Are blind people more likely to accept free cataract surgery? A study of vision-related quality of life and visual acuity in Kenya

Ophthalmic Epidemiology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 41-49

  Briesen, Sebastian ^a,b   Roberts, Helen ^a   Ilako, Dunera ^b   Karimurio, Jefitha ^b   Courtright, Paul ^c  

^a Kwale District Eye Centre   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^c Kilimanjaro Centre for Community Ophthalmology   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Africa; Barriers; Cataract; Kenya; Sponsored eye surgery; Vision related quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCREENING TEST; SOCIAL ASPECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; BLINDNESS; COST OF ILLNESS; ECONOMICS; FEE; HEALTH STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLINDNESS; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; COST OF ILLNESS; FEES AND CHARGES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS;

EID: 75749139364     PISSN: 09286586     EISSN: 17445086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09286580903447938     Document Type: Article

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