Univariate distribution of outcome of cataract surgery
| Outcome as a result of any cause | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Presenting (%) | “Best” corrected (%) | ||||||
| Variable | Number | Good | Borderline | Poor | Good | Borderline | Poor |
| *One ICCE+IOL (good presenting outcome), 3 ECCE (2 borderline and 1 poor outcome) without IOL, and 1 couching (poor outcome) are excluded from this table. | |||||||
| †The time since surgery was unknown in 7 eyes. | |||||||
| ‡The site of operation for 12 eyes was unknown. | |||||||
| Type of surgery* | |||||||
| ICCE | 199 | 81 (40.7) | 56 (28.1) | 62 (31.2) | 122 (61.3) | 48 (24.1) | 29 (14.6) |
| ECCE + IOL | 22 | 17 (77.3) | 5 (22.7) | 0 (0) | 20 (90.9) | 2 (9.1) | 0 (0) |
| ICCE wearing habitual glasses | 151 | 81 (53.6) | 50 (33.1) | 20 (13.2) | 102 (67.5) | 31 (20.5) | 18 (11.9) |
| ECCE + IOL with glasses | 10 | 8 (80.0) | 2 (20.0) | 0 (0) | 8 (80.0) | 2 (20.0) | 0 (0) |
| ECCE + IOL without glasses | 12 | 9 (75.0) | 3 (25.0) | 0 (0) | 12 (100.0) | 0 | 0 (0) |
| Duration between surgery and survey† | |||||||
| ≤3 years | 84 | 38 (45.2) | 25 (29.8) | 21 (25.0) | 50 (59.5) | 22 (26.2) | 12 (14.3) |
| 4–8 years | 87 | 34 (39.1) | 23 (26.4) | 30 (34.5) | 57 (65.5) | 20 (22.9) | 7 (8.0) |
| ≥9 years | 48 | 25 (52.1) | 13 (27.1) | 10 (20.8) | 33 (68.8) | 9 (18.7) | 6 (12.5) |
| Age at time of survey (years) | |||||||
| 30–39 | 9 | 3 (33.3) | 4 (44.4) | 2 (22.2) | 5 (55.6) | 4 (44.4) | 0 (0) |
| 40–49 | 14 | 7 (50.0) | 4 (28.6) | 3 (21.4) | 12 (85.7) | 2 (14.3) | 0 (0) |
| 50–59 | 25 | 10 (40.0) | 2 (8.0) | 13 (52.0) | 18 (72.0) | 3 (12.0) | 4 (16.0) |
| 60–69 | 66 | 37 (56.1) | 18 (27.3) | 11 (16.7) | 49 (74.2) | 13 (19.7) | 4 (6.1) |
| 70+ | 112 | 42 (37.5) | 35 (31.2) | 35 (31.3) | 61 (54.5) | 29 (25.9) | 22 (19.6) |
| Sex | |||||||
| Male | 109 | 47 (43.1) | 29 (26.6) | 33 (30.3) | 74 (67.9) | 20 (18.3) | 15 (13.8) |
| Female | 117 | 52 (44.4) | 34 (29.1) | 31 (26.5) | 71 (60.7) | 31 (26.5) | 15 (12.8) |
| Urban/rural | |||||||
| Urban | 63 | 37 (58.7) | 12 (19.0) | 14 (22.2) | 49 (77.8) | 10 (15.9) | 4 (6.3) |
| Rural | 163 | 62 (38.0) | 51 (31.3) | 50 (30.7) | 96 (58.9) | 41 (25.1) | 26 (16.0) |
| Literacy | |||||||
| Literate | 93 | 55 (59.1) | 23 (24.7) | 16 (17.2) | 66 (71.0) | 16 (17.2) | 11 (11.8) |
| Illiterate | 133 | 45 (33.8) | 40 (30.1) | 48 (36.1) | 79 (59.4) | 35 (26.3) | 19 (14.3) |
| Op site‡ | |||||||
| Eye camp | 67 | 19 (28.4) | 17 (25.4) | 31 (46.3) | 34 (50.7) | 17 (25.4) | 16 (23.9) |
| Hospital | 147 | 73 (49.7) | 43 (29.2) | 31 (21.1) | 103 (70.1) | 32 (21.8) | 12 (8.2) |
| Other | 12 | 7 (58.3) | 3 (25.0) | 2 (16.7) | 8 (66.7) | 2 (16.7) | 2 (16.7) |