of common eye

conditions like conjunctivitis.

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Role of health care personnel

? Case History
? Visual Acuity
? External eye examination with a torch light
? Instillation of eye drops and ointments (Anti- allergic and antibiotic

ointments and eye drops)

? Awareness of cataract surgery and other common eye conditions

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Equipment required

? Screening Tools:
? Distance Visual Acuity charts
? Near Visual Acuity charts
? +2.00D spectacles (Children screening)
? Occluder
? Pinhole
? Torch

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Refractive Correction: Priority
? -High Priority: < 6/18

? -Moderate Priority: <6/12

? -Low Priority: <6/9

? -Children: < 6/12

? -Adults: < 6/18

? Visual acuity screening of children can be performed at community

level by teachers and health care workers.

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Children

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Adults over 40 years of age

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Provision of spectacles

? -Affordable and or subsidised

? -Ready made: Presbyopic correction

? Inventory of spectacles for same day dispensing

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Community screening

? Primary health care centres

? Collaboration with community

based organisations

? For children in the community

the same school screening
techniques should be followed.

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Community Participation

? Providing affordable (even free) and accessible services does not

guarantee that they will be used.

? Cultural and other beliefs and/or fears.

? Sense of ownership is important in ensuring uptake of services.

? Important to ensure that there are no barriers or other constraints to

the use of services

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Community Participation

? Development of outreach services that

operate effectively.

? Ensuring that community members seek

out eye care services when needed.

? Ensuring that communities are actively

involved in eye-screening.

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Potential approaches to increase awareness/health promotion

? Basic eye health workers and general health staff
? Village health workers
? Survey/questionnaire/focus groups
? Mass media
? Traditional healers
? School teachers and schoolchildren
? Community groups (women's groups, religious groups)

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Monitoring of services

? School children identified with refractive errors and provided with

spectacles.

? Number of adults given presbyopic corrections

? Number of referrals for refraction at secondary level

? Uptake of spectacles

? Number of people referred for other eye conditions

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WHO GUIDELINES FOR PRIMARY EYE CARE

? 1. Conditions to be recognised and treated by a trained primary health care worker

? Conjunctivitis and lid infections

? Acute conjunctivitis

? Ophthalmia neonatorum

? Trachoma

? Al ergic and irritative conjunctivitis

? Lid lesions, e.g., stye and chalazion

? Trauma

? Subconjunctival haemorrhages

? Superficial foreign body

? Blunt trauma

? Blinding malnutrition

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WHO GUIDELINES FOR PRIMARY EYE CARE

2. Conditions to be recognised and referred after treatment has been initiated

? Corneal ulcers

? Lacerating or perforating injuries of the eyeball

? Lid lacerations

? Entropion/trichiasis

? Burns: chemical, thermal

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WHO GUIDELINES FOR PRIMARY EYE CARE

3. Conditions that should be recognised and referred for treatment

? Painful red eye with visual loss

? Cataract

? Pterygium

? Visual loss; <6/18 in either eye

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? To have a successful primary eye care programme, there needs to be

coordinated teamwork.

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Visual hygiene and good habits

? 1. Wear your spectacles if you have been advised to do so.

? 2. Protect your eyes from fire-crackers, sharp objects and chemicals.

? 3. Wear sunglasses while stepping out in the sun.

? 4. Wash your eyes frequently and remove eye-makeup before going off

to sleep.

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Visual hygiene and good habits

? 5. Say no to smoking.

? 6. Maintain a balanced diet.

? 7. Replace Your Contact Lens Case Every Two to Three Months.

? 8. Have a comprehensive eye exam once in 6 months.

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Computers and the eyes

? Do Not Sit Too Close To Your

computer screen

? Blink frequently
? Maintain adequate illumination

of room

? Computer screen should be at or

below eye level.

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Conclusion

? Co-ordinated Teamwork is essential for a successful primary eye care program.

? Task oriented training of all team members should be based on skills that they

need to acquire.

? Good visual hygiene should be incorporated into one's lifestyle as early as

possible.

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Question

? Target diseases for vision 2020 include all the

following except:

? Cataract
? Glaucoma
? Diabetic retinopathy
? Strabismus

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Question

? SAFE strategy includes all except

a. Surgery to correct lid deformity
b. Antiprotozoals for acute infection
c. Facial hygiene
d.Environmental changes

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