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Volume 4 Issue 4 (July - August, 2016)

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EVALUATION OF DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE OF PATIENTS WITH PRESBYOPIA AND PRESBYCUSIS
Saroj Bala, Raj Kumar, Inderjit Kaur, Jagdeepak Singh, Prempal Kaur, Shaurya Sharma

Introduction: Presbyopia is a progressive condition where the ability to focus on near objects is gradually lost as part of the natural aging process. Similarly, hearing loss is the most widespread sensory impairment in aging people. Thus, the present study was conducted to  study the demographic profile of patients with presbyopia and presbycusis. Material and methods: The Study was conducted on 60 patients reporting to the Eye OPD of Regional Eye institute, Amritsar. Examination of total  120 eyes and 120 ears were conducted to evaluate  presbyopia and presbycusis. To check the status of vascular system the investigations done were blood pressure, haemoglobin, total leucocytes count, differential leucocytes count, fasting blood sugar, lipid profile, ECG and urine complete examination. Obtained data was arranged according to characteristics and was expressed as a number and percentage of respondents and were analyzed using the SPSS Version 17 software. Results: Females dominated among the cases of presbyopia while males were dominated among the cases having presbycusis. Maximum cases of presbyopia were seen in service class while no significant difference in hearing was observed among cases in various occupations. No significant difference in near vision and hearing was observed in smokers and alcoholics. Conclusion: Both the condition of presbyopia and presbycusis increased gradually with the age but no relationship was found between arterial hypertension, blood sugar level, serum cholesterol level and consumption of tobacco and alcohol. No significant difference in hearing was observed among cases in various occupations.
Keywords: Audiometry, Presbyopia, Presbycusis.

 
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