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Cataract Surgical Coverage Rate Among Adults Aged 40 Years and Above

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Cataract is a leading cause of curable blindness. Hence, in its global declaration of Vision 2020 Right to Sight, the World Health Organization (WHO) encouraged its member countries to address the problem of incidents catract. Many factors are related to the cataract coverage rate, such as gender and diabetes mellitus. The objective of this study was to determine the cataract surgical coverage rate and ivestigate the determinants factors of cataract surgical coverage rate among adults40 years old and above with cataract. A cross sectional study was conducted using National Basic Health Research (RISKESDAS) 2007 data Cataract surgery was defined as surgery conducted within the last 12 months before the survey was performed. There were 6939 subjects (3105) male, 3834 female) who fulfilled the study criteria. The cataract surgical coverage rate wa 19.3%. The cataract surgical coverage rate was lower in subjects with low education, in the group of farmes/fishermen/labores, in the 40-49 years age group, in rural areas, and in subjects of low secioenomic status (p0.05). Determinants that wre related to cataract surgical coverage rate were age, type of area of residence, socioeconomic status, and region of residence (p

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No. Panggil

Universal Medicina:28(3):161-169

Penerbit

Grogol Jakarta : Trisakti University., 2009

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Bahasa

English

ISBN/ISSN

1907-3062

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Subjek

CTRCT-SURGERY

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