%0 Journal Article
%T Prevalence of Refractive Errors in the Total Population and the Analysis of Myopic Progression in Adults Aged 20 to 39 in the Urban Area of Tirana, Albania
%A Jazxhi Kleves
%J Open Journal of Ophthalmology
%P 293-312
%@ 2165-7416
%D 2021
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/ojoph.2021.114024
%X This study is a retrospective analysis of data stored digitally for 13 years in a Vision Center located in the urban area of Tirana, Albania. In a population of 19,686 people (39.5% M and 60.5% F) who met the criteria, there was a prevalence of astigmatism 42% (12% only astigmatism, 30% associated with hyperopia or myopia), myopia 25%, hyperopia 22% and 24% presbyopic prescriptions for the medium and near distance. The myopia progression study (mean spherical equivalent) indicates that 20% of people had no change, 42% had an increase in myopic correction from 0.25D to 0.50D, 17% from 0.75D to 1.00D, 11% from 1.25D to 1.50D, 5% from 1.75D to 2.00D and 5% of the population had myopic progression greater than 2.00D.
%K Myopia
%K Hyperopia
%K Astigmatism
%K Myopic Progression
%K Refractive Error
%K Presbyopia
%K Albania
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=113193