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Li C, Chen K, Yang K, Li J, Zhong Y, Yu H, Yang Y, Yang X, Liu L. Progress on application of spatial epidemiology in ophthalmology. Front Public Health 2022; 10:936715. [PMID: 36033806 PMCID: PMC9399620 DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.936715] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2022] [Accepted: 07/19/2022] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
Abstract
Most ocular diseases observed with cataract, chlamydia trachomatis, diabetic retinopathy, and uveitis, have their associations with environmental exposures, lifestyle, and habits, making their distribution has certain temporal and spatial features based essentially on epidemiology. Spatial epidemiology focuses on the use of geographic information systems (GIS), global navigation satellite systems (GNSS), and spatial analysis to map spatial distribution as well as change the tendency of diseases and investigate the health services status of populations. Recently, the spatial epidemic approach has been applied in the field of ophthalmology, which provides many valuable key messages on ocular disease prevention and control. This work briefly reviewed the context of spatial epidemiology and summarized its progress in the analysis of spatiotemporal distribution, non-monitoring area data estimation, influencing factors of ocular diseases, and allocation and utilization of eye health resources, to provide references for its application in the prevention and control of ocular diseases in the future.
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Affiliation(s)
- Cong Li
- Department of Ophthalmology, Guangdong Eye Institute, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China
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- Department of Graduate, China Medical University, Shenyang, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Guangdong Eye Institute, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Cataract, Baotou Chaoju Eye Hospital, Baotou, China,*Correspondence: Yajun Yang
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Guangdong Eye Institute, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, China,Xiaohong Yang
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Guangdong Eye Institute, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, China,Department of Ophthalmology, Jincheng People's Hospital, Jincheng, China,Lei Liu
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