Barriers to cataract surgical uptake in the upper east region of Ghana

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“…Contrary to the study of Gyasi et al [19], fear was not a major barrier to eye care services utilization in this study. Gyasi et al [19] reported fear to be the third most common barrier to uptake of cataract surgery in the Upper East region.…”

“…A study in southern India by Marmamula et al [18] reported the lack of perceived need for eye care services to be the leading person-related barrier to utilization of eye care services. Other studies have reported similar findings [10,[19][20][21].…”

“…Financial barriers are well-established barriers to eye care and health care in general and has been reported by several studies [10,11,15,17,19,20,22]. In a similar study in the region, cost of surgery was identified by 91% of the respondents as the most important barrier to cataract surgery utilization in the Upper East region [19]. Studies have established positive correlation between reduction in cost of service and uptake of eye care services.…”

“…Gyasi et al [19] reported fear to be the third most common barrier to uptake of cataract surgery in the Upper East region. Again, contrary to other studies in the region, distance to eye care facility was a significant barrier to utilization of eye care services in this study.…”

Barriers to Utilization of Eye Care Services in the Upper East Region, Ghana

“…Again, contrary to other studies in the region, distance to eye care facility was a significant barrier to utilization of eye care services in this study. In the study by Gyasi et al [19] to access the barriers to the uptake of cataract surgery in the Upper East region, none of the participants reported the distance to eye care facilities as a form of barrier to them. A significant number of the participants reported having no knowledge of the availability of eye care services or thinking nothing could be done about ocular conditions they have.…”