Prevalência de hipertensão ocular em pacientes atendidos em um hospital especializado de Passo Fundo–RS

Abstract

To estimate the prevalence of ocular hypertension in patients seen at a hospital over a 5-year period, from 2016 to 2020, establishing whether there was variation among annual rates, in addition to describing the clinical epidemiological profile of participants diagnosed with ocular hypertension. Methods: Cross-sectional study conducted at the Hospital de Olhos Dyógenes Auildo Martins Pinto in Passo Fundo, Rio Grande do Sul, through data collection from medical records. The analyzed variables were intraocular pressure (IOP) measurements, age, gender, race, health insurance plan, associated non-transmissible chronic diseases (arterial hypertension and diabetes mellitus), and phacectomy procedure performed in the 10 years prior to the appointment. Results: The study included 695 participants. The prevalence of ocular hypertension was 16.3% in the total sample. The prevalence of elevated intraocular pressure was higher in male patients, older than the 5th decade of life, declared to be of white race, referred via Unified Health System (SUS), with associated comorbidity, and without history of phacoemulsification. Conclusion: The prevalence of ocular hypertension in this study was higher than the national rate preconized by CONITEC 2018, and the main factor associated with this condition was a previous diagnosis of Diabetes Mellitus.