Table 3.
Eye Diagnosis Comparison Between Studies Examining Populations Experiencing Homelessness
| First Author | Current Study | Jiang8 | Pitz11 | Noel9 | Ho33 | Sawers36 | Henstenburg32 | Nnamani Silva34 | Quigley35 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City, country | Baltimore, MD, USA | Toronto, Canada | Mainz and Frankfurt, Germany | Toronto, Canada | Los Angeles, CA, USA | London, UK | Philadelphia, PA, USA | San Francisco, CA, USA | Baltimore, MD, USA |
| Year published | 2023 | 2020 | 2005 | 2015 | 1997 | 2017 | 2019 | 2020 | 2002 |
| Average age | 53 | – | 49 | – | 30 | 49 | – | 51 | 50 |
| Median age | 55 | 53 | – | 48 | – | – | – | – | 48 |
| Refractive error % | 0.77 | 0.48 | – | – | 0.54 | 0.43 | 0.45 | 0.70 | 0.53 |
| Glaucoma/glaucoma suspect % | 0.25 | 0.10 | – | 0.06 | 0.02 | 0.08 | 0.05 | 0.20 | 0.13 |
| Cataracts % | 0.36 | 0.10 | 0.08 | 0.04 | 0.05 | 0.19 | 0.29 | 0.20 | 0.15 |
| Diabetic retinopathy % | 0.04 | – | 0.02 | – | – | – | 0.03 | 0.11 | – |
| Dry eye % | 0.24 | 0.01 | – | – | – | – | – | 0.08 | – |
| Hypertensive retinopathy % | 0.02 | – | – | – | – | – | 0.01 | 0.01 | – |
| Referral rates | 0.46 | 0.43 | – | – | – | 0.10 | – | – | – |