Causes and determinants of blindness in inmates of blind schools

Background: Globally visual impairment is a serious public health, social and economic problem, 1.1 billion people are visually disabled. India has 12 million blind people. Studies conducted so far have highlighted mainly the medical aspects of blindness. With intention to study medico-social blindness in current was undertaken two institutes for Pune.Methods: It cross sectional descriptive using questionnaire. A modified WHO eye examination record low vision administered all (290) inmates Technical Training Institute Pune Blind Men’s Association The School Home Boys from 01 Aug 2014 31 July 2015 at Pune. Psychosocial were recorded as per hospital anxiety depression scale (HADS). Analysis collected data done with help epi info PEPI Programs version-4.Results: Retina (61.7 percent) cornea (31.0 main site lesion. Overall, 40.4 percent had potentially avoidable cause 46.6 normal psychosocial patterns HADS scale.Conclusions: Strengthening preventive curative services complex Involvement retina 61.7 shows that genetically determined diseases an emerging important justifies requirement genetic counselling along other intervention prevention India.