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Prevalence of cataract and factors associated with cataract surgery uptake among older persons in Malaysia: A cross-sectional study from the National Eye Survey II

Published:2022-01-31 Issue:2 Volume:52 Page:325-330
ISSN:0049-4755
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Author:

Yap Jun Fai¹^ORCID,Ng Qi Xiong²,Wai Yong Zheng³,Isahak Marzuki¹,Salowi Mohamad Aziz⁴⁵,Moy Foong Ming¹

Affiliation:

1. Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

2. Department of Ophthalmology, Hospital Queen Elizabeth, Sabah, Malaysia

3. Department of Ophthalmology, Hospital Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

4. Department of Ophthalmology, Hospital Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia

5. Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin, Terengganu, Malaysia

Abstract

Nationally-representative evidence is limited on factors affecting uptake of cataract surgery in Malaysia. We found the prevalence of cataract among older persons to be 26.8%. The two most common barriers were ‘need not felt’ (43.5%) and ‘fear of surgery or poor result’ (16.2%). Reluctance for surgical intervention was greater outside the Central zone.

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Subject

Infectious Diseases,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Link

http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/00494755221076649

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