RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 Eye clinic attendance at the olympic and paralympic games Rio 2016 and its correlation to the WHO indicators on eye health JF British Journal of Sports Medicine JO Br J Sports Med FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and British Association of Sport and Exercise Medicine SP 584 OP 588 DO 10.1136/bjsports-2020-102706 VO 55 IS 11 A1 Arthur Gustavo Fernandes A1 Andrew Bastawrous A1 Nívea Nunes Ferraz A1 Benjamin Hennig A1 Vagner Loduca Lima A1 Rodrigo Galvao Viana A1 Mauro Campos A1 João Marcello Furtado YR 2021 UL http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/55/11/584.abstract AB Objectives To evaluate athletes’ frequency of attendance at the eye clinic during the Olympic and Paralympic Games Rio 2016 and to correlate it to WHO core indicators on progress in ophthalmology care in a country.Methods Frequencies of athletes’ attendance at the eye clinic were calculated for each country. Countries were classified according to the World Bank income levels in high, upper-middle, low-middle or low-income country. Data on ophthalmology care for each country were derived from the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness atlas. Data were analysed in view of WHO indicators for each country: visual impairment prevalence considering presenting visual acuity <6/18 to ≥3/60 in the better vision eye; number of ophthalmologists per million people and the cataract surgical rate per year, per million population.Results The athletes’ overall frequency of attendance in the eye clinic was 6.47%. Frequencies of attendance for high, upper-middle, low-middle or low-income country were 1.97%, 9.66%, 16.54% and 22.43%, respectively. A positive correlation was observed between the athletes’ attendance frequency of a country and its visual impairment prevalence (r=0.2290, p=0.0017). A negative correlation was observed between the athletes’ attendance frequency of a country and its eye health workforce (r=−0.2152, p=0.0026).Conclusion Countries with highest athletes’ frequencies of attendance were those that face barriers to eye care provision. These results reinforce the importance of the eye clinic service during the Olympic and Paralympic Games proving access to specialised care to athletes and members of delegation.Data may be obtained from a third party and are not publicly available.