Characterization of Visual and Ocular Morbidity of the Population Treated in Colombia, According to the 2009 and 2010 RIPS Reports

Abstract

<em><strong>Objective</strong><em> To characterize the visual and ocular morbidity of the population treated in Colombia based on the reports from the individual records of the provision of health services (RIPS), Chapter VII of the International Classification of Diseases, 10th Version (ICD-10), years 2009-2010. <em><strong>Materials and methods</strong><em> A descriptive retrospective observational study was conducted of the visual and ocular morbidity of the population treated in Colombia according to the RIPS reports the 58 diagnostic codes were reclassified into 18 categories, according to the Reisvo classification the demographic variables of age, gender and health protection scheme were taken into consideration, as well as the clinical variable of diagnosis code univariate and bivariate analysis were performed. <em><strong>Results</strong><em> 775,989 RIPS from 2009 and 1,605,714 from 2010 were analyzed, corresponding to Chapter VII of ICD-10 most of them were female, 54.3% from 2009 and 58.4% from 2010. The predominant health scheme was the contributive scheme, with 73% for both years. The most frequent diagnostic groups in 2009 were disorders of the conjunctiva (55.9 %), accommodation and refractive disorders (23.1 %), eyelid disorders (9.9%), blindness and decreased visual acuity (2.2 %) for 2010, they were: accommodation and refractive disorders (44 %), disorders of the conjunctiva (23.4 %), eyelid disorders (4.4 %), blindness and decreased visual acuity (3.8 %) and glaucoma (3.7 %). <em><strong>Conclusions</strong><em> The most prevalent diagnoses in the two years evaluated were: accommodation and refractive disorders, and disorders of the conjunctiva.