Maimoona Rehmat, Khurram Shahzad Atangall, Hafiza Hina Rasheed.
Prevalence of Visual Disabling age Related Cataract in Al- Shifa Trust Eye Hospital Rawalpindi.
Ophthalmol Update Nov ;16(2):585-7.

Back ground: Visual impairment caused by age related cataract is the major cause for treatable blindness. It commonly occurs after the age of fifty years, which needs regular screening for the cataract. Objective: To estimate the prevalence of age-related cataract in Al -Shifa Trust Eye Hospital and to make recommendations on the basis of results. Materials and Methods: It was cross-sectional study in Al- Shifa Trust Eye Hospital and sample of 384 patients were collected by convenient sampling. Structured questionnaire was used with verbal consent to collect data. Results: This study revealed that among visual disabling age related cataract 48.2% were posterior sub capsular cataract, while cortical and nuclear sclerosis were 37.2% and 42.2% respectively. Mature cataract was highly prevalent in patients coming from rural areas. Conclusion: By this study it was concluded that posterior sub capsular cataract is the most prevalent type among visually disabled patients from age related cataract.

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