Cataract in central Sri Lanka: Cataract surgical coverage and self-reported barriers to cataract surgery

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 780-784

  Athanasiov, Paul A ^a   Edussuriya, Kapila ^b   Senaratne, Tissa ^b   Sennanayake, Saman ^b   Selva, Dinesh ^a   Casson, Robert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Barrier; Blindness; Cataract surgical coverage; Epidemiology; Sri Lanka

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PATIENT EDUCATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL AREA; SELF REPORT; SLIT LAMP; SRI LANKA; STEREOSCOPIC VISION; TREATMENT REFUSAL; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BLINDNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEAR; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BLINDNESS; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SRI LANKA; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

EID: 74949096548     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: 14429071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2009.02152.x     Document Type: Article

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