Preoperative visual acuity of cataract patients at a tertiary hospital in sub-Saharan Africa: a 10-year review.
Purpose: To determine the preoperative visual acuity of cataract patients over a 10-year period in a tertiary facility as a means of auditing the cataract surgical services. Methods: A retrospective study of patients with age-related cataracts who had cataract surgery performed between January 2007...
| Publicado en: | Therapeutic Advances in Ophthalmology Vol. 11 |
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Sage Publications Inc.
2019
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=139686410&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 139686410 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 25158414 LAW0 jtl: Therapeutic Advances in Ophthalmology issn: 25158414 maglogo: Y pubinfo: dt: 2019 vid: 11 pid: 344 pub: Sage Publications Inc. place: Thousand Oaks, California artinfo: ui: 139686410 139686410 139686410 10.1177/2515841419886451 139686410 ppct: 1 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P tig: atl: Preoperative visual acuity of cataract patients at a tertiary hospital in sub-Saharan Africa: a 10-year review. aug: au: Ugalahi, Mary O. Uchendu, Obioma C. Ugalahi, Linda O. affil: Department of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan and University College Hospital, 200212 Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria sug: subj: Preoperative Care Trends Visual Acuity Evaluation Cataract Extraction Nigeria Tertiary Health Care Nigeria Human Nigeria Audit Retrospective Design Random Sample Probability Comorbidity Middle Age Aged Male Female Blindness Vision Disorders Health Services Accessibility Middle Aged: 45-64 years Aged: 65+ years Male Female ab: Purpose: To determine the preoperative visual acuity of cataract patients over a 10-year period in a tertiary facility as a means of auditing the cataract surgical services. Methods: A retrospective study of patients with age-related cataracts who had cataract surgery performed between January 2007 and December 2016 at the University College Hospital, Ibadan. Systematic random sampling and probability proportionate to size were used to recruit a representative sample. Information on sociodemographic characteristics, preoperative visual acuity, ocular and systemic comorbidities were retrieved and analysed. Results: Of the 499 patients studied, males were 268 (53.7%) and their mean age was 67.69 (±9.51) years. The predominant visual acuity was hand motion 184 (36.9%) and yearly mean preoperative visual acuity was in the range of 0.0037–0.04 decimal. Conclusion: The mean preoperative visual acuity of patients in this facility did not change over the 10-year study period. Mean value of preoperative visual acuity remained within the range of blindness and did not improve over the decade. This could either be a reflection of visual impairment at which our patients seek care or an indication of the range of visual acuities at which surgeons are willing to offer cataract surgery in our environment. This trend has negative implications on the burden of cataract blindness as it reflects poor coverage of surgery for other levels of visual impairment due to cataract. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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