Cataract Surgery Complications As A Cause Of Visual Impairment In A Population Aged 50 And Over.

dc.creatorOliveira, Denise Fornazari de
dc.creatorLira, Rodrigo Pessoa Cavalcanti
dc.creatorLupinacci, Alvaro Pedroso Carvalho
dc.creatorPaccola, Marcelo
dc.creatorArieta, Carlos Eduardo Leite
dc.date2008-Oct
dc.date2015-11-27T13:13:17Z
dc.date2015-11-27T13:13:17Z
dc.date.accessioned2018-03-29T01:07:40Z
dc.date.available2018-03-29T01:07:40Z
dc.identifierCadernos De Saúde Pública. v. 24, n. 10, p. 2440-4, 2008-Oct.
dc.identifier1678-4464
dc.identifier
dc.identifierhttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18949245
dc.identifierhttp://repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/198021
dc.identifier18949245
dc.identifier.urihttp://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/1298254
dc.descriptionThe purpose of this study was to measure the extent to which complications relating to cataract surgery are a cause of visual impairment in a population aged 50 and over from the city of Campinas, São Paulo State, Brazil. An assessment of cataract surgery services was conducted using random cluster sampling, with the sample composed of 60 clusters of 40 people aged 50 years or older. Of the selected sample of 2,400 subjects, 92.67% were examined. Of these 2,224 examined subjects, 75 (3.37%) presented bilateral visual impairment and 164 unilateral, while a total of 314 (7.06%) eyes presented visual impairment. 352 eyes had undergone cataract surgery. The causes of visual impairment after surgery were concurrent eye disease (56%), surgical complications (28.8%) and refractive errors (15.2%). Cataract surgery complications represented the 5th most important cause of visual impairment. The other main causes were cataract, posterior segment disorders, diabetic retinopathy and glaucoma. These results suggest cataract surgery complications are a major cause of visual impairment in this population. Their prevention and treatment must be part of public health care policies.
dc.description24
dc.description2440-4
dc.languageeng
dc.relationCadernos De Saúde Pública
dc.relationCad Saude Publica
dc.rightsaberto
dc.rights
dc.sourcePubMed
dc.subjectBlindness
dc.subjectBrazil
dc.subjectCataract
dc.subjectCataract Extraction
dc.subjectConfidence Intervals
dc.subjectFemale
dc.subjectHumans
dc.subjectMale
dc.subjectMiddle Aged
dc.subjectPostoperative Complications
dc.subjectRefractive Errors
dc.subjectSampling Studies
dc.subjectVision Disorders
dc.subjectVisual Acuity
dc.titleCataract Surgery Complications As A Cause Of Visual Impairment In A Population Aged 50 And Over.
dc.typeArtículos de revistas


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