{"status":"ok","message-type":"work","message-version":"1.0.0","message":{"indexed":{"date-parts":[[2026,11,2]],"date-time":"2026-11-02T07:26:08Z","timestamp":1793604368044,"version":"4.5.0"},"reference-count":0,"publisher":"Nepal Journals Online (JOL)","issue":"2","license":[{"start":{"date-parts":[[2018,2,21]],"date-time":"2018-02-21T00:00:00Z","timestamp":1519171200000},"content-version":"unspecified","delay-in-days":0,"URL":"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-nd\/4.0"}],"content-domain":{"domain":[],"crossmark-restriction":false},"short-container-title":["Nep J Oph"],"abstract":"<jats:p>Introduction: Retinopathy of prematurity is an important cause of childhood blindness amongst premature babies in developing as well as developed world.Objectives: To report the incidence and risk factors of ROP from a regional institute of Ophthalmology in western India and compare it with the existing scenario.Materials and Methods: This was prospective observational study of babies born at &lt;34 weeks of gestational and\/or &lt;1700 grams birth weight between January 2012 and October 2013. Birth related information viz. O2 administration was recorded in consultation with a neonatologist and babies were evaluated for the presence of ROP. Multivariable logistic regression was used to identify risk factors for any-ROP and severe-ROP requiring treatment.Results: Out of 280 babies screened, any-ROP was seen 54 babies(19.28%) out of which, severe-ROP was found in 28 babies(10.29%).Likelihood of developing any-ROP increased 3 fold (95%CI=1.1 \u2013 6.5), and severe-ROP by 7 fold (95%CI=1.6 \u2013 27.5), if oxygen therapy as administered. Older gestational age was associated with reduced likelihood of developing severe-ROP (Odds ratio=0.79, 95%CI=0.6 \u2013 0.9) but not any-ROP. Twenty four babies (86%) with severe ROP responded well to laser or Bevacizumab therapy while 4 babies developed retinal detachment.Conclusion: This is the first report quoting only incidence and risk factors of ROP from western India. One in 5 babies develop any-ROP similar to that reported across rest of the country. The incidence of severe-ROP requiring treatment appears to be marginally higher, and treatment outcomes in these eyes are similar to that reported in literature.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3126\/nepjoph.v9i2.19254","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2018,2,21]],"date-time":"2018-02-21T04:57:04Z","timestamp":1519189024000},"page":"112-120","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":8,"title":["Incidence and risk factors of retinopathy of prematurity in Western India \u2013 Report from A Regional Institute of Ophthalmology"],"prefix":"10.3126","volume":"9","author":[{"given":"Dhaivat","family":"Vasavada","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Sabyasachi","family":"Sengupta","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Vipul K","family":"Prajapati","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Shashank","family":"Patel","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1670","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2018,2,21]]},"container-title":["Nepalese Journal of Ophthalmology"],"original-title":[],"link":[{"URL":"https:\/\/www.nepjol.info\/index.php\/NEPJOPH\/article\/download\/19254\/15732","content-type":"application\/pdf","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"https:\/\/www.nepjol.info\/index.php\/NEPJOPH\/article\/download\/19254\/15732","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2026,11,2]],"date-time":"2026-11-02T06:27:12Z","timestamp":1793600832000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/www.nepjol.info\/index.php\/NEPJOPH\/article\/view\/19254"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2018,2,21]]},"references-count":0,"journal-issue":{"issue":"2","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2018,2,21]]}},"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3126\/nepjoph.v9i2.19254","relation":{},"ISSN":["2091-0320","2072-6805"],"issn-type":[{"value":"2091-0320","type":"electronic"},{"value":"2072-6805","type":"print"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2018,2,21]]}}}