Visual Impairments Among Immigrants Livingin Northeast Turkey and Their Ocular FindingDifferences Compared to the Local Population

Abstract

Objective: This study aims to evaluate the existing eye pathologies of immigrant patients due to visual impairment and tocompare them with the local population. Materials and Methods: Between November 2018 and August 2019, a total of 150 participants among immigrants and440 participants among local people were included in the study. Analysis of disease prevalence was calculated as a ratio ofthe total cohort screened with available data. The average, standard deviation, percentage, and minimum and maximumvalues of the data were calculated. Results: Of the 590 patients in the study, 440 were from the local population and 150 were immigrants comprising 90Afghans and 60 Meskhetian Turks. The rate of the patients wearing glasses at presentation was higher in the local populationthan among the immigrant patients (p