Table 1.
2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | Total | |
Total number registered | 259 | 343 | 457 | 522 | 1581 |
Established glaucoma patients | 145 (60%) | 105 (30.6%) | 231 (50.5%) | 342 (65.5%) | 823 (52.1%) |
Newly diagnosed glaucoma patients | 28 (10.8%) | 38 (11.1%) | 33 (7.2%) | 21 (4.0%) | 120 (7.6%) |
Humphrey visual field analysis | 129 | 137 | 235 | 203 | 704 |
FDT perimetry | 123 | 53 | 42 | 147 | 365 |
Pachymetry | 86 | 34 | 26 | 52 | 198 |
Optical coherence tomography | - | - | 6 | 24 | 30 |
Disc photography | 57 | 17 | 90 | 112 | 276 |
Bottles of medication distributed | 51 | 87 | 264 | 368 | 770 |
Laser treatments | 14 | 11 | 5 | 17 | 47 |
Patients supported for surgery | 11 | 15 | 16 | 11 | 53 |
FDT = frequency doubling technology. Note that the quantity of medication distributed may not equal the number of glaucoma patients seen during a given year as not all established glaucoma patients received free medication in 2004 and 2005, and some patients received more than one sample in subsequent years. Similarly, some patients may have received both medication and another form of treatment (i.e. laser or surgery).