Visual outcomes for remote Australian Aboriginal people after cataract surgery

Clinical & Experimental Ophthalmology
A HewittR Gruen

Abstract

To assess the visual outcomes and quality of life after cataract surgery in Aborig nal people and compare them with a case-matched population of non-Aborginal people living in remote and rural areas in the Top End of the Northern Territory. Patients living in remote areas of the Top End of the Northern Territory who underwent cataract surgery between 1994 and 1999 were identified from records at the three major hospitals in the region. Eighty-three patients were included in the study. Each patient underwent a complete ocular assessment and then was administered a standardized, field-tested, 12-item questionnaire concerning visual function. This was analyzed and the results of the Aboriginal and matched non-Aboriginal populations compared. Sixty one Aboriginal and 22 non-Aboriginal people from a total of 295 patients who underwent cataract surgery were included in the study. The two study groups were closely matched by sex, age at the time of surgery, time of follow up from surgery and the number who had undergone bilateral surgeryThe median preoperative visual acuity for the Aboriginal group was 6/60 against 6/24 of the non-Aboriginal group. After surgery, at the time of follow up, 26% of eyes in Aboriginal patients did not cor...Continue Reading

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Aug 23, 2007·International Ophthalmology·Margaret A ChangAlfred Sommer
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