Barriers to the acceptance of cataract surgery in a hospital based population: A descriptive study
Journal Title: Indian Journal of Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology - Year 2018, Vol 4, Issue 3
Abstract
Introduction Cataract is a leading cause of blindness in low and middle income countries like India Despite free cataract services available in most government institution as part of national health program to curb blindness there are certain barriers among people which prevent them from utilizing health servicesAim To determine the possible reasons for delay in acceptance of cataract surgery at tertiary care ophthalmic centreMaterials and Methods This is a questionnaire based descriptive study done at outpatient setting at tertiary care ophthalmic centre in northern India The patient who were aware of the presence of cataract with visual acuity of 6Result The study enrolled 356 patients with mean age of 586623years There were 199 5589 males and 157 4411 females Mostly they belong to low socioeconomic class The important barriers which came out in the study were ability to manage daily routine work 2446854 additional cost of surgery 221 6207 fear for surgery 216 6067 ability to see with other eye 202 5674 busy with work 181 5084 and cataract not mature 136 382Conclusion There is need for individual and community health counseling regarding the cataract surgery so as to allay the fear and anxiety among the patientsKeywords Barrier Cataract Surgery
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Prabha Gupta, Shauryakant Varandani, Abha Shukla
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