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J Epidemiol Community Health 63:69 doi:10.1136/jech.2009.096727q
  • Friday 11 September, Parallel session C
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The impact of cataract surgery on health related quality of life and time use in Kenya, Bangladesh and the Philippines

  1. S. Polack1,
  2. C. Eusebio2,
  3. W. Mathenge3,
  4. Z. Wadud4,
  5. A. K. M. Mamunur5,
  6. A. Foster1,
  7. H. Kuper1
  1. 1
    London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London, UK
  2. 2
    Cataract Foundation of the Philippines, Bacolod, Philippines
  3. 3
    Rift Valley Provincial Hospital, Nakuru, Kenya
  4. 4
    Child Sight Foundation, Dhaka, Bangladesh
  5. 5
    CSS Rawm Hospital, Khulna, Bangladesh

      Objective

      To explore the impact of cataract surgery on health related quality of life (HRQoL) and time-use among adults aged ⩾50 years Kenya, The Philippines and Bangladesh.

      Methods

      This was a multi-centre intervention study. Across the three countries at baseline, 651 population-based cases aged ⩾50 years visually impaired from cataract (visual acuity in the better eye <6/24), and 561 age-gender-cluster-matched controls with normal vision were identified. All participants were …

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