Risk factors associated with retinopathy of prematurity
Keywords:
low birth weight, prematurity, awareness, screening, retinopathy of prematurity, prevalenceAbstract
Background: Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) is an important cause of preventable blindness in children. It is a serious and underestimated complication of prematurity treatment among preterm and low-birth weight babies and is preventable cause of blindness unless recognized and treated early. Objective: Evaluate the different neonatal risk factors for Retinopathy of Prematurity. Materials and Methods: A ROP prospective screening survey was performed enrolling all premature and low-birth-weight Neonates delivered at Index Medical College Hospital & Research Centre from July 2018 to June 2021, with a gestational age of 37 weeks or less at birth and a birth weight of 1700 g or less. One Hundred and Eighty Six (186) preterm infants (i.e.372 eyes) were included for ROP screening. Out of these 186 preterm infants (372eyes), Forty eight (48) preterm infants (i.e.96 eyes) developed Retinopathy of Prematurity. Descriptive statistics included the mean and standard deviation for numerical variables, and the percentage of different categories for categorical variables. Result: In our study, various risk factors are analysed for the disease Retinopathy of Prematurity. This statistical analysis is done by Chi-square test (P-value).
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