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Low prevalence of spectacle use in the Hungarian Roma population indicates unmet health needs

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SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
卷 12, 期 1, 页码 -

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NATURE PORTFOLIO
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-07880-3

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  1. University of Debrecen
  2. European Regional Development Fund [GINOP-2.3.2-15-2016-00005]
  3. Hungarian Academy of Sciences [TK2016-78]
  4. National Research, Development, and Innovation Fund of Hungary [135784]
  5. New National Excellence Program of the Ministry for Innovation and Technology from the source of the National Research, Development and Innovation Fund [UNKP-21-4]

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The study investigated visual acuity and spectacle use among the Roma population in Hungary, finding that they had higher uncorrected visual acuity but lower usage of visual aids compared to the general population. Age, abdominal obesity, and carbohydrate metabolism disturbances negatively impacted visual acuity in both populations, with a stronger effect seen in the Roma population.
The Roma population is the largest transnational ethnic minority group in Europe, often facing socioeconomic inequalities and various health problems. In the present study, we investigated visual acuity and its influencing factors along with spectacle use of the Roma population in comparison with the general population in Hungary. A cross-sectional survey was carried out including 832 participants aged 20-64 years. We recorded the uncorrected visual acuity along with anthropometric, demographic, socioeconomic and health-related data of each individual. Although the average uncorrected visual acuity was somewhat higher, the use of a visual aid was significantly less frequent in the Roma population, especially in the group with a visual acuity below 0.5 in both eyes (14.3% vs. 77.1%, p < 0.001). Age, abdominal obesity and disturbances of carbohydrate metabolism had a negative impact on visual acuity in both populations; however, the latter was a much stronger risk factor in the Roma population (OR 5.789, 95% CI 2.239-14.964, p < 0.001) than in the general population (OR 2.075, 95% CI 1.097-3.926, p = 0.025). Our results show serious unmet health needs within the Roma population, which calls for public health programs to improve poor primary care indicators on regular eye examination and much more rigorous diabetes control.

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