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Kebutan pada Pasien Glaukoma Primer di Rumah Sakit Umum Dr. Cipto Mangunkusumo Jakarta (Blindness Among Primary Glaucoma Patients in Dr Cipto Mangunkusumo General Hospital Jakarta)

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Glaucoma is the second largest cause of blindness in Indonesia. Blindness caused by glaucoma is irreversible and most of the patients are unawere of the symptoms. The proportion of blindness in new glaucoma patients at Cipto Mangunkusumo General Hospital Jakarta was found high, resulting the need to explore factors related to it. The study involved 420 samples consisted of new primary glaucoma patients vsisting Eye Clini of this hospital from January 2007 to October 2009, who fulfilled inclusion and exlusion criteria. To calculate the Prevalence Ratio (PR), Cox’s Proportional Hazard Model Analysis was used. As result, variables that is significantly associated with bindness among new patients with primary glaucoma at this hospital were intraocular pressure (PR=1,01: 95% Ci=1,01-1,02), glaucoma type, treated patients, interaction between glaucoma type and treated patients (PR=2.09;95% CI=1,36-3.22 for POAG-treated patients, PR =1.72;95% CI=1.20-2.46 for PACG-unttreated patients,PR=1,79 for PACG-treated patients; compared with POAG-untreated patients); and education level (PR=1.49;95%Ci=1,06-2.08 for low level education and PR -1.37;65% Ci=0,97-1.92for no answer with high level education).

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Kesmas:5(4) 2011:185-192

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Depok : Fakultas Kesehatan Masyarakat UI., 2011

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7p.

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1907-7505

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glaucoma
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