Turk Jinekoloji ve Obstetrik Dernegi Dergisi
Volume 13, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 67-70

Changes of intraocular pressure in different trimesters of pregnancy among Syrian refugees in Turkey: A crosssectional study [Türkiye’de yaşayan Suriyeli göçmenlerde gebeliğin farklı trimesterlerinde göz içi basıncındaki değişiklikler: Kesitsel çalışma] (Article) (Open Access)

Tolunay H.E.* , Özcan S.C. , Şükür Y.E. , Özcan D.Ö. , Adıbelli F.M. , Hilali N.G.
  • a Suruç State Hospital, Clinic of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Şanlıurfa, Turkey
  • b Suruç State Hospital, Clinic of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Şanlıurfa, Turkey
  • c Keçiören Training and Research Hospital, Clinic of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Ankara, Turkey
  • d Akçakale State Hospital, Clinic of Ophthalmology, Şanlıurfa, Turkey
  • e Harran University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Şanlıurfa, Turkey
  • f Harran University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Şanlıurfa, Turkey

Abstract

Objective: To evaluate the physiologic changes in intraocular pressure associated with pregnancy in healthy Syrian refugee women in Turkey. Materials and Methods: In this cross-sectional study, intraocular pressures were measured using a Goldmann tonometer in 235 patients in the first, second, and third trimester of pregnancy and puerperium among Syrian refugees in Turkey. Results: Mean intraocular pressures values of the right eye were 15.5±2.5 mmHg, 14.4±1.4 mmHg, 13.9±1.6 and 14.7±1.9 mmHg in the three trimesters and puerperium, respectively. Mean intraocular pressures values of the left eye were 15.3±1.6 mmHg, 14.3±1.4 mmHg, 13.9±1.6 and 15.3±2.2 mmHg in the three trimesters and puerperium, respectively. The mean intraocular pressures values measured from both eyes were significantly higher in first trimester and puerperal period than in the third trimester (p<0.001). Conclusion: Changes in the intraocular pressure in pregnancy are common and temporary. This study shows the baseline changes in the intraocular pressure during pregnancy in healthy women. Therefore, we cannot extrapolate the results to the whole eye. A decrease in intraocular pressures was shown in healthy pregnant women. © 2016, Turkish Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology. All rights reserved.

Author Keywords

Intraocular pressure Pregnancy Syrian refugees

Index Keywords

refugee ophthalmoscopy physiology human menstrual cycle cross-sectional study smoking female pregnancy Article major clinical study adult Syrian normal human pregnant woman parity intraocular pressure third trimester pregnancy first trimester pregnancy puerperium second trimester pregnancy
Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84982995423&doi=10.4274%2ftjod.40221&partnerID=40&md5=da21aa2a5ec7bc1939a4a7e49b9f938f
DOI: 10.4274/tjod.40221
ISSN: 1307699X
Cited by: 1
Original Language: English