Prevalence and Causes of Visual Impairment and Blindness, Cataract Surgical Coverage and Outcomes of Cataract Surgery in Libya

Rabiu, Muhammad Mansur; Jenf, Mansour; Fituri, Suad; Choudhury, Abdulhanan; Agbabiaka, Idris; Mousa, Ahmed

doi:10.3109/09286586.2012.746994

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“…Although the RAAB survey includes questions on barriers to cataract surgery not all publications report these findings. Among the 12 published RAAB surveys 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 , data on barriers to cataract surgery were only available in 9 articles. 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Among these publications 23 24 25 26 27 the outcomes varied considerably [ Table 1 ].…”

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Barriers to cataract surgery in Africa: A systematic review

Aboobaker

Courtright

2016

Middle East Afr J Ophthalmol

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Cataract remains the leading cause of blindness in Africa. We performed a systematic literature search of articles reporting barriers to cataract surgery in Africa. PubMed and Google Scholar databases were searched with the terms “barriers, cataract, Africa, cataract surgery, cataract surgical coverage (CSC), and rapid assessment of avoidable blindness (RAAB).” The review covered from 1999 to 2014. In RAAB studies, barriers related to awareness and access were more commonly reported than acceptance. Other type of studies reported cost as the most common barrier. Some qualitative studies tended to report community and family dynamics as barriers to cataract surgery. CSC was lower in females in 88.2% of the studies. The variability in outcomes of studies of barriers to cataract surgery could be due to context and the type of data collection. It is likely that qualitative data will provide a deeper understanding of the complex social, family, community, financial and gender issues relating to barriers to uptake of cataract surgery in Africa.

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Barriers to cataract surgery in Africa: A systematic review

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2016

Middle East Afr J Ophthalmol

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“…A similar explanation was preferred for corneal opacity as a major cause of blindness in parts of Libya. 18 …”

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“…In Irbid, Jordan, 11 posterior segment disease (aside from previously mentioned diseases) was responsible for 10% of blindness; it was 10.9% in Moldova, 12 and 16% in Chiapas, Mexico. 7 Although globally, glaucoma is showing a trend to be the third major cause worldwide, 18 it is the fourth major cause of blindness in Jazan (5.2%) as the high prevalence of corneal scar had displaced it to the third position. However, as with international trends, glaucoma tends to be ranked as the second or third major cause in other similar studies.…”

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Prevalence and causes of blindness and diabetic retinopathy in Southern Saudi Arabia

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Hazmi

Wasli

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Objectives:To determine the prevalence and causes of blindness and diabetic retinopathy (DR) in Jazan district, Southern Saudi Arabia.Methods:Using the standardized Rapid Assessment for Avoidable Blindness (RAAB) and DR cross-sectional methodology, 3800 subjects were randomly selected from the population of ≥50 years of age in Jazan, Saudi Arabia between November 2011 and January 2012. Participants underwent screening comprised of interview, random blood glucose test, and ophthalmic assessment including visual acuity (VA) and fundus examination. Among participants with VA <6/18 in either eye, the cause(s) of visual impairment was determined. Participants were classified as diabetic if they had previous diagnoses of diabetes, or random blood glucose >200 mg/dl. Diabetic participants were assessed for DR using dilated fundus examination. All data were recorded using the RAAB + DR standardized forms.Results:The prevalence of bilateral blindness <3/60 was 3.3% (95% confidence interval [CI]: 2.74 - 3.90). Cataract was the leading cause of blindness (58.6%); followed by posterior segment diseases (20%), which included DR (7; 3.3%). The prevalence of diabetes mellitus (DM) was 22.4%, (95% CI: 21.09 - 23.79), among them; 27.8% had DR. The prevalence of sight-threatening DR was 5.7%.Conclusion:The prevalence of DM and the corresponding proportion of DR in this region is lower than that reported in other regions of Saudi Arabia. However, the prevalence of blindness not related to DR is relatively higher than the other studies.

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“…Although other studies have implemented some form of remoteness stratification, most have considered remoteness as an urban–rural dichotomy . The majority of studies, both in Australia and globally, have not reported stratifying by remoteness at all, have only controlled for remoteness through design effect calculations or retrospectively adjusted for remoteness during analysis . The ARIA+ system used in the NEHS assigns a remoteness score to all SAs as a function of road distance to the nearest major service centre (including health service centres).…”

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Sampling methodology and site selection in the National Eye Health Survey: an Australian population‐based prevalence study

Foreman

Keel

Dunn

et al. 2017

Clinical Exper Ophthalmology

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Prevalence and Causes of Visual Impairment and Blindness, Cataract Surgical Coverage and Outcomes of Cataract Surgery in Libya

Abstract: Libya needs to improve the quality of cataract surgery across all the regions. The southern region needs improvement in both quality and coverage of services.

Cited by 19 publications

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Barriers to cataract surgery in Africa: A systematic review

Barriers to cataract surgery in Africa: A systematic review

Prevalence and causes of blindness and diabetic retinopathy in Southern Saudi Arabia

Sampling methodology and site selection in the National Eye Health Survey: an Australian population‐based prevalence study

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