A Study on Prevalence of Cataract and the Importance of Cataract Surgery at Tertiary Care Hospital
Journal Title: Scholars Journal of Applied Medical Sciences - Year 2017, Vol 5, Issue 5
Abstract
Abstract: Cataract is the leading cause of visual impairment and blindness worldwide, accounting for more than 50% of the blindness cases. The major barriers to cataract surgery include cost, lack of knowledge about cataract, lack of transport and/or felt need. Outcomes of cataract surgery are generally good and improvement in vision after cataract surgery is a rule in most case.Investigate the prevalence and vision-related outcomes of cataract surgery in a private medical college hospital.121 patients were subjected to a cross sectional study by systematic random sampling with the participants of study being patients with cataract coming to the ophthalmology OPD.The prevalence of cataract among the patients attending ophthalmology OPD is 19.87%. The age based study shows that the prevalence of cataract increases with age. It is clear from the study that the visual acuity improves greatly with the cataract surgery. The most common post-operative complications being astigmatism and posterior capsular opacification. Keywords:Cataract, prevalence, vision
Authors and Affiliations
N Rajendran, DivyaAleena Jacob, Kishore Kumar Jaco, P S Indrapal, Prashant V Solanke, Vignesh N
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