OBJECTIVE To determine the cumulative probability of cataract surgery and factors accounting for such surgery. METHODS Respondents to the Asset and Health Dynamics Among the Oldest Old survey, a national longitudinal panel, were interviewed in 1998, 2000, and 2002 to determine whether they had undergone cataract extraction since the previous interview (N = 8363 in 1998). Multivariate analysis...

PURPOSE To assess the association between age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and previous cataract surgery. METHODS We studied 17,987 randomly selected participants from the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey who were aged ≥40 years and underwent additional ophthalmologic examinations in 2008‒12. The associations between previous cataract surgery and early/late AMD wer...

Purpose: To assess national endophthalmitis prophylaxis practice patterns during phacoemulsification surgery in Pakistan. Study Design: Cross sectional survey. Place and Duration of Study: Eye units registered with the British Pakistani Ophthalmic Society (BPOS) between September November 2020. Methods: A survey-based cross study was conducted Pakistan proforma designed using a survey client (S...

OBJECTIVE To know the opinions of trainee ophthalmologists on ways to improve cataract surgical rate (CSR) with a view to having insight into actions that should be of high priority for achieving this improvement. METHODS A survey of 27 trainee ophthalmologists using structured self-administered questionnaire. RESULTS Most trainees had a positive view about actions towards raising CSR: Stru...

PURPOSE To describe the relationship of refractive errors and axial ocular dimensions and age-related cataract. METHODS Population-based, cross-sectional survey of ocular diseases among Chinese men and women aged 40 to 81 years (n = 1232) living in the Tanjong Pagar district in Singapore. As part of the examination, refraction and corneal curvature were determined with an autorefractor, with ...

Mechi zone is located in the eastern region of Nepal and has a population of 1.2 million. According to the Nepal Blindness Survey in 1981 the prevalence of blindness in this zone was 0.64%. The most important cause of blindness in Nepal was cataract, accounting for two thirds of NepalÕs blindness. The people of the eastern region of Nepal had to go either to the neighbouring zone or across the ...

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This paper uses the English Longitudinal Survey of Ageing to explore the self-reported effect of cataract operations on eye-sight. A non-parametric analysis shows clearly that most cataract patients report improved eye-sight after surgery and a parametric analysis provides further information: it shows that the beneficial effect is larger the worse was self-reported eye-sight preceding surgery ...