Early assessment of visual acuity after cataract surgery in rural Indonesia

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 155-161

  Bani, Anna ^a   Wang, Dandan ^b   Congdon, Nathan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INDONESIA   (Indonesia)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Assessment; Cataract; Early; Indonesia; Rural

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDONESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPECTACLES; VISUAL ACUITY;

AGED; CATARACT EXTRACTION; EYEGLASSES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INDONESIA; LENS IMPLANTATION, INTRAOCULAR; LENSES, INTRAOCULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSEUDOPHAKIA; RURAL POPULATION; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84858392494     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: 14429071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2011.02667.x     Document Type: Article

References (24)

1. Resnikoff S, Pascolini D, Etya'ale D etal. Global data on visual impairment in the year 2002. Bull World Health Organ 2004; 82: 844-51.
2. Desai P, Minassian DC, Reidy A. National cataract surgery survey 1997-8: a report of the results of the clinical outcomes. Br J Ophthalmol 1999; 83: 1336-40.
3. Stenevi U, Lundstrom M, Thorburn W. An outcome study of cataract surgery based on a national register. Acta Ophthalmol Scand 1997; 75: 688-91.
4. Powe NR, Schein OD, Gieser SC etal. Synthesis of the literature on visual acuity and complications following cataract extraction with intraocular lens implantation. Cataract Patient Outcome Research Team. Arch Ophthalmol 1994; 112: 239-52.
5. McCarty CA, Nanjan MB, Taylor HR. Operated and unoperated cataract in Australia. Clin Experiment Ophthalmol 2000; 28: 77-82.
6. Prajna NV, Chandrakanth KS, Kim R etal. The Madurai Intraocular Lens Study. II: Clinical outcomes. Am J Ophthalmol 1998; 125: 14-25.
7. Yorston D, Foster A. Audit of extracapsular cataract extraction and posterior chamber lens implantation as a routine treatment for age related cataract in east Africa. Br J Ophthalmol 1999; 83: 897-901.
8. Bourne RR, Dineen BP, Ali SM, Huq DM, Johnson GJ. Outcomes of cataract surgery in Bangladesh: results from a population-based nation-wide survey. Br J Ophthalmol 2003; 87: 813-19.
9. Bourne RR, Dineen BP, Jadoon Z etal. Outcomes of cataract surgery in Pakistan: results from the Pakistan National Blindness and Visual Impairment Survey. Br J Ophthalmol 2007; 91(4): 420-6.
10. Zhao J, Ellwein LB, Cui H etal. Prevalence and outcomes of cataract surgery in rural China: The China Nine-Province Survey. Ophthalmology 2010; 117(11): 2120-8.
11. Murthy GV, Ellwein LB, Gupta S, Tanikachalam K, Ray M, Dada VK. A population-based eye survey of older adults in a rural district of Rajasthan: II. Outcomes of cataract surgery. Ophthalmology 2001; 108: 686-9.
12. Thulasiraj RD, Reddy A, Selvaraj S, Munoz SR, Ellwein LB. The Sivaganga eye survey: II. Outcomes of cataract surgery. Ophthalmic Epidemiol 2002; 9: 313-24.
13. Nirmalan PK, Thulasiraj RD, Maneksha V etal. A population-based eye survey of older adults in Tirunelveli district of south India: blindness, cataract surgery and visual outcomes. Br J Ophthalmol 2002; 86: 505-12.
14. Dandona L, Dandona R, Anand R, Srinivas M, Rajashekar V. Outcome and number of cataract surgeries in India: policy issues for blindness control. Clin Experiment Ophthalmol 2003; 31: 23-31.
15. WHO. Rapid Assessment of Cataract Surgery Services. Accessed on 8 July 2010. Available from:
16. Limburg H, Foster A, Gilbert C, Johnson GJ, Kyndt M, Myatt M. Routine monitoring of visual outcome of cataract surgery. Part 2: Results from eight study centres. Br J Ophthalmol 2005; 89: 50-2.
17. Crooms R, Huang G, Chen Q, Congdon N, He M. Compliance with follow up after cataract surgery in rural China. (in press).
18. Congdon NG, Rao SK, Zhao X, Wang W, Choi K, Lam DS. Visual Function and Postoperative Care After Cataract Surgery in Rural China: Study of Cataract Outcomes and Up-Take of Services (SCOUTS) in the Caring Is Hip Project, Report 2. Arch Ophthalmol 2007; 125: 1546-52.
19. Congdon N, Fan H, Choi K etal. Impact of posterior subcapsular opacification on vision and visual function among subjects undergoing cataract surgery in rural China: Study of Cataract Outcomes and Up-Take of Services (SCOUTS) in the Caring is Hip Project, report 5. Br J Ophthalmol 2008; 92: 598-603.
20. Wikipedia. Lombok. Accessed 8 July 2010. Available from:
21. Resosudarmo BP, Vidyattama Y. The East Asian experience: Indonesia. In: Balisacan AM, Hill H, eds. The Dynamics of Regional Development: the Philippines in East Asia. Northampton: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2007; 133 Table 5.2b.
22. Minassian DC, Rosen P, Dart JKG, Reidy A, Desai P, Sidhu M. Extracapsular cataract extraction compared with small incision surgery by phacoemulsification: a randomised trial. Br J Ophthalmol 2001; 85: 822-9.
23. Riaz Y, Mehta JS, Wormald R etal. Surgical interventions for age-related cataract. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2006; (4): CD001323.
24. Zhang M, Wu X, Li L etal. Understanding barriers to cataract surgery among older persons in rural China through focus groups. Ophthalmic Epidemiol 2011; 18: 179-86.