Prevalence of Cataract in Rural Indonesia

Husain, Rahat; Tong, Louis; Fong, A.; Cheng, Jin Fong; How, Alicia C.; Chua, Wei Ling; Lee, Llewelyn; Gazzard, Gus; Tan, Donald; Koh, David; Saw, Seang Mei

doi:10.1016/j.ophtha.2005.02.015

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“…23% was the age adjusted cataract prevalence. 7 Similar to the findings of the present study, author also found that the prevalence of cataract increased with increasing age. They observed that the men had lower prevalence of cataract than females.…”

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A study of clinical and ophthalmologic profile of patients undergoing cataract surgery

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et al. 2017

Int J Res Med Sci

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Background: Intraocular lens implantation is the only surgical approach available mostly in developing countries. Thus cataract constitutes as the leading cause of blindness in developing countries as many patients with cataract do not have access to hospitals and surgery. Objective was to study the clinical and ophthalmologic profile of patients undergoing cataract surgery.Methods: A hospital based cross sectional study was carried out among 100 cataract patients assigned to undergo conventional extra capsular cataract excision surgery for a period of two years in a tertiary care referral hospital. One day before the surgery these patients were admitted to the indoor wards of department of ophthalmology. From each patient, detailed history was obtained. Visual acuity was checked with Snellen’s visual acuity chart and pinhole improvement was noted.Results: Maximum prevalence was seen in the age group of 51-60 years i.e. 37% followed by 61-70 years of 30%. Thus cataract is seen more commonly in the age group of above 50 years. Prevalence of cataract was more in females (59%) as compared to 41% in males. Cortical cataract constituted 86% of total cases and remaining 14% were constituted by nuclear type of cataract. Majority of the patients i.e. 59% had visual acuity of less than 1/60 followed by 33% of having 5/60 to 1/60. 58% of the patients had against the rule type of astigmatism. 34% of the patients had with the rule type of astigmatism. Only 8% had NOA type of astigmatism.Conclusions: Increasing age and female gender were the most important risk factors in the present study. Cortical type of cataract was more common than nuclear type of cataract. Maximum had low vision.

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A study of clinical and ophthalmologic profile of patients undergoing cataract surgery

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Shori²,

Laxmiprasad

et al. 2017

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“…Comparison between different studies is inherently difficult for a variety of reasons, and the use of standardized LOCS III classifications is probably the most accurate method. [5][6][7][8][9][10][11] Studies that used different classification systems reported significantly lower prevalence of cataract in Australia (22%) 12,13 and the United States (∼17.5%) 14,15 The prevalence of cataract surgery in this population is very similar to that found in the Meiktila Eye Study (3.9%), 5 but considerably lower than that of Southern India (9.4%). 9 Nuclear cataract is usually the most prevalent of the subtypes, followed closely by cortical cataract, with posterior subcapsular being the least common.…”

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confidence: 60%

“…11,15,20,21 The point prevalence of smoking in this population (over 40 years of age) was 16%, which is lower than many other Asian populations and that of the United States. 5,17,22 Evidence for an association between smoking and cataract (particularly nuclear) continues to grow; the lack of an association in our study may relate to our failure to quantify usage.…”

Section: Risk Factors For Cataractmentioning

confidence: 69%

“…9 Nuclear cataract is usually the most prevalent of the subtypes, followed closely by cortical cataract, with posterior subcapsular being the least common. 8,11,[14][15][16][17] By changing the LOCS III cutoff for nuclear cataract classification from ≥ 4 to ≥ 3, the point prevalence of nuclear cataracts (8.8%) becomes slightly more than that for PSC cataracts (8.0%). However, even with classification adjustment the prevalence is considerably less than that of cortical cataract in this population.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…35 There is a growing level of evidence supporting lower education as a risk factor for cataract. 5,10,11,20,23,36 This association, particularly with nuclear cataract, may be a reflection of the relationship between low education and alcohol intake, cigarette smoking and low vitamin supplement intake/ poor nutrition. 10,11,20 Lack of association between cataract and many of the risk factors from our study may reflect heterogeneity of cataract pathogenesis in this community.…”

Section: Risk Factors For Cataractmentioning

confidence: 99%

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