Retrospective Study of Pattern of Blindness among Patients Seeking Visual Disability Certificate in Guru Gobind Singh Government Hospital, Jamnagar District

Introduction:The disability experienced by persons on account of blindness and visualimpairment (VI) has been a well-recognized concern since centuries. In 2017, theIndian definition was also revised and was made consistent with the internationaldefinition and blindness is now defined as – presenting distance visual acuity less than3/60 in the better eye and limitation of field of vision to be less than 10⁰ from center offixation. Aim and Objective: To Identify Various Causes of Blindness in patientsseeking visual disability certificate. Material and Method: A retrospective study ofpatients seeking visual disability certificate in the Department of Ophthalmology, GuruGobind Singh Government Hospital, Jamnagar district from January 2017 to December2021. Result: Out of 283 cases in the study, most of them were in the age group of 31-40 years. Oldest in the study group was 86 years, and youngest was 3 years. Maleswere more compared to females in this study. Conclusion: Safety education for everyfactory worker should be made mandatory. Visual disability certificates should beminimised through awareness and education of people on other hand