%0 Journal Article
%T Oculo-Visual Findings among Industrial Mine Workers at Goldfields Ghana Limited, Tarkwa
%A GO Ovenseri-Ogbomo
%A S Ocansey
%A EK Abu
%A S Kyei and SB Boadi-Kusi
%J Ophthalmology and Eye Diseases
%D 2012
%I 
%R 10.4137/OED.S9204
%X Objective: The focus of this study was to evaluate the visual status of mine workers who were directly involved in mining and/or are exposed to the mining environment. Methods: A hospital based cross-sectional study was conducted. Four hundred and six (406) workers were conveniently sampled for the study. Information on their socio-demographic data was also collected. In addition, all participants underwent ophthalmic examination. Results: The mean age of the workers was 41.1 years. Visual impairment was found in 114 (28.1%) of the study population of which refractive error (56.8%) was the major cause. Presbyopia was also observed in 45.5% of the workers with only 30.3% of them wearing near correction. The prevalence of eye diseases were pterygium/pingueculae (25.8%), conjunctivitis (26.8%), suspected glaucoma (15.3%), and cataract (7.4%). Conclusions: Visual impairment and eye diseases were found among the miners.
%U http://www.la-press.com/oculo-visual-findings-among-industrial-mine-workers-at-goldfields-ghan-article-a3159