Categorisation of visual outcome (presenting vision) of eyes into those with “borderline” (less than 6/18 to 6/60 visual acuity) and “poor” outcomes (less than 6/60 visual acuity), in eyes where refractive error or operative complications were the cause of reduced vision
| Presenting visual acuity outcome as a result of surgical or a refractive error cause | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of eyes | Poor (<6/60) | Borderline (<6/18 to 6/60) | Number (others) | |
| *The time since surgery was unknown in 7 eyes. | ||||
| †Other = village and unknown | ||||
| Type of surgery | ||||
| ICCE | 199 | 46 (23.1%) | 34 (17.1%) | 119 (59.8%) |
| ECCE + IOL | 22 | 0 | 3 (13.6%) | 19 (86.4%) |
| ICCE wearing habitual glasses | 151 | 7 (4.6%) | 29 (19.2%) | 115 (76.1%) |
| ECCE + IOL with g | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 (100.0%) |
| ECCE + IOL minus g | 12 | 0 | 3 (25.0%) | 9 (75.0%) |
| Duration between surgery and survey* | ||||
| ≤3 years | 84 | 17 (20.2%) | 14 (16.7%) | 53 (63.1%) |
| 4–8 years | 87 | 22 (25.3%) | 13 (14.9%) | 52 (59.8%) |
| ≥9 years | 48 | 6 (12.5%) | 10 (20.8%) | 32 (66.7%) |
| Age at survey (years) | ||||
| 30–39 | 9 | 2 (22.2%) | 2 (22.2%) | 5 (55.6%) |
| 40–49 | 14 | 3 (21.4%) | 4 (28.6%) | 7 (50.0%) |
| 50–59 | 25 | 11 (44.0%) | 1 (4.0%) | 13 (52.0%) |
| 60–69 | 66 | 9 (13.6%) | 11 (16.7%) | 46 (64.7%) |
| 70+ | 112 | 23 (20.5%) | 19 (16.9%) | 70 (62.5%) |
| Sex | ||||
| Male | 109 | 25 (22.9%) | 17 (15.6%) | 67 (61.5%) |
| Female | 117 | 23 (19.7%) | 20 (17.1%) | 74 (63.2%) |
| Urban/rural | ||||
| Urban | 63 | 11 (17.5%) | 8 (12.7%) | 44 (69.8%) |
| Rural | 163 | 37 (22.7%) | 31 (19.0%) | 95 (58.3%) |
| Literacy | ||||
| Literate | 93 | 11 (11.8%) | 14 (15.1%) | 68 (73.1% |
| Illiterate | 133 | 37 (27.8%) | 25 (18.8%) | 71 (53.4%) |
| Op site | ||||
| Eye camp | 67 | 20 (29.8%) | 8 (11.9%) | 39 (58.2%) |
| Hospital | 147 | 26 (17.7%) | 30 (20.4%) | 91 (61.9%) |
| Other site† | 12 | 2 (16.7%) | 0 | 10 (83.3%) |