MEDICAL-SOCIAL ASPECTS OF OPHTHALMOLOGICAL PATHOLOGY: A VARIOUS VIEW OF THE PROBLEM

Abstract

Background. Is due to the importance of a full-fledged healthy visual perception for the quality of life and working capacity of different age categories of the population. Forecast calculations by international experts prove the presence of ophthalmic pathology growing trends in the spread, according to which by 2050, almost a third of the planet's population will have impaired vision. The effective organization of medical care in terms of providing services to patients with complaints of impaired vision should take into account modern world trends, be comprehensive with the involvement of medical specialists (ophthalmologists, family doctors) and public health centers, public organizations and associations. Aim: to find out the ophthalmic pathology modern medical and social aspects, the results of research in the developed countries in the world regarding the peculiarities of the formation of the burden eyes diseases and its accessory apparatus. Materials and methods. Scientific publications on the risk factors and significance of visual impairments, especially in childhood and adolescence, medical and social aspects of their impact on work capacity, socialization and quality of life of patients of various ages served as material for the study. The research methods were: system approach and system analysis, content analysis, bibliosemantic method. Results. Prove the prospects for the implementation of medical and preventive strategies in the provision of primary and specialized ophthalmic medical care, taking into account the significant medical and social burden of ophthalmopathology, the distribution of nosologies by class of eyes diseases and its accessory apparatus, which are most often found in certain age groups, is given. It has been proven that the prevalence of ophthalmic pathology increases with age, its highest levels are registered in the age group of 65 years and older. Conclusion. The important medical and social significance of visual functions disorders at different ages potentially threatens the emergence of disability, disruption of ophthalmic patients socialization and work capacity. The growing medical and social importance of eye diseases in our time puts forward new requirements for the organization of providing ophthalmic care to various segments of the population.