TY - JOUR
T1 - Cohort profile
T2 - Shahroud eye cohort study
AU - Fotouhi, Akbar
AU - Hashemi, Hassan
AU - Shariati, Mohammad
AU - Emamian, Mohammad Hassan
AU - Yazdani, Kamran
AU - Jafarzadehpur, Ebrahim
AU - Koohian, Hassan
AU - Khademi, Mohammad Reza
AU - Hodjatjalali, Kamran
AU - Kheirkhah, Ahmad
AU - Chaman, Reza
AU - Malihi, Sarvenaz
AU - Mirzaii, Mehdi
AU - Khabazkhoob, Mehdi
N1 - Funding Information:
This project was supported by Noor Ophthalmology Research Center and Shahroud University of Medical Sciences. We wish to thank Dr Saw Seang Mei and Dr Mohamed Dirani for giving us the opportunity to visit Singapore population-based studies and for the materials that helped us in the preparation of the forms. A.F. is the guarantor.
PY - 2013/10
Y1 - 2013/10
N2 - The Shahroud Eye Cohort Study was set up to determine the prevalence and incidence of visual impairment and major eye conditions in the 40-64-year-old population of Shahroud as a Middle Eastern population. The first phase of the study was conducted in 2009-10. Using random cluster sampling, 6311 Shahroud inhabitants were invited for ophthalmologic examinations; of these, 5190 participants completed phase 1 (participation rate of 82.2%). All participants were interviewed to collect data on participants' demographics, occupation status, socioeconomic status, history of smoking, and medical and ophthalmic history, as well as history of medication, and the quality and duration of their insurance. DNA and plasma samples, as well as four dots of whole blood were collected from participants. Extensive optometric and ophthalmologic examinations were performed for each participant, including lensometry of current glasses, testing near and far visual acuity; determining objective and subjective refraction; eye motility; cycloplegic refraction; colour vision test; slit-lamp biomicroscopy and intraocular pressure measurement; direct and indirect fundoscopy; perimetry test; ocular biometry; corneal topography; lens and fundus photography; and the Schirmer's (1008 participants) and tear breakup time tests (1013 participants). The study data are available for collaborative research at Noor Ophthalmology Research Center, Tehran, Iran.
AB - The Shahroud Eye Cohort Study was set up to determine the prevalence and incidence of visual impairment and major eye conditions in the 40-64-year-old population of Shahroud as a Middle Eastern population. The first phase of the study was conducted in 2009-10. Using random cluster sampling, 6311 Shahroud inhabitants were invited for ophthalmologic examinations; of these, 5190 participants completed phase 1 (participation rate of 82.2%). All participants were interviewed to collect data on participants' demographics, occupation status, socioeconomic status, history of smoking, and medical and ophthalmic history, as well as history of medication, and the quality and duration of their insurance. DNA and plasma samples, as well as four dots of whole blood were collected from participants. Extensive optometric and ophthalmologic examinations were performed for each participant, including lensometry of current glasses, testing near and far visual acuity; determining objective and subjective refraction; eye motility; cycloplegic refraction; colour vision test; slit-lamp biomicroscopy and intraocular pressure measurement; direct and indirect fundoscopy; perimetry test; ocular biometry; corneal topography; lens and fundus photography; and the Schirmer's (1008 participants) and tear breakup time tests (1013 participants). The study data are available for collaborative research at Noor Ophthalmology Research Center, Tehran, Iran.
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U2 - 10.1093/ije/dys161
DO - 10.1093/ije/dys161
M3 - Article
C2 - 23081880
AN - SCOPUS:84880425687
SN - 0300-5771
VL - 42
SP - 1300
EP - 1308
JO - International Journal of Epidemiology
JF - International Journal of Epidemiology
IS - 5
M1 - dys161
ER -