Cataract surgery complications as a cause of visual impairment in a population aged 50 and over

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Autor(a) principal: Oliveira,Denise Fornazari de
Data de Publicação: 2008
Outros Autores: Lira,Rodrigo Pessoa Cavalcanti, Lupinacci,Álvaro Pedroso Carvalho, Paccola,Marcelo, Arieta,Carlos Eduardo Leite
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Cadernos de Saúde Pública
Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-311X2008001000024
Resumo: The 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.
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spelling Cataract surgery complications as a cause of visual impairment in a population aged 50 and overBlindnessCataractCataract ExtractionVisual AcuityThe 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.Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública Sergio Arouca, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz2008-10-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersiontext/htmlhttp://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-311X2008001000024Cadernos de Saúde Pública v.24 n.10 2008reponame:Cadernos de Saúde Públicainstname:Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ)instacron:FIOCRUZ10.1590/S0102-311X2008001000024info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessOliveira,Denise Fornazari deLira,Rodrigo Pessoa CavalcantiLupinacci,Álvaro Pedroso CarvalhoPaccola,MarceloArieta,Carlos Eduardo Leiteeng2008-10-17T00:00:00Zoai:scielo:S0102-311X2008001000024Revistahttp://cadernos.ensp.fiocruz.br/csp/https://old.scielo.br/oai/scielo-oai.phpcadernos@ensp.fiocruz.br||cadernos@ensp.fiocruz.br1678-44640102-311Xopendoar:2008-10-17T00:00Cadernos de Saúde Pública - Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ)false
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Cataract surgery complications as a cause of visual impairment in a population aged 50 and over
title Cataract surgery complications as a cause of visual impairment in a population aged 50 and over
spellingShingle Cataract surgery complications as a cause of visual impairment in a population aged 50 and over
Oliveira,Denise Fornazari de
Blindness
Cataract
Cataract Extraction
Visual Acuity
title_short Cataract surgery complications as a cause of visual impairment in a population aged 50 and over
title_full Cataract surgery complications as a cause of visual impairment in a population aged 50 and over
title_fullStr Cataract surgery complications as a cause of visual impairment in a population aged 50 and over
title_full_unstemmed Cataract surgery complications as a cause of visual impairment in a population aged 50 and over
title_sort Cataract surgery complications as a cause of visual impairment in a population aged 50 and over
author Oliveira,Denise Fornazari de
author_facet Oliveira,Denise Fornazari de
Lira,Rodrigo Pessoa Cavalcanti
Lupinacci,Álvaro Pedroso Carvalho
Paccola,Marcelo
Arieta,Carlos Eduardo Leite
author_role author
author2 Lira,Rodrigo Pessoa Cavalcanti
Lupinacci,Álvaro Pedroso Carvalho
Paccola,Marcelo
Arieta,Carlos Eduardo Leite
author2_role author
author
author
author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Oliveira,Denise Fornazari de
Lira,Rodrigo Pessoa Cavalcanti
Lupinacci,Álvaro Pedroso Carvalho
Paccola,Marcelo
Arieta,Carlos Eduardo Leite
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Blindness
Cataract
Cataract Extraction
Visual Acuity
topic Blindness
Cataract
Cataract Extraction
Visual Acuity
description The 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.
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