Abstract:

 Objective To analyze the epidemiologic characteristics of hospitalized patients with glaucoma in Shenyang and to provide data for the glaucoma health care. Design Retrospective case series. Participants Hospitalized glaucoma patients of 18 years and older in the Fourth People’s Hospital of Shenyang between Nov.1st, 2011 to Oct. 31st, 2016. Methods 7569 medical files with a discharge diagnosis of glaucoma at this hospital were retrospectively reviewed. Patients were divided into primary angle closure glaucoma (PACG), primary open angle glaucoma (POAG), secondary glaucoma (SG), and other types. The constitution, distribution of age and gender of different glaucoma types were compared and analyzed. Main Outcome Measures Proportion, age and gender distribution of these glaucoma patients. Results Totally, 7569 cases of glaucoma inpatients were recorded. PACG (n=5330) was the main type (70.42%) followed by SG (20.04%).  POAG (n=352) accounted for 4.65% of the cases, while other types of glaucoma (n=370) accounted for the rest 4.89%. The average age of PACG, POAG, SG and other types of glaucoma were 66±10 years, 53±15 years and 57±15 years and 63±13 years, respectively. PACG showed a female predominant manner (M/F ratio:1:2.21), while POAG and SG were male predominated (M/F ratio:1:0.44 and 1:0.65, respectively). During the 5 years, the proportion of POAG showed slow increase (from 3.37% to 5.71%). Distribution of both the age and gender showed no change. Conclusions PACG is still the most commonly encountered type of glaucoma from 2011 to 2016 in Shenyang. The hospitalized POAG in present study is much lower than other cities reported previously. (Ophthalmol CHN, 2018, 27: 21-25)

Key words: glaucoma, inpatient, proportion