ArticleMiddle East African journal of ophthalmology
Barriers to cataract surgical uptake in central ethiopia.
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- Barriers to Cataract Surgery in Africa: A Systematic Review.Middle East African journal of ophthalmologyPooled it
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- Factors associated with delayed uptake of cataract surgery among adult patients at Mulago National Referral Hospital, Uganda.African health sciences · 2021Article
- Willingness to pay for cataract surgery and associated factors among cataract patients in Outreach Site, North West Ethiopia.PloS one · 2021Article
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- Cataract surgical rate in Yemen: 2012.Saudi journal of ophthalmology : official journal of the Saudi Ophthalmological SocietyArticle
- Incarceration and emergency department visit frequency as predictors for missing day of cataract surgery at County hospital.The journal of medicine accessArticle
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Abstract
purposeThe aim of this study was to assess the factors that delay surgical intervention in patients suffering from age related mature cataract in Ethiopia. MATERIALS AND
methodsA short term descriptive study was performed that evaluated patients with mature cataract presenting to outreach eye care clinics in rural central Ethiopia. Patients were interviewed to determine the reasons for delay in their cataract surgeries.
resultA total of 146 subjects (57 male and 89 females) with operable age related cataract were evaluated at 31 outreach clinics. Over 86% of the respondents were above 55 years of age, (range, 45-78 years). The male to female ratio was 1:1.5 and 30.2% of the subjects were blind bilaterally (best corrected visual acuity <3/60). The majority of the respondents were farmers (53.4%) and 86.3% were illiterate. The major factors that delayed cataract surgery included: Cost of surgery (91.8%), insufficient family income (78.1%), good vision in the fellow (unaffected) eye (39.7%), and the distance to hospital from their village (47.9%).
conclusionSurgical cost, insufficient family income, and the distance to an eye care centre were the major factors delaying cataract surgery in rural Ethiopia.
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