Patients' perceptions of visual impairment associated with smoking: A cross-sectional study of a United Kingdom tertiary eye centre.
Publication Date
2022-01Journal Title
Eur J Ophthalmol
ISSN
1120-6721
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Volume
32
Issue
1
Pages
NP283-NP285
Language
en
Type
Article
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Baker, D., Akpenyi, O., Shahzad, H., & Mellington, F. (2022). Patients' perceptions of visual impairment associated with smoking: A cross-sectional study of a United Kingdom tertiary eye centre.. Eur J Ophthalmol, 32 (1), NP283-NP285. https://doi.org/10.1177/11206721211020647
Abstract
Smoking is a well-established risk factor for several eye disorders including cataracts and age-related macular degeneration. While many individuals are informed of the various adverse health effects, there is limited research into patients' awareness of the relationship between smoking and eye disease and the potential impact this might have on reducing smoking behaviour. Our findings document the low level of awareness of the risk of blindness from smoking at a tertiary eye unit in the United Kingdom and highlight the need for increased involvement from eye care professionals, alongside health campaigns to educate the public of this consequence of smoking.
Keywords
Correspondence, Preventive medicine/screening, socioeconomics and education in medicine/ophthalmology, lens/cataract, age-related macular degeneration, retina, thyroid eye disease, orbital disease, retinopathy of prematurity, diabetic retinopathy, uveitis
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10.1177_11206721211020647
External DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/11206721211020647
This record's URL: https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/333204
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